Bruno Soares recorded the 400th doubles match win of his career on Thursday in partnership with Jamie Murray at the Shanghai Rolex Masters. The fourth seeds, the next team in line to qualify for the Nitto ATP Finals, to be held at The O2 in London from 12-19 November, advanced to the quarter-finals on Thursday by beating Kevin Anderson and Nenad Zimonjic 7-5, 6-2 in 75 minutes. “It’s an amazing number for me, really special,” Soares told ATPWorldTour.com. “I had no clue that I was going to reach a number like this. I’m so pleased to be able to play at these big tournaments against the best players. It’s a special day for me, 400 match wins, and also for...
Grigor Dimitrov espresses his delight at beating fellow Nitto ATP Finals contender Sam Querrey on Thursday at the Shanghai Rolex Masters. Watch live tennis at tennistv.com.
Juan Martin del Potro produced a vintage display of controlled, power tennis on Wednesday to reach the Shanghai Rolex Masters quarter-finals. The popular Argentine, No. 16 seed this week, recorded his fourth Top 10 victory of the season by knocking out third-seeded German Alexander Zverev, who struck 22 aces, 3-6, 7-6(5), 6-4 in one hour and 56 minutes. The 29-year-old del Potro is now 4-9 in 2017 against players in the Top 10 of the Emirates ATP Rankings. Del Potro, who lost to Novak Djokovic in the 2013 final at the Qi Zhong Stadium in Shanghai, will next meet Viktor Troicki of Serbia on Friday. The Serbian defeated 12th-seeded John Isner 6-4, 7-6(4), hitting 30 winners to just four unforced...
Bulgaria’s Grigor Dimitrov further strengthened his bid for a place at the Nitto ATP Finals on Thursday by reaching the Shanghai Rolex Masters quarter-finals at the expense of American Sam Querrey, another contender for next month’s season finale. Sixth seed Dimitrov recorded his 40th match win of a career-best year (40-16 overall) with a 6-3, 7-6(3) victory over No. 10 seed Querrey in 81 minutes at the Qi Zhong Stadium in Shanghai. He will next challenge top seed and 2009 finalist Rafael Nadal in Friday’s quarter-finals. [ALSO LIKE] “Today was a pretty similar mindset [to yesterday’s win over Ryan Harrison], playing against a big server who uses the court a lot,” said Dimitrov. “Sam is an extremely trick player. The...
The top four seeds headline third round action at the Shanghai Rolex Masters on Thursday with Rafael Nadal, Roger Federer, Alexander Zverev and Marin Cilic leading the way. In the opening match in Qi Zhong Stadium, No. 10 seed Sam Querrey takes on No. 6 seed Grigor Dimitrov, who has won both previous meetings. If Querrey reaches his first Shanghai quarter-final, he will move past Pablo Carreno Busta into ninth position in the Emirates ATP Race to London. View FedEx ATP Head2Head matchup for Day 5 of the Shanghai Rolex Masters and vote for who you think will win! Zverev vs del Potro | Dimitrov vs Querrey | Nadal vs Fognini | Federer vs Dolgopolov [GROUP POLL]84[/GROUP POLL] In the...
