Under pressure from the net-rushing Kyle Edmund, Dominic Thiem finds a gap with this forehand hot shot in the second round of the Barcelona Open Banc Sabadell. Watch live matches at tennistv.com.
Spaniard Juan Carlos Ferrero came up just short on Monday in his first tour-level match since 2012, falling in doubles with countryman Pablo Carreno Busta 6-2, 5-7, 10-7 against Marcin Matkowski and Daniel Nestor at the Barcelona Open Banc Sabadell. The 37-year-old Ferrero, who last played in October 2012 in Valencia, was looking to replicate his semi-final doubles run in Valencia, which was his best career doubles result. [ALSO LIKE] Matkowski/Nestor will face Frenchmen Fabrice Martin and Edouard Roger-Vasselin, who upset second seeds Jamie Murray/Bruno Soares 7-6(5), 2-6, 10-3. Philipp Petzschner and Alexander Peya got the better of #NextGenATP player Karen Khachanov and World No. 9 Dominic Thiem, 6-3, 6-3. In Budapest, third seeds Juan Sebastian Cabal and Robert Farah...
Lucky loser Yuichi Sugita of Japan made the most of his main draw showing at the Barcelona Open Banc Sabadell on Monday, knocking out 2004 champion Tommy Robredo 6-4, 6-3 to earn his first win of the season. Watch Live On TennisTV Watch Full Match Replays Sugita saved six of seven break points to prevail past the 34-year-old Robredo, who received a wild card into the main draw. The 28-year-old Sugita will meet ninth seed Richard Gasquet in the second round. #NextGenATP qualifier Casper Ruud will meet Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters finalist and 10th seed Albert Ramos-Vinolas in the second round after dismissing Radu Albot 6-2, 6-2 in 65 minutes. Ruud, the youngest player in the draw at 18, reached the...
Alexander Zverev is not looking for revenge against Rafael Nadal in Barcelona this week. But he is seeking redemption. Still smarting from his 6-1, 6-1 loss to Nadal at last week's Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters, Zverev is aware that the performance did not reflect his billing as a future World No. 1. But instead of trying to avoid Nadal for the remainder of the clay season, the German took a wild card into Barcelona in the hope of getting a quick re-match with the winner of 50 clay-court titles. As luck would have it, eighth-seeded Zverev could meet third-seeded Nadal in the quarter-finals. "The main reason I came here is because the draw is so strong; it's almost like another Masters...
Watch highlights of Kyle Edmund and Nicolas Almagro advancing on Monday at the Barcelona Open Banc Sabadell. Watch live matches at tennistv.com. Getty Images photo.
