1. Zverev Feeling Comfortable On Clay Again So much for feeling the pressure to repeat. German Alexander Zverev reached two ATP World Tour Masters 1000 finals in 2017 (Rome, d. Djokovic; Montreal, d. Federer), his breakout season on Tour. Already this year, however, Zverev has matched his Masters 1000 finals appearances, making the Miami Open presented by Itau title final (l. to Isner) and the Mutua Madrid Open title match on Sunday (d. Thiem). The 21-year-old also has more Masters 1000 titles than any active player outside the “Big Four” of Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal, Novak Djokovic and Andy Murray. Zverev, the defending Rome champion, might also run into Federer in the near future in the ATP Race To London....
#NextGenATP Denis Shapovalov discusses his thrilling victory against Kyle Edmund in the quarter-finals of the Mutua Madrid Open on Friday. Watch live tennis at tennistv.com.
#NextGenATP Denis Shapovalov arrived at the Mutua Madrid Open without a clay-court match win on the ATP World Tour. Yet, five days after taking the court at the Caja Mágica for the first time, the Canadian defeated British No. 1 Kyle Edmund 7-5, 6-7(6), 6-4 to advance to the semi-finals in Madrid, his second appearance in the final four of an ATP World Tour Masters 1000 event (also 2017 Montreal). "I'm happy again to be in the semi-finals," Shapovalov said. "I never knew when my next time being in a semis would be. I'm more than thrilled to be there. Hopefully I can go even further." One year ago this week, Shapovalov was the fifth-ranked Canadian, sitting at No. 186...
Alexander Zverev looks to extend his win streak to eight on clay when he meets #NextGenATP Canadian Denis Shapovalov in the Mutua Madrid Open semi-final on Saturday. Watch live tennis at tennistv.com.
Showered and changed, Denis Shapovalov reacts to beating fellow Canadian and one of his idols growing up, Milos Raonic, on Thursday at the Mutua Madrid Open. Watch live tennis at tennistv.com.
