Ivan Dodig

[Damian]

Dodig/Polasek Upset Murray/Skupski In Two-Day Wimbledon Clash

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Kontinen/Peers save 6 M.P. to advance on Friday
Ivan Dodig and Filip Polasek completed first-round doubles action at Wimbledon by winning their darkness-delayed match against No. 10 seeds Jamie Murray and Neal Skupski. When play resumed on Friday, Dodig/Polasek wrapped up the 2-6, 7-6(2), 3-6, 6-1, 6-4 comeback.

The loss spoiled a potential all-Murray encounter as Jamie and brother Andy Murray (w/Herbert) could have met in the third round. Dodig has enjoyed success before at The All England Club, finishing runner-up in 2013 with Marcelo Melo (l. to Bryan/Bryan).

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Eighth seeds Henri Kontinen and John Peers produced the comeback of the tournament so far. Trailing by two sets and 4-5 to Robert Lindstedt and Tim Puetz, they saved six match points to prevail 4-6, 6-7(1), 7-6(9), 6-3, 6-4.

Kontinen/Peers saved three match points in the third set at 4-5, another at 5-6 and two more in the tie-break at 6/7 and 8/9. After their incredible escape, they needed five match points of their own before advancing after four hours of play.

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Top seeds Lukasz Kubot and Marcelo Melo defeated Aussies Alex de Minaur and Matt Reid 6-7(11), 6-4, 6-3, 7-6(10). Kubot/Melo squandered four set points in the first-set tie-break, but saved four set points in the fourth-set tie-break to prevail in three hours and 26 minutes.

Colombians Juan Sebastian Cabal and Robert Farah, seeded second, moved past Kazakhs Alexander Bublik and Mikhail Kukushkin 4-6, 6-2, 6-2, 6-1. Third seeds Raven Klaasen and Michael Venus also moved on after a convincing 6-3, 7-6(3), 6-2 win over Aussies Lleyton Hewitt and Jordan Thompson.

Fifth seeds Jean-Julien Rojer and Horia Tecau defeated Fabrice Martin and Hugo Nys 6-1, 6-4, 6-4. The 2015 champions (d. Murray/Peers) are through to the third round without dropping a set.

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The other major upset of the day came from Santiago Gonzalez and Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi. Three points from defeat in the third set, they fought back to take out fourth seeds Mate Pavic and Bruno Soares 4-6, 4-6, 7-6(5), 6-4, 6-4.

Other seeded teams to advance on Day 5 include No. 11 seeds Nicolas Mahut and Edouard Roger-Vasselin, No. 12 seeds Rajeev Ram and Joe Salisbury and No. 16 seeds Robin Haase and Frederik Nielsen. Nielsen took the title here in 2012 (w/Marray) and Mahut did the same in 2016 (w/Herbert).

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[Damian]

Dodig/Polasek Continue Surprise Wimbledon Run

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Ivan Dodig and Filip Polasek continued their surprise run on Monday at Wimbledon. After upsetting No. 10 seeds Jamie Murray and Neal Skupski in the opening round last week, they reached the quarter-finals by defeating sixth-seeded Croatians Nikola Mektic and Franko Skugor 7-6(5), 6-4, 7-6(3).

Dodig finished runner-up at this event in 2013 with Marcelo Melo (l. to Bryan/Bryan), but Polasek had never reached the last eight here. The 33-year-old Slovakian retired in 2013, but returned to action last year. He’s won five ATP Challenger Tour doubles titles in the past two months and was a finalist two weeks ago with Dodig at the Turkish Airlines Open Antalya (l. to Erlich/Sitak).

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[arti]

[Damian]

Murray/Skupski will now face Ivan Dodig and Filip Polasek, who upset second seeds Lukasz Kubot and Marcelo Melo 3-6, 6-4, 10-5. Dodig/Polasek are 10-3 since joining forces in June, advancing to the semi-finals at Wimbledon and finishing runner-up in Antalya (l. to Erlich/Sitak).

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[Damian]

Polasek/Dodig Capture First Masters 1000 Title Together In Cincinnati

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This was only their fourth tournament as a team
Juan Sebastian Cabal and Robert Farah have clearly been the best doubles team on the ATP Tour this season. But Sunday was Ivan Dodig and Filip Polasek’s day.

In just their fourth event as a team, Dodig and Polasek captured their first title together, defeating top seeds Cabal and Farah 4-6, 6-4, 10-6 to win the Western & Southern Open in Cincinnati.

Fourteen months ago, Polasek had no ATP Doubles Ranking at all, as he had not played a professional tennis match since November 2013. The Slovak was forced to retire due to injury. But the Slovakian-Croatian duo has quickly clicked this year, defeating the Top 2 seeds at this ATP Masters 1000 tournament as well as legends Bob Bryan and Mike Bryan en route to the trophy.

“To see a full stadium today was amazing for both of us, for both teams,” Dodig said. “We had a great fight on the court and we really [played] great tennis today.”

This was Polasek’s 28th tour-level final, but his first at a Masters 1000 event. Dodig takes home his fifth crown at this level, with his four previous victories coming with Marcelo Melo, including in Cincinnati in 2016.

“They played a great match. They’ve been playing good for already a couple months and Polasek was out for a while,” Farah said. “To come back the way you’ve been coming back, it’s seriously very impressive, so congrats for that.”

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Dodig and Polasek will incredibly climb to 12th in the ATP Doubles Race To London, surging in pursuit of a spot at the Nitto ATP Finals, to be held at The O2 from 10-17 November. Cabal and Farah became the first pair to qualify for the eight-team field earlier this week.

There was not much to differentiate the two teams in what was a high-level final. Neither team overpowered the other, and both had their moments at the net, showing quick reactions.

But after winning two more points than the Colombians in the first set and still losing it, Dodig and Polasek finally got their break at the very end of the second set. Cabal struck his team’s first double fault of the match long on set point, setting up a Match Tie-break.

Strong returning out of the gate gave Dodig and Polasek an early lead, which they never relinquished. Cabal double faulted in the ad court again as he tried to reel his team back into it, but it was not enough, as the Croatian-Slovakian team earned 1,000 ATP Doubles Ranking points each. They will split $331,300.

Cabal and Farah fell just short of lifting their fifth trophy of the year and second at a Masters 1000 event in 2019. However, the Colombians still leave Cincinnati with 600 points apiece and a share of $161,680.

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[Damian]

Dodig/Polasek Qualify To Complete Nitto ATP Finals Doubles Field

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34-year-olds joined forces in June
Ivan Dodig and Filip Polasek have today qualified for the Nitto ATP Finals for the first time to complete the doubles field for the 2019 season finale, to be held at The O2 in London from 10-17 November.

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Dodig and Polasek will join Juan Sebastian Cabal and Robert Farah, who have already clinched the year-end No. 1 ATP Doubles Team Ranking, along with past qualifiers Lukasz Kubot and Marcelo Melo, Raven Klaasen and Michael Venus, 2015 champions Jean-Julien Rojer and Horia Tecau, and Pierre-Hugues Herbert and Nicolas Mahut. Roland Garros champions Kevin Krawietz and Andreas Mies and recent Vienna champions Rajeev Ram and Joe Salisbury will also be making their team debuts at The O2.

Dodig and Polasek first teamed up in June this year, when they reached the Turkish Airlines Open Antalya final (l. to Erlich/Sitak). They captured their first team title at the Western & Southern Open, an ATP Masters 1000 tournament in Cincinnati (d. Cabal/Farah) and at the 500-level China Open (d. Kubot/Melo). The pair also reached the semi-finals at Wimbledon (l. to Mahut/Roger-Vasselin), the Chengdu Open (d. Erlich/Martin) and at last week’s Swiss Indoors Basel (l. to Rojer/Tecau).

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The 34-year-old Dodig has competed at the Nitto ATP Finals on five previous occasions (2013-17), highlighted by a run to the 2014 final with Melo (l. to Bryans). Polasek, 34, is the first player from the Slovak Republic to compete at the season finale.

Individually, Dodig won doubles titles this season in Montpellier and Lyon (both w/Roger-Vasselin). Polasek teamed up with Philipp Oswald earlier in the year to clinch the Kitzbuhel title. They were also runners up in Gstaad.

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[Barty]

FILIP POLASEK/IVAN DODIG: COMEBACK OR NOT, TEAM SET FOR FINAL PUSH

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Don’t call this an astounding comeback. Don’t call this a comeback at all. Filip Polasek considers this an entirely new career, after a break of more than five years between his first and second tennis lives. “The only thing that’s the same is my name,” Polasek has said.

A year and a half ago, the Slovakian didn’t even have an ATP Doubles Ranking - having retired in 2013 at the age of 28 because he physically couldn’t continue - and the Nitto ATP Finals wasn’t even in his thoughts. “I had a nerve issue in my back, and I had loose discs in my spine. My leg would jump after matches. I’d get to the locker room and I simply couldn’t control the nerves in my left leg,” Polasek, now 34 years old, has disclosed. “If I didn’t physically hold it still with my hands, it would jump sometimes for as long as 15 minutes. To say it was bad is an understatement. I knew my career was over. But even without playing tennis, the pain wasn’t going away.”

Last year, though, he felt as though his body would let him play professionally again, and he thought he would give tennis another try. This season, Polasek has touched new heights on the doubles court. At their very first tournament together, which was as recently as June this year, Ivan Dodig and Polasek reached the final of the ATP Tour event in Antalya, and their second event together was Wimbledon, where they made the semi-finals. A “dream came true” at just their fourth tournament as a pair when they won the ATP Masters 1000 title in Cincinnati in August. They added a second title in Beijing in October.

In Polasek’s view, he has achieved the “impossible” this season. “A lot of people thought it would be impossible to come back to this level after my injuries and being away from competing for so long, but I love doing impossible things. What’s even crazier is that my game is completely different. I have a different body and a different body weight. I play with different racquets and different string,” said Polasek, which is why he thinks the only thing that’s the same is his name.

In many ways, Polasek feels as though he is a superior player now than during his first career. “I lost the freedom that players have when you’re 23 and you think you’re the best in the world by far and you play without thinking. Now I’m thinking too much sometimes. But before I was playing too fast and now I see the game much clearer as I play and as I practise,” he said. “I’m still improving my technique and it’s helping me. I’m hitting much better from the baseline than I was before. I can see and feel the ball much better than before. But to me, this hasn’t been a comeback. It’s a new career. I’ve built myself up from scratch.”

This is the third of Dodig’s partnerships that have made it to The O2, as he qualified four times with Brazilian Marcelo Melo (they were the runners-up in 2014), and he also qualified once with Spaniard Marcel Granollers.

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[Damian]

Polasek/Dodig End Debut Season With Win In London

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Slovakian-Croatian duo defeat Klaasen/Venus on Thursday
Ivan Dodig and Filip Polasek ended their season on a high at the Nitto ATP Finals on Thursday, beating Group Jonas Bjorkman winners Raven Klaasen and Michael Venus 7-6(4), 6-4.
“It’s awesome to win here. The atmosphere throughout the week has been great,” Polasek said. “It’s been an unbelievable journey. I’m really happy we can finish the season with a win here. There’s no better feeling.”
The eighth seeds, who end their first team appearance at the Nitto ATP Finals with a 1-2 record, fired 19 aces to extend their unbeaten FedEx ATP Head2Head record against Klaasen and Venus to three matches. The Croatian-Slovakian duo finishes its debut season as a team with a 27-11 record. Dodig and Polasek made their team debut at the Turkish Airlines Open Antalya in June, before capturing trophies at ATP Masters 1000-level in Cincinnati and ATP 500-level in Beijing.
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“I think we had an amazing season. We played 11 tournaments together and now we’re here in London,” Dodig said. “To close the season with a win here is a great feeling. We’re looking forward to next year.”
After aggressive play from Klaasen earned the fifth seeds an early break, Dodig and Polasek recovered quickly and levelled the score. The Cincinnati titlists capitalised on a series of unforced errors to break Klaasen’s serve and reach 4-4.
The eighth seeds trailed Klaasen and Venus 4/3 in the tie-break, but Dodig served with power and Polasek fired back-to-back winners to take the opener after 50 minutes. Polasek showcased great reaction skills to earn the only break of the second set at 2-2 and soon fired an ace down the T to clinch the win after 86 minutes.
Despite suffering their first loss at this year’s event, Klaasen and Venus win Group Jonas Bjorkman with a 2-1 record. The fifth seeds move through to the semi-finals at The O2 for the first time and will face the second-placed team from Group Max Mirnyi in the last four on Saturday.

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[Damian]

2019 w liczbach (debel):

Ranking: 12
Bilans meczów: 46-27
Tytuły: 4 (Pekin, Cincinnati, Lyon, Montpellier)
Finały: 1 (Antalya)
Zarobki: $739,202

[Lucas]

ATP Cup: Dodig Reveals The One Croatian Stroke He Would Take

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Ivan Dodig is Croatia's No. 1 doubles player at World No. 12, and the 34-year-old may play a key role at the inaugural ATP Cup. Dodig will likely partner the world's No. 15 doubles player, Nikola Mektic, when their country competes in Group E action in Sydney against Argentina, Austria and Poland. Croatia's other players are Borna Coric, Marin Cilic and Viktor Galovic.

ATPTour.com catches up with Dodig to find out which Croat he looked up to growing up, which shot from a countryman he'd like to add to his repertoire and more.

Which countrymen did you watch playing tennis when you were growing up?
Obviously for all us Croatian players, Goran Ivanisevic was the first guy. We were looking at him, he was our idol and I think many of us would say Goran was the main key for us to start playing tennis. He was a big inspiration for many kids and he is still the reason why I think many good Croatian players are coming on the Tour.

If you could take one stroke from any other player on your ATP Cup team and add it to your game, what would that stroke be?
I would take Cilic’s forehand. He has a powerful forehand. I think it is his best stroke. My forehand, when I played singles, was my weakest shot. I improved every year, but still I always did much better [with the] backhand. I was missing that forehand.

What are the first Australian animals that come into your head?
I know everybody is scared of the spiders there. Kangaroos.

What are the three things you love most about Croatia?
Sea, weather and food.

What do you like most about Australia?
I like Australia a lot. I always said it would be my second country I would choose to live in. It has beautiful weather, beautiful cities and amazing food. It is the perfect country to live [in]. Unfortunately for us from Europe, it is a little bit too far to travel in our sport but, in general, I very much like the country.

Which player would most likely be late for an ATP Cup dinner?
It is going to be Marin Cilic or Borna Coric. One of them. They are always a bit… It’s okay, they are stars, they are our first two players, so they can always get a little bit of credit.

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[Damian]

Team Croatia Takes In Tamarama Waves, Prepare To Storm Into ATP Cup

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Croatia to meet Austria on Saturday

Marin Cilic took his first step down the stairs onto Tamarama Beach on Tuesday in Sydney. The former World No. 3 is working hard in preparation for the inaugural ATP Cup, and he was excited to join his countrymen for a quick outing at the beach before play begins on 3 January.

“Tough day at the office,” Cilic said, cracking a smile as he looked out at the magnificent sea setting from above.

Cilic, Borna Coric, Ivan Dodig, Nikola Mektic and Viktor Galovic visited with the Tamarama Surf Lifesaving Club to learn what it takes to look after the public swimming in the crystal blue water off the beach.

“I’m going to be the life saver. I’m going to save you,” Coric said.

“I’d like to be saved,” Mektic said, eliciting plenty of laughter from Team Croatia.

Team Croatia visits Tamarama Beach in Sydney ahead of the <a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/tournaments/ ... rview'>ATP Cup</a>.

That is what is making the ATP Cup special — players who typically play for themselves becoming one, enjoying the unity that this 24-team event provides.

As the Croats — who launch their campaign on Saturday evening against Team Austria — stepped out onto a set of boulders high above the scene to take some photos, passersby quickly gathered, with some Croatian tennis fans stopping to ask the stars for pictures.

“Obviously we are really happy to be here,” said Team Croatia captain Luka Kutanjac. “It’s a great new event that the ATP is really trying to promote and to keep it going. It’s always fun to have teammates together.”

The players then descended to the sand, with some choosing to go for a swim in the Sydney heat. It was a perfect time to cool off, with the competition about to start heating up.

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[Kamileki]

Dodig's Brilliant No-Look Spinorama Lob Confirmed By Video Review

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Ivan Dodig hits a no-look spinorama lob for a winner. It was confirmed by video review that Dodig did not contact the ball with his hand.
Dodig's Brilliant No-Look Spinorama Lob Confirmed By Video Review
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The Polish challenged whether the ball touched Dodig's hand

Croat Ivan Dodig hit an incredible no-look spinorama pick-up lob for a winner against Poland that was confirmed by video review on Monday in Sydney at the ATP Cup.

With Dodig and Nikola Mektic leading 6-2, 3-0, Poland’s Hubert Hurkacz hit a high backhand volley crosscourt at Dodig’s backhand side. The Croat spun to his right and reached out his racquet, somehow sending the ball over Hurkacz and Lukasz Kubot’s heads, with the ball landing just inside the baseline.

The Polish duo challenged whether the ball hit Dodig’s hand as he spun, which would have given them the point.

Using video review to look back at the footage and sound, chair umpire John Blom decided that there was not enough proof that the ball touched Dodig. For Blom to change the decision, he would need conclusive evidence that there was a touch.

“It was very tough even for me to feel if I touched, because I didn't hit it with [my] hand, because I would say if I hit it with my hand. I hit something with the grip, but I felt a vibration, maybe. It's tough,” Dodig said. “The point, it's happened once in the lifetime… when I hit it it was kind of a lob on the line. It [was the] best possible scenario.

“[It] was a nice point. Obviously I would say for now the best one we had. But it's always nice to have those kind of points from time to time. I’ve had many nice points, but this is one of the best I’ve had.”

Dodig and Mektic won the match 6-2, 6-1 to give Croatia a 2-1 win against Poland.
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Chorwat z koroną.

[Kamileki]

2020 w liczbach (debel):

Ranking: 16
Bilans meczów: 16-10
Tytuły: 0
Finały: 2 (Hamburg (w/Mate Pavić), Adelajda (w/Filip Polasek))
Zarobki: $216,699

[Damian]

Dodig/Polasek Save 2 M.P. In Antalya

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Mektic/Pavic race into semi-finals


Ivan Dodig and Filip Polasek saved two match points on Sunday to earn their place in the Antalya Open semi-finals.

The second seeds trailed 7/9 in a Match Tie-break, but claimed four consecutive points to overcome Harri Heliovaara and Emil Ruusuvuori 3-6, 6-4, 11-9. Dodig and Polasek are attempting to capture their third ATP Tour crown as a team.

The Croatian-Slovakian tandem will face third seeds Jeremy Chardy and Fabrice Martin in the semi-finals. The Frenchmen saved all seven break points they faced to beat Alexander Bublik and Andrey Golubev 6-1, 6-1.

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Nikola Mektic and Mate Pavic cruised past Nikoloz Basilashvili and Andre Begemann 6-0, 6-1 to reach the semi-finals in 43 minutes. Mektic and Pavic, who survived a Match Tie-break in the first round, are making their team debut in Antalya.

The top seeds will meet Salvatore Caruso and Andrea Vavassori for a place in the championship match. The Italians charged through to the last four with a 6-1, 6-0 victory against Luca Margaroli and Florin Mergea.

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[Barty]

Dodig/Polasek Return To Australian Open Semi-finals

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Mektic/Pavic eliminate 2019 champions

Ivan Dodig and Filip Polasek ended the run of Aussie wild cards Matthew Ebden and John-Patrick Smith 6-4, 2-6, 6-4 on Tuesday to reach their second straight Australian Open semi-final.

Dodig and Polasek landed 26 winners and won 78 per cent of their first-serve points (40/51) en route to victory. The ninth seeds entered the quarter-finals without dropping a set, but they needed one hour and 50 minutes to overcome Ebden and Smith on Court 3.

Dodig and Polasek, who are through to their third Grand Slam semi-final as a team (0-2), own a 9-2 record this year. The Croatian-Slovakian duo is aiming to reach its second final of 2021, following its runner-up finish at the Antalya Open in January (l. to Mektic/Pavic).

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The Antalya finalists will have a chance to gain revenge for their championship match loss on the Turkish south coast. They will face Antalya champions Nikola Mektic and Mate Pavic in the semi-finals. Mektic and Pavic survived a final-set Match Tie-break to defeat 2019 champions Pierre-Hugues Herbert and Nicolas Mahut 6-4, 4-6, 7-6(3).

Mektic and Pavic struck 43 winners, including 10 aces, to extend their unbeaten record as a team to 12-0 after two hours and 24 minutes. The second seeds, who began their partnership in Antalya last month, are chasing their third title of the year. Mektic and Pavic picked up their second trophy of the season at the Murray River Open.

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