View FedEx ATP Head2Head for the following matches Friday at the Internazionali BNL d'Italia & vote for who you think will win! Djokovic v del Potro | Nadal v Thiem | Raonic v Zverev | Cilic v Isner [GROUP POLL]52[/GROUP POLL] No. 2 seed and four-time winner Novak Djokovic along with No. 4 and seven-time champion Rafael Nadal headline the quarter-finals on Friday. They have accounted for 11 of the past 12 titles. The other quarter-finalists looking to break their dominance in Rome are No. 5 seed Milos Raonic, No. 6 Marin Cilic, No. 8 Dominic Thiem, No. 16 Alexander Zverev and unseeded John Isner and Juan Martin del Potro. Of the group, only Raonic has advanced past the QFs...
Rafael Nadal continued his unbeaten streak on clay at the Internazionali BNL d’Italia, weathering a mid-match surge from 13th seed Jack Sock to advance 6-3, 6-4 on Thursday. He will now play eighth seed Dominic in the quarter-finals, marking their third meeting in four weeks. “There is always room to improve. That's why I wake up every morning. I go to practice with the motivation to improve something,” said Nadal. “I can keep serving better. I can hit some more winners with the forehand and it’s something that I am working on every day to try and make happen. But it’s obvious that I am playing well and I should be very happy with the way that I am doing...
Juan Martin del Potro had the marble statues surrounding Stadio Pietrangeli reverberating on Thursday evening as the former World No. 4 outclassed seventh seed Kei Nishikori 7-6(4), 6-3, on one of the most picturesque courts in the tennis world at the Internazionali BNL d’Italia. “It was amazing. It was like a soccer match for me. I enjoyed the crowd a lot. My feelings are the best when I get onto the court and the crowd is cheering for me. That's incredible for all the players,” said del Potro. “I have lots of support around the world and that’s special to me after all my wrist problems. I have been making a big effort to come back to tennis and they...
Top seeds Henri Kontinen and John Peers got their Internazionali BNL d’Italia campaign off to a flying start on Thursday, moving into the quarter-finals with a 7-5, 7-5 win over Joao Sousa and Fernando Verdasco. Kontinen/Peers scored the lone service breaks of each set at 6-5 to prevail in one hour and 27 minutes. They are looking to pick up their first ATP World Tour title since winning their first Grand Slam title this January at the Australian Open. Next up for Kontinen/Peers are fifth seeds Lukasz Kubot and Marcelo Melo, who continued their fine form with a 6-2, 6-3 win over Florin Mergea and Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi. Kubot/Melo have already won ATP World Tour Masters 1000 titles this year in...
John Isner continued his outstanding form at the Internazionali BNL d’Italia on Friday, stunning third seed Stan Wawrinka 7-6(1), 6-4 to reach the quarter-finals. “I thought I played pretty well out there. I'm going out there against the No. 3 player in the world. Maybe I have a little bit less to lose than he does,” said Isner. “I went out there with the belief that if I played well and executed my game plan, I could walk off that court with a win. That's what happened today. I served well and took my chances when I had them. I was very happy with the performance.” The American improves his FedEx ATP Head2Head record against Wawrinka to 3-1 and has...