Gael Monfils needed one hour, five minutes to overcome Uruguayan Pablo Cuevas, 6-1, 6-4 in the first round of the Argentina Open in Buenos Aires on Tuesday. Monfils won 75 per cent of his first serve points, and converted on his two break point opportunities. With the win, Monfils moved to 4-1 in his FedEx ATP Head2Head series against Cuevas. The No. 43-ranked Frenchman will play Dusan Lajovic in the next round. Lajovic was a 7-6(4), 6-1 winner over Argentine qualifier Facundo Bagnis on Monday. [ALSO LIKE] Fifth seed Diego Schwartzman, the highest-seeded Argentine in the singles draw, broke five times to beat Andreas Haider-Maurer of Austria. Schwartzman is attempting to become the first homegrown champion in Buenos Aires since David...
Adrian Menendez-Maceiras entered the inaugural New York Open having played just 15 tour-level matches at the age of 32. That is less than two per cent of matches in his career. But New York has been a successful location for the Spaniard, who claimed his first Grand Slam match victory last year at Flushing Meadows. And on Tuesday, Menendez-Maceiras saved five match points against home favourite Steve Johnson, the No. 7 seed, to claim his fourth tour-level win. After the match, he spoke to ATPWorldTour.com about his passions and his future. What’s your biggest passion outside of tennis and why? Many things but many that I cannot do, because I like risky sports. It’s difficult because I’m a professional player...
Ivo Karlovic is the oldest player in the Top 100 of the ATP Rankings at 38, and the Croatian turns 39 in two weeks. The 6'11" right-hander is still winning, too, defeating 2017 Next Gen ATP Finals qualifier Jared Donaldson in straight sets at the inaugural New York Open to earn his 350th tour-level victory. The father of two is pursuing his ninth ATP World Tour title on Long Island this week. Karlovic spoke to ATPWorldTour.com after the match about his passions, what he wants to do in the future and more. What’s your biggest passion outside of sport and why? Right now I’m a family man. I have two kids so every opportunity I have I just like to...
David Goffin got his 2018 ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament campaign off to a great start on Tuesday, beating France’s Nicolas Mahut 6-1, 6-3 in 64 minutes. Last year’s runner-up charged through the first set, breaking his opponent twice while dropping just five points on his own serve. The Frenchman, who replaced compatriot Benoit Paire in the draw, started the second set in great fashion, with break points to lead 2-0, but Goffin battled his way out of trouble and eventually re-asserted his authority to reach the last 16. Goffin, who served seven aces in eight service games, will meet Spain’s Feliciano Lopez for a place in the quarter-finals. Lopez recorded just his second win in nine visits to Rotterdam...