Marco Cecchinato (ITA) vs. [7] Dominic Thiem (AUT) First FedEx ATP Head2Head meeting Marco Cecchinato will be hoping to continue his fairy-tale run on Friday in the Roland Garros semi-finals, with the pressure on Dominic Thiem’s shoulders as a two-time semi-finalist in Paris. Seventh-seeded Austrian Thiem is currently on a nine-match unbeaten streak after winning his 10th ATP World Tour crown at the Banque Eric Sturdza Geneva Open. Cecchinato is playing the best tennis of his career, having beaten Top 10 seeds Pablo Carreno Busta and David Goffin before stunning 2016 champion Djokovic to reach the final four. View Roland-Garros Singles Draw "Cecchinato is full of confidence," said Thiem. "[He is] probably the most confident player out there right now....
Watch highlights as Juan Martin del Potro finds a way to beat Marin Cilic in their two-day Roland Garros quarter-final. Video courtesy of Roland Garros. Photo credit: Peter Staples/ATP World Tour
Watch highlights as Nicolas Mahut and Pierre-Hugues Herbert beat Nikola Mektic and Alexander Peya on Thursday to advance to the 2018 Roland Garros doubles final. Video courtesy of Roland Garros. Photo credit: Peter Staples/ATP World Tour
The abiding memory is watching Luke Jensen stretch three fingers of his right hand to reach a handle of the Jacques-Brugnon Cup as his younger brother, Murphy Jensen, with two hands firmly on the base, hoisted the trophy high above his head. It was meant to be the high-point celebration of a family game for the box-office siblings with firepower, who always competed with great emotion and enthusiasm. Here were the Jensens, hailing from a Christmas tree farm in Ludington, Michigan, a town of 8,000 residents, as tennis champions watched by millions globally, trading insults for a couple of minutes. The Tournament Director was seen pleading for Murphy, nursing concussion and a broken jaw, to drop his bag and return...
While Pierre-Hugues Herbert and Nicolas Mahut had reached the championship match at the three other Grand Slam tournaments, they had not enjoyed much success together at their home major – until this year. The Frenchmen, who had bowed out in the Round of 16 in 2015-16 and in their 2017 opener, moved within one win of the Roland Garros title with their 6-3, 6-4 semi-final victory over No. 8 seed Nikola Mektic and Alexander Peya on Thursday. Mektic and Peya had claimed the ATP World Tour Masters 1000 title last month at the Mutua Madrid Open, and were attempting to reach their fourth final of the clay-court swing. The sixth seeds now await the winner between No. 2 seeds Oliver...
