After the first day of play at the 2018 Australian Open five of the 16 seeds who competed are out. But what was shocking was that four of those five seeds — No. 8 Jack Sock, No. 11 Kevin Anderson, No. 18 Lucas Pouille and No. 27 Philipp Kohlschreiber — were all in the same section of the draw, leaving eight players who are 41st or lower in the ATP Rankings to battle for a spot in the quarter-finals at the first Grand Slam championship of the year. Since Grand Slams went from 16 to 32 seeds at 2001 Wimbledon, this is the first time that four seeds from the same eighth of a major draw fell in the opening...
Watch highlights of Denis Istomin versus Jared Donaldson on Thursday at the Brisbane International presented by Suncorp. Video courtesy Tennis Australia. Visit www.BrisbaneTennis.com.au for more video. Playback not available in Australia. Photo: Peter Staples/ATP World Tour
Watch highlights as Denis Istomin battles back to upset Damir Dzumhur at the Brisbane International presented by Suncorp. Video courtesy Tennis Australia. Visit www.BrisbaneTennis.com.au for more video. Playback not available in Australia. Photo: Peter Staples/ATP World Tour.
Continuing our Season In Review series, ATPWorldTour.com revisits the five biggest Grand Slam upsets of 2017. (5) Andrey Rublev d. Grigor Dimitrov 7-5, 7-6(3), 6-3 – US Open Second Round Grigor Dimitrov had arrived, again. After reaching the Top 10 of the Emirates ATP Rankings in 2014, the Bulgarian was back among the elite this August and again a favourite to make a deep run at Grand Slams. A week before the US Open, Dimitrov had won his maiden ATP World Tour Masters 1000 title at the Western & Southern Open in Cincinnati. The seventh seed was a trendy pick to reach the second week in Flushing Meadows. Read More: Rublev Honest After Tough Loss In Milan But #NextGenATP Russian...
