Is an 11th Rolex Monte-Carlo Masters title in the cards for Rafael Nadal? You wouldn't have been blamed for wondering aloud that prediction before this week in Monte-Carlo, and, given this week's proceedings, no one will fault you for thinking that now as well. Nadal has been at his trademark ruthless best in the Principality. The Spaniard, playing in only his second tournament of the season, has yet to drop more than three games in a set, a stretch that includes his 6-0, 6-2 demolition of No. 7 Dominic Thiem, the only man to beat Nadal on clay last year, during Friday's quarter-final. View FedEx ATP Head2Head for the following matches from the 2018 Rolex Monte-Carlo Masters & vote for...
Alexander Zverev made it a 21st birthday to remember on Friday night by reaching the Rolex Monte-Carlo Masters semi-finals for the first time. The third-seeded German overcame the courtcraft and inventiveness of Richard Gasquet, in addition to a respectful and predominantly French crowd, to complete a hard-fought and thrilling 4-6, 6-2, 7-5 victory. It was his fourth straight win over 2005 semi-finalist Gasquet, who, one day prior, had become the first man from his country to record 500 match wins. "The third set was very intense, a lot of tight moments. I feel like in the tightest moments we both played the best tennis," Zverev said. "I'm just happy with my performance tennis-wise, also mentally-wise." With cheers of “Allez, Richard”...
Kei Nishikori admits he's happy to earn a hard-fought, three-set win over Marin Cilic and to advance to the semi-finals at the Rolex Monte-Carlo Masters. Watch live tennis at tennistv.com.
Rafael Nadal can't imagine playing better than he did en route to a 6-0, 6-2 win over Dominic Thiem to advance to the semi-finals in Monte-Carlo. Watch live tennis at tennistv.com.
Rafael Nadal and Andy Murray have faced off 24 times in their FedEx ATP Head2Head series (Nadal, 17-7). But, off the court, the two can easily put aside their rivalry and resume their friendship, as evidenced by a recent phone call between the two ATP World Tour greats. Murray, who's rehabbing from surgery on his right hip, and Nadal, who knows the rehab process well, chatted on the phone a couple of weeks ago, Nadal said on Friday after his Rolex Monte-Carlo Masters quarter-final win against Dominic Thiem. [ALSO LIKE] Nadal and Murray also talked in Melbourne in January, when the Scot had planned on competing at the Australian Open but later aborted that idea and underwent surgery. “I don't...
