The Bryan brothers recorded their team’s 1,000th match win Friday night at the Erste Bank Open 500, and afterwards celebrated the milestone by sharing a 75cm traditional Viennese Sacher Cake with fans. “It’s big enough everyone could have a piece,” said Mike Bryan, following the on-court presentation by Vienna Tournament Director Herwig Straka and former Austrian No. 1 Thomas Muster. “We’re happy to get 1,000 in Vienna,” said Mike. “This is going to be a special city for us until we die. And it’s good to see Thomas Muster, one of our idols, come out. That means a lot, we are honoured to have his presence on the court. We want to thank Herwig, the Tournament Director for having us...
Third seed Kei Nishikori broke through against two-time Swiss Indoors Basel champion Juan Martin del Potro on Friday, recording his first win over the Argentine in five attempts to advance to the semi-finals, 7-5, 6-4. A single break of serve in each set was all Nishikori needed to move into the final four. The Japanese star saved all eight break points against him during the match, while accumulating 10 break point chances of his own. Nishikori hadn’t taken a set off del Potro in any of their four previous meetings. He’s now won 55 ATP World Tour matches in 2016, more than any other season. Nishikori will look to reach his fifth final of the year against Gilles Muller, against...
Top seed Andy Murray continued his unbeaten streak against John Isner on Friday at the Erste Bank Open 500, improving his FedEx ATP Head2Head record over the big server to 7-0 with a convincing 6-1 6-3 quarter-final win. Next up for the Brit in the semi-finals is fifth seed David Ferrer, a 6-3 3-6 7-5 winner over Viktor Troicki in a marathon match. Murray leads his FedEx ATP Head2Head rivalry over Ferrer 14-6. In a situation Isner doesn’t often find himself in, Murray accumulated more break points chances than the American (9 to 3) and put Isner on the defensive in many of his service games. Murray saved all three break point chances against him in the second set to...
Top seeds Jean-Julien Rojer/Horia Tecau came out on top in a tight quarter-final on Thursday at the Swiss Indoors Basel, moving past Treat Huey/Max Mirnyi, 6-7(9), 6-4, 10-4. Rojer/Tecau are looking for their second ATP World Tour doubles title of 2016, having already prevailed in Madrid. Awaiting them in the final four is the winner of the match between third seeds Raven Klaasen/Rajeev Ram and Robert Lindstedt/Michael Venus. Read: Klaasen/Ram Qualify For Barclays ATP World Tour Finals Second seeds Nicolas Mahut/Edouard Roger-Vasselin enjoyed a routine quarter-final win over David Marrero/Marcin Matkowski, 6-1, 6-4. They’ll compete for a place in the final over fourth seeds Marcel Granollers/Jack Sock, who advanced via retirement over Dominic Inglot/Florin Mergea, 7-5, 2-2. View The Emirates...
It was better late than never for Stan Wawrinka at the Swiss Indoors Basel on Thursday. The top seed unsuccessfully served for the match at 5-3 in the second set before winning 7-6(4), 6-7(3), 6-4 against Donald Young to advance to the quarter-finals. The 2011 semi-finalist is a win away from his best showing in Basel, and will next face Mischa Zverev. Wawrinka enjoyed a strong serving day and was cruising toward his third win over Young in four FedEx ATP Head2Head meetings when the American left-hander scored his lone break of the match in a must-win game. Young had taken at least a set off Wawrinka in all of their past tour-level meetings, but the Swiss refocused in the...