Milos Raonic relied on his most destructive weapon – his serve – to fight back and prevail against a clay-court veteran on Wednesday at Roland Garros. The fifth-seeded Canadian struck 25 aces, including four in the final game, to beat Brazilian Rogerio Dutra Silva 4-6, 6-2, 6-3, 6-4 and move into the third round. “There's some pluses to take out of it, some things I definitely want to do better. Obviously, I was very competitive. I felt a little bit sluggish to start. Sort of let him really into it, and you could see that he started believing after a while, and that's always a dangerous state. I managed to weather the storm and hold it out throughout that match,”...
Diego Schwartzman has produced top form on clay this year on the ATP World Tour. The 24-year-old Argentine reached the semi-finals in Istanbul, and produced back-to-back quarter-final showings in Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro. Schwartzman also reached his first ATP World Tour Masters 1000 quarter-final in Monte-Carlo. He defeated Italian qualifier Stefano Napolitano on Wednesday to reach the third round at Roland Garros. Schwartzman shares some of his tennis memories in this Biofile with Scoop Malinowski. First Tennis Memory: It's tough to remember [smiles]. But I think when I first started to play in my first club in Argentina, Club Nautico Aqua. I always played football and tennis, but then I decided on tennis because I was better at...
Rafael Nadal’s quest for a 10th Roland Garros crown continued on Wednesday with a convincing 6-1, 6-4, 6-3 victory over Robin Haase in the second round. The Spaniard, seeded fourth in Paris, improves his FedEx ATP Head2Head against Haase to 3-0 and boosts his record at Roland Garros to 74-2. He has done well to conserve energy in the early rounds, spending just three hours and 41 minutes on court in his first two matches. “Robin is always a dangerous opponent. I was more in less control during the whole match, so winning in straight sets is always great news,” said Nadal. “I think I played a solid match and hit my forehand very well. My serve worked better than...
Brit Kyle Edmund, who will face Argentine Renzo Olivo in the second round at Roland Garros, tells ATPWorldTour.com the most important lesson his first coach taught him and why he prefers dogs over rabbits as family pets. First moment I realised I loved tennis Probably when I was 11 or 12. I took it more seriously and obviously chose tennis. I think because it was more of an individual game. You have more complete control over what you do. If you think you're good at it, it probably helps as well. #ThrowbackThursday Everyone starts somewhere @kyle8edmund! Start your journey #TennisForKids pic.twitter.com/dT1TChGLpj — British Tennis (@BritishTennis) April 14, 2016 First coach and the most important lesson he or she taught me...
Competing at Roland Garros, Pablo Cuevas looks back on the best shot he's ever hit, in the Madrid quarter-finals, and reveals what Alexander Zverev later said to him.