Watch highlights as Frances Tiafoe reaches his first ATP World Tour clay-court quarter-final by defeating fourth seed Gilles Muller 6-4, 7-5 at the Millennium Estoril Open on Wednesday. The American will face Simone Bolelli, a 3-6, 7-5, 6-2 winner over Federico Delbonis, for a place in the semi-finals. Video and photo courtesy of Millennium Estoril Open.
It often takes players a minimum of several tournaments to regain their form when coming back from an injury, but Simone Bolelli is proving to be an exception to that rule. The 31-year-old Italian is competing at this week’s $50,000 ATP Challenger Tour event in Santiago, Chile, his second foray into singles since last year at Roland Garros. He defeated seventh seed and fellow Italian Alessandro Gianessi in the opening round for his first singles win in 11 months, then went on to beat fourth seed Taro Daniel of Japan in the quarter-finals on Thursday. Bolelli dealt with left knee issues throughout the first half of 2016 before undergoing an operation in June. After months of intense physical therapy, he...