It’s an absolutely golden line-up this year for the silver anniversary of the Abierto Mexicano Telcel presentado por HSBC. The ATP World Tour 500 tournament, which celebrates its 25th anniversary this week, boasts a stacked field including a tournament record of six of the world’s Top 10 players. Heading the all-star field is No. 1 seed and last year’s runner-up Rafael Nadal, who is playing his first match since the Australian Open. Having just relinquished the top spot in the ATP Rankings to Roger Federer following the Swiss’ victory in Rotterdam, Nadal opens his Acapulco campaign against compatriot Feliciano Lopez in an effort to keep the rankings gap between himself and Federer close heading into the BNP Paribas Open the...
Grigor Dimitrov began to make good on his enormous potential last year, claiming his first ATP World Tour Masters 1000 title (Cincinnati), winning the Nitto ATP Finals and finishing the year No. 3 in the ATP Rankings. Next on his to-do list is to address the imbalance in his FedEx ATP Head-to-Head records against the game’s very best. He is 1-10 against Rafael Nadal, 1-6 against Novak Djokovic, 3-8 against Andy Murray and 0-6 against Roger Federer. Listen to a free live stream of the final... [ALSO LIKE] Dimitrov has the chance to get to work Sunday in the ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament final in Rotterdam, where he will look for his first win over two-time tournament champion Federer....
There is a spring in the step of Grigor Dimitrov as he walks along the corridors of the Rotterdam Ahoy. Nine years on from being awarded a wild card by Tournament Director Richard Krajicek into the 2009 ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament, much has changed for the amiable Bulgarian. The target on Dimitrov’s chest has magnified since his first steps on the ATP World Tour in February 2009, when he beat Tomas Berdych before falling to World No. 1 Rafael Nadal. Last year’s runs to the Western & Southern Open trophy in Cincinnati, the emotion of winning the Nitto ATP Finals and a career-high year-end No. 3 finish in the ATP Rankings, fuelled the fire of what may be possible....
Roger Federer could reclaim No. 1 in the ATP Rankings next week, but the Swiss might have a difficult path to the historic achievement at the ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament in Rotterdam. The top-seeded Federer needs to reach the semi-finals to return to the top spot for the first time since 4 November 2012. But the 36-year-old Swiss might have to beat his surging countryman Stan Wawrinka in the quarter-finals. View Draw Wawrinka is the fifth seed at the ATP World Tour 500 event, and appears to be well on his way to regaining top form. Wawrinka is in the semi-finals this week at the Diema Xtra Sofia Open in Bulgaria. Federer will face a qualifier in the first...
Roger Federer and Marin Cilic were both in The Maldives on vacation at the end of November, following the 2017 ATP World Tour season. “I didn't want to bother him. He didn't want to bother me,” Federer recalled following his semi-final on Friday. “After two days, he wrote me: ‘I'm here, too, in case you want to catch up and stuff, let me know’.” Photo Credit: Marin Cilic The pair practised twice for 45 minutes and even got together for drinks with their families. “It's great fun. No coaches, no nothing, just the two of us on the court hitting balls,” Federer said. “It was just nice and laid back, to get to know the man behind the tennis player.”...
