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Nadal v Goffin, Thiem v Coric Friday In Madrid

View FedEx ATP Head2Head for the quarter-final match-ups Friday at the Mutua Madrid Open & vote for who you think will win!  Djokovic v Nishikori | Nadal v Goffin | Thiem v Coric | Zverev v Cuevas [GROUP POLL]43[/GROUP POLL] Borna Coric, Pablo Cuevas, Dominic Thiem and Alexander Zverev have never reached the semi-finals of an ATP Masters 1000 event. Two will do so on Friday, one of whom will advance all the way to the final of the Mutua Madrid Open. The unlikely foursome isn’t entirely a surprise. Coric, Cuevas, Thiem and Zverev have each won a clay-court title on the ATP World Tour this season.  Coric earned the biggest win of his career over World No. 1 Andy...

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Nadal, Kyrgios Square Off Thursday In Madrid

View FedEx ATP Head2Head for the following match-ups Thursday at the Mutua Madrid Open & vote for who you think will win!  Nadal v Kyrgios | Djokovic v Lopez | Murray v Coric | Nishikori v Ferrer [GROUP POLL]42[/GROUP POLL] View Thursday schedule • Five of the Top 6 seeds are in third-round action at the Mutua Madrid Open on Thursday, including past champions Andy Murray, Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal. Murray meets #NextGenATP player Borna Coric, who could become the first lucky loser ever to reach the Madrid quarter-finals. Djokovic takes an 8-1 head-to-head record into his match with Madrid native Feliciano Lopez.   • Nadal, who leads all players with 30 wins in 2017 and four Madrid titles,...

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Djokovic, Nadal Open Madrid Campaigns Wednesday

View FedEx ATP Head2Head for the following match-ups Wednesday at the Mutua Madrid Open & vote for who you think will win!  Djokovic v Almagro | Nadal v Fognini | Tsonga v Ferrer | Cilic vs Zverev [GROUP POLL]41[/GROUP POLL] View Wednesday schedule and check back later for preview notes. •    Six of the Top 8 players in the Emirates ATP Rankings are on Wednesday’s star-studded schedule at the Mutua Madrid Open, led by No. 2 and reigning champion Novak Djokovic, No. 3 Stan Wawrinka and No. 5 and four-time Madrid winner Rafael Nadal, all on Manolo Santana. Santana, who is the tournament director, celebrates his 79th birthday on Wednesday. The Top 10 trio of No. 6 Milos Raonic, No....

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Murray, Zverev Brothers In Action Tuesday In Madrid

View FedEx ATP Head2Head for the following match-ups Tuesday at the Mutua Madrid Open & vote for who you think will win!  A Zverev v Verdasco | M Zverev v Coric | Robredo v Almagro [GROUP POLL]40[/GROUP POLL] View Tuesday schedule, featuring top seed Andy Murray against Marius Copil, and check back later for preview notes. [ALSO LIKE] •    There are nine first round and three second round singles matches on Tuesday’s schedule at the Mutua Madrid Open with World No. 1 Andy Murray, No. 8 seed Dominic Thiem and No. 9 seed David Goffin leading the way. •    In the opening match on Manolo Santana, big-serving Croat Ivo Karlovic takes on Spaniard Roberto Bautista Agut for the first time....

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For Nadal, There's Nothing Like Playing At Home

Rafael Nadal loves playing on the red clay in Monte-Carlo and Paris, but for the Mallorca native, there's nothing quite like playing in front of his home fans in Spain. The 30 year old, who won his 10th Barcelona title two weeks ago, will play for another home crown this week at the Mutua Madrid Open, the season's second ATP World Tour Masters 1000 tournament on clay. “I'm very well treated all around the world. Of course, I'm not treated anywhere like I am in Spain,” Nadal said on Monday during his pre-tournament press conference. “To play in front of them, for me especially, it gives me a unique feeling... It's difficult to describe how you feel when you play...

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