Frenchmen Nicolas Mahut and Edouard Roger-Vasselin ended Spain's hopes of having a home doubles champion at the Mutua Madrid Open on Saturday. The sixth-seeded Frenchmen knocked out eighth seeds Feliciano Lopez and Marc Lopez 6-2, 6-3 in 67 minutes to reach the ATP World Tour Masters 1000 doubles final. Watch Live On TennisTV Watch Full Match Replays Lopez/Lopez were attempting to become the first Spanish team to win the Madrid title in the 16-year history of the tournament. Mahut/Roger-Vasselin will meet fourth seeds Lukasz Kubot and Marcelo Melo, who received a walkover into the doubles final when Nick Kyrgios and Jack Sock withdrew because Kyrgios has a left hip injury. Kubot/Melo have now reached three of the season's four Masters...
Watch highlights of Edouard Roger-Vasselin and Nicolas Mahut reaching the 2017 Mutua Madrid Open doubles final. Watch live matches at tennistv.com. Getty Images photo.
Novak Djokovic is disappointed to lose in his bid to defend his Mutua Madrid Open title, but was full of praise for Rafael Nadal after their semi-final match on Saturday. The Serbian went in with a seven-match win streak against the Spaniard, but struggled to find answers to Nadal’s powerful baseline hitting in their record 50th FedEx ATP Head2Head meeting. Djokovic admitted afterwards that it would have been difficult to oust Nadal even if he were in peak form. “Rafa was obviously a better player today. He deserved to win. He was controlling the game from beginning to the end,” said Djokovic. “His quality was very high and he managed to do whatever he wanted, especially in the first set....
Watch Rafael Nadal nail the no-look backhand overhead smash on Saturday against Novak Djokovic at the Mutua Madrid Open. Watch live tennis at tennistv.com. Getty Images photo.
Watch highlights of Rafael Nadal and Dominic Thiem advancing to the Mutua Madrid Open final on Saturday. Watch live matches at tennistv.com. Getty Images photo.