A trio of Top 10 seeds, a former champion and Japan's finest lead a blockbuster Day 8 at Roland Garros. ATPWorldTour.com previews Sunday's fourth-round action in Paris... [7] Dominic Thiem (AUT) vs. [19] Kei Nishikori (JPN) Nishikori leads FedEx ATP Head2Head series 2-0 It's the popcorn match of the fourth round. Two of the most in-form players on the ATP World Tour are set to light up Court Philippe Chatrier, as Nishikori and Thiem battle for the first time in two years. Both players are coming off final appearances at clay-court ATP World Tour Masters 1000 events, with Nishikori finishing runner-up in Monte-Carlo and Thiem doing so in Madrid. And they have each dropped just two sets en route to...
Henri Kontinen and John Peers booked their spot in the quarter-finals at Roland Garros on Saturday, beating Italians Daniele Bracciali and Andreas Seppi 7-6(2), 6-4. The reigning Nitto ATP Finals champions hit five aces and won 59 per cent of second-serve return points to beat the Italians after one hour and 36 minutes. Kontinen and Peers will meet 2016 champions Feliciano Lopez and Marc Lopez for a spot in the semi-finals. The Spaniards progressed after 76 minutes, beating Leonardo Mayer and Joao Sousa 6-3, 6-3. Rohan Bopanna and Edouard Roger-Vasselin took just 90 minutes to upset top seeds Lukasz Kubot and Marcelo Melo 6-4, 7-6(1) at Roland Garros on Saturday. Bopanna and 2014 champion Roger-Vasselin (w/Benneteau) fired six aces and...
Rafael Nadal cruised through his third-round match at Roland Garros on Saturday, extending his FedEx ATP Head2Head series lead against Richard Gasquet to 16-0. And while the 10-time champion ousted one of France's home hopes, the top seed certainly made it up to the crowd on Court Philippe Chatrier. During the post-match interview, Marion Bartoli told Nadal that one of the match’s ball boys had dreamt of playing just one rally with the Spaniard. Without hesitation, Nadal made that a reality, handing the young man a racquet and jumping back on the court to the delight of the fans. Day = made (That nod from his mate at :40, though ) ️: @rolandgarros pic.twitter.com/91PS2gxUC1 — ATP World Tour (@ATPWorldTour) June...
All streaks are meant to be broken. But not for Rafael Nadal at Roland Garros. The World No. 1 continued his march towards an unprecedented 11th title at the clay-court Grand Slam with a dominant 6-3, 6-2, 6-2 rout of longtime rival Richard Gasquet on Saturday. He advances to the Round of 16 at a major for the 40th time, becoming just the sixth player to acheive the feat in the Open Era. With the victory, Nadal extended a pair of staggering streaks. He has now won his past 34 completed sets at Roland Garros, breaking his own personal best of 32 in a row from 2007-09. Only Bjorn Borg, who won 41 consecutive sets in 1979-81, has recorded a...
Marin Cilic reached the Round of 16 for the fifth time in 12 visits to Roland Garros on Saturday, defeating American Steve Johnson 6-3, 6-2, 6-4. "Everything felt quite good," said Cilic. "[My] movement and serving was great, [it was] very consistent serving... I felt that I was controlling most of the points." The World No. 4 won 83 per cent of service points and dropped just one point at the net (11/12) to secure the win after one hour and 34 minutes. Cilic has now reached the Round of 16 at the Grand Slam level on more occasions than any other Croatian man (20), breaking a tie with former coach Goran Ivanisevic. Cilic, who reached his first ATP World...