Watch highlights from the Friday quarter-finals in Cincinnati as Nick Kyrgios upsets top-seed Rafael Nadal, and David Ferrer ousts Dominic Thiem to reach the Western & Southern Open semi-finals. Watch live matches at tennistv.com. Photo: Getty Images
Rafael Nadal extended his FedEx ATP Head2Head series dominance to 15-0 against Richard Gasquet to start his Western & Southern Open in Cincinnati on Wednesday. The top-seeded Spaniard saved his only break point faced and converted just the right amount of break points – two – against the Frenchman to advance 6-3, 6-4. Nadal improved to 21-10 at the ATP World Tour Masters 1000 tournament and looked prime to fight for his second Cincinnati title this week (also 2013, d. Isner). After Gasquet erased a match point at 30/40, 3-5 in the second set, Nadal served out the match to love. “I think I played a solid match. I think Richard has a great backhand, and his best shot probably...
ATP World Tour stars, including Alexander Zverev and Nick Kyrgios, reflect on Rafael Nadal returning to No. 1 in the Emirates ATP Rankings on 21 August 2017.
Watch highlights as Rafael Nadal, Grigor Dimitrov Frances Tiafoe and Nick Kyrgios secure spots in the Western & Southern Open third round in Cincinnati. Watch live matches at tennistv.com. Photo: Peter Staples
Injuries, heart-breaking losses and doubts about if he'd ever return to the top of the Emirates ATP Rankings. Rafael Nadal has experienced it all since he last reigned at World No. 1, on 6 June 2014. But during that time, he has courageously placed distractions to the side and forged ahead with the work of improving his career. On Monday 21 August, he'll receive another reward when he returns to No. 1 in the Emirates ATP Rankings. Nadal and Federer were set to battle for the top Emirates ATP Ranking this week at the Western & Southern Open in Cincinnati. But with Federer's withdrawal because of a back injury on Monday, Nadal is guaranteed to take the top spot in...