Watch highlights as fourth seed Fabio Fognini achieves his best showing in Sydney, advancing to the quarter-finals with a 3-6, 6-3, 6-4 victory against Ukraine's Alexandr Dolgopolov. Video courtesy Tennis Australia. Visit sydneyinternational.com.au for more video. Playback not available in Australia.
Watch highlights as defending champion Gilles Muller beats Aussie John Millman at the 2018 Sydney International. Video courtesy Tennis Australia. Visit sydneyinternational.com.au for more video. Playback not available in Australia. Getty Images photo.
Watch highlights as 36-year-old Italian Paolo Lorenzi upsets top seed Albert Ramos-Vinolas of Spain at the 2018 Sydney International. Video courtesy Tennis Australia. Visit sydneyinternational.com.au for more video. Playback not available in Australia. Photo: Getty Images.
Juan Martin del Potro drew on his experience to overcome #NextGenATP Canadian Denis Shapovalov on Wednesday for a place in the ASB Classic quarter-finals. The World No. 12 struck just six winners, and committed 11 unforced errors, in a 6-2, 6-4 victory over Shapovalov in 65 minutes. Shapovalov, who hit 20 winners and made 40 unforced errors, had previously beaten Del Potro in August 2017 en route to the Coupe Rogers semi-finals in Montreal. “I was surprised by the match today,” said Del Potro. “I didn’t expect to play at this level in the first match of the year. But I’ve been working hard to play this tennis and hopefully I can still improve in the next matches. “If he...
Italy's Paolo Lorenzi extended his FedEx ATP Head2Head advantage to 3-1 against Albert Ramos-Vinolas of Spain, knocking out the top seed 6-3, 7-5 on Wednesday at the Sydney International. Lorenzi had an immaculate day serving, capturing 90 per cent of his first-serve points and saving both break points. Ramos-Vinolas has been the top seed two times in his career, and he's lost in the first round both times. The Spaniard also fell in the first round of the German Tennis Championships 2017 to eventual champion Leonardo Mayer of Argentina. The 36-year-old Lorenzi will next face Russian qualifier Daniil Medvedev, who beat American Jared Donaldson 6-3, 4-6, 7-5 in two hours and six minutes. Medvedev also beat Donaldson in four shortened...
