Tennis - ATP World Tour – Tagged "Rotterdam" – Page 10

Feb 14, 2018

Federer Still Amazes Fellow Players With No. 1 Bid

As he bids to return to World No. 1 this week in Rotterdam, Roger Federer is an inspiration for his fellow pros.

Feb 14, 2018

Rotterdam 2018

Feb 13, 2018

Read & Watch: Felix's 'Encouraging' Debut

For the record, Felix Auger-Aliassime's tour-level career began perfectly. On the very first ball he hit, the 17-year-old cut an ace out wide against Serbia's Filip Krajinovic at the ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament in Rotterdam. But Krajinovic, last year's surprise finalist at the Rolex Paris Masters, generally carried over his strong finish to the 2017 season, fighting off the future star of the ATP World Tour 6-2, 3-6, 7-5 to spoil the Canadian's tour-level debut. Auger-Aliassime battled understandable nerves in the beginning. The right-hander had never played a tour-level match before, let alone an ATP World Tour 500 tournament that has also welcomed Stan Wawrinka and Roger Federer, who's chasing No. 1, this week. Surely Auger-Aliassime has walked past...

Feb 13, 2018

Goffin Races Past Mahut In Rotterdam

David Goffin got his 2018 ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament campaign off to a great start on Tuesday, beating France’s Nicolas Mahut 6-1, 6-3 in 64 minutes. Last year’s runner-up charged through the first set, breaking his opponent twice while dropping just five points on his own serve. The Frenchman, who replaced compatriot Benoit Paire in the draw, started the second set in great fashion, with break points to lead 2-0, but Goffin battled his way out of trouble and eventually re-asserted his authority to reach the last 16. Goffin, who served seven aces in eight service games, will meet Spain’s Feliciano Lopez for a place in the quarter-finals. Lopez recorded just his second win in nine visits to Rotterdam...

Feb 13, 2018

Former Champions Win Rotterdam Opener

Jean-Julien Rojer and Horia Tecau began their campaign for a second title at the ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament in Rotterdam with a 6-4, 6-4 win over Feliciano Lopez and Marc Lopez on Tuesday. The 2015 champions converted all three break point opportunities they created against the Spaniards, with a 74 per cent success rate on serve. The Dutch-Romanian duo next faces the Dutch wild card team of Robin Haase and Matwe Middelkoop, who beat compatriots Jasper Smit and Jesse Timmermans 6-2, 6-4. Oliver Marach and Mate Pavic survived a huge first-round test to beat local favourites Sander Arends and Thiemo de Bakker 6-4, 1-6, 11-9. Undefeated in 2018 with three tournament wins, the second seeds were taken all the...