Thirty points. Denis Shapovalov is one of the hottest players on tour right now and is poised to possibly break into the Top 25 in the ATP Rankings next week after starting the year ranked No. 51. He is 17-12 this season, and has won six of eight matches the past two weeks at the ATP World Tour Masters 1000 events in Madrid and Rome. He is on a red-hot tear… and has only won 30 points more than he has lost in 2018. An Infosys ATP Beyond The Numbers analysis of success in our sport uncovers that the margins that winning are built on are razor thin. Shapovalov, 19 years old, has played 4,204 points in 2018, winning 2,117,...
Novak Djokovic booked an Open Era record 51st FedEx ATP Head2Head meeting with Rafael Nadal on Friday, defeating Kei Nishikori 2-6, 6-1, 6-3 at the Internazionali BNL d’Italia. The four-time champion notched his 10th tour-level match win of 2018, winning 66 per cent of second-serve return points to defeat Nishikori in two hours and 21 minutes. Djokovic now moves into his first semi-final on the ATP World Tour since returning from a right elbow injury in January. The Serb's last semi-final appearance at a tour-level event came at the 2017 Nature Valley International. "It means a lot to me to be able to play [in the] semi-finals of a tournament again," said Djokovic. "This is what I was looking forward...
Two-time defending champion Stan Wawrinka has accepted a wild card to play at next week's Banque Eric Sturdza Geneva Open. “We are very happy to offer a wild card to Stan Wawrinka,” said the event’s co-owner, Rainer Schuettler. “We know perfectly everything that Stan has brought to our tournament. We hope that his choice to come and defend his title will be beneficial and that he finds the taste of victory at the Parc des Eaux-Vives.” This will be Wawrinka's fourth appearance at his home clay-court event, at which he owns a 9-1 record. It will also mark his sixth event of the year. The 33-year-old returned this week in Rome, making his first appearance on the tour since Marseille...
Marin Cilic reflects on his win against Pablo Carreno Busta on Friday at the Internazionali BNL d'Italia to advance to his first clay-court ATP World Tour Masters 1000 semi-final. Watch live tennis at tennistv.com.
Top seed Rafael Nadal reacts to his quarter-final win against home favourite Fabio Fognini at the Internazionali BNL d'Italia. Watch live tennis at tennistv.com.