Roger Federer, who has not played since suffering his first two losses of 2018 in back-to-back matches (Indian Wells final and Miami opener), is joined this week in Stuttgart by Nick Kyrgios and Milos Raonic. The ‘s-Hertogenbosch field includes Adrian Mannarino and Ivo Karlovic. […]
Congratulations on French Open title No. 11, Rafael Nadal…. Or something like that. That seems to be the general sentiment in the tennis world following Thursday’s draw ceremony in Paris. Of course, Nadal was already an overwhelming favorite even prior to those festivities. […]
By the standards of tournaments immediately preceding Grand Slams, Lyon and Geneva—just as they did last year—boast impressive player fields. You can always count on Dominic Thiem to turn up no matter the circumstances, and that is exactly what he is doing this week. […]
The third and final clay-court Masters event of the season—and fifth Masters event in the span of two months—will take center stage this week in Rome. Rafael Nadal is looking to restore order on the heels of a surprising Madrid loss by winning his eighth Rome title and first since 2013. […]
Following a one-week hiatus, the busiest stretch of Masters 1000 tournaments resumes this week with the Mutua Madrid Open. Rafael Nadal will be putting streaks of 12 matches and 46 clay-court sets on the line, while he is also defending his 2017 Madrid title. Can anyone challenge him? […]
In between Monte-Carlo/Barcelona and Madrid/Rome, this week features a trio of 250-point tournaments in Munich, Estoril, and Istanbul. That means—thankfully for the rest of the tour—that Rafael Nadal is taking a break from his clay-court titles. […]
There will be no kind of lull in between the Monte-Carlo Masters and the next two Masters 1000 events in Madrid and Rome. That’s because Barcelona, a 500-point tournament, boasts a field that is basically worthy of a 1000-pointer. Budapest is also on this week’s schedule. […]
When the clay-court swing moves to Europe, it won’t leave until after the French Open. Following less prestigious events in Houston and Marrakech, Monte-Carlo marks the true beginning of one of the most entertaining eight-week stretches in every tennis season. […]
Rafael Nadal and the rest of the Spanish Davis Cup team are welcoming Germany to Valencia for a quarterfinal contest, while the schedule is rounded out by France vs. Italy, Belgium vs. the United States, and Kazakhstan vs. Croatia. […]
Rafael Nadal: out. Andy Murray: out. Stan Wawrinka: out. David Goffin: out. Jo-Wilfried Tsonga: out. Richard Gasquet: out. Novak Djokovic: in. Kei Nishikori: in. Milos Raonic: in. Is the end result of those aforementioned statuses anything other than cakewalk to a second consecutive BNP Paribas Open title for Roger Federer? […]
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