Jean-Julien Rojer recorded the 300th doubles match win of his career by partnering Horia Tecau to a 6-4, 6-4 victory at the ABN Amro World Tennis Tournament over second-seeded Spaniards Feliciano Lopez and Marc Lopez The 2015 champions now go on to face fourth seeds Lukasz Kubot and Marcelo Melo or wild cards Wesley Koolhof and Matwe Middelkoop in the semi-finals. “I’m super excited about the milestone, 300 wins, it’s a very nice achievement for me. I’m very proud of the 300 wins,” said Rojer, who has clinched 21 ATP World Tour-level doubles titles so far in his career. “Of course, I’d like to thank all of my former partners and my current partner Horia (Tecau). I didn’t think I...
Top seed and 2014 finalist Marin Cilic won an all-Croatian battle on Thursday against Borna Coric, part of the #NextGenATP, 6-1, 2-6, 6-4 in just under two hours at the ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament. Cilic won the first five games of the pair’s third FedEx ATP Head2Head meeting, ending with 11 aces and losing just 10 of his first service points. “I think we both played really good tennis. I started to get into a good rhythm at the end of that first set but then I lost my serve in the middle of that second set when he came up with some amazing shots,” said the World No. 7. Watch Coric Hot Shot Watch Full Match Replays At Tennis...
Former finalist John Isner had to dig deep to overcome #NextGenATP player Yoshihito Nishioka to get his Memphis Open campaign off to a winning start on Wednesday. The second-seeded American ground out a 4-6, 6-3, 6-4 victory against the 21-year-old lefty to land a quarter-final match against his countryman Donald Young. “So tough, I knew it would be,” Isner said. “Getting a bye is a bit of a double-edged sword – you’re playing someone who’s already played a match, feeling confident. “Whereas myself, I didn’t quite have that coming into this match. The main thing is I held my composure pretty good and got an early break in the second and was able to ride that out. The third set...
Top seed Kei Nishikori survived an inspired challenge from home favourite Diego Schwartzman to win in his first outing at the Argentina Open in five years on Wednesday. The Japanese World No. 5 in the Emirates ATP Rankings fought back to claim a 5-7, 6-2, 6-2 result to advance to the quarter-finals. Nishikori had won the Memphis Open title as top seed for the past three years but elected to change up his schedule to play in South American in 2017. Looking to transfer that good fortune as top seed to the clay in Buenos Aires, however, Nishikori found his run under serious pressure early on when his Argentine opponent, ranked No. 50 in the Emirates ATP Rankings, broke to...
Grigor Dimitrov kept up his hot run of form on Wednesday as he rallied from a set down to beat Mischa Zverev 6-7(4), 6-2, 6-4 in the first round of the ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament in Rotterdam. The Bulgarian is coming off his second ATP World Tour title of the season, on home soil at the Garanti Koza Sofia Open (d. Goffin), and has a 15-1 match record in 2017. He opened his campaign this year with victory in Brisbane (d. Nishikori) before going on a run to the Australian Open semi-finals, where he lost to Rafael Nadal in five sets. Watch Full Match Replays At Tennis TV Dimitrov has laid down an early marker in the Emirates ATP...