It was not completely shocking that Serbian Dusan Lajovic, who had never beaten a Top 10 opponent (0-10), was nervous as he served on his second match point against one of the hottest players on the ATP World Tour. But Lajovic played a patient baseline rally at 7/6 in the third set tie-break to outlast Juan Martin del Potro, the recent BNP Paribas Open champion, to send shockwaves through the Caja Mágica and clinch the biggest win of his career, a 3-6, 6-4, 7-6(6) victory. Lajovic will look for his second Top 10 win in the quarter-finals against South African Kevin Anderson. "It's for sure my best win, and definitely one of the best matches I've played. I really felt...
Watch an interview with British No. 1 Kyle Edmund after his impressive victory against Belgian David Goffin at the 2018 Mutua Madrid Open. Watch live tennis at tennistv.com.
Denis Shapovalov took a big career step on Thursday when he beat compatriot Milos Raonic, Canada’s No. 1 since 2010, in a first-time meeting at the Mutua Madrid Open for a place in the quarter-finals. It denied Raonic the 300th match win of his career. Shapovalov belied his 19 years, playing with great maturity to beat fellow big-server Raonic 6-4, 6-4 in 82 minutes. He is through to his second ATP World Tour Masters 1000 quarter-final, nine months on from upsetting Rafael Nadal en route to the 2017 Rogers Cup semi-finals in Montreal. “[It was] definitely one of my best days on clay,” said Shapovalov. “To be on the court against such a legend for me, and for my country,...
Dominic Thiem will look to break Rafael Nadal's clay-court streaks during their Mutua Madrid Open quarter-final on Friday. Watch live tennis at tennistv.com.