Watch Hot Shot as Grigor Dimitrov shows his versatility on court, finishing off the point with an impressive diving volley in his quarter-final match against Yuichi Sugita. Watch live matches at tennistv.com. Photo: Peter Staples
Since 2008, the best returner in the game has either been Novak Djokovic or Rafael Nadal. Those two players have finished atop the Infosys ATP Return Games Won LEADERBOARD every year for the past nine seasons, but neither of them are currently first in 2017. The surprise package who is dominating on the return side of the equation so far this year is Argentina’s Diego Schwartzman. Schwartzman, 24, boasts his career best Emirates ATP Ranking of No. 33 this week, primarily driven by winning a tour-leading 36 per cent (192/532) of his return games. Nadal is in second place winning 34 per cent (212/626), while Djokovic is in fourth place, winning 31 per cent (141/461). At 5’7”, 141 lbs, Schwartzman...
Last year's doubles finalists Jean-Julien Rojer and Horia Tecau continued their strong run of form at the Western & Southern Open, securing their spot in the quarter-finals. Rojer and Tecau, the 2015 Nitto ATP Finals champs, have not dropped a set through two matches this week in Cincinnati, completing a 7-5, 6-3 upset of sixth seeds Raven Klaasen and Rajeev Ram on Thursday. The Dutch-Romanian duo, who finished runners-up to Ivan Dodig and Marcelo Melo in last year's final, are bidding for their second ATP World Tour Masters 1000 title as a team (Madrid 2016). They will next face third seeds Jamie Murray and Bruno Soares for a spot in the last four. [ALSO LIKE] In other action, Montreal champs...
A maiden ATP World Tour title, first Grand Slam match win, career-high Emirates ATP Ranking and now a first Masters 1000 quarter-final. If you ask Yuichi Sugita if he's playing the best tennis of his career, the answer is a resounding 'yes'. Japanese tennis has been on the rise over the past decade, thanks in large part to Kei Nishikori's Top 5 breakthrough and statement as one of the game's most formidable threats. The nation has also experienced a surge of Top 100 stalwarts, including Yoshihito Nishioka, Taro Daniel, Go Soeda and Tatsuma Ito, but none of Nishikori's countrymen have experienced the success that 28-year-old Sugita is enjoying in 2017. "Many players are having their good results after 28 or...
Grigor Dimitrov relfects on his third-round win over Juan Martin del Potro and talks strategy for his upcoming quarter-final match against Yuichi Sugit in Cincinnati. Watch live matches at tennistv.com.