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I noticed in another thread someone talking about Tsonga's record on US soil.
Well it is a bad one. One quarter-final appearance at the USO, but his showings at IW, Miami and Cincinnati have been very poor by his standards and he has only ever got to the SF once in a tournament in the US- Winston-Salem 2012.
So it got me thinking are there any other players (not including home players who always play well in their own backyard) who always excel in a particular country or even a region, or perform way below their usual standard in it?
For example:
TSONGA- BAD (United States)
SODERLING- GOOD (France- two RG finals and a Paris-Bercy title in the French capital) and BAD (Australia- poor AO results every year, never passed round 3 in his prime and lost to Granollers one year to top it off)
HAASE- GOOD (Austria- Mr Kitzbuhel)
Any more?
Well it is a bad one. One quarter-final appearance at the USO, but his showings at IW, Miami and Cincinnati have been very poor by his standards and he has only ever got to the SF once in a tournament in the US- Winston-Salem 2012.
So it got me thinking are there any other players (not including home players who always play well in their own backyard) who always excel in a particular country or even a region, or perform way below their usual standard in it?
For example:
TSONGA- BAD (United States)
SODERLING- GOOD (France- two RG finals and a Paris-Bercy title in the French capital) and BAD (Australia- poor AO results every year, never passed round 3 in his prime and lost to Granollers one year to top it off)
HAASE- GOOD (Austria- Mr Kitzbuhel)
Any more?