Borna Coric was down and it looked as if he'd soon be out. The 21-year-old Croatian, who had never beaten Kevin Anderson before Thursday, double faulted to lose his serve and go down 2-4 in the third set of their BNP Paribas Open quarter-final. Until that point, Anderson had been broken only two times in the tournament, and two more holds would have him in his maiden ATP World Tour Masters 1000 semi-final. But Coric remained solid and immediately broke back, and in the third set tie-break, the rising star kept up a trend that has propelled him to his first Masters 1000 semi-final this week in Indian Wells. Coric won his second third-set tie-break of the tournament to advance...
Two-time former champions Bob Bryan and Mike Bryan recorded their 40th match win at the BNP Paribas Open (40-16) on Wednesday for a place in the semi-finals. The seventh-seeded American twins were made to work for their 7-5, 6-1 victory over Marcus Daniell and Diego Schwartzman, saving nine of 10 break points in the 65-minute encounter. The Bryans initially recovered from a 1-3 deficit and from 5-5 in the first set they won seven straight games. The Bryans, who will next meet Pablo Cuevas and Horacio Zeballos or Gilles Muller and Sam Querrey, lifted the Indian Wells title in 2013 (d. Huey/Janowicz) and 2014 (d. Peya/Soares). They have a 36-18 record in ATP World Tour Masters 1000 finals. Watch Full...
Before the 2018 BNP Paribas Open, Sam Querrey had played in 12 editions of the BNP Paribas Open. Yet the American had never reached the quarter-finals of the ATP World Tour Masters 1000 tournament. That changed on Wednesday evening. Querrey outplayed Feliciano Lopez for the third consecutive time in their FedEx ATP Head2Head series 6-3, 6-4 to reach his maiden quarter-final in Indian Wells and only his fourth Masters 1000 quarter-final (2007 Cincinnati, 2008 Monte-Carlo, 2012 Paris). Watch Full Match Replays The 6'6” American threw down 14 aces and faced only one break point against the 28th-seeded Lopez, who had upset eighth seed Jack Sock to advance to the Round of 16. “It's the best I played so far. My...
It was tighter than perhaps Roger Federer would have liked, but the No. 1 player in the ATP Rankings still pushed his way past the confident and big-hitting Jeremy Chardy on Wednesday, and is now only one win away from matching his best start ever. The 36-year-old Swiss was untouchable on serve at the BNP Paribas Open, winning 90 per cent of his service points (44/49), including 100 per cent of his first-serve points (25/25), to beat Chardy 7-5, 6-4 in a packed Stadium One. It's only the fifth time Federer has won a match (not by retirement) without losing a first-serve point. Serving Perfectly Tournament Opponent First-Serve Points 2018 BNP Paribas Open 4R d. Chardy 25 of 25 2017...
It has been more than four years since Juan Martin del Potro competed in an ATP World Tour Masters 1000 final. But the sixth seed is looking more and more like the player to beat in the bottom half of the BNP Paribas Open draw. The 2013 Indian Wells finalist extended his win streak to eight on Wednesday evening in the Coachella Valley, advancing past compatriot Leonardo Mayer 3-6, 7-6(2), 6-3 in two hours and 30 minutes. [ALSO LIKE] Del Potro was down a break in the second set, but immediately broke back, and in the tie-break, he dominated. The Argentine finished with 28 winners to 23 unforced errors. Credit Mayer for playing to win against Del Potro. The World...
