After an impressive start to the 2018 ATP World Tour season, Kevin Anderson discusses the reasons behind his recent success and the unique conditions at the Mutua Madrid Open that may favour his game. Watch live tennis at tennistv.com.
World No. 1 Rafael Nadal, fresh off his 11th victories in Monte-Carlo and Barcelona, respectively, is ready to compete at the Mutua Madrid Open in his home, Spain. Watch live tennis at tennistv.com.
One year ago this week, #NextGenATP Canadian Denis Shapovalov was in the midst of a seven-match losing streak on the ATP Challenger Tour. But on Sunday, the World No. 42 won his debut at the Mutua Madrid Open, an ATP World Tour Masters 1000 event, ousting American Tennys Sandgren 6-1, 6-4 in 54 minutes. At this time last year, Shapovalov had just two tour-level victories in his young career. His win against Sandgren, the World No. 51, is his 24th since. He will next face No. 15 seed Lucas Pouille or another Frenchman, Benoit Paire. Speaking of Frenchmen, Richard Gasquet entered his first-round match in Madrid having lost six of his past seven FedEx ATP Head2Head meetings against No. 14...
The second of the season's three clay-court ATP World Tour Masters 1000 events, the Mutua Madrid Open, is set to get underway on Sunday. World No. 1 Rafael Nadal will look to extend his record of titles at the tournament to six. No. 4 seed Juan Martin del Potro, who won back-to-back titles at Acapulco and Indian Wells, returns to action for the first time since reaching the Miami semi-finals (l. to Isner), and he leads the field that will compete with Nadal for the trophy at the Caja Mágica. View Draw 1) Fantastic Field: Monte-Carlo champion Rafael Nadal headlines a Madrid field that features 17 of the Top 20 players in the ATP Rankings. Seven different men have captured...
