Top seed Pablo Carreno Busta earned his first win against countryman Tommy Robredo, moving into the Millennium Estoril Open quarter-finals with a 7-6(5), 7-5 victory on Wednesday. The 25-year-old Carreno Busta hadn't won a set and was 0-3 against the 35-year-old Robredo during their FedEx ATP Head2Head series. But all three of their past match-ups took place in 2014, and Carreno Busta has leaped in the Emirates ATP Rankings since their most recent contest, a quarter-final at Umag in 2014. At the time, Carreno Busta was ranked No. 57 and hadn't reached an ATP World Tour final. Nearly three years later, though, the 6'2” Spaniard is ranked No. 21, has reached five finals and won two ATP World Tour titles...
Watch Wednesday highlights from the Millennium Estoril Open as Pablo Carreno Busta and Richard Gasquet move into the quarter-finals. Watch live matches at tennistv.com. Photo: Millennium Estoril Open
Juan Martin del Potro and Pablo Carreno Busta take in the beautiful views from up high after jumping behind the wheel of a Peugeot to tackle the dirt tracks of the Malveira da Serra in Cascais. Video courtesy Millennium Open Estoril
Juan Martin del Potro was nearly perfect during his clay-court season debut on Tuesday. The fifth seed struck eight aces and saved the lone break point faced to beat Japan's Yuichi Sugita 6-1, 6-3 at the Millennium Estoril Open. Del Potro, a two-time champion of the Portugal Open (2011, 2012), which preceded the Millennium Estoril Open, extended his Portugal win streak to 10 matches and has now won 19 consecutive sets. Sugita came in at a career-high No. 73 in the Emirates ATP Rankings after beating Estoril No. 1 seed Pablo Carreno Busta last week to reach the Barcelona Open Banc Sabadell quarter-finals. “I feel better than I thought before the match,” said del Potro. “I think I played a...
Portugal's Gastao Elias chases down everything before hitting a drop shot winner against Tunisia's Malek Jaziri on Monday at the Millennium Estoril Open. Photo and video courtesy the Millennium Estoril Open.
