View FedEx ATP Head2Head for the following match-ups Thursday at the Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters & vote for the players you think will win! Nadal v Zverev | Djokovic v Carreno Busta | Wawrinka v Cuevas | Murray v Ramos-Vinolas [GROUP POLL]34[/GROUP POLL] View Thursday schedule. Alexander Zverev celebrates his 20th birthday at the Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters on Thursday with a third-round showdown against nine-time champion Rafael Nadal. Zverev earned 75 wins and two titles as a teen, but he’s 0-2 against the 30-year-old Spaniard. Nadal saved a match point to edge Zverev at 2016 Indian Wells before beating the German in five sets at the 2017 Australian Open. Nadal, Novak Djokovic and Stan Wawrinka, winners of the last 12...
Watch as a bird remains determined to get a true courtside view of Rafael Nadal and Kyle Edmund battling at the Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters. Watch live matches at tennistv.com
It was standing-room only inside Court Rainier III as Rafael Nadal and Kyle Edmund battled on Wednesday at the Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters, so a tennis-loving bird decided to get a literal courtside seat. With Nadal serving in the deciding set at 4-3, 40/30, the plucky bird perched itself on top of the net. A ball boy shooed him away, but the bird responded by flying onto the court as the crowd applauded. The determined animal was chased off before returning to the court for a third time, but begrudgingly plopped down at the edge of the stands at long last. The stubborn bird even reminded some fans of their own feathered friends. The brief delay didn’t disrupt Nadal, who won...
Top singles stars including Stan Wawrinka and Novak Djokovic took the court for doubles on Wednesday at the Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters, but it was the top-seeded doubles pairings who moved into the quarter-finals with impressive wins. Djokovic and Viktor Troicki fell 6-3, 6-4 to top seeds Henri Kontinen/John Peers. The top-ranked doubles team saved all nine break points they faced to advance in 65 minutes. They’ll play the winner between fifth seeds Raven Klaasen and Rajeev Ram, and Rohan Bopanna and Pablo Cuevas. Bopanna/Cuevas won the lone first-round match of the day over Marcin Matkowski and Alexander Peya 6-3, 6-7(7), 10-2. Second seeds and defending champions Pierre-Hugues Herbert and Nicolas Mahut defeated Wawrinka and Fabio Fognini 7-5, 6-2. Herbert/Mahut went...
Watch as a bird remains determined to get a true courtside view of Rafael Nadal and Kyle Edmund battling at the Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters. Watch live matches at tennistv.com