SIGNIFICANT RANKING CHANGES FOR THE WEEK OF 10.29.2018 At twenty-eight years of age, Marius Copil, gets to a career high of 60. He bounded up the rankings by thirty-three places after his run to the final of the Swiss Indoors Basel and earned himself the mover of the week honors. This is arguably the best…
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BNP PARIBAS WTA Finals Singapore Semifinals:Â [6] Sloane Stephens (USA) vs. [8] Karolina Pliskova (CZE) Stephens lost the first eight games of the match before she shed the nerves and found the game that won her the US Open title in 2017. It looked pretty grim for the American, who could not keep the ball…
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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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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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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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MEDVEDEV WINS HIS THIRD TITLE OF THE SEASON Rakuten Open, Japan Championship Match: [12] Kei Nishikori (JPN) vs. [32] Daniil Medvedev (RUS) Perhaps Nishikori was feeling the effects of pressure, or perhaps Medvedev simply played better; the Russian came to play and played well. It’s the same old recipe for victory: keep the unforced errors…
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