The three Italians remaining at the start of Friday's quarter-finals in Budapest were on the verge of making history. But last year's runner-up at the Gazprom Hungarian Open, Slovenian Aljaz Bedene, spoiled the party. The No. 5-seeded Bedene defeated qualifier Lorenzo Sonego in the Italian's first ATP World Tour quarter-final 6-3, 2-6, 6-2 in two hours, 22 minutes on Friday to reach the sixth tour-level semi-final of his career. The World No. 57 will look to advance to his fourth final (0-3) when he plays John Millman on Saturday. Millman reached the semi-finals after just one game of play on Saturday morning, serving out his delayed quarter-final against Yannick Maden to win 2-6, 6-1 6-4. Darkness had suspended their encounter,...
Watch highlights as #NextGenATP Greek Stefanos Tsitsipas earns the biggest win of his career against Dominic Thiem, and World No. 1 Rafael Nadal saves set points against to move on at the Barcelona Open Banc Sabadell. Photo Credit: Alex Caparros/Getty Images. Watch live tennis at tennistv.com.
Belgian David Goffin explains after his win against Spaniard Roberto Bautista Agut why he is happy to be through at the Barcelona Open Banc Sabadell despite being forced to come back from a set down. Watch live tennis at tennistv.com.
World No. 1 Rafael Nadal discusses his closely contested quarter-final at the Barcelona Open Banc Sabadell against Martin Klizan and how he was able to avoid losing the second set despite facing multiple set points. Watch live tennis at tennistv.com.
Is Rafael Nadal elevating his game to another level at 31 years of age? Our eyes see it, his opponents feel it, and yes, the stats sheet confirms it as well. The golden age of Rafa is happening right here, right now. An Infosys ATP Beyond The Numbers analysis of Nadal’s record-setting 11 titles at the Rolex Monte-Carlo Masters identifies that the Spaniard has only once (2010) won a higher percentage of total points to take the title than he did this year. [ALSO LIKE] Nadal won 60.9 per cent (298/489) of total points in five matches last week, which is the second highest of any of his 11 victorious campaigns in the Principality. It was more than three percentage...
