Daniel
Nestor gets his 1000th ATP win
Sydney,
Australia obviously suits Daniel Nestor. It is the city in which he and Sébastien
Lareau won the Olympic doubles gold medal and it is also the place where Daniel
finally got his 1000th win on the ATP tour.
To
reach this milestone Daniel and partner Marcelo Melo of Brazil managed a fairly
routine 6-4, 6-4 win over Leander Paes
of India and Jérémy Chardy of France in the APIA International Sydney
tournament.
Daniel
had hoped to make than elusive win in 2015 but it wasn’t to be. Natasha
Daniel’s wife commented, "He was talking about 999 a lot – 'I’m the first
player to get to 999' – and he said 'it would be REALLY bad if I were to get
injured or even die at this number,' "
Daniel
took his wife and daughters to Australia so they could be present when he made
the magic number of wins. Daniel is the first player to reach this milestone.
The ATP tour web site has an interview with Daniel and his family which can be
seen at
http://www.atpworldtour.com/en/video/nestor-reflects-on-1000-wins-sydney-2016
Daniel
won his first doubles title in 1994 and her has won at least one title in every
year to reach a grand total of 88 ATP titles, 8 Grand Slam titles and Olympic
Gold. 2009 was his most prolific year in terms of titles. He won 9 that year.
Daniel
has also reached 57 finals in which he didn’t take the title.
Congratulations
Daniel – may you keep racking up the wins for the remainder of your
professional career!!
Milos gets his first title of 2016.
It
was a good start to the year for Canadian tennis.
Milos
Raonic seemed in excellent form on the courts at Brisbane. And when it came to
the final he looked as if 2016 might just be the year that he will regain his
best form and nip at the heels of the top players. His supporters were not
disappointed as he defeated Roger Federer in straight sets (6-4, 6-4) in the
Brisbane International to rack up the 8th ATP World Tour Title of
his career. In 2015 Milos reached the
final of the Brisbane event and lost to Federer.
We
hope this win will give Milos the confidence he will need to go deep into the
draw at the Australian Open which is now underway. Go Milos!
