Stanislas Wawrinka beat an injured Rafael Nadal to win his maiden Grand Slam title. Federer, Ferrer, Mauresmo… here are a few players’ reactions on Twitter:
But first Wawrinka’s coach, Magnus Norman:
Very proud of this team. Also great sportmanship from the Nadal camp. All good lads! #Stanimal pic.twitter.com/uCSZlXDFlg
— Magnus Norman (@normansweden) January 26, 2014
So deserving for Stan the man #nevergiveup #whatamatch #sohappy
— Roger Federer (@rogerfederer) January 21, 2014
Well done @stanwawrinka well deserved
— Tomáš Berdych (@tomasberdych) January 26, 2014
Amélie Mauresmo who knows a thing or two about players injured in a Grand Slam final:
Fantastique Stan Wawrinka !!!
C'est totalement mérité bravo Monsieur !
Et Rafa Nadal immense champion jusqu'au bout chapeau…
— AmelieMauresmo (@AmeMauresmo) January 26, 2014
It's always great to see dreams come true in sport.. Congratulations @stanwawrinka. What a way to break into the big league! Part of history
— Mahesh Bhupathi (@Maheshbhupathi) January 26, 2014
Come on Stan The Man#myhero#remember: pain is temporarily but victory is forever!!!
— Dominique Monami (@DominiqueMonami) January 26, 2014
Feliciano Lopez and David Ferrer congratulate Wawrinka and wish a good recovery to their pal Nadal:
Congrats to @stanwawrinka!! @AustralianOpen Champion. Y a @RafaelNadal por ser tan grande y no rendirse nunca!! #crack #numero1
— Feliciano López (@feliciano_lopez) January 26, 2014
Enhorabona a @stanwawrinka por su triunfo. Ánimo a @RafaelNadal y sobretodo que se recupere pronto!
— David Ferrer (@DavidFerrer87) January 26, 2014
Huge congrats to Stan for winning his first grand slam title!! Hope Rafa gets better soon! @stanwawrinka @RafaelNadal @AustralianOpen
— Sabine Lisicki (@sabinelisicki) January 26, 2014
and saving the best for last, Kim Clijsters, a few days ago:
Teaching my little man to be like Stan!!
:-))) pic.twitter.com/kMx4kSo2rc
— Kim Clijsters (@Clijsterskim) January 23, 2014
All players play three round-robin matches against rivals in their group to determine a winner and runner-up from each group, who advance to the knockout stage of the tournament.
In the semi-finals the winner of Group A plays the runner-up of Group B and the winner of Group B plays the runner-up of Group A. Semi-final winners advance to the final.
Singles:
– Group A: Novak Djokovic (1), Andy Murray (3), Tomas Berdych (5), Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (7)
– Group B: Roger Federer (2), David Ferrer (4), Juan Martin del Potro (6), Janko Tipsarevic (8)
Doubles:
–Group A: Bob and Mike Bryan (1), Leander Paes and Radek Stepanek (3), Marcel Granollers and Marc Lopez (6), Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi and Jean-Julien Rojer (7)
–Group B: Max Mirnyi and Daniel Nestor (2), Robert Lindstedt and Horia Tecau (4), Mahesh Bhupathi and Rohan Bopanna (5), Jonathan Marray and Frederik Nielsen (8)
The new ATP Player Council was announced at a pre-Wimbledon player meeting yesterday.
Members elected by their peers to serve on the ATP Player Council through to June 2014 are:
1-50 Singles: Kevin Anderson, Roger Federer, Jarkko Nieminen, Gilles Simon
51-100 Singles: Robin Haase, Sergiy Stakhovsky
1-100 Doubles: Mahesh Bhupathi, Eric Butorac
At-Large: James Cerretani, Andre Sa
Alumni: Brian Gottfried
Coach: Claudio Pistolesi
The ATP Player Council meets several times a year and makes recommendations to ATP Management and the ATP Board of Directors through the three Player Board representatives, whom the Council elects.
The new ATP Player Council will have its first meeting in New York prior to the US Open, where a President and Vice President will be elected.
Part 4 of my Sunday Start photo recap: doubles specialists at practice:
Michael Llodra
Nenad Zimonjic
59-59 in the fifth. No it’s not a typo, it’s not a joke. Their match will enter a third day tomorrow. They have already played 10 hours! It’s completely crazy.
Records set by John Isner vs. Nicolas Mahut game thus far:
– Longest Playing Time At 9 Hours 58 Minutes (through 2 days)
– Number Of Points Played At 877
– Total Of Aces At 193 (Isner with 98, Mahut with 95)
Mahut: “Everyone wants to see the end, but we’ll be back tomorrow”.
Isner: “Nothing like this will ever happen again, ever”.
Andy Roddick, Mahesh Bhupathi, Laura Robson tweet about this game:
Update: Isner has just won 70-68 after 11 hours and 5 minutes of play!
