Watch highlights as Dominic Thiem beats Alexander Zverev on Tuesday to reach the Roland Garros semi-finals for the third consecutive year. Video courtesy of Roland Garros. Photo credit: Peter Staples/ATP World Tour
If you were Italy's Marco Cecchinato, who beat Novak Djokovic to reach the Roland Garros semi-finals on Tuesday, wouldn't you also be believing anything is possible? Defeat Dominic Thiem, a three-time Roland Garros semi-finalist, on Friday? “Why no?” Cecchinato said. Who cares that the last time Cecchinato beat Thiem was five years ago, during a Futures final, and on hard courts, a much different setting than where they'll play their on Friday, on Court Philippe-Chatrier, at Roland Garros, during a Grand Slam semi-final. [ALSO LIKE] But at least Cecchinato has some past experience to rely on against Thiem, who swept Alexander Zverev 6-4, 6-2, 6-1 earlier Tuesday to reach his third Grand Slam semi-final. Before Roland Garros, Cecchinato had never...
Rafael Nadal will aim to move one step closer to a historic 11th Roland Garros title when he clashes with Diego Schwartzman in the quarter-finals at Roland Garros on Wednesday. Meanwhile, on Court Suzanne Lenglen, Marin Cilic and Juan Martin del Potro face off, for the 13th time in their FexEx ATP Head2Head series. ATPWorldTour.com previews Wednesday's Roland Garros quarter-finals. [1] Rafael Nadal (ESP) vs. [11] Diego Schwartzman (ARG) Nadal leads FedEx ATP Head2Head series 5-0 Nadal and Schwartzman will do battle for the second straight Grand Slam on Wednesday. At the Australian Open, earlier this year, Nadal overcame the 5'7" Argentine after three hours and 51 minutes to reach the quarter-finals. The two also met this year at the...
“&*#!!” curses Toni Nadal. Interrupt Toni when he is in task mode and the oaths fly out of his mouth like hot sparks from a blacksmith’s anvil. It is important to understand that Toni does not curse casually, nor as a form of insult, rather of exasperation. In this particular case, it is the frustration of being delayed and quite possibly missing a flight from Palma de Mallorca to Madrid. We are at the entrance of the Rafael Nadal Tennis Academy in Manacor, and the airport is nearly an hour’s drive away. I am but one of a handful of obstacles keeping Toni from getting to the airport on time. Standing aside, I watch Toni multi-task. He answers phone calls,...
In January, Oliver Marach and Mate Pavic clinched their first Grand Slam title as a team at the Australian Open, defeating Juan Sebastian Cabal and Robert Farah in the championship match. Just over four months later, the two teams met again in the quarter-finals at Roland Garros. Once again, Marach and Pavic emerged victorious. The ATP Doubles Race To London leaders recovered from a set down to beat the Colombian fifth seeds 3-6, 6-4, 6-3 in two hours and 12 minutes. Marach and Pavic, bidding for their fifth tour-level title this season, won 73 per cent of first-serve points and converted two of nine break point opportunities. The Austrian-Croatian tandem are currently riding an eight-match win streak, having lifted the...
