Nick Kyrgios hung tough on Friday as he began a double shift at the Western & Southern Open. The Australian advanced to his third ATP World Tour Masters 1000 quarter-final (also Indian Wells and Miami) of the year by finding a way past Ivo Karlovic of Croatia in a 4-6, 7-6(6), 6-3 victory over one hour and 56 minutes. The pair began today with Karlovic leading 4-3 in the first set, following rain on Thursday. View FedEx ATP Head2Head matchups for the quarter-finals of the Western & Southern Open and vote for who you think will win! Nadal vs. Kyrgios | Thiem vs. Ferrer [GROUP POLL]67[/GROUP POLL] "It was tough, obviously," said Kyrgios. "Coming back today, I had a very...
Jamie Murray and Bruno Soares battled hard to reach their second ATP World Tour Masters 1000 semi-final of the season (also Indian Wells) on Friday at the Western & Southern Open. The third seeds knocked out last year’s finalist Jean-Julien Rojer and Horia Tecau 7-6(6), 6-4 in one hour and 38 minutes. Murray and Soares saved three set points from 3/6 in the first set tie-break, then broke at 4-4 in the second set prior to convert their third match point opportunity. Murray and Soares, with a 3-1 record in ATP World Tour finals this year (6-3 overall), have yet to win a Masters 1000 crown as a team. They will next meet second seeds Lukasz Kubot and Marcelo Melo,...
Watch highlights from the Friday quarter-finals in Cincinnati as Nick Kyrgios upsets top-seed Rafael Nadal, and David Ferrer ousts Dominic Thiem to reach the Western & Southern Open semi-finals. Watch live matches at tennistv.com. Photo: Getty Images
View FedEx ATP Head2Head matchups for Day 6 of the Western & Southern Open and vote for who you think will win! Nadal vs. Ramos-Vinolas | Isner vs. Donaldson | Dimitrov vs. Sugita View Friday Schedule • It took Rafael Nadal a record 160 weeks to rise from No. 2 to No. 1 in the Emirates ATP Rankings on August 18, 2008. Nine years later, Nadal is back at the same event on the same day of the week that he became the top men’s tennis player in the world. Nadal defeated Nicolas Lapentti in the Western & Southern Open quarter-finals on Friday, August 1, 2008 to guarantee that he would pass Roger Federer in the rankings later that month....
Grigor Dimitrov discusses his third-round victory over Yuichi Sugita and his preparation for his 4th ATP World Tour Masters 1000 semi-final. Watch live matches at tennistv.com.
