Round one of the Australian is loaded with mouth-watering matchups, including one on Monday between Felix Auger-Aliassime and Dominic Thiem. Elsewhere, Ugo Humbert kicks off his campaign against qualifier David Goffin.(27) Felix Auger-Aliassime vs. Dominic ThiemIn 2020 and 2021, Auger-Aliassime vs. Thiem would have been worthy of a Grand Slam semifinal. In 2024 it belongs…
BRISBANE INTERNATIONAL PRESENTED BY EVIE—Brisbane, Australia First-round results: Rafael Nadal Defeats Dominic Thiem 75 61Rinky Hijikata Defeats Thanasi Kokkinakis 76(8) 62Yannick Hanfmann Defeats Sebastian Korda 75 64Lukas Klein Defeats Sebastian Baez 46 63 64Tomas Machac Defeats Tomas Martin Etcheverry 67(5) 75 76(1)Jason Kubler Defeats Aslan Karatsev 64 67(4) ret.Daniel Altmaier Defeats Li Tu 76(5) 76(4)Matteo…
Rafael Nadal’s comeback to tennis could not have begun with a much bigger matchup. It also could not have gone much better. In a battle between former Grand Slam champions who have fallen upon tougher times of late, Nadal defeated Dominic Thiem 7-5, 6-1 in the first round of the Brisbane International on Tuesday evening….
Rafael Nadal officially returned to tennis by playing a pretty good match to beat Dominic Thiem in two sets at the 2024 Brisbane International. What had been advertised for weeks finally happened as Nadal officially played his first singles match back. We had already seen Nadal in action in Brisbane, but it was a doubles…
Rafael Nadal seemed to have a favorable draw for his first tournament in more than 11 months when the field of 32 at the Brisbane International was revealed on Saturday. That changed in a big way when the qualifiers were placed in the bracket on Sunday. Nadal drew arguably the toughest and definitely the biggest…
