Watch highlights of Rafael Nadal and Alexander Zverev winning their opening matches on Tuesday at the China Open in Beijing. Watch live tennis at tennistv.com. Photo: China Open/VCG.
Alexander Zverev inched closer to clinching his debut appearance at the Nitto ATP Finals in London on Tuesday. The second seed started his China Open with a 6-3, 7-6(3) victory against 22-year-old Kyle Edmund of Great Britain in a match that finished after midnight local time. The 20-year-old Zverev broke in the third and ninth games of the first set. [ALSO LIKE] Edmund raised his level in the second set and had a set point on his racquet at 5-4 after breaking Zverev. But the German broke back and sprinted through the tie-break, winning the final four points for the straight-sets win. Zverev improves to 2-0 against Edmund in their FedEx ATP Head2Head series. The 6'6” German is in third...
Watch highlights as Milos Raonic and Steve Johnson score big wins to start their Rakuten Japan Open Tennis Championships 2017 in Tokyo. Watch live tennis at tennistv.com. Photo: Getty Images.
Steve Johnson recorded the biggest match win of his career on Tuesday at the Rakuten Japan Open Tennis Championships 2017, when the 27-year-old American knocked out second seed Dominic Thiem in the Tokyo first round. Johnson was made to work hard throughout the pair’s third FedEx ATP Head2Head meeting, but ultimately triumphed 4-6, 7-6(5), 6-4 in two hours and 19 minutes. It was his first victory over a Top 10 player in the Emirates ATP Rankings since August 2016, when Johnson beat No. 10-ranked Jo-Wilfried Tsonga at the Western & Southern Open in Cincinnati. Thiem, who is attempting to qualify for the Nitto ATP Finals for the second successive year, is currently No. 4 in the Emirates ATP Race To...
Watch as Austrian Dominic Thiem shows off his hand skills at the net against Steve Johnson of the U.S. at the Rakuten Japan Open Tennis Championships 2017. Watch live tennis at tennistv.com. Photo: Getty Images.
