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Former World No. 1 Leander Paes shows off his fast hands in his Tallahassee Challenger doubles semi-final with Scott Lipsky.

Watch Hot Shot as Rafael Nadal shows off his reflexes at the net against Hyeon Chung at the Barcelona Open Banc Sabadell. Watch live matches at tennistv.com. Photo: Getty Images

Rafael Nadal inched closer to a 10th title at the Barcelona Open Banc Sabadell on Friday as he withstood a spirited challenge to defeat #NextGenATP star Hyeon Chung 7-6(1), 6-2 in the quarter-finals. “He was playing at a very high level throughout the tournament and played well today. He has good potential, [a] great backhand and [is] very quick. He has all the right things to be a good player,” said Nadal. “He had chances in the first set and I’m happy that I started to play better after the first six games.” The Spaniard will next play Horacio Zeballos, who continued his dream run by knocking off another #NextGenATP player in Karen Khachanov, 6-4, 6-1. Nadal and Zeballos are...

Dominic Thiem talks about what went well in his win over Yuchi Sugita at the Barcelona Open Banc Sabadell and looks ahead to the semi-finals. Watch live matches at tennistv.com.

Top seed Lucas Pouille booked his spot in the semi-finals of the Gazprom Hungarian Open on Friday as he defeated Martin Klizan 6-4, 6-3 in Budapest. The Frenchman saved two match points to edge Jiri Vesely in his opening second-round match on Thursday, but had an easier time against Klizan, claiming victory in 84 minutes as he saved five of seven break points. "I think it was a great match," said Pouille. "It was much better than yesterday. My level is increasing and that's good because tomorrow I know it's going to be a tough one. I'm very happy with my performance today." The 23-year-old Pouille is coming off his second ATP World Tour Masters 1000 semi-final showing at last...