Dominic Thiem is riding high at the Mutua Madrid Open. Just 24 hours after saving five match points to defeat Grigor Dimitrov in the third round, the eighth seed put in a nearly flawless performance to reach the semi-finals over lucky loser and #NextGenATP Croatian Borna Coric 6-1, 6-4. “It means a lot because this is a place with great memories for me. It’s where I had my first win over a Top 10 guy and now my first Masters 1000 semi-final is here,” said Thiem. “I was hoping for these results to come, but these tournaments are really strong, so it’s a great achievement.” The victory puts Thiem in his first ATP World Tour Masters 1000 semi-final after going...
Top seed Andy Murray could face another early challenge from a #NextGenATP star at next week’s Internazionali BNL d’Italia. After falling to 20-year-old Croatian Borna Coric in Madrid this week, Murray is seeded to meet in-form German Alexander Zverev, the leader of the Emirates ATP Race To Milan, in the third round. The Rome draw has also thrown up brutal first-round clashes: Juan Martin del Potro, playing just his second match of the clay season, faces 10th seed Grigor Dimitrov. Nick Kyrgios and Roberto Bautista Agut, the two highest-ranked players not to be seeded, will do battle. And 39-year-old Tommy Haas plays 38-year-old Ivo Karlovic in the oldest-combined match since Vina del Mar in 1982, when Ricardo Cano (30) defeated...
How many hot shots can you have in one game? We give you four, as Rafael Nadal and David Goffin bring out the best in each other in their quarter-final match at the Mutua Madrid Open. Watch live matches at tennistv.com.
Watch quarter-final highlights from the Mutua Madrid Open as Nicolas Mahut and Edouard Roger-Vasselin defeat Jamie Murray and Bruno Soares. Watch live matches at tennistv.com. Photo: Getty Images
Fourth seed Rafael Nadal moved closer to a fifth Mutua Madrid Open title on Friday, fighting off a determined ninth seed David Goffin 7-6(3), 6-2 to reach the semi-finals. “I think it was a very good match and nice to watch. Goffin and I played at a really high level,” said Nadal. “It was a very tough match that I had to play at my highest level to be able to make the semi-finals. It's one of the matches that you go back home with a lot of adrenaline and feel satisfied for the work done.” Nadal is still in position to become the first player to sweep all three ATP World Tour Masters 1000 clay-court events, Roland Garros and...