Barcelona. The tennis world moves on. Fognini beats Nadal after a spellbinding performance, then loses miserably to Andujar. Hothead Klizan is playing his best tennis in a while and will pose a threat to last year’s winner Nishikori. Or will he? Tennis is “on the daily”. Time jump. Cilic wins US Open in 2014. Has a hard time winning a match in 2015. Injuries sure, but I don’t think I would be too harsh in calling him a likely “one slam wonder”. Del Potro won US Open 2009, looked to be a contender for more, but the wrist got the …
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It’s simple math. Two tournaments = two winners and in Barcelona and Bucharest we, not surprisingly (if you count on Nadal’s loss to Almagro of course!), had two young guys knocking on the top 10 door, Grigor Dimitrov and Kei Nishkori. Nishikori jumps up to 12th place now and Dimitrov to the 13th. Well-deserved for the future in tennis and two talented and hard-working guys. Check out the rankings on the ATP World Tour website. Winner quotes: Dimitrov: “It feels good to have won. I lifted my game, not having been happy with my previous matches in the tournament. I …