Watch highlights of Rafael Nadal, Andy Murray and Stan Wawrinka advancing during a busy Wednesday at the Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters. Watch live matches at tennistv.com. Realis photo.
View FedEx ATP Head2Head for the following match-ups Wednesday at the Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters & vote for the players you think will win! Nadal v Edmund | Murray v Muller | Wawrinka v Vesely | Berdych v Haas [GROUP POLL]33[/GROUP POLL] View Wednesday schedule and check back later for preview notes • DAY 4 PREVIEW: Second round play concludes on Wednesday at the Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters with World No. 1 Andy Murray, No. 3/2014 winner Stan Wawrinka and No. 4 seed/nine-time champion Rafael Nadal the headliners on Court Rainier III. Overall there are 12 singles matches, all involving a seed, on the schedule. Seeds are 11-1 in the first three days of the tournament. Leading off the day is Wawrinka...
The Mediterranean shimmers at one end of the court. Sheer rock cliffs tower behind the elegant clubhouse at the other end. In the middle is a court of clay. Enter, Rafael Nadal. Nadal is a staggering 58-4 at the Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters since 2003, winning nine titles and $5.5 million from just this one stop on tour. Can he win it again in 2017? To know what’s coming in the future, it is best to connect the clay court dots from the past. An Infosys ATP Beyond The Numbers analysis of his successful 2016 campaign, when he dropped only two sets en route to his ninth Monte-Carlo title, identifies four key areas of dominance. 1. Break Points Converting a break...
Maybe Tommy Haas should reconsider this whole retirement thing. The 39-year-old German, in the midst of his 10th comeback, needed only 69 minutes to knock out Frenchman Benoit Paire 6-2, 6-3 on Tuesday at the Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters. Haas, the oldest player in the draw, feasted on second serves, winning almost 80 per cent of his second-serve points and nearly 75 per cent of Paire's. The win was Haas' first in Monte-Carlo since 2004, when he beat Xavier Malisse. The right-hander hadn't played at the Masters 1000 tournament since 2008. “I think when you go out there and compete, you hope for the best, that is to try to play well and try to win,” Haas said. “Any time that...
Watch highlights of Novak Djokovic narrowly escaping against Gilles Simon at the Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters on Tuesday. Watch live matches at tennistv.com. Getty Images photo.
