Roger Federer admitted that he sent a text message to Rafael Nadal on Tuesday night following the Spanish superstar’s quarter-final exit to Marin Cilic at the Australian Open. World No. 1 Nadal retired due to a right leg injury at 0-2 in the fifth set and later said he would undergo an MRI scan in Melbourne on Wednesday. [ALSO LIKE] Federer, speaking after his 7-6(1), 6-3, 6-4 victory over Tomas Berdych for a place in the semi-finals on Wednesday night, told Jim Courier in an on-court interview, "I wrote to Rafa late last night before I went to bed. It was the last thing I did, to make sure he was okay. It was not nice to see a rival...
Fans lined up outside of the Newport Beach Tennis Club as early as 8:30am. The Japanese media came out in force, with a WOWOW crew on site to broadcast the match. Tommy Haas, the BNP Paribas Open Tournament Director and former World No. 2, could be seen walking around the grounds. By the time the match started at 1pm, hundreds of spectators surrounded Court No. 1. Rusty, but ready, Kei Nishikori made his long-awaited return to professional tennis in front of a packed crowd on Tuesday at the inaugural ATP Challenger Tour event in Newport Beach, California. Following five months on the sidelines due to a wrist injury, the Japanese star kicked off his comeback at the Oracle Challenger Series...
Tennys Sandgren arrived in Melbourne having never won a match at a Grand Slam championship. Today, following his 6-4, 7-6(5), 6-3 quarter-final loss to South Korea’s Hyeon Chung, the American enjoys a higher profile. “The net felt like it was about 12-feet high today,” said Sandgren. “[I was] just struggling to serve the way that I wanted to. But I also knew that I had to serve well and serve to my spots correctly, because he returns so well. “It was amazing. He's a fantastic player. This is the second time I played him now in two weeks [also ASB Classic]. It's such a fun challenge because he does so many cool things, with how he moves and how he...
Rafael Nadal will undergo an MRI scan in Melbourne on Wednesday after not knowing immediately the exact nature of the injury that forced him to withdraw in the fifth set of his Australian Open quarter-final against Marin Cilic. The Croatian was leading 3-6, 6-3, 6-7(5), 6-2, 2-0 after three hours and 47 minutes of play. “I can't say because I don't know,” the World No. 1 admitted in his press conference on Tuesday night. “It is difficult to know exactly the muscle. We need to wait a couple of hours [and] tomorrow I am going to do a test, an MRI here. Then we will know.” “I started to feel the muscle [got a] little bit [tired] in the third...
Grigor Dimitrov was nothing but complimentary towards Kyle Edmund after seeing his bid for a first Grand Slam title come to an end at the hands of the British No. 2 at the Australian Open on Tuesday. [ALSO LIKE] “Kyle deserves all the respect. He deserved to win, simple as that,” said Dimitrov. “He's been working so hard the past months. I've seen that. There's no point for me to say what I did wrong… it's all about him right now. He's the winner.” The Brit, who moves into the first Grand Slam semi-final of his career, will face Croatia's Marin Cilic in the semi-finals. Having seen most of Edmund’s matches at the tournament, Dimitrov was philosophical about the 23-year-old’s...
