Although she did not win the title, Ons Jabeur still gets the mover of the week honors with her brilliant performance at the Kremlin Cup. She came very close to winning her first career WTA title; she won the first set and was up a break in the second set before the wheels came off….
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Intrum Stockholm Open, Sweden [18] Jack Sock (USA) vs. [135] Elias Ymer (SWE) This was their first meeting and things could have gotten away from the American; however, he dug in and managed to get by the Swede. It has been an abysmal year for the American in singles; he has lost in the first…
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SIGNIFICANT RANKING CHANGES FOR THE WEEK OF 10.15.2018 The mover of the week honors go to the eighteen year old Ukrainian, Dayana Yastremska. She was ranked 102 before the Prudential Hong Kong Tennis Open tournament started and won it without dropping a set. Although her opponent, Qiang Wang, may have been a tad exhausted from…
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Rolex Shanghai Masters, China Men’s Semifinals: [2] Roger Federer (SUI) vs. [19] Borna Coric (CRO) Federer knew that Coric would not be a push-over since the young Croat had beaten him in their most recent match on Federer’s favorite surface (grass). Yet, even Federer, the defending champion probably did not anticipate the battle would be…
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Sometimes you make a decision and you feel you have to see it through, or sometimes you make a decision and you regret making that choice; yet, now there is no turning back. The underlying regret or uncertainty can cause all sorts of turmoil in your life. To begin with, there is the emotional stress…
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Rolex Shanghai Masters, China [7] Dominic Thiem (AUT) vs. [51] Matthew Ebden (AUS) It was their first meeting and it was a battle. Thiem will never go down without a fight and Ebden proved today, that although he does not have the firepower of his opponent, he too was ready for the battle. Ebden employed…
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