The King of Clay is once again the King of Rome. Alexander Zverev came close to staying on the throne at the Internazionali BNL d’Italia, but he did not have quite enough to get across the finish line against Rafael Nadal on Sunday evening. […]
Rafael Nadal came out on top to cement his status as an overwhelming favorite for the French Open, while Novak Djokovic built confidence in time for the season’s second major as the Spaniard survived a stern test from the Serb in 7-6(4), 6-3 fashion during semifinal action in Rome. […]
A 6-4, 6-1 margin is borderline close by Rafael Nadal’s recent clay-court standards. Thursday’s contest with Denis Shapovalov was not as close as the score suggested. Losing a grand total of five points in eight service games, Nadal crushed Shapovalov in one hour and 22 minutes. […]
As players often do following big-time wins, Dominic Thiem has only gone south since stunning Rafael Nadal in the Madrid quarterfinals. Thiem lost his Rome opener to Fabio Fognini on Wednesday, while Nadal eradicated Damir Dzumhur. […]
Dominic Thiem has now twice done Alexander Zverev a favor by eliminating Rafael Nadal from clay-court Masters 1000 events that the German has eventually won. But the German was in no mood to return any favors to his good friend on Sunday. […]
Dominic Thiem beating Rafael Nadal on clay is nothing new. After all, Thiem accomplished that feat in each of the past two seasons. Current form, though, suggested there was no way it would happen again on Friday at the Mutua Madrid Open. But it did. […]
Rafael Nadal improved to 14-0 on clay this season and extended his set streak on the surface to 50 when he took care of Diego Schwartzman 6-3, 6-4 in the Mutua Madrid Open third round on Thursday. John Isner and Dusan Lajovic also reached the quarterfinals.
[…]
For the first time in history, a Portuguese man has triumphed at an ATP tournament on Portuguese soil. Crowd favorite Joao Sousa made such history by beating Frances Tiafoe 6-4, 6-4 in the final of the Estoril Open on Sunday afternoon. […]
Coming off a runner-up performance in Barcelona, where he fell to the world No. 1 and 11-time Barcelona champion, Stefanos Tsitsipas survived a second straight three-setter at the Estoril Open on Friday afternoon. Tsitsipas beat Roberto Carballes Baena in the quarterfinals. […]
Rafael Nadal has now won 40 consecutive sets on clay dating back to last year’s French Open after he hammered fellow Spaniard Guillermo Garcia-Lopez 6-1, 6-3 in the Barcelona third round on Thursday. Nadal is joined in the quarterfinals by Grigor Dimitrov and Martin Klizan. […]
Copyright © 2024 | MH Magazine WordPress Theme by MH Themes
