Fans have probably become pros at it by now, but at the time, when Denis Shapovalov upset No. 2 Rafael Nadal at the 2017 Rogers Cup in Montreal last August, millions of tennis enthusiasts likely had to consult the Internet to learn how to pronounce the #NextGenATP Canadian's surname. Read & Watch Flashback: Shapovalov Stuns Nadal At 2017 Montreal By now, however, the 19-year-old left-hander has become a household name for tennis aficionados, a status aided by his semi-final run in Canada, where he become the youngest ATP World Tour Masters 1000 semi-finalist (since 1990). Last year, Shapovalov also reached the fourth round at the US Open and qualified for the inaugural Next Gen ATP Finals in Milan. (It's “sha-poh-VAH-lov” by...
Defending champion Alexander Zverev stayed focused and avoided a potentially dangerous matchup during his Rome opener on Wednesday night against home favourite Matteo Berrettini. [ALSO LIKE] Zverev beat the 21-year-old Italian 7-5, 6-3 on Court Centrale for his 10th consecutive win, a streak that includes back-to-back title runs at the BMW Open by FWU in Munich and the Mutua Madrid Open, Zverev's third ATP World Tour Masters 1000 title (d. Thiem). The 21-year-old German won his 20th consecutive set on clay and improved to 14-2 on the surface this year. “It's not easy to come from Madrid, where there's a lot of altitude, it's very fast, to here. So, I only had basically one day. And for that, I thought...
Juan Martin del Potro drew upon his big-match experience on Wednesday to overcome the challenge one of the rising #NextGenATP stars, Greek qualifier Stefanos Tsitsipas. Fifth seed Del Potro, a quarter-finalist in 2009 and 2017 at the Internazionali BNL d’Italia, triumphed 7-5, 6-3 in one hour and 42 minutes on Pietrangeli for a third-round test against ninth seed David Goffin of Belgium. Del Potro and Goffin are tied at 1-1 in their FedEx ATP Head2Head series, following two matches in 2016 at the Rolex Shanghai Masters and the Swiss Indoors Basel. “It’s going to be a really tough one for me,” said Del Potro. “David has a great game, and he could be in the final of this tournament and...
Despite beating Dominic Thiem in three sets in front of his home crowd, Fabio Fognini is tempering his expectations and taking each match at the Internazionali BNL d'Italia one step at a time. Watch live tennis at tennistv.com.
Marin Cilic overcame a slow start on Wednesday in Rome to beat Ryan Harrison of the U.S. 6-7(3), 6-1, 7-6(1) for the seventh time in their FedEx ATP Head2Head series (7-1). [ALSO LIKE] Their second-round match was suspended late Tuesday night because of rain at 6-6(3-3), and Harrison started faster on Court Centrale on Wednesday afternoon, winning the first four points to quickly take a one-set lead. Cilic, though, recovered well, winning 86 per cent of his first-serve points (12/14) in the second set to even the match. The Croatian was steadier in the final-set tie-break as well, winning the first five points as Harrison grew frustrated with his play. Cilic will next meet Frenchman Benoit Paire for a place...
