Juan Martin del Potro and Alexander Zverev charge into the Miami Open quarter-finals after big wins Tuesday in Key Biscayne. Photo: Mike Lawrence. Watch live matches at TennisTV.com
It had all the billings of another back-and-forth chapter of their budding rivalry: Alexander Zverev and Nick Kyrgios facing off again at the Miami Open presented by Itau with a quarter-final spot on the line. Zverev, however, saw no need for any drama and was all business on Tuesday evening, dismissing his 22-year-old rival in two clean sets 6-4, 6-4 to return to the Miami quarter-finals for the second consecutive year. Watch Full Match Replays The fourth seed won 76 per cent of his service points and didn't face a break point in the second set. “It's always entertaining playing him. I think the crowd enjoys it. The media hypes it up a little bit. We both enjoy this kind...
Borna Coric is again proving he’s in this for the long haul after a third straight three-set victory to reach the Miami Open presented by Itau quarter-finals, this time over #NextGenATP Canadian Denis Shapovalov. After a semi-final run in Indian Wells, the 29th seed is through to his second straight ATP World Tour Masters 1000 quarter-final with the 7-6(2), 4-6, 6-4 victory. Brimming with confidence after his run in Indian Wells, where he narrowly fell short against Roger Federer, Coric was more consistent than his 18-year-old opponent to take the opening-set tie-break 7/2. Shapovalov, coming off his best win this season over No. 11 seed Sam Querrey in the third round, found his spark when he picked off a backhand...
Neville Godwin has gone from working with one of the most improved players on the ATP World Tour to, again, working with one of the most improved players on Tour. Last season, Godwin helped Kevin Anderson enjoy one of his best years. In mid-January, Anderson was ranked No. 80 in the ATP Rankings, but he finished 2017 in the Top 15 after reaching two finals, at the Citi Open and the US Open, his first Grand Slam title match. Godwin and Anderson split at the end of last season, but the South African coach, who was the Coach of the Year in the 2017 ATP World Tour Awards presented by Moët & Chandon, has had an immediate impact with his...