Alexander Zverev won a battle of German giants on Thursday for a place in his first Rolex Monte-Carlo Masters quarter-final. In a match of power tennis that featured 15 service breaks, 6’6” Zverev overcame his 6’5” compatriot, Jan-Lennard Struff, in a 6-4, 4-6, 6-4 win over two hours and three minutes. “I think I was hitting the ball pretty well, but we couldn’t hold onto our serves,” said Zverev post-match. On Friday, his 21st birthday, Zverev will play 2005 semi-finalist Richard Gasquet, who today became the first Frenchman in the Open Era to record 500 tour-level match wins. “To be in the quarter-finals of an [ATP World Tour] Masters 1000, you have to play well and the draw doesn’t get...
David Goffin was made to work hard on Thursday to beat Roberto Bautista Agut at the Rolex Monte-Carlo Masters for a place in the quarter-finals for the second consecutive year. The sixth-seeded Belgian found a way to beat fellow baseliner, No. 11 seed Bautista Agut, 6-4, 7-5 in one hour and 42 minutes on Court Des Princes, the second show court at the Monte-Carlo Country Club. “In the second set there were big points that hurt me physically, but I was able to win them,” said Goffin. “He always fights until the last point. He gives away no points. You have to fight for each point. At 5-5, I was able to turn it up a notch for me to...
Dominic Thiem discusses his exciting third-round victory against two-time Rolex Monte-Carlo Masters champion Novak Djokovic on Thursday. Watch live tennis at tennistv.com.
Alexander Zverev reacts to his up-and-down victory against German compatriot Jan-Lennard Struff on Thursday at the Rolex Monte-Carlo Masters. Watch live tennis at tennistv.com.Watch live tennis at tennistv.com.
World No. 1 Rafael Nadal reacts to his impressive performance against Karen Khachanov in Monte-Carlo and looks ahead to a quarter-final battle against Dominic Thiem. Watch live tennis at tennistv.com.
