Before the 2018 BNP Paribas Open, Sam Querrey had played in 12 editions of the BNP Paribas Open. Yet the American had never reached the quarter-finals of the ATP World Tour Masters 1000 tournament. That changed on Wednesday evening. Querrey outplayed Feliciano Lopez for the third consecutive time in their FedEx ATP Head2Head series 6-3, 6-4 to reach his maiden quarter-final in Indian Wells and only his fourth Masters 1000 quarter-final (2007 Cincinnati, 2008 Monte-Carlo, 2012 Paris). Watch Full Match Replays The 6'6” American threw down 14 aces and faced only one break point against the 28th-seeded Lopez, who had upset eighth seed Jack Sock to advance to the Round of 16. “It's the best I played so far. My...
Borna Coric remembers his very first trip abroad to play a tennis tournament in Rome and staying with his family in a caravan when he was just a child in this edition of My Story, delivered by FedEx.
It was tighter than perhaps Roger Federer would have liked, but the No. 1 player in the ATP Rankings still pushed his way past the confident and big-hitting Jeremy Chardy on Wednesday, and is now only one win away from matching his best start ever. The 36-year-old Swiss was untouchable on serve at the BNP Paribas Open, winning 90 per cent of his service points (44/49), including 100 per cent of his first-serve points (25/25), to beat Chardy 7-5, 6-4 in a packed Stadium One. It's only the fifth time Federer has won a match (not by retirement) without losing a first-serve point. Serving Perfectly Tournament Opponent First-Serve Points 2018 BNP Paribas Open 4R d. Chardy 25 of 25 2017...
It has been more than four years since Juan Martin del Potro competed in an ATP World Tour Masters 1000 final. But the sixth seed is looking more and more like the player to beat in the bottom half of the BNP Paribas Open draw. The 2013 Indian Wells finalist extended his win streak to eight on Wednesday evening in the Coachella Valley, advancing past compatriot Leonardo Mayer 3-6, 7-6(2), 6-3 in two hours and 30 minutes. [ALSO LIKE] Del Potro was down a break in the second set, but immediately broke back, and in the tie-break, he dominated. The Argentine finished with 28 winners to 23 unforced errors. Credit Mayer for playing to win against Del Potro. The World...
After making his first Grand Slam semi-final at the start of the year at the Australian Open, Hyeon Chung is now through to his first ATP World Tour Masters 1000 quarter-final at the BNP Paribas Open. The 21-year-old South Korean raced past Pablo Cuevas, 6-1, 6-3, on Wednesday at the Indian Wells Tennis Garden. Watch Full Match Replays Chung’s breakthrough came with victory at the inaugural Next Gen ATP Finals in Milan in November (d. Rublev) and since then he has gone from strength to strength, racking up a 15-5 record already in 2018. Last year, the right-hander did not claim his 15th tour-level win until the Masters 1000 in Montreal in August. “I'm just starting with a new team...
