After enjoying plenty of junior success, French teenager Corentin Moutet is ready to show off his rapidly improving game at the pro level. Competing at this week’s $50,000 ATP Challenger Tour event in Cherbourg, France, the 17 year old came through qualifying to reach his first Challenger quarter-final. Moutet defeated Jeremy Jahn of Germany in the opening round and then scored the biggest win of his young career over Canadian Steven Diez, currently No. 173 in the Emirates ATP Rankings. Although he lost on Friday to fellow Frenchman Kenny De Schepper, Moutet is taking plenty of positives from this week. “I’m so happy to be in a Challenger quarter-final for the first time. It means a lot to me,” said...
Donald Young didn’t have a break point chance against John Isner on Friday at the Memphis Open, but still managed to record his first win over the second seed to reach the semi-finals, 7-6(5), 3-6, 7-6(6). “He’s beaten me every time we’ve played, so I wanted to finally get one of these wins. I’m glad I stayed calm and played through some tightness to come out on top,” said Young in his on-court interview. “It always come down to a couple of points here and there with John, but luckily I was able to win those points today.” There were no break points for either Young or Isner in the first or third sets, while Isner recorded the lone break...
Third seed David Goffin booked a maiden ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament semi-final on Friday courtesy of a 6-4, 1-6, 6-3 triumph over fifth seed Grigor Dimitrov. In a repeat of last week’s Garanti Koza Sofia Open final, Goffin exacted revenge on Dimitrov in more than two hours of enthralling action to clinch his first victory over the in-form Bulgarian. “It was an amazing match, from the first point until the last, with great intensity," said Goffin. "I decided to be really aggressive from the first ball. That was the key, to show him I was ready to be aggressive. He was really solid in the second set, so it was hard to maintain that level, but in the end...
While David Goffin ultimately comes out as victor in their quarter-final clash in Rotterdam on Friday, Grigor Dimitrov provides an emphatic end to this exciting rally. Photo: Henk Koster. Watch live matches on TennisTV.com.
Top seed Kei Nishikori is rounding into impressive form at the Argentina Open in Buenos Aires, sprinting into the last four on Friday with a 6-1, 6-4 win over sixth seed Joao Sousa. Nishikori wasted little time jumping to a 4-0 lead, dominating the lengthy baseline rallies in capturing the opening set. Sousa settled into the match and hung tough with the top seed throughout the second set, but the World No. 5 in the Emirates ATP Rankings secured the critical break up 5-4 to wrap up the contest in 72 minutes. Nishikori evens his FedEx ATP Head2Head with Sousa to 1-1, with the Portuguese player prevailing via retirement last October in Tokyo. Since dropping his opening set this week...
