As it stands, just one man in the past two clay-court seasons can successfully claim Rafael Nadal is beatable on clay. And on Friday, that man – Austrian fifth seed Dominic Thiem – will earn another shot at a repeat when he meets the World No. 1 in the quarter-finals of the Mutua Madrid Open. View FedEx ATP Head2Head for the following matches & vote for who you think will win! Nadal vs Thiem | Zverev vs Isner | Edmund vs Shapovalov | Anderson vs Lajovic [GROUP POLL]137[/GROUP POLL] Nadal has not conceded a set on clay since falling to Thiem in the Rome quarter-finals in 2017 and on Thursday, broke John McEnroe’s 34-year record for most consecutive sets won...
It is shaping up to be a majestic month of May in Portugal. On Sunday, the European nation was abuzz as Joao Sousa emerged as his country's first winner on home soil on the ATP World Tour. Now, the focus has shifted from Estoril to the northern city of Braga and capital of Lisbon, as the ATP Challenger Tour takes centre stage with a new two-week swing. Without pause, the fireworks are flying at the Braga Open. In what is set to be a blockbuster quarter-final clash, teens Alex de Minaur and Felix Auger-Aliassime will square off on Friday. Fans in Braga will have quite the treat with two of the brightest young talents in pro tennis kicking off the...
Squaring off for the first time against a compatriot he has looked up to growing up, the motivation is high for Denis Shapovalov when he meets Milos Raonic at the Mutua Madrid Open on Thursday. And while not typically either player’s strongest surface, the two Canadians have impressed this week on clay in the Spanish capital. View FedEx ATP Head2Head for the following matches from the 2018 Mutua Madrid Open & vote for who you think will win! Raonic vs Shapovalov | Nadal vs Schwartzman | Goffin vs Edmund [GROUP POLL]136[/GROUP POLL] #NextGenATP Shapovalov scored his first ATP World Tour clay-court match win in the opening round over Tennys Sandgren before backing it up with a 38-winner display to edge...
Gael Monfils knows he needs plenty to go his way if he is to overturn a lop-sided 13-2 FedEx ATP Head2Head ledger against home favourite and World No. 1 Rafael Nadal at the Mutua Madrid Open on Wednesday. A bunch of racquets intact is a good start. View FedEx ATP Head2Head for the following matches from the 2018 Mutua Madrid Open & vote for who you think will win! Nadal vs Monfils | Djokovic vs Edmund | Schwartzman vs Lopez [GROUP POLL]135[/GROUP POLL] Facing an opponent riding a 19-match winning streak, including his past 46 sets on the surface, Nadal presents a daunting task. It could be considered an unlucky draw for Monfils, a former World No. 6. Still, his...
A second-round battle at the Mutua Madrid Open is an entirely different prospect for former World No. 3s Grigor Dimitrov and Milos Raonic on Tuesday. Pit the pair against each other on a blue hard court in Australia and the Bulgarian has good reason to back himself every time. View FedEx ATP Head2Head for the following matches from the 2018 Mutua Madrid Open & vote for who you think will win! Dimitrov vs Raonic | Carreno Busta vs Coric | Del Potro vs Dzumhur [GROUP POLL]134[/GROUP POLL] The 26-year-old fell in his first FedEx ATP Head2Head encounter with the Canadian in Stockholm in 2011, but is unbeaten Down Under in three straight meetings since. This, however, will be their first...
