WASHINGTON, January 24, 2018 (by Michael Dickens) Before the start of Wednesday’s Angelique Kerber-Madison Keys quarterfinal, it had “great match potential” written all over it. After all, Keys had enjoyed such an impressive run with four consecutive victories during the Melbourne fortnight without dropping a set, and […]
MELBOURNE, January 23, 2018 Marin Cilic has reached the semi-finals of the Australian Open. The 29-year-old Croat benefited from the retirement of Rafael Nadal, leading 3-6, 6-3, 6-7, 6-2, 2-0 on Tuesday evening on Rod Laver Arena. Nadal received on-court […]
WASHINGTON, January 23, 2018 (by Michael Dickens) When the 2018 Australian Open men’s singles draw was released, it figured that if the seeding held true in the third quarter, No. 4 seed Alexander Zverev and No. 5 Dominic Thiem would face each […]
MELBOURNE, January 22, 2018 Roger Federer edged past Marton Fucsovics 6-4, 7-6, 6-2 on Rod Laver Arena on Monday afternoon. In 2002, Federer defeated Fucsovics’ coach, Atilla Savolt, in the second round here. Sixteen years and 19 Grand Slam titles […]
WASHINGTON, January 22, 2018 (by Michael Dickens) Madison Keys looks fitter now than she did when she lost 6-3, 6-0 to her friend and fellow American Sloane Stephens last fall in the final of the U.S. Open. In a recent interview with The New […]
WASHINGTON, January 21, 2018 (by Michael Dickens) On Sunday morning, I awoke at 6 a.m. (U.S. Eastern Time) and turned on my living room flatscreen TV to the third set of the Grigor Dimitrov versus Nick Kyrgios R16 clash, arguably the […]
MELBOURNE, January 21, 2018 Marin Cilic, the No. 6 seed recorded his 100th Grand Slam match-win on Sunday when he defeated No. 10 seed Pablo Carreno Busta 6-7, 6-3, 7-6, 7-6 on Margaret Court Arena. The 29-year-old Croat struck 20 […]
WASHINGTON, January 21, 2018 (by Michael Dickens) What a first week it’s been for the 2018 Australian Open down under. Roger Federer has coasted through his first three matches – all under the night skies on Rod Laver Arena – […]
MELBOURNE, January 20, 2018 Two former Top 5 players headlined Saturday evening’s Australian Open action on Hisense Arena, with No. 19 seed Tomas Berdych defeating the tournament’s No. 12 Juan Martin Del Potro 6-3, 6-3, 6-2. Berdych, who fell to […]
MELBOURNE, January 20, 2018 No. 5 seed Dominic Thiem defated Frenchman Adrian Mannarino 6-4, 6-2, 7-5 in the third match on Margaret Court Arena to become just the second Austrian man to reach the round of 16 at the Australian […]
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