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Daily Tennis Tips - Tuesday January 7

Daily Tennis Tips - Tuesday January 7

• Will Evans
Aussie lucky loser Rinky Hijikata is looking to build some early-season momentum, but Belgian veteran David Goffin looms as a tough first-round opponent at the Adelaide International. The pair met for the first time last year in the Winston-Salem quarter-finals, where Goffin powered to a 6-3 6-1 result. That was part of a late-2024 surge from former top-10 star Goffin, climbing back to No.53 with subsequent quarter-final runs at the Shanghai Masters and Swiss Indoors. But the 34-year-old was trounced 6-2 6-3 by Aleksandar Vukic at the Brisbane International in his first 2025 hit-out. Hijikata went down 6-3 6-3 to…
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5 Lessons Learned - NFL Week 18

5 Lessons Learned - NFL Week 18

• James Caughlin
After 272 games, the NFL playoff picture is finally set for the 14 best teams and the offseason has commenced for the other 18. Some teams like New England could not wait to get a jump on their offseason, firing head coach Jerod Mayo less than 90 minutes after their game finished. Meanwhile, others ensured they are least had a positive memory to end the campaign on with the Panthers and Jets pulling off upset wins in their games. Read on for our full NFL Week 18 recap below! 1 – Baltimore’s Necessary Gamble Backfires There was no other option…
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Daily Tennis Tips - Monday January 6

Daily Tennis Tips - Monday January 6

• Will Evans
Russian veteran Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova and Czech star Marketa Vondrousova square off in the pick of the women’s matches on day one of the Adelaide International – with both players coming off long injury layoffs. Voundrousova boasts a 2-1 head-to-head advantage after wins in Chicago and Moscow in 2021, but Pavlyuchenkova took out their most recent clash at last February’s Qatar Open. Both players have a French Open final on their CV – Vondrousova in 2019, Pavlyuchenkova in 2021 – while Vondrousova won Wimbledon in 2023. But Vondrousova has been sidelined by injury since going down in the first round of…
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