It’s a dream final at the BNP Paribas Open – for more than just fans. Earlier in the tournament, Juan Martin del Potro said that any chance to play against Roger Federer would be great – and now he’ll get exactly that: a clash with Federer for the first ATP World Tour Masters 1000 trophy of the season. View FedEx ATP Head2Head for the 2018 BNP Paribas Open final & vote for who you think will win! Federer vs. Del Potro [POLL]46679[/POLL] Both advanced to the final, albeit in drastically different fashion. Federer endured an inspired effort by Borna Coric, who led by a set and a break on several occasions but was unable to close the Swiss out in...
Needless to say, John Isner and Jack Sock should team up more often on the ATP World Tour doubles circuit. The American duo improved to 14-5 together, notching their second team title 7-6(4), 7-6(2) over countrymen Bob Bryan and Mike Bryan at the BNP Paribas Open. They are the first all-American tandem to lift the trophy since the Bryans went back-to-back in 2013-14. With the title, their first since the 2016 Rolex Shanghai Masters, Isner and Sock claim 1,000 ATP Doubles Rankings points and split $439,350 in prize money. They did not drop a set through four matches, becoming just the third to do so in the past 30 years in Indian Wells. Rafael Nadal and Marc Lopez also achieved...
Is this the way to handicap Roger Federer and give opponents a chance to stop his perfect 17-0 match record in 2018? After his semi-final win Saturday at the BNP Paribas Open, Roger Federer got a visit from Aussie tennis great Rod Laver, who presented the Swiss with one of his famous wooden racquets. Laver, who admitted to Federer’s surprise that he used to play whole tournaments with the same strings, was in the stands watching as the World No.1 claimed an impressive comeback victory over Borna Coric to reach his 8th BNP Paribas Open final. Delighted to present @RogerFederer with my Dunlop Maxply inscribed: ‘To the greatest, from Rod Laver ’62 ’69’ after his SF win today. Onto another...
Most players would be down on themselves after surrendering multiple leads to Roger Federer in the semi-finals of an ATP World Tour Masters 1000 event. But Borna Coric isn’t most players. The 2017 Next Gen ATP Finals semi-finalist burst onto the scene early in his young career, defeating the likes of Rafael Nadal and Andy Murray as a teenager and claiming his maiden ATP World Tour title last year in Marrakech at the age of 20. He showed his promise to a packed Indian Wells Tennis Garden on Sunday in his maiden Masters 1000 semi-final, pushing Federer to the brink — leading by a set and 4-2, and then later a break on two separate occasions in the third set...
There is no doubt that Juan Martin del Potro will savour this victory for a long time. In the storied history of Argentine tennis, only two players have cemented themselves in the '400 Wins Club': Guillermo Vilas and now Del Potro. The Tandil native etched his name in the record books with a comprehensive 6-2, 6-3 victory over Milos Raonic on Saturday at the BNP Paribas Open. Vilas leads all players from Argentina with 929 victories, but the legend now has some company in the exclusive club. After battling from a set down for a pair of deciding-set victories in the fourth round (d. Mayer) and quarter-finals (d. Kohlschreiber), Del Potro was in no mood for a marathon semi-final. The...
