Dominic Thiem has reached five quarter-finals at ATP World Tour Masters 1000 level, including this week at the Mutua Madrid Open and earlier this season at the BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells. The 23-year-old Austrian talks about his favourite tournament, city and what makes the Masters 1000 titles so difficult to win. Which is your favourite Masters 1000 tournament? Madrid. I beat my first Top 10 guy there (Stan Wawrinka). The food is prepared by an Austrian company. I know the guys there. They treat me really well, so it’s a tournament I look forward to every year. Which is your favourite Masters 1000 host city? Rome is a legendary city and the Italian food is the best in...
Roger Federer says things got complicated when he turned his talents to mixing music in Miami with renowned DJ Nora En Pure during a party for Moët & Chandon at EAST Miami's rooftop bar and garden, Sugar.
Roger Federer turned his skills to mixing music this week in Miami during a party for Moët & Chandon at Sugar, a rooftop bar 40 stories up at EAST, Miami hotel. Federer teamed with renowned DJ Nora En Pure, who has a South African and Swiss heritage, like the 25-time ATP World Tour Masters 1000 champion. Federer was also presented with a special bottle of Moët & Chandon champagne to mark his 90th tour-level title, achieved last weekend at the BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells. “Moët Moments are always different and creative,” Federer said. “Tonight is with a really cool DJ in Miami. So why not? The location is stunning and I love music, so that makes it a very...
#NextGenATP player Frances Tiafoe finished strongly in his opening-round match on Thursday at the Miami Open presented by Itau, racing through the final set against Konstantin Kravchuk to advance 7-5, 5-7, 6-1 and set up a clash with fourth seed Roger Federer. "The guy has about a million Grand Slams and done everything. I can't tell you how excited I am to play. Seeing the draw was partly probably why up a set and 4-1, I started rushing and thinking, 'Oh my god, I'm going to play Roger,'" said Tiafoe. "He's my idol, everyone's idol. People on tour still stare at him in the locker room. He's an absolute legend. We hope he never retires because he's such a good...
View FedEx ATP Head2Head for the following match-ups & vote for the players you think will win! Nishikori vs Anderson | Nadal vs Sela | Dimitrov vs Pella | Raonic vs Troicki [GROUP POLL]17[/GROUP POLL] DAY 3 PREVIEW: There are two first-round matches in the top half of the draw and 16 second-round matches in the bottom half of the draw on Friday’s schedule at the Miami Open presented by Itau. Leading the way are No. 2 seed and last year’s finalist Kei Nishikori, No. 3 seed Milos Raonic and No. 5 seed/four-time Miami Open finalist Rafael Nadal. In the opening men’s match on Stadium, Nishikori takes on big-serving South African Kevin Anderson. Nishikori has won two of the previous...
