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Simon Edges Monfils In Madrid; Tsonga Prevails

In an all-French battle, Gilles Simon saved two match points to win a back-and-forth contest against Gael Monfils 0-6, 6-0, 7-6(0) on Monday at the Mutua Madrid Open. Simon erased the match points while serving at 2-5 in the third set. The 32-year-old Simon will next meet Spaniard Feliciano Lopez, who defeated #NextGenATP American qualifier Ernesto Escobedo 6-4, 6-4 in 74 minutes. Simon and Lopez have split their previous four FedEx ATP Head2Head meetings, but this will be their first encounter on clay. Lopez, 35, is the only player to have appeared in all 16 editions of his hometown ATP World Tour Masters 1000 tournament and is a four-time quarter-finalist in Madrid. Jo-Wilfried Tsonga had to work for it but...

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My Masters 1000: Albert Ramos-Vinolas

Albert Ramos-Vinolas makes a celebrated return to ATP World Tour Masters 1000 action on home soil at the Mutua Madrid Open, three weeks after a dream run to the final at the Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters.  In Monte-Carlo, the 29 year old posted consecutive wins over a trio of Top 20 players – No. 1 Andy Murray, No. 8 Marin Cilic  and No. 17 Lucas Pouille – before finishing runner-up to countryman Rafael Nadal. However, ask the Barcelona native about his biggest Masters 1000 victory, and there’s one result that tops even those. Ramos-Vinolas looks back on that memorable second-round win over Roger Federer at the 2015 Shanghai Rolex Masters and also shares what makes playing in Madrid so special. Which...

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