Tennis - ATP World Tour – Tagged "2018" – Page 245

Mar 10, 2018

Highlights: Monfils, Auger-Aliassime Win Indian Wells Openers

Felix Auger-Aliassime and Gael Monfils enjoy first-round wins at the BNP Paribas Open. Watch live matches at tennistv.com.

Mar 10, 2018

Hot Shot: Dimitrov Goes Around The Net

Grigor Dimitrov gets creative in his doubles match with Juan Martin del Potro against Lopez/Lopez. Watch live matches at tennistv.com.

Mar 10, 2018

De Minaur Fights For First Masters 1000 Win

If he doesn't already, #NextGenATP Aussie Alex de Minaur will soon have a reputation on the ATP World Tour as that of a relentless fighter. The 19-year-old battled for two hours and 34 minutes on Friday to pick up his first ATP World Tour Masters 1000 victory, coming back from a set down against German Jan-Lennard Struff to advance 3-6, 7-6(3), 7-6(5) at the BNP Paribas Open. De Minaur broke the 6'5” German only one time but he was clutch in the tie-breaks to celebrate victory during his Masters 1000 debut. “After pretty much every point you've got to regroup. Whether it goes well, whether it goes badly, you can't dwell on the past. You've got to move on. The...

Mar 10, 2018

Felix Leads #NextGenATP Charge

What were you doing on Friday nights when you were 17 years old? Felix Auger-Aliassime started his weekend with the biggest win of his young career. The 17-year-old Canadian prevailed past his 27-year-old countryman Vasek Pospisil 6-2, 7-6(4) to earn his first tour-level victory in front of packed Stadium 2 Court at the BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells. #NextGenATP teens have had a perfect start in the desert, going 4-0 with 18-year-old Denis Shapovalov and 19-year-olds Stefanos Tsitsipas and Alex de Minaur also reaching the second round. (Frances Tiafoe, 20, lost his opener to 21-year-old Ernesto Escobedo.) The Montreal teenager dominated on serve, hitting 11 aces, including one to save a set point at 5-6 in the second set, and...

Mar 10, 2018

Djokovic: "I Want To Get That Confidence Back"

Five-time BNP Paribas Open champion Novak Djokovic makes his return to the ATP World Tour this week, competing in just his second tournament since Wimbledon last July. The former No. 1 in the ATP Rankings has a shot at pulling ahead of Roger Federer on the final Sunday with an unprecedented sixth title in the desert. It is a decade since the 30-year-old claimed the first of his five Indian Wells titles (2008, 2011, 2014, 2015, 2016). He had finished runner-up to Rafael Nadal the year before in just his second appearance. [ALSO LIKE] Now in his 13th appearance, the Serbian is keeping expectations in check in his first tournament back since a “small medical intervention” on his right elbow....