To be the best, you have to beat the best. Roger Federer has been living by that mantra throughout his storied career and on Sunday the Swiss added yet another milestone to his glittering list of achievements. Federer became the first active player to win 200 matches against Top 10 opponents, improving to 200-107 (.651) in the FedEx ATP Win-Loss Index with a fourth round victory over World No. 5 Kei Nishikori at the Australian Open. To put that in perspective, Federer's Top 10 victories account for nearly one-fifth of his match wins (1084) in total. FedEx ATP Performance Zone: Top 10 Wins "It's great," Federer said following his victory over Nishikori. "I didn't know it going in. I just...
Daniel Evans, No. 51 in the Emirates ATP Rankings, needed some tennis clothes ahead of the Australian Open. So Evans, whose contract with his previous clothing supplier, Nike, had ended last December, did what any normal person would do: He went shopping. “I just went to the store and bought a load of clothes the other day, plain clothes,” Evans said on Wednesday when asked about his fashion. The Brit had just beaten seventh seed Marin Cilic in the second round in Melbourne for the biggest win of his career. The shirts at Uniqlo, his store of choice, cost him $19.99. He didn't recall how much the shorts were. “I didn't look. I just picked the shorts up. I was...
He may be set to play Tomas Berdych in the Australian Open second round on Wednesday, but seven months ago, Ryan Harrison almost decided to call it a day on the ATP World Tour. The American hit a self-proclaimed rock bottom after losing in the first round of Wimbledon qualifying to countryman Bjorn Fratangelo and gave himself an ultimatum: Commit to turning it around. Or stop playing. Five years ago, a teenage Harrison had broken into the Top 50 and was being talked about as the United States’ next Grand Slam champion. But it didn’t quite happen for the Texas native. Not helped by injuries, his ranking fell back outside the Top 100 and the occasional good moments were weighed...
He may be set to play Tomas Berdych in the Australian Open second round on Wednesday, but seven months ago, Ryan Harrison almost decided to call it a day on the ATP World Tour. The American hit a self-proclaimed rock bottom after losing in the first round of Wimbledon qualifying to countryman Bjorn Fratangelo and gave himself an ultimatum: Commit to turning it around. Or stop playing. Five years ago, a teenage Harrison had broken into the Top 50 and was being talked about as the United States’ next Grand Slam champion. But it didn’t quite happen for the Texas native. Not helped by injuries, his ranking fell back outside the Top 100 and the occasional good moments were weighed...
Gilles Muller moved up to a career-high of No. 28, following his victory at the Apia International Sydney where he lifted his first ATP World Tour title. Competing in his sixth final (1-5), the Luxembourg native defeated Daniel Evans 7-6(5), 6-2 in front of his two sons, Lenny and Nils. He also beat two-time defending champion Viktor Troicki in the semi-finals, ending the Serbian’s 10-match winning streak at the tournament. After being presented the trophy by all-time great Rod Laver, Muller said, “It means a lot. Like you can see, I was pretty emotional out there on the court. For the past two or three years, it was probably my biggest goal to win a title. I always dreamed of...
