Tiafoe manages to set up showdown with “idol” Federer

March 24, 2017 0

Just 19 years old, Frances Tiafoe was playing at the Miami Open on Thursday for a chance to take the court against 18-time Grand Slam champion Roger Federer. Tiafoe and Konstantin Kravchuk went into their first-round contest knowing that the winner would run into Federer on Saturday. […]

Nishioka stuns Berdych, to face Wawrinka in Indian Wells fourth round

March 14, 2017 9

An improbable comeback was staged at the BNP Paribas Open on Monday afternoon and it was engineered by perhaps the most unlikely of players. Yoshihito Nishioka, who needed a lucky-loser spot simply to get into the main draw, trailed Tomas Berdych 6-1, 5-2 before somehow recovering to pull off a 1-6, 7-6(5), 6-4 upset. […]

Super six all win, keep Group of Death intact at Indian Wells Masters

March 13, 2017 0

Novak Djokovic, Rafael Nadal, Roger Federer, Juan Martin Del Potro, Nick Kyrgios, and Alexander Zverev all won their opening matches at the BNP Paribas Open on Sunday and they did so without losing a single set. The result is what should be an incredibly entertaining week in a brutally tough bottom quarter of the draw. […]

Murray, Querrey cap off upset-filled week with titles

March 6, 2017 8

Top players tumbled out of the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships left and right this week, but world No. 1 Andy Murray was not among the casualties. Murray, who saved seven match points in his quarterfinal victory over Philipp Kohlschreiber, captured the title on Saturday by beating Fernando Verdasco 6-3, 6-2. […]

Nadal cruises into Acapulco final, Querrey upsets Kyrgios

March 4, 2017 0

Rafael Nadal cruised into the title match at the Abierto Mexicano Telcel with a 6-1, 6-2 blowout of Marin Cilic on Friday night. Nadal fought off all seven of the break points he faced and fired three aces without double-faulting while serving at 70 percent.
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