As it stands, just one man in the past two clay-court seasons can successfully claim Rafael Nadal is beatable on clay. And on Friday, that man – Austrian fifth seed Dominic Thiem – will earn another shot at a repeat when he meets the World No. 1 in the quarter-finals of the Mutua Madrid Open. View FedEx ATP Head2Head for the following matches & vote for who you think will win! Nadal vs Thiem | Zverev vs Isner | Edmund vs Shapovalov | Anderson vs Lajovic [GROUP POLL]137[/GROUP POLL] Nadal has not conceded a set on clay since falling to Thiem in the Rome quarter-finals in 2017 and on Thursday, broke John McEnroe’s 34-year record for most consecutive sets won...
Sixth seeds Juan Sebastian Cabal and Robert Farah needed only 58 minutes to move into the Mutua Madrid Open quarter-finals on Thursday, beating Fabio Fognini and Diego Schwartzman 6-3, 6-3. The Colombian duo will next meet top seeds and defending champions Lukasz Kubot and Marcelo Melo. [ALSO LIKE] Five-time champions Bob Bryan and Mike Bryan, who turned 40 last month, dismissed Damir Dzumhur/Franko Skugor 6-4, 6-3. The Bryans will next face fifth seeds Jamie Murray/Bruno Soares in the quarter-finals. The Bryans will be co-No. 1s in the ATP Doubles Rankings if they win the ATP World Tour Masters 1000 title and Kubot/Melo do not reach the final. The Bryans would become the oldest doubles No. 1s in history. They will be...
Juan Martin del Potro believes he is gaining momentum on clay, despite a third-round exit on Thursday at the Mutua Madrid Open. “I'm feeling good,” said Del Potro, who returned this week to the ATP World Tour for the first time since late March. “It's not the same to be training than to be competing. That's why two matches perhaps are not too much, but for me it's okay. I think I am getting some momentum.” The popular Argentine remained positive after a 6-3, 4-6, 7-6(6) loss to Serbian qualifier Dusan Lajovic at the Caja Magica, and now travels to compete at next week’s Internazionali BNL d’Italia. [ALSO LIKE] “I think there are always positive things that you can take...
Alexander Zverev showed no signs of fatigue on Thursday in a business-like performance to reach the Mutua Madrid Open quarter-finals for the second consecutive year. Second seed Zverev out-hit and overpowered Leonardo Mayer of Argentina 6-4, 6-1 in 70 minutes. [ALSO LIKE] The German, who has now won nine of his past 10 matches, arrived in the Spanish capital on the back of lifting his seventh ATP World Tour title at the BMW Open by FWU (d. Kohlschreiber). He completed his opening win at the Caja Magica against Russian qualifier Evgeny Donskoy at 12:15 a.m. local time on Thursday. Zverev set up a Friday encounter against seventh-seeded American John Isner, who hit 32 aces to beat Pablo Cuevas of Uruguay...
Showered and changed, Denis Shapovalov reacts to beating fellow Canadian and one of his idols growing up, Milos Raonic, on Thursday at the Mutua Madrid Open. Watch live tennis at tennistv.com.
