Talk about repeat efforts. Thompson crawled out of bed on four hours’ sleep after upsetting Alexander Zverev,then won singles and doubles titles in an incredible seven-hour feat of endurance.
Australia’s Jordan Thompson will rise to No.32 in the rankings after winning an ATP title in Los Cabos,but it took what the man himself described as a miracle to do it.
Alex de Minaur’s superb start to the year continued in Rotterdam,but he needed to beat Australian Open champion Jannik Sinner for the first time to hold the trophy aloft.
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New breeds in tennis,and cricket,have provided a wonderful sporting opening to 2024.
Jannik Sinner produced a comeback for the ages to outlast Daniil Medvedev 3-6,3-6,6-4,6-4,6-3 in a high-quality final and win his maiden grand slam title at the Australian Open.
Until he ran into a red-hot Jannik Sinner on Friday,10-time champion Novak Djokovic had not lost at the Australian Open since his shock fourth-round defeat to Hyeon Chung in 2018.
If this were politics,not sport,there is no way Zverev,his peers and the ATP would escape scrutiny to the extent they have so far.
Alex de Minaur weathered big-hitting Andrey Rublev’s early storm to be within striking distance of the quarter-finals,but it wasn’t to be.
Alex de Minaur has never been closer to a major breakthrough at the Australian Open – but he is still not close enough.
World No.1 Novak Djokovic is the warm-up act for Australian Alex de Minaur on Rod Laver Arena,with Coco Gauff,Aryna Sabalenka,and Stefanos Tsitsipas all in action on day eight.