More than 10 years after they first battled for No. 1, Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer will play for the top Emirates ATP Ranking this coming week at the Western & Southern Open in Cincinnati. With current World No. 1 Andy Murray sidelined by injury, either Nadal or Federer will seize the top spot the Monday after Cincinnati. World No. 3 Federer continued to gain ground on No. 2 Nadal by reaching the final of the Coupe Rogers in Montreal, although his defeat in the title match to Alexander Zverev means the Swiss will spot the Spaniard a 320-point lead heading into the seventh ATP World Tour Masters 1000 event of the season. However, both players have destiny in their...
A LOOK BACK Zavarovalnica Sava Slovenia Open (Portoroz, Slovenia): Ukraine’s Sergiy Stakhovsky makes a return to the Top 100 in the Emirates ATP Rankings after rallying from a set and a break down to deny Italy’s Matteo Berrettini 6-7(7), 7-6(6), 6-3 in Portoroz. The 31-year-old Kiev native is projected to return to World No. 99 with his sixth Challenger title and first since May 2016 in Seoul. #NextGenATP Italian Berrettini will break into the Top 150 for the first time with his fourth Challenger final. Meanwhile, the event brought a close to the career of local favourite, former World No. 43 Grega Zemlja. The Slovenian won six titles on the ATP Challenger Tour. Wishing all the best to @GZemlja...
2017 Coupe Rogers champion Alexander Zverev discusses his reaction to defeating his childhood idol Roger Federer en route to claiming his second Masters 1000 title of his career. Watch live matches at tennistv.com.
1. IT AIN'T OVER TILL IT'S OVER Is there something in the Montreal water? In three matches this week at the Coupe Rogers, a player saved not one, not two and not three but four match points. Canadian Denis Shapovalov and Diego Schwartzman of Argentina started the match point madness on Tuesday. The #NextGenATP Shapovalov erased four match points to escape Brazilian veteran Rogerio Dutra Silva 4-6, 7-6(8), 6-4. Schwartzman saved his tournament four times in an upset bid against third-seeded Dominic Thiem, winning 6-4, 6-7(7), 7-5. Frenchman Gael Monfils' followed their lead in taking out another high seed – fifth seed Kei Nishikori – 6-7(4), 7-5, 7-6(6). Not to be outdone, Alexander Zverev saved three match points in his...
