Watch highlights of the 2018 Open Sud de France final, featuring Lucas Pouille versus fellow Frenchman and six-time Montpellier finalist Richard Gasquet. Photo: TV Sport Events
Before their first matches at the 2018 Argentina Open, Dominic Thiem, Diego Schwartzman, Robert Farah and Juan Sebastian Cabal visited the district of La Boca to watch 32-time national league football champions Boca Juniors. The quartet, who interestingly could meet in the semi-finals of the doubles event, watched Boca Juniors defeat Temperley 1-0 and played a potential semi-final preview, in foot-tennis form, in front of a huge crowd. Thiem and Boca Juniors fan Schwartzman, who will compete together in doubles alongside their singles campaigns, did not get their partnership off to the best of starts, as a lack of communication during their foot-tennis exhibition led to an unfortunate facial injury for the Argentine. "[Our friendship] started years ago and it...
No. 77 Mirza Basic, +52 The 26-year-old won his first ATP World Tour title at the Diema Xtra Sofia Open, defeating fellow first-time finalist Marius Copil in the championship match to make his Top 100 debut. Basic toppled fourth seed Philipp Kohlschreiber in the second round and top seed Stan Wawrinka in the semi-finals. After becoming just the second player from Bosnia and Herzegovina to win an ATP World Tour title, after Damir Dzumhur, Basic rises 52 places to a career-high No. 77 in the latest edition of the ATP Rankings. No. 75 Marius Copil, +19 The Romanian reached his first ATP World Tour final at the Diema Xtra Sofia Open, before falling in three sets to Basic. The 27-year-old...
Watch highlights as Alexander Zverev and Tomas Berdych advance on Monday at the AMB AMRO World Tennis Tournament in Rotterdam. Watch live tennis at tennistv.com. Photo: Henk Koster