Dominic Thiem booked a spot in his first ATP World Tour final of the season by dominating Gael Monfils 6-2, 6-1 at the Argentina Open on Saturday. The Austrian, who won the event in 2016, has never lost a match in Buenos Aires (8-0). Thiem also moved to 4-0 in his FedEx ATP Head2Head rivalry against the Frenchman. The pair was also set to play in the semi-finals of the Qatar ExxonMobil Open earlier this season before Thiem withdrew due to illness. The World No. 6 was ruthless throughout the 62-minute match, converting on four of nine break points while not facing a break point on his own serve. Thiem will face Aljaz Bedene, who downed Federico Delbonis 6-4, 2-6,...
It was the perfect storyline. Kei Nishikori, who entered the inaugural New York Open without having played a tour-level match since last August due to a wrist injury, was on the verge of making his first ATP World Tour final since 2017 Buenos Aires. But top seed Kevin Anderson had something to say about that on Saturday evening, winning six of the final seven points in their semi-final to end Nishikori's run 6-1, 3-6, 7-6(4). The South African guaranteed his return to the Top 10 of the ATP Rankings as he pursues his first ATP World Tour title since 2015 Winston-Salem. "It feels great," Anderson said. "I didn't even know that going into it. I know I've been close for...
Roger Federer reached his third ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament final on Saturday after beating Andreas Seppi 6-3, 7-6(3). The two-time Rotterdam champion moved into the championship match after one hour, 24 minutes and will aim to become the first player in the tournament’s history to win the event on three occasions on Sunday. Federer guaranteed with his quarter-final victory against Robin Haase that he will become the oldest World No. 1 in the history of the ATP Rankings on Monday. “I wasn't sure if I was going to get out of this one today,” admitted Federer. “It was tough, maybe my best match of the tournament… I am very excited to be in the final here in Rotterdam.” [ALSO...
Grigor Dimitrov has reached his first ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament final after David Goffin was forced to retire on Saturday with an eye injury. ”We had such a great battle,” Dimitrov said. “Playing David always excites me and I always like to compete against him… just very unfortunate today.” Dimitrov moves into Sunday’s final, where he will meet top seed Roger Federer, who ousted lucky loser Andreas Seppi in straight sets. Dimitrov trails Federer in their FedEx ATP Head2Head series 0-6, and a final encounter against Seppi would mark their first meeting. The 26-year-old seeks his first ATP World Tour 500 title since 2014 Acapulco. Watch Live On TennisTV Watch Full Match Replays The World No. 5, who began...
Oliver Marach and Mate Pavic reached their fourth final of the 2018 ATP World Tour season at the ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament after beating Jean-Julien Rojer and Horia Tecau 6-1, 6-3 on Saturday. The second seeds won their 17th straight match to start 2018, beating their opponents in just 55 minutes. The duo won 82 per cent of points on serve and broke the 2015 champions on four occasions to move into the final. Marach and Pavic won their first three tournaments of the season in Doha, Auckland and Melbourne Park. Watch Live On TennisTV Watch Full Match Replays The Austrian-Croatian team will meet third seeds Pierre-Hugues Herbert and Nicolas Mahut, who defeated Ivan Dodig and Rajeev Ram 7-6(5), 4-6, 10/6 to reach the championship match. The Frenchmen saved nine of 10 break points they faced...
