Third seed Diego Schwartzman is still in contention to defend his crown at the TEB BNP Paribas Istanbul Open, advancing to the quarter-finals on Thursday with a convincing 6-1, 6-3 win over Jordan Thompson. The Argentine didn’t drop serve and broke Thompson four times to reach the last eight in one hour and 21 minutes. Schwartzman has been impressive on the clay so far this season, reaching the quarter-finals at the Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters. “I always like to be in Istanbul. It’s my third time here and I always play really well,” said Schwartzman. “I don’t know why, but I always have a lot of confidence on this Centre Court.” Watch Live On TennisTV Watch Full Match Replays Awaiting him...
Top seed Milos Raonic showed he's finally injury-free at the TEB BNP Paribas Istanbul Open on Wednesday, coming through a lengthy 6-7(5), 6-3, 7-6(3) tussle over an in-form Aljaz Bedene to reach the quarter-finals. Bedene, who finished runner-up last week in Budapest (l. Pouille), traded service holds throughout the first set with Raonic before taking the final three points in the tie-break. The Canadian broke Bedene twice in the second set to level the match, but neither player earned a break point in the decider. In the third-set tie-break, Raonic ripped a forehand winner to earn a 2/0 mini-break and held the momentum to prevail in two hours and 36 minutes. Raonic was playing his first match in nearly six...
Fifth seed Viktor Troicki won nearly half of his return points to beat Marcos Baghdatis 7-5, 6-4 on Tuesday at the TEB BNP Paribas Istanbul Open. Troicki is looking to capture his first title since winning the Apia International Sydney crown last year. [ALSO LIKE] The Serbian will next face #NextGenATP player Karen Khachanov, who converted six of his 17 break points against Georgian Nikoloz Basilashvili to advance 6-3, 6-7(2), 6-1 in two hours. Troicki's countryman Dusan Lajovic had to battle for two hours and 41 minutes to beat seventh seed and #NextGenATP player Borna Coric of Croatia 6-3, 6-7(1), 7-5. The 26-year-old Lajovic faces Russian Mikhail Youzhny in the second round. Bosnian Damir Dzumhur set-up a second-round clash against...
Sixth seed Bernard Tomic won nearly 75 per cent of his service points to secure his fourth victory of the season on Monday, beating lucky loser Mohamed Safwat of Egypt 5-7, 7-5, 6-3 in just under two hours at the TEB BNP Paribas Istanbul Open. Tomic improved to 2-1 on clay this year and will face Brazilian Rogerio Dutra Silva, who needed more than two hours to defeat Italian qualifier Riccardo Bellotti 3-6, 7-6(1), 6-0. [ALSO LIKE] Czech Jiri Vesely earned his first victory against Spaniard Marcel Granollers 7-5, 2-6, 6-4. Granollers had led their FedEx ATP Head2Head series 2-0. Vesely will next face eighth seed Steve Darcis of Belgium, who dismissed Israeli Dudi Sela 7-5, 6-4. Russian Mikhail Youzhny...
Busy Week With Estoril, Istanbul, Munich: The ATP World Tour European clay court circuit moves on to Estoril, Istanbul and Munich. Estoril is a third-year tournament at the Clube de Ténis do Estoril although Portuguese tennis on the calendar goes back to the Tour’s inception in 1990. Istanbul is also a third-year tournament on the ATP World Tour. Munich is one of the oldest clay court tournaments, which was first held in 1974. There are five of the Top 20 players in the May 1 Emirates ATP Rankings in action, led by No. 6 Milos Raonic and No. 8 Marin Cilic in Istanbul. No. 16 Gael Monfils, No. 18 Roberto Bautista Agut and No. 20 Alexander Zverev are the top...
