Watch as Dominic Thiem discusses his Mutua Madrid Open semi-final win over Kevin Anderson and looks ahead to his second final in the Spanish capital as he attempts to win his first ATP World Tour Masters 1000 title. Watch live tennis at tennistv.com.
Watch as Dominic Thiem soaks up the pressure against Kevin Anderson before carving out an inspired drop-shot winner at the Mutua Madrid Open. Watch live tennis at tennistv.com.
Can anyone stop Dominic Thiem in Madrid? One day after toppling World No. 1 Rafael Nadal, the Austrian put on a show once again inside the Caja Mágica. Thiem booked his spot in the Mutua Madrid Open final on Saturday, securing a comprehensive 6-4, 6-2 win over Kevin Anderson in one hour and 26 minutes. The fifth seed will feature in the championship match for a second straight year, continuing his quest for a maiden ATP World Tour Masters 1000 crown. It will be his 15th tour-level final in total and fifth straight on clay, having most recently lifted the trophy at the Argentina Open in February. "It gave me a huge boost of confidence," Thiem said of his win...
Bob Bryan and Mike Bryan moved to within one victory of becoming the oldest World No. 1’s in ATP Doubles Rankings history on Saturday, defeating France’s Pierre-Hugues Herbert and Nicolas Mahut, for the first time in six meetings, 6-1, 7-6(2) at the Mutua Madrid Open. The American twins will return to the top spot of the ATP Doubles Rankings on Monday if they win a record sixth title in the Spanish capital, surpassing Daniel Nestor’s current record as the oldest doubles No. 1 (40 years and 5 days), set on 9 September 2012, by ten days. Bryan and Bryan will be competing in their eighth Madrid final (5-2), having last won the title in 2013 (d. Peya/Soares). The 40-year-olds are...
Denis Shapovalov hopes in a couple of years from now he can start talking “about Top 20, Top 10” in the ATP Rankings. The #NextGenATP Canadian may have to drastically shorten that timeframe if his week at the Mutua Madrid Open is anything to go by. View FedEx ATP Head2Head for the following matches & vote for who you think will win! Zverev vs Shapovalov | Thiem vs Anderson [GROUP POLL]138[/GROUP POLL] The 19-year-old’s only prior clay-court victory before Madrid was over World No. 181 Viktor Galovic in a Davis Cup rubber in February this year. After a 7-5, 6-7(6), 6-4 victory against Kyle Edmund on Friday – a match in which he recovered after letting match point slip in...
