Peter Gojowczyk ousted Dell Technologies Hall of Fame Open defending champion and second seed Ivo Karlovic, saving a match point en route to a tight 7-6(5), 6-7(1), 7-6(4) victory on Thursday. "I'm very happy. It's my second [semi-final]," said Gojowczyk. "I was once in 2013 in Doha. I was there, playing well, too, and now I'm here in Newport and enjoying it." The 28-year-old German withstood 30 aces from his Croatian opponent and saved all three break points he faced to advance to the semi-finals after two hours and 26 minutes. Gojowczyk improved his FedEx ATP Head2Head record against Karlovic to 2-0. "In the end it didn't go my way. That's life, that's tennis. That's how it goes sometimes," said Karlovic,...
Rogerio Dutra Silva reached his first ATP World Tour quarter-final this season after ousting second seed Gael Monfils 7-6(5), 4-6, 6-3 on Thursday at the Plava Laguna Croatia Open Umag. The Brazilian, who is currently ranked at a career-high No. 64 in the Emirates ATP Rankings, will go on to face Alessandro Giannessi for a spot in the semi-finals after the Italian prevailed 6-2, 3-6, 6-3 over Kenny De Schepper in two hours and 11 minutes. Earlier, third seed and defending champion Fabio Fognini recorded his 20th match win of the season when he booked his place in the quarter-finals with a 6-4,1-6, 6-2 win over Nicolas Kicker in one hour and 49 minutes. The Italian will next face #NextGenATP...
Defending champion Albert Ramos-Vinolas set up a repeat of last year’s all-Spanish final at the SkiStar Swedish Open on Thursday. Ramos-Vinolas beat Verdasco 6-3, 6-4 in the 2016 title match, but is 2-4 overall in their FedEx ATP Head2Head series. Second seed Ramos-Vinolas, now 10-4 at the ATP World Tour 250 tournament, twice came within a point of trailing Thiago Monteiro by a set and 3-5, but rallied for a 3-6, 6-4, 6-3 second-round victory in two hours and 10 minutes. Earlier in the day, sixth seed and 2013, 2016 finalist Fernando Verdasco broke serve five times in a 6-3, 6-2 victory over Facundo Bagnis. #NextGenATP Karen Khachanov, the leader of six Russians in the Top 100 of the Emirates...
You could have forgiven John Isner if he would have stayed off grass for 11 months. During his ninth showing at The Championships, Wimbledon, earlier this month, the World No. 21 suffered one of his most “disappointing” losses at the All England Club. Isner led then-World No. 90 Dudi Sela two sets to one in the second round but couldn't put away the Israeli, falling 6-3 in the fifth set. It marked the first time Isner had lost that early at SW19 since 2013. But the 32 year old didn't sit around and mope; he prepared for this week's Dell Technologies Hall of Fame Open in Newport, where Isner is making his 10th appearance. The top seed arrives looking for...
Top seed David Goffin enjoyed a winning return to action on Wednesday at the Plava Laguna Croatia Open Umag as he defeated qualifier Attila Balazs 6-4, 6-7(7), 6-2 to reach the quarter-finals in Umag. The Belgian was back on the match court for the first time since suffering a right ankle injury when he fell in his third-round match with Horacio Zeballos at Roland Garros in May. Goffin missed three opportunities to seal his comeback victory in straight sets in the second set tie-break, but raced through the decider against his No. 174-ranked opponent to prevail in two hours and 21 minutes. [ALSO LIKE] The 26-year-old Goffin is making his debut at this ATP World Tour 250 clay-court tournament and...
