Fabio Fognini will remember this one. In front of a packed Campo Centrale, the Italian No. 1 played one of the best matches of his career, blasting 23 forehand winners to upset World No. 1 and defending champion Andy Murray 6-2, 6-4 on Tuesday during Murray's Internazionali BNL d'Italia opener in Rome. Fognini becomes the first Italian to beat a World No. 1 since Filippo Volandri in 2007. Volandri defeated Roger Federer 6-2, 6-4 in the third round, also in Rome. Since then Italians had lost 22 in a row vs. World No. 1s. Watch Live On TennisTV Watch Full Match Replays Murray, who didn't drop a set in Rome last year, becomes the first defending champion to lose in...
Overlooking the clay courts of the Internazionali BNL d’Italia on Tuesday, the ATP World Tour announced at a press conference the new rules for the inaugural Next Gen ATP Finals in November in Milan. Get Tickets Now The new event is the buzz around the ATP World Tour as players are excited for the fresh innovation and keen to see it in action. “I’m excited about the event. I think the ATP has done a great job organising it, because we do have a strong group of guys who are playing great and who are getting up the rankings,” Alexander Zverev, the current leader in the Emirates ATP Race to Milan, said after his first-round win in Rome. “I think...
It is a mark of an elite player to win, without playing well. Ninth seed David Goffin, who continues to shine on the ATP World Tour in 2017, did just that in a 3-6, 6-3, 6-2 victory over the experienced Fernando Verdasco on Tuesday at the Internazionali BNL d’Italia. Although Goffin broke for a 2-0 lead, the Belgian then lost six of the next seven games against the 2010 Rome semi-finalist, before taking control for his 29th match win of an impressive season. Goffin, runner-up in Sofia (l. to Dimitrov) and Rotterdam (l. to Tsonga) in February, will now await sixth seed Marin Cilic, who dropped only seven points on his first serve (28/35) to beat American Ryan Harrison 6-3,...
Dominic Thiem talks about reaching his first ATP World Tour Masters 1000 final ahead of the Internazionali BNL d'Italia in Rome. Watch live matches at tennistv.com.