Nick Kyrgios illustrated his raw power with this hot shot during his third round encounter with Alexander Zverev at the BNP Paribas Open. Watch live matches at tennistvcom. Photo: Getty Images
Watch Monday highlights from the 2017 BNP Paribas Open, featuring wins from Dominic Thiem, Stan Wawrinka and Gael Monfils. Watch live matches at tennistvcom. Photo: Getty Images
Fernando Verdasco once deemed it the best match he had played. Five hours and 14 minutes of no-holds-barred shot-making - two Spaniards trading blows under lights on a heaving Rod Laver Arena, a shootout he would ultimately fall short in against his more decorated countryman, Rafael Nadal, 6-7(4), 6-4, 7-6(2), 6-7(1), 6-4. On Tuesday, the pair will resume their rivalry in the round of 32 at the BNP Paribas Open. The fifth-seeded Nadal has lost three of his past five matches against the No. 29 seed but still leads their overall FedEx ATP Head2Head series 15-3. The five-hour-plus marathon match between the two southpaws came in the semi-finals of the Australian Open eight years ago and at the time was...
Novak Djokovic and Viktor Troicki saved a match point to knock out defending champions Pierre-Hugues Herbert and Nicolas Mahut on Monday at the BNP Paribas Open. The Serbians were down 8/9 in the Match Tie-break but won the final three points to defeat the top-seeded Frenchmen 5-7, 6-1, 11-9 and move into the quarter-finals in Indian Wells. Djokovic and Troicki, playing in a tour-level event together for the first time since 2012 Indian Wells, broke twice to take the second set in 28 minutes. They fell behind 0/4 in the Match Tie-break but came back to reach the last eight of the ATP World Tour Masters 1000 tournament. Watch Full Match Replays The Belgrade natives will face sixth seeds Raven...