Watch as Stefanos Tsitsipas hits a short-angled backhand winner under pressure against fellow #NextGenATP star Denis Shapovalov. Photo: Realis/Rolex Monte-Carlo Masters. Watch live tennis at tennistv.com.
Watch highlights as Novak Djokovic and Kei Nishikori secure wins to begin their 2018 Rolex Monte-Carlo Masters campaigns. Photo: Realis/Rolex Monte-Carlo Masters. Watch live tennis at tennistv.com.
Stefanos Tsitsipas won a battle of #NextGenATP 19-year-olds at the Rolex Monte-Carlo Masters on Monday. Competing with confidence after two straight-sets victories in the qualifying tournament, Tsitsipas knocked out Canadian Denis Shapovalov 6-3, 6-4 in 81 minutes for a place in the second round. Tsitsipas won four of the first five games and recovered from 0/40 at 4-2. From 5-3 in the first set, the Greek qualifier won three straight games, but was soon pinned back by Shapovalov, who was also making his debut at the ATP World Tour Masters 1000 tournament. The crucial break came in a 10-point seventh game of the second set. World No. 71 Tsitsipas will next challenge sixth seed and last year’s semi-finalist David Goffin...
Five months ago, Grigor Dimitrov and David Goffin faced each other in the most important match of their careers in the 2017 Nitto ATP Finals championship match. On Monday, they put their singles rivalry aside, partnering for the first time in their careers to beat Frenchmen Adrian Mannarino and Fabrice Martin 7-6(3), 6-2 in 75 minutes at the Rolex Monte-Carlo Masters. The Bulgarian-Belgian pairing had never played doubles with or against each other at any professional level, and Goffin, who had not played doubles since last April, owned just a 4-20 record in the discipline. So perhaps it was not a surprised when the team of singles stars trailed 3-0 in the opening set, but they battled back from there....
Lucas Pouille, the No. 7 seed at the Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters, discusses why he loves the clay-court swing, the Rolex Monte-Carlo Masters and more ahead of his opening match against Mischa Zverev. Watch live tennis at tennistv.com.
