Rafael Nadal faces a difficult path to the China Open final in Beijing this week as the Spaniard returns to tour-level action for the first time since winning his third US Open earlier this month. The 31-year-old Nadal opens against Frenchman Lucas Pouille, who outlasted the Spaniard the last time they played, during the fourth round of the 2016 US Open. From there, Nadal could face #NextGenATP Russian Karen Khachanov, No. 32 in the Emirates ATP Rankings. Sixth seed John Isner of the U.S. could await in the quarter-finals. View Draw Third seed Grigor Dimitrov, wild card Juan Martin del Potro and fifth seed Roberto Bautista Agut are the favourites to face Nadal in the semi-finals. The Spaniard is going...
Marcos Baghdatis bounces back from Friday's rain delay in Chengdu, winning two matches on Saturday to reach the final in China. Video courtesy Chengdu Open.
David Goffin advanced to his third final of the season by defeating Henri Laaksonen 7-6(7), 5-7, 6-3 at the Shenzhen Open on Saturday and could further boost his standing in the Emirates ATP Race To London during Sunday's final. With a win against Ukraine's Alexandr Dolgopolov, Goffin would have 2,285 points in the Emirates ATP Race To London, which determines the Top 8 players who compete at the Nitto ATP Finals, to be held 12-19 November at The O2 in London. With fifth-placed Stan Wawrinka and ninth-placed Novak Djokovic having ruled themselves out of the season-ending event, Goffin would be in strong position to qualify for the first time at the prestigious tournament. See Who's Leading The Emirates ATP Race...
Marcos Baghdatis had to win two matches in one day on Saturday at the Chengdu Open but the Cypriot pulled it off and now, he'll earn his reward: a chance to win his first ATP World Tour title since Sydney 2010. The 32-year-old Baghdatis won the final game of his Chengdu quarter-final, beating Chinese Taipei's Yen-Hsun Lu 6-3, 6-2 to reach his third semi-final of the season. Later in the day, Baghdatis returned to take on Argentina's Guido Pella, who had not dropped a set all tournament and had upset top seed Dominic Thiem in the second round. But Baghdatis hit 12 aces and lost his serve only once in the final two sets to advance past Pella 5-7, 6-4,...
Whether you’d like to call it ‘five-for-five’ or ‘five-with-five’, ATP World Tour veteran Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi will attempt to win his fifth doubles title of the year with a fifth different partner at the Chengdu Open on Sunday. “It’s obviously a very, very good feeling and a great feeling to reach four finals and win all four of them, especially playing with four different partners,” said Qureshi, who alongside partner Jonathan Erlich will play either Marcus Daniell and Marcelo Demoliner or Yen-Hsun Lu and Divij Sharan, who contest their semi-final Saturday. “[I] hope things go well and I can get another title this year, with a different partner again.” Qureshi has had an inconsistent year, but not just in the way...