A second-round battle at the Mutua Madrid Open is an entirely different prospect for former World No. 3s Grigor Dimitrov and Milos Raonic on Tuesday. Pit the pair against each other on a blue hard court in Australia and the Bulgarian has good reason to back himself every time. View FedEx ATP Head2Head for the following matches from the 2018 Mutua Madrid Open & vote for who you think will win! Dimitrov vs Raonic | Carreno Busta vs Coric | Del Potro vs Dzumhur [GROUP POLL]134[/GROUP POLL] The 26-year-old fell in his first FedEx ATP Head2Head encounter with the Canadian in Stockholm in 2011, but is unbeaten Down Under in three straight meetings since. This, however, will be their first...
Novak Djokovic breaks down his 7-5, 6-4 victory over Kei Nishikori in the first-round of the Mutua Madrid Open, and the obstacles he has had to overcome in his return.
Pablo Cuevas and Marcel Granollers were solid on serve on Monday to get the better of Juan Martin del Potro and Dominic Thiem 6-3, 7-6(8) in 87 minutes at the Mutua Madrid Open. Cuevas and Granollers won the first three games of the match, then, towards the end of a competitive second set, won the first four points of the tie-break. Del Potro and Thiem recovered to lead 5/4 and, having saved one match point at 5/6, could not convert one set point of their own at 7/6 as del Potro returned a backhand long. Cuevas sealed victory with an unreturned served for a place in the second round against top seeds and defending champions Lukas Kubot and Marcelo Melo....
Watch as Kei Nishikori anticipates the direction of Novak Djokovic's overhead before striking a backhand winner up the line. Watch live tennis at tennistv.com.
