Grigor Dimitrov is one win away from his first ATP World Tour Masters 1000 final after a commanding 6-2, 6-1 win over Japan’s Yuichi Sugita Friday at the Western & Southern Open in Cincinnati. Dimitrov has now reached four semi-finals at the ATP World Tour’s premier tournament level, but is yet to reach a title match at the 1000s. The Bulgarian broke World No. 46 Sugita at the beginning of the first set to race to a 3-0 lead and twice at the beginning of the second set to surge ahead 5-0. He lost just five points on serve and did not face a break point. En route to victory, the seventh-seeded Bulgarian pulled off a spectacular diving hot shot...
Rafael Nadal remains on course to lift a record 31st ATP World Tour Masters 1000 crown and second Cincinnati title on Friday by reaching the Western & Southern Open quarter-finals. The top seed and 2013 champion knocked out his Spanish compatriot Albert Ramos-Vinolas 7-6(1), 6-2 in one hour and 38 minutes mid-afternoon at the Lindner Family Tennis Center. He will now rest and prepare to meet Australian Nick Kyrgios later today. Nadal leads 2-1 in their FedEx ATP Head2Head series, ahead of their first hard-court meeting. [GROUP POLL]67[/GROUP POLL] "I'm very happy to be in the quarter-finals," said Nadal. "It was a tough match this afternoon against Albert, and now [it will be] another very, very difficult match against Kyrgios....
Get the change out of that! Nick Kyrgios fires two powerful Hot Shots past Ivo Karlovic at the Western & Southern Open on Friday. Watch live matches at tennistv.com.
Watch Hot Shot as Nick Kyrgios produces a flicked forehand winner past Ivo Karlovic on Friday at the Western & Southern Open. Watch live matches at tennistv.com.
Nick Kyrgios hung tough on Friday as he began a double shift at the Western & Southern Open. The Australian advanced to his third ATP World Tour Masters 1000 quarter-final (also Indian Wells and Miami) of the year by finding a way past Ivo Karlovic of Croatia in a 4-6, 7-6(6), 6-3 victory over one hour and 56 minutes. The pair began today with Karlovic leading 4-3 in the first set, following rain on Thursday. View FedEx ATP Head2Head matchups for the quarter-finals of the Western & Southern Open and vote for who you think will win! Nadal vs. Kyrgios | Thiem vs. Ferrer [GROUP POLL]67[/GROUP POLL] "It was tough, obviously," said Kyrgios. "Coming back today, I had a very...