Category: GS – Draw
Wimbledon: Milestones for bottom half of the draw
Milestones for bottom half of the Gentlemen’s singles draw:Sam Querrey :reaching 1⃣st QF as an unseeded player;Rafael Nadal :1⃣st time played vs a Portuguese player in a major;Kei Nishikori :career best sequence reaching at least QF in the last 5⃣majors;Roger Federer :reaching his 9⃣9⃣th win at Wimbledon.
Wimbledon: Milestones for top half of the draw
Milestones for top half of the Gentlemen’s singles draw: Novak Djokovic :1⃣st time since ’15 reached QF at Wimbledon as No.1⃣seed;David Goffin : GS career best at Wimbledon (QF);Guido Pella : career best at major (QF);Roberto Bautista Agut : GS career best at Wimbledon (QF).
KK on a hot streak in Paris
Karen Khachanov is on a hot streak! He has a 1⃣0⃣ match winning streak in Paris! Started in ’18 at Rolex Paris Masters (6 wins, ) indoor, + he added 4 more wins in outdoor ROLAND-GARROS ’19. Defeating seeded players like John Isner, Alexander Sascha Zverev, Dominic Thiem, Novak Djokovic, Juan Martín del Potro.
Unbalanced men’s draw?
Top half of the men’s draw: Novak Djokovic, Alexander Sascha Zverev, Dominic Thiem, Karen Khachanov = 1⃣5⃣Grand Slam (including 1⃣ Roland Garros) + 3⃣8⃣ Masters titlesBottom half: Roger Federer, Stan Wawrinka, Rafa Nadal, Kei Nishikori = 4⃣0⃣Grand Slam (including 1⃣3⃣ Roland Garros)+6⃣3⃣Masters titles.
RG2018 is Bryan bros’ first missing GS in this century!
The 76 consecutive appearances at Grand Slam stages for Bryan brothers concludes in the City (of Light) where their streak began 19 years ago, in the last century. Jaw-dropping, unique, fascinating, what an incomparable durability test accomplished by these two American twin brothers! Once upon a time, in 1999, arguably the successful doubles pairing of . . .