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My Masters 1000: David Ferrer

Fourteen years ago at the Internazionali BNL d’Italia, David Ferrer recorded his first ATP World Tour Masters 1000 match win when he recovered from a first-set bagel to stun World No. 1 Andre Agassi 0-6, 7-6(3), 6-4. On Tuesday, the 35-year-old Spaniard celebrated another memorable moment in Rome. He defeated Feliciano Lopez to earn his place alongside 12 other players, including Agassi, in the ATP World Tour’s exclusive 700-wins club.  Of his victories, a quarter of which have come at the Masters 1000 level (178-111), Ferrer picked his triumph at the 2012 Tennis Paris Masters as the most memorable. That week in Paris-Bercy, he posted back-to-back wins over Stan Wawrinka and Jo-Wilfried Tsonga before defeating Jerzy Janowicz for the title....

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Tribute: Ferrer Records 700th Match Win In Rome

The body may be sore these days, but David Ferrer, who built his career on tremendous strength and fierce competitive instincts, remains the consummate professional: willing to work, living and breathing the sport that has shaped his life. Today, at the Internazionali BNL d'Italia, one of Spain’s greatest exports became the 13th player in ATP World Tour history to reach the 700 match wins milestone (700-341) with victory over Feliciano Lopez in the first round. Having recorded his first win, 6-4, 6-3 over David Nalbandian, at the 2002 Croatia Open Umag, Ferrer now joins Rafael Nadal (840) as the only Spaniard to reach the 700 match wins mark. “The number indicates that I have been a very consistent player over...

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