ATP World Tour Uncovered presented by Peugeot looks at the ATP Race To London, for a spot at the 2018 Nitto ATP Finals. Alexander Zverev, Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal are currently in the top three positions.
The past several days have been difficult ones for Roberto Bautista Agut after the passing of his mother, Ester, one week ago. Things didn't get any easier on Monday, but the Spaniard persevered and battled his way into the second round at Roland Garros by defeating Denis Istomin 6-2, 6-7(3), 1-6, 6-4, 6-4 in three hours and 30 minutes. "That was a very emotional match, especially with everything that's happened in the past week," Bautista Agut said. "It was an encounter filled with highs and lows ... it isn't easy to keep your mind on the court when you've got all these thoughts and feelings inside your head." The 13th seeded Spaniard managed to gather himself going into the fourth...
Can you identify this Roland Garros dark horse? He is an impressive 15-5 so far in this year’s clay-court swing, including ATP World Tour qualifying and main-draw matches. During the run, he has defeated seven Top 50 players, including four in the Top 20 and two in the Top 10. He reached the final at the Barcelona Open Banc Sabadell, an ATP World Tour 500 event, but is still yet to celebrate his 20th birthday. He is at a career-high No. 39 in the ATP Rankings, so he is not yet on most people’s radar to go deep at Roland Garros. That needs to change. He is the in-form 19-year-old Greek Stefanos Tsitsipas. [ALSO LIKE] An Infosys ATP Beyond The...
First-round play reaches its conclusion on Tuesday at Roland Garros, and while plenty of stars took to the courts during the Grand Slam's first two days, tournament officials have saved some of the best first-round matchups for the last of their opening days. Third seed Marin Cilic kicks off play on Court Philippe-Chatrier against Aussie James Duckworth. Cilic reached his maiden ATP World Tour clay-court semi-final at the Internazionali BNL d'Italia earlier this month (l. to Zverev), snapping a five-match losing streak in ATP World Tour Masters 1000 clay-court quarter-finals. [ALSO LIKE] The Croatian has reached two of the past three Grand Slam title matches (Wimbledon 2017, l. to Federer; Australian Open 2018, l. to Federer). He posted his best...
Sam Querrey of the U.S. had not won a clay-court match this year before Monday. The American had gone 0-3 before heading to Roland Garros. But apparently he just needed to play in Paris. The 12th seed avoided a winless European clay-court swing by beating #NextGenATP compatriot Frances Tiafoe 6-1, 6-2, 7-6(6). Querrey hit 11 aces and controlled play with his big serve to beat the 20-year-old Tiafoe for the second time in their FedEx ATP Head2Head series (Shanghai 2017). Tiafoe had reached his second ATP World Tour final at the Millennium Estoril Open earlier this month (l. to Sousa). Querrey will try to match his best Paris showing (3R, 2013) when he meets Frenchman Gilles Simon, who saved four...