Karen Khachanov and Marin Cilic are mired in slumps as they continue their clay-court campaigns at the Madrid Masters. Khachanov opens against Jaume Munar on Monday, while Cilic faces a potentially tough test in qualifier Martin Klizan. […]
Gael Monfils, newly returned from injury after participating last week in Estoril, will take on Italian veteran Andreas Seppi on day two at the Madrid Masters. Meanwhile American Frances Tiafoe faces 2018 Hamburg winner Nikoloz Basilashvili. […]
In some ways, the Mutua Madrid Open is more intriguing from start to finish than the preceding three Masters 1000 tournaments on the annual calendar. It always offers a smorgasbord of riches right from the proverbial opening tip–especially this season. […]
The Madrid Masters draw ceremony was held on Saturday, officially confirming Roger Federer’s return to clay and Juan Martin Del Potro’s return to tennis. Federer is playing on the slow stuff for the first time in almost exactly three years (2016 Rome Masters). […]
In actuality, it is unlikely that even the craziest of Roger Federer fans is thinking that he will win the French Open. The 37-year-old Swiss hasn’t played on clay since 2016 as he prepares for his upcoming return to the red dirt in Madrid and Paris. He hasn’t played at Roland Garros since 2015. […]
Roger Federer announced following his Australian Open fourth-round loss to Stefanos Tsitsipas that he would play on clay for the first time since 2016. That obviously includes the French Open, but Federer also confirmed on Wednesday that the Madrid Masters is on his schedule.
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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. […]
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. […]
Arguably the toughest tennis in tennis–going up against Rafael Nadal on clay–may have been exactly the wakeup call Dominic Thiem needed in order to get himself in gear this season. Thiem now finds himself in the Madrid final against Alexander Zverev. […]
With Rafael Nadal out, the Madrid title has suddenly become totally up for grabs. The remaining contenders are Dominic Thiem, Kevin Anderson, Alexander Zverev, and Denis Shapovalov, who will take the court for semifinal action on Saturday. […]
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