A match-up that was tough on paper lived up to expectations at the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships on Tuesday when third seeds Ivan Dodig and Rajeev Ram edged past experienced pair Marcel Granollers and Nedad Zimonjic. The Croatian-American duo advanced to the quarter-finals 6-7(4), 6-2, 10-6. Dodig and Ram held a set point at 5-4 only to lose the opening set in a tie-break before they broke twice to send the contest into a match tie-break. It was then they surged to 5/1 before sealing a quarter-final meeting with Dutchmen Robin Haase and Matwe Middelkoop. Dodig and Ram had reached the semi-finals in Rotterdam in their most recent outing together while it was the Spanish-Serbian pair’s first event together....
Watch highlights as Alexander Zverev reaches the second round in straight sets, while Dominic Thiem is taken the distance in Acapulco on Tuesday. Watch live tennis at tennistv.com. Photo Credit: Getty Images
Watch highlights as Roberto Bautista Agut and Lucas Pouille advance at the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships on Wednesday. Watch live tennis at tennistv.com. Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships photo.
At the Australian Open, Mackenzie McDonald of the U.S. put a scare into one of the ATP World Tour's best players in Grigor Dimitrov, pushing the Bulgarian to five sets. Fortunately for Germany's Alexander Zverev, there would be no such drama on Tuesday at the Abierto Mexicano Telcel presentado por HSBC in Acapulco. The second seed dismissed McDonald 6-3, 7-5 in 81 minutes. His victory was in stark contrast to the two-hour, 23-minute struggle 2016 champion Dominic Thiem endured in his opening assignment as he eked out a 6-3, 5-7, 7-5 triumph over British qualifier Cameron Norrie. Zverev, the World No. 5 in the ATP Rankings, was nearly flawless on serve as he won 75 per cent of his first-service...
Nicolas Jarry's fantastic February collected another win on Tuesday at the Brasil Open in Sao Paulo. The Chilean won 74 per cent of his first-serve points (34/46) for the match and saved both break points faced in the decider to fight past Serbia's Dusan Lajovic 6-4, 1-6, 7-5. “I'm happy to be able to get this great win. Dusan is a great clay-court player, and it's a great victory for me,” Jarry said. [ALSO LIKE] The 22-year-old Jarry reached his first ATP World Tour quarter-final at the Ecuador Open three weeks ago and his first ATP World Tour semi-final last week at the Rio Open presented by Claro. Jarry lost to the eventual champion at both tournaments (l. to Carballes...