Watch highlights of how Lukas Kubot and Marcelo Melo reached the Mutua Madrid Open doubles semi-finals on Friday with victory over Ivan Dodig and Marcel Granollers. Watch live matches at tennistv.com.
Six years is a long time in any sport, but for Stefano Travaglia it has been a period of doubt, rebuilding and sacrifice. Back in 2011, Travaglia suffered a career-threatening accident, when he fell down a flight of stairs. In an attempt to halt his fall, the Italian reached out with his right arm, but he crashed through a pane of glass. For a right-hander on the court this was particularly disastrous, after the glass sliced between his wrist and elbow. As a result, he suffered nerve and tendon damage, losing feeling in three fingers, which prompted nine months of rehabilitation on the sidelines. Despite the severity of his injury, the 25 year was undeterred and has slowly but surely...
Lukasz Kubot and Marcelo Melo remain on course to reach their third ATP World Tour Masters 1000 final of the season after they defeated seventh seeds Ivan Dodig and Marcel Granollers 6-1, 6-4 in 68 minutes on Friday at the Mutua Madrid Open. Kubot and Melo lost just three of their first service points and recovered from a 2-4 deficit in the second set. The Polish-Brazilian team advanced to the finals of the BNP Paribas Open (l. to Klaasen-Ram) and the Miami Open presented by Itau (d. Monroe-Sock) earlier this year. The fourth seeds set up a semi-final against Nick Kyrgios and Jack Sock, who continued their popular run through the draw with a 6-7(5), 7-6(5), 10-7 victory over second...
Watch Hot Shot as Nick Kyrgios delivers a brilliant response to a putaway shot in the Mutua Madrid Open doubles quarter-finals. Watch live matches at tennistv.com.
