The doubles quarter-finals are locked in at Roland Garros, with fifth seeds Jamie Murray and Bruno Soares among the final three teams to book their spots in the last eight on Sunday. Murray/Soares took out ninth seeds Rohan Bopanna and Pablo Cuevas 7-6(5), 6-2. The pairing struggled on clay leading into Roland Garros, posting a 2-4 record on the red dirt, but have cruised through their first three matches in Paris without losing a set. Murray/Soares will next play Santiago Gonzalez and Donald Young. [ALSO LIKE] Veterans Fernando Verdasco and Nenad Zimonjic eased past Sam Groth and Robert Lindstedt 6-4, 6-2. Zimonjic prevailed here in 2010 (w/Nestor), while Verdasco is looking for his first Grand Slam semi-final. They’ll face Rogerio...
The breakthrough stretch of Pablo Carreno Busta's career reached another high on Sunday at Roland Garros. Playing in his first fourth-round match at a Grand Slam, the 25-year-old Spaniard knocked out fifth seed Milos Raonic 4-6, 7-6(2), 6-7(6), 6-4, 8-6 to advance to his first Grand Slam quarter-final. Carreno Busta battled the 26-year-old Canadian for more than four hours and needed seven match points, but the Spaniard eventually prevailed to celebrate his first win against a Top 10 player. He had been 0-16 and had lost all five prior match-ups against Top 10 players at Grand Slams. “It's difficult to explain my emotions at the end of the match. It was the best victory of my career. Maybe one of...
A LOOK BACK Internazionali Di Tennis Citta Di Vicenza (Vicenza, Italy): Marton Fucsovics of Hungary fought off two championship points to take the title over seventh seed Laslo Djere of Serbia 4-6, 7-6(7), 6-2. Djere held a match point while serving at 6-5 in the second set and another at 7/6 in the tie-break, but Fucsovics fought back to prevail in two hours and 21 minutes. The 25-year-old Hungarian is the second player to save match points in an ATP Challenger Tour final this year, joining Yuichi Sugita, who saved two in Yokohama. He also showed his mental toughness throughout the week by rallying from a set down in three matches. This is the third Challenger title for Fucsovics and...
Eighth seed Kei Nishikori overcame an onslaught from #NextGenATP Korean Hyeon Chung, surviving after five sets and nearly four hours at Roland Garros. The Japanese advanced to the Round of 16 with a rollercoaster 7-5, 6-4, 6-7(4), 0-6, 6-4 victory, firing a total 62 winners and seven aces, while converting six of 14 break chances. The win puts Nishikori into his sixth consecutive Grand Slam fourth round and third in a row on the Parisian clay. He improved to 16-6 in five-setters in his career. The World No. 9 will look to match his best result here when he faces Fernando Verdasco on Monday. He leads their FedEx ATP Head2Head series 3-2, most recently prevailing at the ATP World Tour...
Statistically speaking, Rafael Nadal has been more dominant during past starts at Roland Garros. But anyone who watched his latest commanding performance on Sunday in Paris might think about challenging that statement. The Spaniard reigned yet again on Suzanne-Lenglen Court, rolling into the quarter-finals with a 6-1, 6-2, 6-2 victory against countryman and 17th seed Roberto Bautista Agut, who was trying to reach the last eight at a Grand Slam for the first time. Nadal improved to 13-0 against Spaniards at Roland Garros and 20-3 against them at the tour-level. The nine-time Roland Garros champion marches into the quarter-finals for the 11th time, joining Roger Federer at the top of the chart for most Roland Garros quarter-final showings in the...