Rafael Nadal kept alive his hopes of clinching a 31st ATP World Tour Masters 1000 trophy on Friday at the Shanghai Rolex Masters in a resurgent season that could end with the Spanish superstar becoming year-end No. 1 in the Emirates ATP Rankings for a fourth time (also 2008, 2010, 2013). The World No. 1 defeated sixth-seeded Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov for the second time in as many weeks 6-4, 6-7(4), 6-3 for a place in the semi-finals against fourth seed Marin Cilic of Croatia, who has not dropped a set all week at the Qi Zhong Stadium. “It was a very tough match,” said Nadal. “I think both of us, we played at a very high level of tennis. The...
Four of the Top 6 seeds are featured in Friday’s quarter-finals at the Shanghai Rolex Masters with No. 1 Rafael Nadal, No. 2 Roger Federer, No. 4 Marin Cilic and No. 6 Grigor Dimitrov headlining the action on Stadium. No. 16 seed and 2013 finalist Juan Martin del Potro is also remaining. In the opening match on Stadium, Cilic brings a 3-2 head-to-head record against unseeded Albert Ramos-Vinolas, who is one of four first-time quarter-finalists in Shanghai (Dimitrov, Gasquet, Troicki). Cilic, who has not been broken in 21 service games this week, is appearing in his second Shanghai QF (2012) and 11th QF this season (6-4 in QFs). View FedEx ATP Head2Head matchup for Day 5 of the Shanghai Rolex...
Roger Federer reacts to his win over Alexandr Dolgopolov on Thursday at the Shanghai Rolex Masters and looks ahead to the quarter-finals. Watch live tennis at tennistv.com.
Watch highlights as Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal advance to the quarter-finals at the Shanghai Rolex Masters in China, while Alexander Zverev is upset by Juan Martin del Potro. Watch live tennis at tennistv.com. Photo courtesy of Getty Images.
Roger Federer continued his pursuit of a second Shanghai Rolex Masters title with a straightforward 6-4, 6-2 win on Thursday evening against the lone qualifier to advance to the third round, Alexandr Dolgopolov. "I felt good in the first match, I must tell you," said Federer of his opening victory over Diego Schwartzman in which he broke on two of eight opportunities. "So I felt, I think, the same. I think maybe the matchup was maybe a bit easier and I took my chances more. Had a better ratio of winning on the break points that I didn't quite have against Schwartzman. That's maybe the biggest difference of both matches, so I'm happy I was able to do better today...