Watch highlights as Rafael Nadal and Grigor Dimitrov win hard-fought matches on Thursday at the China Open. Watch live tennis at tennistv.com. Photo: Getty Images
Follow all the latest off-court action on MyATP! Download the app for iPhone or Android or visit MyATP.com. Rakuten Japan Open Tennis Championships 2016 – Tokyo, Japan Nick Kyrgios, Gael Monfils, Kevin Anderson, Yoshihito Nishioka, John Peers and more played “sushi roulette” to find out which player gets the lucky (or unlucky?) sushi roll filled with wasabi. The star who got the spicy treat also won a prize! Kei Nishikori, Feliciano Lopez, Monfils, Benoit Paire, Marcos Baghdatis, Marin Cilic, Ivo Karlovic, Nishioka, Taro Daniel, Anderson, Yuichi Sugita and Fernando Verdasco were on hand for ATP Sunday Charity Day, a tradition at the Rakuten Open, which sees packed crowds watch players practise ahead of the tournament. Gilles Muller, Peers and Henri Kontinen helped out at an Emirates Clinic. ...
Second seeds Marcelo Melo and Lukasz Kubot reached the semi-finals of the China Open in Beijing after edging Wimbledon finalists Julien Benneteau and Edouard Roger-Vasselin 5-7, 6-3, 10-8 on Thursday. The Brazilian/Polish duo are chasing their second title together after victory in Vienna last year (d. Murray/Peers). “We’re happy to be in the semis here in Beijing,” said Melo. “We played really well today. It was a tough match. The French guys were playing really good. We hope we can continue playing the same way, as aggressive as we were, and we are enjoying the moment.” They go on to face Jack Sock and Bernard Tomic, who also came from a set down to beat Paolo Lorenzi and Guido Pella...
Grigor Dimitrov called on all his self belief to get by Lucas Pouille in a second-round tussle at the China Open on Thursday. Watch live tennis at tennistv.com.