Brit Kyle Edmund started his 2018 season with a come-from-behind victory at the Brisbane International presented by Suncorp on Tuesday. The 22-year-old Edmund came from a set down against #NextGenATP Canadian Denis Shapovalov to advance 6-7(5), 7-6(4), 6-4. Edmund had trailed Shapovalov in their FedEx ATP Head2Head series 1-2 but the Brit saved five of six break points to prevail in two hours and 30 minutes. Edmund struggled serving in the opener, landing fewer than 50 per cent of his first serves. But he upped his level in the second and third sets, and served out the first-round match with his fifth ace. "[In the] first match of the year, you don't really know what to expect, so it's good...
American Michael Mmoh says his phone blew up with congratulatory messages after he claimed his first ATP World Tour win in Brisbane. Video highlights courtesy of Tennis Australia.
Watch highlights of Michael Mmoh winning his first ATP World Tour match, beating Federico Delbonis of Argentina. Video courtesy Tennis Australia. Visit www.BrisbaneTennis.com.au for more video. Playback not available in Australia. Photo: Peter Staples/ATP World Tour.
The first time Dominic Thiem played in the Qatar ExxonMobil Open in 2014, he was a 20-year-old qualifier who lost in the first round of the main draw against the No. 162 player in the ATP Rankings. Just four years later, the Austrian is a star on the ATP World Tour and he showed it in his 7-6(3), 6-3 victory over Evgeny Donskoy on Monday. The top seed, who is now ranked No. 5, won a stunning 92 per cent of his first-serve points and overcame a strong performance by the Russian in the opening set to earn his first triumph of the new campaign. “It was a good victory because [of a] tough opponent… after a pretty long period...
