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. […]
A couple of Italians do not have favorable draws at their home Masters 1000 event on Wednesday. Rome’s second-round schedule pits Fabio Fognini and Matteo Berrettini against Madrid finalists Dominic Thiem and Alexander Zverev, respectively. […]
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. […]
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. […]
Dominic Thiem was the only player who could compete with Rafael Nadal on clay last season. Nobody has been able to do so in 2018, but Thiem will get another shot on Friday in Madrid. Alexander Zverev and John Isner are also in quarterfinal action. […]
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? […]
Familiar foes Dominic Thiem and Stefanos Tsitsipas will battle for a semifinal spot in Barcelona on Friday. The schedule also includes a showdown between Grigor Dimitrov and Pablo Carreno Busta, with both players coming off wins in third-set tiebreakers. […]
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