Damir Dzumhur

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2021 w liczbach:

Ranking: 158
Bilans meczów: 4-6
Tytuły: 0
Finały: 0
Zarobki: $223,437

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Damir Dzumhur moved past Australian Li Tu 6-1, 6-3 in 78 minutes to record his first win of the season. The World No. 161 is aiming to make his eighth appearance in the main draw in Melbourne, after also coming through qualifying last year.

The Bosnian did not face a break point against Lu and will next play Australian Rinky Hijikata after the wild card downed Frenchman Mathias Bourgue 6-3, 6-4 in 87 minutes.

https://www.atptour.com/en/news/austral ... 022-monday

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Dzumhur digs in for the long haul

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Damir Dzumhur is not the type to turn his nose up at the grind, given his unlikely rise from such humble beginnings.

Born in under-siege Sarajevo early in the Bosnian War, no far-flung back court at an ATP Challenger event is beyond the former world No.23 as he looks to rebuild from a season he deems his worst since announcing himself at the Australian Open eight years ago.

From the highs of that breakout third-round run in 2014 to becoming the first Bosnian to capture an ATP title in St Petersburg in 2017, the 29-year-old has endured a lean few years since.

An opening-round qualifying win against Australian wildcard Li Tu on Monday went some way to turning it all around in 2022.

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It broke a three-match losing streak and set up a showdown on Wednesday with another Aussie wildcard, Rinky Hijikata.

"That's probably the toughest part, mentally … I wouldn't say really the motivation. I don't care if I have to play a Challenger. I don't care if I have to play Futures level. I'm not that kind of player who's appreciating only the big stages and big courts," Dzumhur told ausopen.com.


Dzumhur's opening-round qualifying win was a step in the right direction
"I can play anywhere, because when I was young I was practising everywhere. I was practising on a court which doesn't even exist anywhere else in the world and that's how I learnt to play tennis but, you know, knowing that you have to do a lot to get where you were, or get close to where you were, is tough. You know that the journey is very long."

Under the guidance of his father and tennis coach Nerfid, that first tennis court, of sorts, was Sarajevo’s Zetra Olympic Hall, which was badly damaged from bombing and had been used as a shelter for Bosnian refugees during the war.

It was a far cry from walking onto Hisense Arena to face seventh seed Tomas Berdych in the third round at Melbourne Park as a qualifier in 2014, or onto Rod Laver Arena against top seed Rafael Nadal at the same stage four years later.

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