Gilles Simon upset No. 3 seed Stan Wawrinka 6-4, 6-4 in the third round of the Shanghai Rolex Masters on Thursday. The 31-year-old Frenchman earned the win in 96 minutes when Wawrinka found the net and will face Jack Sock in the quarter-finals. Though Simon trailed 4-2 in the pair’s FedEx ATP Head2Head rivalry coming into the match, he had not lost to Wawrinka on hard court since 2010. The Frenchman’s natural tendency to take the ball early made it difficult for Wawrinka to find the range on his forehand. The Swiss led 3-1 but a flurry of unforced errors put Simon a set and a break up after an hour of play. Wawrinka broke back to even the second...
World No. 1 Novak Djokovic remained on course for a fourth Shanghai Rolex Masters crown on Thursday as he defeated Vasek Pospisil 6-4, 6-4 to reach the quarter-finals. The Serbian is back in action for the first time since losing the US Open final to Stan Wawrinka and is chasing his eighth tour-level crown of the season. He has a 26-3 record at this ATP World Tour Masters 1000 tournament and is bidding to add to the trophies he won in 2012-13 and 2015. Each victory this week sees Djokovic keep pace with Andy Murray in the battle to finish the year-end No. 1 in the Emirates ATP Rankings. The Belgrade native started the week with a healthy 1,555-point lead...
Ouch! That's got to hurt! Alexander Zverev makes use of a line judges chair against Jo-Wilfried Tsonga on Thursday at the Shanghai Rolex Masters. Watch live tennis at tennistv.com. Getty Images photo.
Watch two Hots Shots from Alexander Zverev's racquet during his third-round match on Thursday against Jo-Wilfried Tsonga at the Shanghai Rolex Masters. Watch live tennis at tennistv.com. Getty Images photo.
Ninth seed Jo-Wilfried Tsonga denied the Zverev family two quarter-finalists at the Shanghai Rolex Masters as he rallied to defeat the younger of the two, Alexander Zverev, 6-7(4), 6-2, 7-5, in the third round on Thursday. Mischa Zverev advanced to the last eight with a three-set win over Marcel Granollers, but his younger brother was unable to capitalise on the 4-1 lead in the final set that he held over Tsonga. As Zverev's frustration mounted, an inspired Tsonga mounted a fightback, winning six of the last seven games to clinch victory in two hours and 27 minutes. Tsonga is enjoying a successful return from the left knee injury that forced him to retire against Novak Djokovic in the US Open...