AUSTRALIAN OPEN: DAY TWO FALLEN SEEDS The seeded players did much better on day two than on day one. Although some were pushed to the limits they fought their way to victory. Only two seeded players lost: [17] Marco Cecchinato (ITA) lost to [92] Filip Krajinovic (SRB) 6-4, 6-0, 1-6, 6-7(8), 4-6 and [25] Mihaela…
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AUSTRALIAN OPEN: DAY ONE The first day of the first major is in the books. While the loss of some seeds is always expected, the seeds that lost on day one may surprise you. FALLEN MEN SEEDS American [9] John Isner lost to his countryman [102] Reilly Opelka 6-7(4), 6-7(6), 7-6(4), 6-7(5). Perhaps he was…
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The honor of mover of the week goes to: Cameron Norrie. The Brit made it to his first ATP World Tour final over the past weekend in Auckland. He was hoping to take this form deep in the draw of the Australian Open; however, he expended too much energy to get to the final and…
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While there is somewhat of a clear favorite on the men’s side, the women’s draw offers up numerous potential champions. Even when we may want to favor those with a higher potential of winning the title (S. Williams, A. Kerber, C. Wozniacki, S. Halep, or even K. Pliskova); history has shown that a younger crop…
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ASB CLASSIC (Auckland) Championship Match Cameron Norrie of Great Britain who is ranked ninety-three, had a winning advantage over the American, Tennys Sandgren, in futures and challenger matches (4:2); however, this was their first meeting on the ATP World Tour. Sandgren currently ranked sixty-three was hoping that his second shot at a title would be…
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The bottom half of the draw is loaded with the following seeds: #2 Rafael Nadal, #3 Roger Federer, #5 Kevin Anderson, #6 Marin Cilic, #9 John Isner, #10 Karen Khachanov, #13 Kyle Edmund, #14 Stefanos Tsitsipas, #18 Diego Schwartzman, #19 Nikoloz Basilashvili, #20 Grigor Dimitrov, #22 Roberto Bautista Agut, #26 Fernando Verdasco, #27 Alex de…
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