Watch highlights as 2017 semi-finalist Grigor Dimitrov coasts past Dennis Novak at the 2018 Australian Open. Getty Images photo. Video courtesy Tennis Australia. Watch more video and live matches at www.ausopen.com. Highlights not available in Aus., NZ or Canada and only available in Europe and USA 24 hours after completion of the match.
Third seed Grigor Dimitrov made a strong start to his 2018 Australian Open campaign, dismissing Austrian qualifier Dennis Novak 6-3, 6-2, 6-1 on Monday at Melbourne Park. The Bulgarian finished 2017 by winning the biggest title of his career at the Nitto ATP Finals in London, where he beat David Goffin. After another strong effort at the ATP Training Camp in Monte-Carlo in December, Dimitrov opened his 2018 season with a semi-final showing in Brisbane, and is now looking to win his first Grand Slam championship. He reached the semi-finals in Melbourne last year, losing a heart-breaking five-set contest against Rafael Nadal. "It's still early in the tournament," said Dimitrov. "I just had to come out and just play my...
If there’s anything Grigor Dimitrov learned in 2017, it’s how to rebound from big losses. It was the semi-finals of the Australian Open, the season’s first Grand Slam. The opponent was Rafael Nadal, a marquee name on the ATP World Tour with more Grand Slam titles than he had fingers to count them. He won the event in 2009. He was a former World No.1 in the ATP Rankings. Dimitrov? He was ranked lower, had far less experience, and an unfavourable record in their FedEx ATP Head2Head. In a tight five-set, nearly five-hour decision that would end up being one of the best matches of the year, he lost the match. But Dimitrov’s 2017 season would end up being his...
Five players have ruled the Grand Slams with a diamond fist for more than a decade. Roger Federer (19), Rafael Nadal (16), Novak Djokovic (12), Andy Murray (3) and Stan Wawrinka (3) have combined to win 51 of the past 54 major titles — that is a stunning 94 per cent victory rate for five players against the entire field. But it is never possible to count out the rest of the competitors. With Murray out of the Australian Open due to recent hip surgery, sixth seed Marin Cilic and No. 12 seed Juan Martin del Potro make six players in Melbourne who have previously won a Grand Slam. That means 122 of the world's best have a shot at...
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