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Post by Blunashun on Jan 15, 2019 3:38:58 GMT
Started yesterday. Jack Sock is tied at one set a piece with Alex Bolt. Borna Coric is leading two sets to none & is up 4-3 in the third set versus Steve Darcis. Kei Nishikori beat Kamil Majchrzak in five sets. Majchrzak must have retired because he lost the last set 3-0. Alexander Zverev is currently playing Aljaz Bedene. Medvedez & Fognini won. Federer won in straight sets. Djokovic plays tonight.
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Post by Blunashun on Jan 15, 2019 3:41:59 GMT
Cilic beat Tomic in straight sets too.
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Post by Blunashun on Jan 18, 2019 9:21:39 GMT
Djokovic beats Tsonga in straight sets. Shapovalov over Daniel & he meets Djokovic next. Nadal is beating Alex De Minaur. Cilic will face Verdasco next.
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Post by Blunashun on Jan 25, 2019 11:04:03 GMT
Haven't checked in a while. Nishikori retired against Djokovic after falling behind 6-1, 4-1. Looks like Novak is on a roll. Djokovic then beat Pouille 6-0, 6-2, 6-2. Lucas went down like a true Frenchman. Waving a Serbian flag.  Djokovic will face Rafael Nadal in the final. If Novak wins it will be his seventh Australian Open singles title. A record. |
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Post by Blunashun on Jan 28, 2019 17:52:13 GMT
Novak Djokovic wins record seventh Australian Open title
Glenn Valencich
7Sport27 Jan 2019 2:50 AM
Novak Djokovic has reiterated his status as the premier player in men’s tennis with a surprisingly dominant straight-sets victory over Rafael Nadal in the Australian Open final on Sunday night.
The world No.1 steamrolled to a 6-3 6-2 6-3 victory in two hours and four minutes on Rod Laver Arena, moving past Roger Federer and Roy Emerson to stand alone with seven crowns at the major.
The one-sided affair was in stark contrast to the six-hour epic in the 2012 final between Djokovic and Nadal, won by the Serbian at 1.37am in Melbourne.
On this occasion Djokovic committed just nine unforced errors to his 34 winners as he stormed towards what became an inevitable win.
The 31-year-old, with 15 grand slam titles, is now one ahead of Pete Sampras, just two behind Nadal and five away from Federer.
He has also become the first man to win three successive majors three times in his career – with the monumental challenge of beating Nadal at the French Open his next task.
“I’m just trying to contemplate on the journey in the last 12 months,” Djokovic said.
“I had the surgery exactly 12 months ago. To be standing now here in front of you today and managing to win this title and three out of four slams, this is truly amazing. I’m speechless.”
The defeat was the worst in a grand slam final for the out-of-sorts Spaniard after never previously losing a championship match in straight sets.
“Many congratulations to Novak and to his team,” Nadal said.
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Post by Blunashun on Jan 28, 2019 18:41:08 GMT
'He was p***ed': Djokovic reveals hilarious run-in with Aussie legend
7Sport•27 Jan 2019 1:54 PM
In the aftermath of his seventh Australian Open triumph, Novak Djokovic posed for an incredible photo with four Aussie tennis legends.
And he’s now lifted the lid on how one of them was ‘p***ed’ during the photo.
Djokovic joked that Roy Emerson wasn’t happy to lose his record for most Australian Open titles.
The Serbian star, 31, usurped Emerson and Roger Federer with his seventh Melbourne crown courtesy of a 6-3 6-2 6-3 thrashing of Rafael Nadal in the final on Sunday.
And the 15-time grand slam champion joked Emerson was ‘p***ed’ to lose his record.
“Mr Emerson said he’s p***ed with me because I broke his record,” a smiling Djokovic told a news conference.
“It was the most beautiful, most expensive photo of the night, without a doubt, standing with those four legends.
“I’ll definitely cherish that forever.”
Djokovic was pictured with Australian greats Rod Laver, Frank Sedgman, Ken Rosewall and Emerson after his stunning victory.
Djokovic is now hurtling towards a unique place in tennis history after crushing Nadal in the most one-sided men’s final at Melbourne Park in 16 years.
In eclipsing the six Open titles of Federer and Emerson, Djokovic also surpassed American legend Pete Sampras to elevate himself to outright third on the all-time grand slam title leaderboard with a 15th career major.
The super Serb now trails only Federer (20) and Nadal (17) and, at 31 and younger than his two great rivals, Djokovic may yet burst from their giant shadows and become the most successful grand slam performer in history.
More immediately, the reigning Wimbledon, US Open and Australian Open champion will head to Paris in May bidding to complete his second “Novak Slam”, having won all four majors consecutively in 2015-16.
No other man in 50 years of professional tennis has ever held the sport’s four biggest trophies simultaneously on two occasions.
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