Rafael Nadal continued his assault on the Shanghai Rolex Masters title on Thursday, which would further boost his chances of finishing year-end No. 1 in the Emirates ATP Rankings for a fourth time (also 2008, 2010, 2013). The Spanish superstar was at his dominant best against Italian Fabio Fognini in a 6-3, 6-1 victory that set up a quarter-final clash against sixth seed Grigor Dimitrov, who is hoping to join Nadal at next month’s Nitto ATP Finals. “I played a very good match. I don't know how many mistakes, how many unforced errors, but very few. And I played very well in all aspects,” Nadal said. “ I have been doing things very well. So otherwise, of course, big result,...
Bruno Soares recorded the 400th doubles match win of his career on Thursday in partnership with Jamie Murray at the Shanghai Rolex Masters. The fourth seeds, the next team in line to qualify for the Nitto ATP Finals, to be held at The O2 in London from 12-19 November, advanced to the quarter-finals on Thursday by beating Kevin Anderson and Nenad Zimonjic 7-5, 6-2 in 75 minutes. “It’s an amazing number for me, really special,” Soares told ATPWorldTour.com. “I had no clue that I was going to reach a number like this. I’m so pleased to be able to play at these big tournaments against the best players. It’s a special day for me, 400 match wins, and also for...
Juan Martin del Potro produced a vintage display of controlled, power tennis on Wednesday to reach the Shanghai Rolex Masters quarter-finals. The popular Argentine, No. 16 seed this week, recorded his fourth Top 10 victory of the season by knocking out third-seeded German Alexander Zverev, who struck 22 aces, 3-6, 7-6(5), 6-4 in one hour and 56 minutes. The 29-year-old del Potro is now 4-9 in 2017 against players in the Top 10 of the Emirates ATP Rankings. Del Potro, who lost to Novak Djokovic in the 2013 final at the Qi Zhong Stadium in Shanghai, will next meet Viktor Troicki of Serbia on Friday. The Serbian defeated 12th-seeded John Isner 6-4, 7-6(4), hitting 30 winners to just four unforced...
Bulgaria’s Grigor Dimitrov further strengthened his bid for a place at the Nitto ATP Finals on Thursday by reaching the Shanghai Rolex Masters quarter-finals at the expense of American Sam Querrey, another contender for next month’s season finale. Sixth seed Dimitrov recorded his 40th match win of a career-best year (40-16 overall) with a 6-3, 7-6(3) victory over No. 10 seed Querrey in 81 minutes at the Qi Zhong Stadium in Shanghai. He will next challenge top seed and 2009 finalist Rafael Nadal in Friday’s quarter-finals. [ALSO LIKE] “Today was a pretty similar mindset [to yesterday’s win over Ryan Harrison], playing against a big server who uses the court a lot,” said Dimitrov. “Sam is an extremely trick player. The...
Viktor Troicki struck again at the Shanghai Rolex Masters on Wednesday. The Serbian earned the biggest win of his season by knocking off Nitto ATP Finals hopeful Dominic Thiem 6-3, 3-6, 7-6(5) to advance to the third round of the ATP World Tour Masters 1000 tournament in China. Troicki had been 0-4 against Top 10 players this season. But the Serbian earned another chance at the game's best by beating #NextGenATP wild card Denis Shapovalov in the Shanghai first round, and he recovered from an early hiccup in the third-set tie-break against Thiem to notch the win. Watch Live On TennisTV Watch Full Match Replays Troicki led 5/2 in the tie-break and had the match on his racquet. But the...
