Viktor Troicki struck again at the Shanghai Rolex Masters on Wednesday. The Serbian earned the biggest win of his season by knocking off Nitto ATP Finals hopeful Dominic Thiem 6-3, 3-6, 7-6(5) to advance to the third round of the ATP World Tour Masters 1000 tournament in China. Troicki had been 0-4 against Top 10 players this season. But the Serbian earned another chance at the game's best by beating #NextGenATP wild card Denis Shapovalov in the Shanghai first round, and he recovered from an early hiccup in the third-set tie-break against Thiem to notch the win. Watch Live On TennisTV Watch Full Match Replays Troicki led 5/2 in the tie-break and had the match on his racquet. But the...
Russian Mikhail Youzhny opened his 16th appearance (2001-13, ‘15-17) at the St. Petersburg Open on Tuesday by beating Australian qualifier John-Patrick Smith 7-6(6), 6-4 in one hour, 33 minutes. The 2004 champion, with a 34-13 record at the ATP World Tour 250 tournament, will next face third-seeded Italian Fabio Fognini in the second round. Seventh seed Viktor Troicki fired nine aces and saved four of five break points as he edged Andrey Kuznetsov 7-6(6), 7-6(2) in one hour and 45 minutes. "I think it was a good quality match," said Troicki. "I came up against a great player, a very talented Russian player, who I always had trouble with in the past. It was a tough one today, which I...
Fifth seed Viktor Troicki won nearly half of his return points to beat Marcos Baghdatis 7-5, 6-4 on Tuesday at the TEB BNP Paribas Istanbul Open. Troicki is looking to capture his first title since winning the Apia International Sydney crown last year. [ALSO LIKE] The Serbian will next face #NextGenATP player Karen Khachanov, who converted six of his 17 break points against Georgian Nikoloz Basilashvili to advance 6-3, 6-7(2), 6-1 in two hours. Troicki's countryman Dusan Lajovic had to battle for two hours and 41 minutes to beat seventh seed and #NextGenATP player Borna Coric of Croatia 6-3, 6-7(1), 7-5. The 26-year-old Lajovic faces Russian Mikhail Youzhny in the second round. Bosnian Damir Dzumhur set-up a second-round clash against...
Novak Djokovic and Viktor Troicki renewed their doubles partnership on Monday with a 7-5, 6-3 victory against Gilles Muller and Gilles Simon at the Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters. The Serbians won almost 70 per cent of their service points in the 76-minute win. They'll next meet top seeds Henri Kontinen and John Peers. Tommy Haas and Treat Huey prevailed past the French pairing of Julien Benneteau and Lucas Pouille 4-6, 6-4, 10-8. Haas/Huey will face third seeds Jamie Murray and Bruno Soares in the second round. Listen To Tennis Radio Watch Live On TennisTV Watch Full Match Replays The French team of Benoit Paire and Edouard Roger-Vasselin had better luck, though, beating Grigor Dimitrov and Nenad Zimonjic 6-4, 1-6, 10-3. They'll...
Novak Djokovic and Viktor Troicki saved a match point to knock out defending champions Pierre-Hugues Herbert and Nicolas Mahut on Monday at the BNP Paribas Open. The Serbians were down 8/9 in the Match Tie-break but won the final three points to defeat the top-seeded Frenchmen 5-7, 6-1, 11-9 and move into the quarter-finals in Indian Wells. Djokovic and Troicki, playing in a tour-level event together for the first time since 2012 Indian Wells, broke twice to take the second set in 28 minutes. They fell behind 0/4 in the Match Tie-break but came back to reach the last eight of the ATP World Tour Masters 1000 tournament. Watch Full Match Replays The Belgrade natives will face sixth seeds Raven...
