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Australian Open: Bernard Tomic going home to 'count my millions’ after qualifying defeat Bernard Tomic said he was heading home to "count my millions" after failing to qualify for the Australian Open. The Australian lost 6-1 6-7 (5-7) 6-4 to Italian Lorenzo Sonego in the final round of qualifying in Melbourne. It will be the first time since 2008 that 25-year-old Tomic has not featured in the main draw, with Tennis Australia having chosen not to offer the world number 142 a wildcard. "I just count money, that's all I do," he told Channel 7. "You go do what I did. You go make 13-14 million. Good luck guys. Bye bye." The remark echoed his reaction to criticism for a lack of commitment in Madrid last year, when he said: "Would you care if you were 23 and worth over $10m?" A two-time junior Grand Slam champion, Tomic became Australian number one and reached the Wimbledon quarter-finals as an 18-year-old qualifier in 2011. He reached the third round at last year's Australian Open, but will fall further down the next set of rankings after this qualifying failure. Local media have reported he is considering taking part in the Australian version of television show I'm A Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here. He was left out in 2015 after accusing the governing body of abandoning him following hip surgery in 2014, but has since returned to the team. Tomic's career has also been affected by off-court controversy. In July 2015, he was charged with resisting arrest and trespassing by police in the United States after refusing to leave a hotel room. And his father, John, was sentenced to eight months in prison for assaulting his son's training partner before the 2013 Madrid Open.

qualifiers have been named in the official draw of Australian open

Macedonia defeated Slovenia 25-24

except Novak vs. Young match cuz we already know the outcome, but it's still interesting to see Novak returns after nearly 6 months of absence , i see other 5 really looks challenging and worth watching , really sad for de Menaur who'll face a very experienced player like Berdych in 1st round , especially after 2 big tournaments in 2 weeks

Set Your Alarm: Six Must-See First Rounders In Melbourne ATPWorldTour.com highlights six first-round matches you will want to watch Ah, mid-January, one of the best times of the year for tennis fans. Our favourite sport is back and into full swing, with the first Grand Slam of the year, the Happy Slam, kicking into action. But the start times of the matches in Australia, the time differences! Calm down. We say embrace the early starts, the 3 a.m. or 6 a.m. or (insert your alarm time here) beginnings. You can pick and choose which days you arise early, but definitely turn your phone alarm on high in time for these first-rounders in Melbourne. Frances Tiafoe (USA) vs. (12) Juan Martin del Potro (ARG) FedEx ATP Head2Head Series: Del Potro leads 1-0 The #NextGenATP American against the one-time Grand Slam champion (2009 US Open) who played better than almost everyone to finish the 2017 season. Del Potro was 38-16 last year, but finished on a 20-5 run, which included a quarter-final (Paris, l. to Isner), two semi-finals (US Open, l. to eventual champion Nadal; Shanghai, l. to eventual champion Federer) and two finals (Stockholm, d. Dimitrov; Basel, l. to Federer). Del Potro, who will return to the Top 10 on Monday for the first time since 4 August 2014, is starting well in 2018, too. The second seed in Auckland will play for his second ASB Classic title on Saturday against fifth seed Roberto Bautista Agut. But Tiafoe also prefers the big stages and the blinding lights. The 19-year-old, who is the third-youngest player in the Top 100, nearly shocked Roger Federer in the first round of the 2017 US Open, falling 6-4 in the fifth. “I want to win matches like this,” Tiafoe said after the defeat. “I feel like I can play against anyone in the world. Now it's a matter of finishing these types of matches.” David Ferrer (ESP) vs. (30) Andrey Rublev (RUS) FedEx ATP Head2Head Series: First Meeting At first glance, it might look as if we've misplaced the 30th seed marking. Shouldn't Ferrer, the 27-time ATP World Tour titlist and one of the all-time maximisers of talent, have the number next to his name? Ferrer is close, at No. 38 in the ATP Rankings. But Rublev has rightly earned the seed. The #NextGenATP Russian celebrated his maiden ATP World Tour title last July in Umag and has provided plenty of supporting evidence since that triumph. At the US Open, Rublev, then 19, upset two year-end Top 10 players (Dimitrov, Goffin) to become the youngest US Open quarter-finalist since Andy Roddick in 2001. Rublev played his way into an Australian Open seed by reaching the final at the Qatar ExxonMobil Open (l. to Monfils) in Doha during week one of the 2018 season. Thus far in the new campaign, Ferrer has resembled his former World No. 3 self more than his No. 38 self. Ferrer reached the ASB Classic semi-finals in Auckland before falling to Delpo. The 35-year-old Spaniard will certainly have the experience edge against Rublev. Ferrer is making his 16th consecutive appearance in Melbourne, which is the sixth-most appearances of all-time. The two-time semi-finalist (2011, 2013) is 41-15 at the Australian Open. His first-round record: 13-2. (11) Kevin Anderson (RSA) vs. Kyle Edmund (GBR) FedEx ATP Head2Head series: Anderson leads 1-0 If you like your tennis big and powerful, set three alarms to watch the 6'8” Anderson try to tee off against the 6'2” Edmund, who also likes his tennis served with force. Anderson has never advanced past the fourth round in Melbourne, but he has maybe also never been playing as well as he is right now. The South African, who reached his maiden Grand Slam final at the 2017 US Open (l. to Nadal), is a spot away from his career-high ATP Ranking (No. 10) and spent week one reaching his 14th tour-level final. Anderson fell to Frenchman Gilles Simon at the Tata Open Maharashtra in Pune. Edmund, the top Brit playing in Melbourne, has shown an impressive fighting side so far this season. Before 2018, the 23-year-old had played in 40 deciding sets and won only 35 percent of them (14-26), according to his FedEx ATP Win/Loss Record. But during week one at the Brisbane International presented by Suncorp, Edmund toughed out two three-setters, defeating future rivals Hyeon Chung of South Korea and #NextGenATP Canadian Denis Shapovalov. In the quarter-finals, Edmund fell 6-4 in the third set to World No. 3 Grigor Dimitrov. Stefanos Tsitsipas (GRE) vs. Denis Shapovalov (CAN) FedEx ATP Head2Head Series: First Meeting Years from now, this could be an Australian Open final. But for now, it's an enticing look into the future of the ATP World Tour and possibly a preview of who we'll see at the 2018 Next Gen ATP Finals in Milan. Tsitsipas, 19, is the second-youngest player in the Top 100 of the ATP Rankings; Shapovalov, 18, is the youngest. But the 19-year-old Greek, whose forehand in Doha had television commentators remembering a certain American great named Pete, has gotten off to a better start in 2018. Tsitsipas reached his second ATP World Tour quarter-final at the Qatar ExxonMobil Open in Doha (l. to No. 5 Thiem) during the season's first week. Shapovalov, meanwhile, is 1-2 after a first-round loss to Edmund in Brisbane and a second-round defeat against Del Potro in Auckland. The 18-year-old remains upbeat about his chances in Melbourne. It will be both players' first main draw showing at the Australian Open. “I’m pretty optimistic for the next tournaments,” Shapovalov said. (19) Tomas Berdych (CZE) vs. Alex de Minaur (AUS) FedEx ATP Head2Head Series: First Meeting This first-round match has danger pasted all over it for Berdych, who's seeking his first Grand Slam title in his 57th Grand Slam appearance. This will be Berdych's 15th Australian Open. The 32-year-old Czech has reached the semi-finals at every Grand Slam, including twice in Australia (2014, 2015). The World No. 20 ended his 2017 season after the China Open in Beijing last year because of a back injury. It was his first season without a title since 2013. He lost in the second round of the Qatar ExxonMobil Open in Doha to German Jan-Lennard Struff to start the season. #NextGenATP Aussie de Minaur is on quite the opposite trajectory. Few players have started the year better than the 18-year-old from Sydney. De Minaur, who counts Aussie legend Lleyton Hewitt among his mentors, reached the semi-finals at the Brisbane International presented by Suncorp (l. to Harrison) and will play in the final of the Sydney International on Saturday evening against Russian Daniil Medvedev. De Minaur has won 11 of his past 12 matches and is the youngest player to make the Sydney final since Hewitt won the event in 2000. In Melbourne, he'll be seeking his second Grand Slam victory (also 2017 Australian Open) with the home crowd behind him. 14 Novak Djokovic (SRB) vs. Donald Young (USA) FedEx ATP Head2Head Series: Djokovic leads 2-0 It's one of the most intriguing questions of the 2018 Australian Open: How will Djokovic fare? No one has won the Norman Brookes Challenge Cup more than Djokovic, who, with six titles, is tied for the all-time lead with Roy Emerson. Seven wins during the next two weeks and Djokovic will stand alone. But the 14th seed hasn't played a tour-level match since the 2017 Wimbledon quarter-finals (ret. Berdych) and fans and pundits alike will be inspecting his match, searching for answers for the following questions: How will his surgically-operated on right elbow do under match pressure, and just how match-tested is the elbow that caused Djokovic to miss the last four months of the 2017 season? The Serbian isn't facing an “excited-to-be-here” rookie, either. Young, No. 63 in the ATP Rankings, has posted his best Grand Slam results on hard courts. The 28-year-old American made the fourth round of the 2016 US Open, and his two ATP World Tour finals came on hard courts as well.

in an all Egyptian final , Nour Elsherbini got revenge from her loss in wch final last year and she defeated Raneem El Weleily 3-0 to win Women's Masters Squash tournament that was held in KSA , the 1st women sporting event being held in KSA ever

For those who'll play 2nd round qualification matches tomorrow , will also play 3rd round in the same day or they'll play on Sunday ?

Top half of the men's draw and bottom half of the women's draw and will be played at the #AusOpen on Monday.

[hide] Men's Singles First Round First Round Winner Second Round Winner Third Round Winner Fourth Round Winner Rafael Nadal (1) Rafael Nadal (1) Rafael Nadal (1) Rafael Nadal (1) Rafael Nadal (1) Victor Estrella Burgos Nicolas Jarry Leonardo Mayer Leonardo Mayer John Millman John Millman Damir Dzumhur (28) Borna Coric Paolo Lorenzi Damir Dzumhur (28) Damir Dzumhur (28) Diego Schwartzman (24) Diego Schwartzman (24) Diego Schwartzman (24) John Isner (16) Dusan Lajovic Casper Ruud (Q) Casper Ruud (Q) Qualifier (Q) Alexandr Dolgopolov Alexandr Dolgopolov John Isner (16) Andreas Haider-Maurer Matthew Ebden John Isner (16) John Isner (16) Pablo Carreno Busta (10) Pablo Carreno Busta (10) Gilles Simon Gilles Simon Marin Cilic (6) Jason Kubler (WC) Gilles Simon Gilles Simon Marius Copil Qualifier (Q) Malek Jaziri Gilles Muller (23) Malek Jaziri Federico Delbonis Gilles Muller (23) Gilles Muller (23) Pablo Cuevas (31) Pablo Cuevas (31) Ryan Harrison Marin Cilic (6) Mikhail Youzhny Dudi Sela Ryan Harrison Ryan Harrison Qualifier (Q) Joao Sousa Marin Cilic (6) Joao Sousa Yen-Hsun Lu Marin Cilic (6) Marin Cilic (6) Grigor Dimitrov (3) Grigor Dimitrov (3) Grigor Dimitrov (3) Grigor Dimitrov (3) Nick Kyrgios (17) Qualifier (Q) Qualifier (Q) Elias Ymer (Q) Elias Ymer (Q) Marcos Baghdatis Yuki Bhambri (Q) Andrey Rublev (30) Yuki Bhambri (Q) David Ferrer Andrey Rublev (30) Andrey Rublev (30) Nick Kyrgios (17) Nick Kyrgios (17) Nick Kyrgios (17) Nick Kyrgios (17) Rogerio Dutra Silva Viktor Troicki Viktor Troicki Alex Bolt (WC) Stefanos Tsitsipas Stefanos Tsitsipas Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (15) Denis Shapovalov Qualifier (Q) Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (15) Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (15) Kevin Anderson (11) Kevin Anderson (11) Kevin Anderson (11) Kevin Anderson (11) Kevin Anderson (11) Kyle Edmund Pierre-Hugues Herbert Denis Istomin Denis Istomin Gerald Melzer Nikoloz Basilashvili Lucas Pouille (18) Nikoloz Basilashvili Qualifier (Q) Lucas Pouille (18) Lucas Pouille (18) Philipp Kohlschreiber (27) Philipp Kohlschreiber (27) Philipp Kohlschreiber (27) Jack Sock (8) Yoshihito Nishioka Andreas Seppi Andreas Seppi Corentin Moutet (WC) Ivo Karlovic Laslo Djere Jack Sock (8) Laslo Djere Yuichi Sugita Jack Sock (8) Jack Sock (8) Dominic Thiem (5) Dominic Thiem (5) Dominic Thiem (5) Dominic Thiem (5) Dominic Thiem (5) Guido Pella Steve Johnson Steve Johnson Qualifier (Q) Qualifier (Q) Jiri Vesely Adrian Mannarino (26) Jiri Vesely Filip Krajinovic Adrian Mannarino (26) Adrian Mannarino (26) Roberto Bautista Agut (20) Roberto Bautista Agut (20) Roberto Bautista Agut (20) Stan Wawrinka (9) Fernando Verdasco Cedrik-Marcel Stebe Maximilian Marderer Maximilian Marderer Jeremy Chardy Jeremy Chardy Stan Wawrinka (9) Tennys Sandgren Ricardas Berankis Stan Wawrinka (9) Stan Wawrinka (9) Novak Djokovic (14) Novak Djokovic (14) Novak Djokovic (14) Novak Djokovic (14) Novak Djokovic (14) Donald Young Gael Monfils Gael Monfils Qualifier (Q) Tim Smyczek (WC) Tim Smyczek (WC) Albert Ramos-Vinolas (21) Alexei Popyrin (WC) Jared Donaldson Albert Ramos-Vinolas (21) Albert Ramos-Vinolas (21) Micha Zverev (32) Hyeon Chung Hyeon Chung Alexander Zverev (4) Hyeon Chung Thanasi Kokkinakis (WC) Thanasi Kokkinakis (WC) Daniil Medvedev Mikhail Kukushkin Peter Gojowczyk Alexander Zverev (4) Peter Gojowczyk Thomas Fabbiano Alexander Zverev (4) Alexander Zverev (4) David Goffin (7) David Goffin (7) David Goffin (7) David Goffin (7) David Goffin (7) Qualifier (Q) Julien Benneteau Julien Benneteau Taro Daniel Evgeny Donskoy Evgeny Donskoy Fabio Fognini (25 Florian Mayer Horacio Zeballos Fabio Fognini (25 Fabio Fognini (25) Tomas Berdych (19) Tomas Berdych (19) Tomas Berdych (19) Juan Martin Del Potro (12) Alex De Minaur (WC) Guillermo Garcia-Lopez Benoit Paire Benoit Paire Karen Kachanov Karen Kachanov Juan Martin Del Potro (12) Qualifier (Q) Frances Tiafoe Juan Martin Del Potro (12) Juan Martin Del Potro (12) Sam Querrey (13) Sam Querrey (13) Sam Querrey (13) Sam Querrey (13) Roger Federer (2) Feliciano Lopez Radu Albot Radu Albot Marton Fucsovics Nicolas Kicker Jordan Thompson Milos Raonic (22) Jordan Thompson Lukas Lacko Milos Raonic (22) Milos Raonic (22) Richard Gasquet (29) Richard Gasquet (29) Richard Gasquet (29) Roger Federer (2) Blaz Kavcic Qualifier (Q) Robin Haase Robin Haase Soonwoo Kwon (WC) Jan-Lennard Struff Roger Federer (2) Jan-Lennard Struff Aljaz Bedene Roger Federer (2) Roger Federer (2) Women's Singles First Round First Round Winner Second Round Winner Third Round Winner Fourth Round Winner Simona Halep (1) Simona Halep (1) Simona Halep (1) Simona Halep (1) Simona Halep (1) Destanee Aiava (WC) Eugenie Bouchard Oceane Dodin Oceane Dodin Lauren Davis Jana Cepelova Petra Kvitova (27) Jana Cepelova Andrea Petkovic Petra Kvitova (27) Petra Kvitova (27) Ashleigh Barty (18) Ashleigh Barty (18) Ashleigh Barty (18) Ashleigh Barty (18) Aryna Sabalenka Camila Giorgi Camila Giorgi Qualifier (Q) Naomi Osaka Naomi Osaka Elena Vesnina (16) Kristina Kucova Ons Jabeur Elena Vesnina (16) Elena Vesnina (16) Johanna Konta (9) Johanna Konta (9) Johanna Konta (9) Johanna Konta (9) Karolina Pliskova (6) Madison Brengle Anna Blinkova (Q) Anna Blinkova (Q) Margarita Gasparyan Lara Arruabarrena Lara Arruabarrena Barbora Strycova (20) Richel Hogenkamp Kristie Ahn (WC) Barbora Strycova (20) Barbora Strycova (20) Lucie Safarova (29) Lucie Safarova (29) Lucie Safarova (29) Karolina Pliskova (6) Ajla Tomljanovic (WC) Sorana Cirstea Zarina Diyas Zarina Diyas Lizette Cabrera (WC) Beatriz Haddad-Maia Karolina Pliskova (6) Beatriz Haddad-Maia Veronica Cepede-Royg Karolina Pliskova (6) Karolina Pliskova (6) Garbine Muguruza (3) Garbine Muguruza (3) Garbine Muguruza (3) Garbine Muguruza (3) Angelique Kerber (21) Jessika Ponchet (WC) Su-Wei Hsieh Su-Wei Hsieh Qualifier (Q) Natalia Vikhlyantseva Lesia Tsurenko Agnieszka Radwanska (26) Lesia Tsurenko Kristyna Pliskova Agnieszka Radwanska (26) Agnieszka Radwanska (26) Angelique Kerber (21) Angelique Kerber (21) Angelique Kerber (21) Angelique Kerber (21) Anna-Lena Friedsam Nao Hibino Donna Vekic Donna Vekic Tatjana Maria Maria Sharapova Maria Sharapova Maria Sharapova Varvara Lepchenko Anastasija Sevastova (14) Anastasija Sevastova (14) Kristina Mladenovic (11) Kristina Mladenovic (11) Kristina Mladenovic (11) Madison Keys (17) Caroline Garcia (8) Ana Bogdan Yulia Putintseva Heather Watson Heather Watson Polona Hercog Polona Hercog Madison Keys (17) Ekaterina Alexandrova Qiang Wang Madison Keys (17) Madison Keys (17) Mirjana Lucic-Baroni (28) Mirjana Lucic-Baroni (28) Aliaksandra Sasnovich Caroline Garcia (8) Shelby Rogers Christina McHale Aliaksandra Sasnovich Aliaksandra Sasnovich Kurumi Nara Kurumi Nara Caroline Garcia (8) Marketa Vondrousova Carina Witthoeft Caroline Garcia (8) Caroline Garcia (8) Venus Williams (5) Venus Williams (5) Venus Williams (5) Venus Williams (5) Venus Williams (5) Belinda Bencic Qualifier (Q) Johanna Larsson Johanna Larsson Alison Van Uytvanck Petra Martic Ekaterina Makarova (31) Petra Martic Irina-Camelia Begu Ekaterina Makarova (31) Ekaterina Makarova (31) Daria Gavrilova (23) Daria Gavrilova (23) Daria Gavrilova (23) Julia Goerges (12) Qualifier (Q) Viktoria Kuzmova (Q) Viktoria Kuzmova (Q) Elise Mertens Alizé Cornet Alizé Cornet Julia Goerges (12) Xinyu Wang (WC) Sofia Kenin Julia Goerges (12) Julia Goerges (12) Sloane Stephens (13) Sloane Stephens (13) Sloane Stephens (13) Daria Kasatkina (22) Elina Svitolina (4) Shuai Zhang Qualifier (Q) Pauline Parmentier Pauline Parmentier Jennifer Brady Magda Linette Daria Kasatkina (22) Magda Linette Qualifier (Q) Daria Kasatkina (22) Daria Kasatkina (22) Shuai Peng (25) Shuai Peng (25) Shuai Peng (25) Elina Svitolina (4) Qualifier (Q) Jaimee Fourlis (WC) Olivia Rogowska (WC) Olivia Rogowska (WC) Maria Sakkari Katerina Siniakova Elina Svitolina (4) Katerina Siniakova Qualifier (Q) Elina Svitolina (4) Elina Svitolina (4) Jelena Ostapenko (7) Jelena Ostapenko (7) Jelena Ostapenko (7) Jelena Ostapenko (7) Coco Vandeweghe (10) Francesca Schiavone Ying-Ying Duan Ying-Ying Duan Mariana Duque-Marino Monica Niculescu Monica Niculescu Anett Kontaveit (32) Mona Barthel Aleksandra Krunic Anett Kontaveit (32) Anett Kontaveit (32) Dominika Cibulkova (24) Dominika Cibulkova (24) Dominika Cibulkova (24) Coco Vandeweghe (10) Kaia Kanepi Samantha Stosur Samantha Stosur Monica Puig Carla Suarez Navarro Carla Suarez Navarro Coco Vandeweghe (10) Qualifier (Q) Timea Babos Coco Vandeweghe (10) Coco Vandeweghe (10) Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (15) Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (15) Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (15) Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (15) Caroline Wozniacki (2) Kateryna Kozlova Qualifier (Q) Kateryna Bondarenko Kateryna Bondarenko Kirsten Flipkens Alison Riske Magdalena Rybarikova (19) Alison Riske Taylor Townsend Magdalena Rybarikova (19) Magdalena Rybarikova (19) Kiki Bertens (30) Kiki Bertens (30) Kiki Bertens (30) Caroline Wozniacki (2) Catherine Bellis Nicole Gibbs Nicole Gibbs Qualifier (Q) Jana Fett Jana Fett Caroline Wozniacki (2) Misa Eguchi Mihaela Buzarnescu Caroline Wozniacki (2) Caroline Wozniacki (2) [/hide]

and now let's talk about the other side which looks very compatible, entertaining and not predicted women's side :- Halep won't have easy time before quarters , she's Kvitova in 3rd Rd and some good players in the end half of that section who can be dangerous in a good day , we've a very promising match in 1st round already in that section between Barty and Sabalenka 2. karolina Pliskova should be clear favorite in that section , the biggest challengs will be from Konta who's not delivering good results since Wimbeldon , but she's done very good results last 2 years here , so some could bet on her ofc. 3. very promising section with some very good players who can go much far : Muguruza , Kerber , Radwanska , Sharapova , Sevatsova , very promising early clash between Sevatsova and Sharapova , the winner should meet Kerber and in the other half we have Muguruza vs. Radwanska . IMO Kerber or Sharapova would be the ones who make it to quarters 4. Garcia or keys , but Sasnovic and Baroni could be also dangerous oponents , Mladenovic despite being the 11th seed but it's very possible that she be eliminated from 1st Rd , I'd put my money here on Garcia 5. Venus Williams should be a clear favorite in this section , but her 1st opponent could be some how dangerous which's Bencic , we should have a matche between Venus vs. Gorges in 4th Rd 6. not a hard draw for Sivotlina , but somehow tricky with some good players that can win in a good day like Siniakova and Peng , she shouldn't have much danger from the other half , as long as Stephens isn't fit after US open victory 7. Coco Vandeweghe should be the one to qualify to Quarters here , but she'd have some hard times here , Stosur , Cibulkova and ofc. Ostapenko my favorite , but she didn't have good times since Wimbeldon , but always many things can happen in Women's side 8. Wozniacki has the easiest possible draw here , whether Bertens or Pavlyuchenkova shouldn't challenge her much , but u can't guarantee any things always for Caro

Nadal once again got the easiest Possible draw , Federer's path to Quarters doesn't look so hard on paper , but Raonic or Querry can be very dangerous on a good day , in Quarters he's 2 players defeated him in 2 major tournaments at the end of last season , so i think it's time for revenge , Nole has Monfils in 2nd Rd and he always struggle in early rounds , so it'd no be that easy ofc. , but if he can qualify to 4th Rd wouldn't be that hard to defeat Zverev who could be eliminated earlier , just hope for a non-injury tournament

maybe money ?

41 Grand Slams in 1 photo

2 Egyptians qualified today to Men's Singles Qualification 2nd RD in AO

Novak defeated Thiem 2-0 ( 6-1,6-4 ) at the Kooyong Classic in his 1st match since 6 months

With her lastest loss in Hobart, Genie Bouchard will drop out of the Top 100 for the first time since 2013.

Andy Murray will not return to courts till Grass season

2-Time Champion Victoria Azarenka withdraws from AO 2018 , her WC will be given to Ajla Tommljanovic

Caroline Wozniacki lost another final, this time in Auckland after losing to Julia Gorges in straight sets

Kristina Mladenovic loses her 14th consecutive match on WTA , as she were forced to retire in her match against Ellen Perez in Sydney 1st round

Philippe Coutinho will join Barcelona in a deal that expected to reach 142 m Pound which makes him the most expensive player in the history of Premier League

This should means that Novak will also participate

Wawrinka arrived to Australia and started Practicing

Nice to hear this

That's very surprising to me , but thanks very much. i hope he can continue his rhythm and win something big next year with Liverpool . maybe a top 10 finish for him would be a very big achievement . for Messi and Ronaldo it became very boring actually that those 2 must been put in yearly shortlist and must win , hopefully some other player can win it this year , i see Neymar is the closest to challenge them , especially if he can win CL or WC