Watch highlights as Roger Federer and Borna Coric reach the semi-finals at the 2018 BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells. Watch live tennis at tennistv.com. Photo: Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images
Former World No. 2 and BNP Paribas Open Tournament Director Tommy Haas has officially retired from the ATP World Tour. The announcement came following current World No. 1 and close friend Roger Federer’s win over Hyeon Chung in the quarterfinals of the BNP Paribas Open, being held March 5-18 at the Indian Wells Tennis Garden. “I consider myself extremely fortunate that I was able play professional tennis for a living for more than two decades,” Haas said. “The sport gave me cherished friendships, an ability to travel the world, and opportunities to create incredible memories. It also taught me a lot about what it means to face challenges, battle back, and overcome them. To my parents, family, wife and children,...
Twenty-four year-old Roger Federer has nothing on 36-year-old Roger Federer. The No. 1 player in the ATP Rankings matched his best start on Thursday at the BNP Paribas Open, improving to 16-0 in 2018 with a 7-5, 6-1 victory against Hyeon Chung of South Korea. The last time Federer started with such an unbeaten streak was 12 years ago in 2006. “It's a great start. Hopefully I can do one more and beat my best streak on Saturday,” Federer said. Federer's Undefeated Starts Year Record 2018 16 2006 16 2007 12 2004 11 2005, 2011 10 2002, 2017 8 Watch Full Match Replays It was Federer's second win against the 21-year-old Chung this season, and they had a crowd of...
It's helpful to have goals, the right goals, that is. The past two seasons, Borna Coric has followed the much-discussed goal-setting process. He's written them down, focused on them throughout the year and, at the end of the season, tracked how close he came to achieving them. But Coric, who beat Kevin Anderson on Thursday at the BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells, wasn't hitting his marks. For instance, he wanted to climb inside the Top 20 of the ATP Rankings. But to this day, his career-high is No. 33, which he last reached two and a half years ago, on 14 September 2015. “Setting goals is always good. But I didn't have maybe the right goals. If I want...
Juan Martin del Potro’s bid for a maiden ATP World Tour Masters 1000 title is fast gaining momentum. Since No. 2 seed Marin Cilic’s third-round departure, the Argentine sixth seed has emerged a clear favourite to advance to his first Masters 1000 final in four years as the highest-ranked player in the bottom half of the BNP Paribas Open draw. The 29-year-old is riding an eight-match winning streak heading into his quarter-final showdown with No. 31 seed Philipp Kohlschreiber. Del Potro – whose best result at Indian Wells was a runner-up showing in 2013 (l. to Nadal) – carries a 6-2 FedEx ATP Head2Head record into the clash, with Kohlschreiber the first German to reach the last eight in Indian...
