Juan Martin del Potro and Marin Cilic are even at 6-6, 5/5 in the first set as rain has postponed their Roland Garros quarter-final until Thursday. Cilic did well to avoid danger while serving at 5-5, 0/30, when rain first suspended their match. The Croatian recovered, saving three break points to hold for the sixth straight time. The two are meeting for the 13th time in their FedEx ATP Head2Head series. Del Potro leads 10-2, including all four matchups on clay and three of four at Grand Slams. Del Potro won their 2012 Roland Garros third-round match in straight sets. [ALSO LIKE] Three years earlier, the 6'6” Argentine made his first Grand Slam semi-final at Roland Garros. He's looking to...
Rafael Nadal used a 40-minute rain delay to regroup and returned with greater self-belief to turn the tables on Diego Schwartzman in their Roland Garros quarter-final on Wednesday. Schwartzman deservedly led by a set and 3-2, but upon the resumption of play 10-time champion Nadal won three consecutive games for a 5-3 advantage in the second set, after a 20-minute passage of play between rain delays. Play was officially cancelled for the day at 7:30 p.m. local time. Schwartzman, who has never beaten Nadal in five previous FedEx ATP Head2Head meetings, won 70 per cent of his first-service points in the opening set, striking 20 winners to Nadal’s four. He took a 3-2 lead in the second set when they...
ATP World Tour Uncovered presented by Peugeot takes a look at how three particular #NextGenATP players — Stefanos Tsitsipas, Denis Shapovalov and Frances Tiafoe — performed during the clay-court season.
Marco Cecchinato’s stunning run to the semi-finals of Roland Garros can be greatly attributed to improved performance behind his second serve. An Infosys ATP Beyond The Numbers analysis of the 25-year-old Italian’s second serve reveals it has typically been a weak link in his arsenal. He has won only 45 per cent of second-serve points for his career, and just 44 per cent this season. [ALSO LIKE] Through five matches at Roland Garros, that win percentage has jumped to 54 per cent. The tournament average so far is 50 per cent (5347/10668), which highlights just how impressive he has been in this key area compared to the rest of the field. In the deciding fourth set of his quarter-final victory...
Watch highlights as Marco Cecchinato reaches his first Grand Slam championship semi-final at Roland Garros with a stunning victory over 2016 champion Novak Djokovic on Tuesday. Video courtesy of Roland Garros. Photo credit: Peter Staples/ATP World Tour
