Not a lot has gone wrong for #NextGenATP Stefanos Tsitsipas at this week’s Barcelona Open Banc Sabadell — except for losing his shoe in the middle of a point. The 19-year-old was leading 3-0 in the opening set against Pablo Carreno Busta on Saturday and held a 15/30 advantage on the Spaniard’s serve. But when Tsitsipas slid to his right to whip a heavy forehand high over the net, his left shoe slipped off. While his shot landed in, the teenager was unable to win the point. “Not sure I’ve ever seen that, especially on a clay court,” former World No. 4 James Blake said with a chuckle while commentating on the match on Tennis Channel. “He might need to...
World No. 1 Rafael Nadal discusses his straight-sets victory against World No. 10 David Goffin at the Barcelona Banc Sabadell on Saturday. Watch live tennis at tennistv.com.
Watch highlights as #NextGenATP Greek Stefanos Tsitsipas advances to his maiden ATP World Tour final and World No. 1 Rafael Nadal moves into his 11th championship match in Barcelona. Photo Credit: Barcelona Open Banc Sabadell. Watch live tennis at tennistv.com.
Rafael Nadal has become the fourth player in ATP World Tour history (since 1973) to record 400 clay-court match wins after his semi-final victory over David Goffin on Saturday at the Barcelona Open Banc Sabadell. While Argentina’s Guillermo Vilas (659), Spain’s Manuel Orantes (502) and Austria’s Thomas Muster (422) have all won more matches on the red dirt, no player has achieved a better winning percentage on the surface than Nadal, according to the FedEx ATP Performance Zone. Over the past 15 seasons, ever since his first tour-level clay-court victory over Karel Kucera of Slovakia in the 2003 Rolex Monte-Carlo Masters first round, Nadal has compiled a 400-35 match record on terre battue – a winning percentage of 91.9 – and...
Watch #NextGenATP Greek Stefanos Tsitsipas' reaction after beating Spaniard Pablo Carreno Busta to advance to his maiden ATP World Tour final. Watch live tennis at tennistv.com.
