Novak Djokovic pulled double duty to take the suspense out of the first-round Davis Cup tie between Serbia and Croatia. Djokovic won his singles match on Friday then teamed up with Nenad Zimonjic to take Saturday’s doubles rubber in Kraljevo.
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Three of the usual suspects triumphed this week. Roger Federer got the job done in Dubai, David Ferrer prevailed in Acapulco, and Rafael Nadal ended a nine-month title drought in Buenos Aires. […]
The theme–or a theme–of the 2015 ATP campaign is streak-breaking. Another one ended on Wednesday in Acapulco, where Ryan Harrison had been 0-22 against top-10 opponents heading into second-round action. […]
Roger Federer improved to 16-0 against Mikhail Youzhny with a 6-3, 6-1 victory in round one of the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships on Monday. Federer did not face a single break point while advancing in a mere 56 minutes of play. […]
All four quarterfinal matches went the three-set distance on Friday at the Rio Open and the result was nearly the latest finish in ATP tournament history. Both Fabio Fognini and Rafael Nadal played a part in the marathon proceedings. […]
Nadal’s bid to defend his 500 points from last season’s Rio title got off to a good enough start on Tuesday night when he beat Thomaz Bellucci 6-4, 6-1. The top seed started slow but broke his opponent six times and lost a mere five service points in the second set. […]
Andy Murray held off Vasek Pospisil 6-3, 7-5 to reach the quarterfinals of the ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament on Thursday. Murray came back from a 5-3 deficit in the second set to prevail in one hour and 43 minutes. […]
Andy Murray won his first-round match at the ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament, beating Nicolas Mahut 6-3, 6-2. The Australian Open runner-up broke serve on four occasions–exactly half of the time–before advancing in one hour and 33 minutes. […]
A mostly-focused Gael Monfils booked his spot in the second round of the ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament on Tuesday, taking care of fellow Frenchman 6-3, 6-2. Monfils needed a mere one hour and seven minutes to advance. […]
This past week’s ATP title winners have a combined 39 years–13 each–of experience on the professional tour. Richard Gasquet, Guillermo Garcia-Lopez, and Victor Estrella Burgos triumphed on Sunday and all three of them turned pro back in 2002.
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