It’s a dream final at the BNP Paribas Open – for more than just fans. Earlier in the tournament, Juan Martin del Potro said that any chance to play against Roger Federer would be great – and now he’ll get exactly that: a clash with Federer for the first ATP World Tour Masters 1000 trophy of the season. View FedEx ATP Head2Head for the 2018 BNP Paribas Open final & vote for who you think will win! Federer vs. Del Potro [POLL]46679[/POLL] Both advanced to the final, albeit in drastically different fashion. Federer endured an inspired effort by Borna Coric, who led by a set and a break on several occasions but was unable to close the Swiss out in...
There is no doubting that both Juan Martin del Potro and Milos Raonic have had excellent careers thus far. The Argentine has reached a career-best No. 4 in the ATP Rankings and won 21 tour-level titles while the Canadian has climbed to No. 3 and claimed eight trophies. Del Potro triumphed at the 2009 US Open at age 20, while Raonic made the Wimbledon final two years ago. But neither player has triumphed at the ATP World Tour Masters 1000 level. The pair will battle in the semi-finals at the BNP Paribas Open on Saturday to move within one victory of doing just that. And while both men have reached the Top 5 of the ATP Rankings, they were in...
In a way, it is hard to believe that Roger Federer continues to create new records for himself in a sport in which he has re-written plenty of them. But in Saturday’s BNP Paribas Open semi-finals, the Swiss will have a chance to do so once again. The World No. 1 can eclipse his best start to a season (16-0 in 2006) by defeating 2017 Next Gen ATP Finals qualifier Borna Coric to win his 17th straight match to begin the year. “What was I doing back then? I don't even remember what tournament I played first up and won,” Federer joked with the press about his start to 2006 after his quarter-final win against inaugural Next Gen ATP Finals...
Juan Martin del Potro’s bid for a maiden ATP World Tour Masters 1000 title is fast gaining momentum. Since No. 2 seed Marin Cilic’s third-round departure, the Argentine sixth seed has emerged a clear favourite to advance to his first Masters 1000 final in four years as the highest-ranked player in the bottom half of the BNP Paribas Open draw. The 29-year-old is riding an eight-match winning streak heading into his quarter-final showdown with No. 31 seed Philipp Kohlschreiber. Del Potro – whose best result at Indian Wells was a runner-up showing in 2013 (l. to Nadal) – carries a 6-2 FedEx ATP Head2Head record into the clash, with Kohlschreiber the first German to reach the last eight in Indian...
Pre-match build-up swirled around the battle of the generations – Next Gen ATP Finals champion Hyeon Chung against 36-year-old defending champion Roger Federer in the Australian Open semi-finals this year. It was the tournament where Chung, the explosive 21-year-old, became the first Korean to progress as far at a Grand Slam tournament. On Thursday, a rematch is on the cards with a BNP Paribas Open semi-final berth at stake. In January, blisters ultimately derailed Chung’s chances of completing the match with Federer, who went on to capture his 20th Grand Slam title. View FedEx ATP Head2Head for the quarter-finals & vote for who you think will win! Federer vs Chung | Coric vs Anderson [GROUP POLL]110[/GROUP POLL] This is Chung’s...
