Santiago Gonzalez, Nenad Zimonjic, Daniel Nestor and #NextGenATP star Andrey Rublev assist with tennis clinics during the Chengdu Open. Video courtesy Chengdu Open
Dominic Inglot, Max Mirnyi and Daniel Nestor demonstrate how to practise for the crucial first volley and fast reactions in this doubles drill with ATP World Tour Uncovered presented by Peugeot.
Canada's Daniel Nestor has played his home ATP World Tour event a staggering 29 straight times, having made his debut in 1989. He boasts the honour of having won every ATP World Tour Masters 1000 event, although never in Montreal. Less than a month shy of his 45th birthday, Nestor feels he has unfinished business as he has his sights set on clinching the Coupe Rogers in Montreal. He holds a 45-26 tournament record with 12 different partners, winning Toronto titles in 2000 with countryman Sebastien Lareau and 2008 with Serbia's Nenad Zimonjic. [ALSO LIKE] What do you remember about your Masters 1000 debut here (in Montreal) in 1989? I remember two things – playing a close doubles match on Centre Court...
Fourth seeds Daniel Nestor and Edouard Roger-Vasselin recovered from a 2/6 deficit in the Match tie-break on Wednesday to beat Steve Johnson and Diego Schwartzman 6-3, 2-6, 11-9 in 73 minutes for a place in the semi-finals at the Brisbane International presented by Suncorp. Nestor has won the Brisbane title on two occasions – in 2012 (w/Max Mirnyi) and 2014 (w/Mariusz Fyrstenberg). Nestor and Roger-Vasselin will next face top seeds Pierre-Hugues Herbert and Nicolas Mahut or Thanasi Kokkinakis and Jordan Thompson, who play on Thursday. Gilles Muller and Sam Querrey overcame Kei Nishikori and Dominic Thiem 6-3, 7-6(1) to a semi-final match against local wild cards Sam Groth and Chris Guccione, who beat third seeds Raven Klaasen and Rajeev Ram...