Ilya Ivashka won a pair of three-setters to advance to the quarter-finals at the Gonet Geneva Open, including an upset of third seed Denis Shapovalov on Wednesday. It's the 28-year-old's second quarter-final showing of the season, after he reached the same stage in Marseille in February. Before he takes on Portugal's Joao Sousa on Thursday, […]
Long before Juan Sebastian Cabal and Robert Farah won the first of their 19 tour-level doubles titles as a team, the Colombians first met as kids playing in local tournaments in their home city of Cali. “The first picture we have together is…” began Farah, trailing off in thought. “From ’93 or ’92,” offered Cabal. […]
The second Grand Slam event of the season will see the world's best players compete at Roland Garros, with World No.1 Novak Djokovic, 13-time champion Rafael Nadal, Monte Carlo tiltist Stefanos Tsitsipas and Madrid champion Carlos Alcaraz in action. Here's what you need to know ahead of the tournament in the French capital: When is […]
The stars are arriving at Roland Garros, where Rafael Nadal and Stefanos Tsitsipas are among the players working hard to get ready for the second major of the season. Nadal practised on Court Philippe Chatrier Wednesday with fellow Spaniard Jaume Munar, who trains at the Rafa Nadal Academy by Movistar. Tsitsipas also had time on […]
Luca Nardi and Chun-hsin Tseng, currently 10th and seventh respectively in the Pepperstone ATP Race To Milan, both earned straight-sets wins Wednesday at Roland Garros qualifying to move within one victory of their debuts at the clay-court Grand Slam. Italy's Nardi, who knocked off qualifying No. 31 seed Andrej Martin in three sets on Tuesday, […]
Casper Ruud made a quickfire start to his title defence at the Gonet Geneva Open on Wednesday as the World No. 8 eased to a 6-3, 6-1 second-round victory over Benoit Paire. The Norwegian had endured a moderate European clay season by his standards prior to last week’s Internazionali BNL d'Italia, but Ruud appeared back […]
Holger Rune's momentum on the European clay showed no signs of slowing at the Open Parc Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes Lyon on Wednesday afternoon. The #NextGenATP Dane overcame staunch resistance from Adrian Mannarino to book a quarter-final spot at the ATP 250 event in France. Rune saved all five break points he faced before sealing a 6-4, 6-3 […]
It was 79 and out for former World No. 12 Feliciano Lopez at Roland Garros on Tuesday. The Spaniard’s record streak of consecutive Grand Slam singles main draw appearances came to an end against Gian Marco Moroni in the first round of qualifying for the clay-court major in Paris. Lopez had appeared at every Grand […]
Daniil Medvedev had more than one challenge on his return to action Tuesday at the Gonet Geneva Open. Not only did the World No. 2 miss a month-and-a-half due to a procedure for a small hernia, but he had to return on his least-favourite surface: clay. “It’s tough. I don’t play my best tennis on […]
An inspired Richard Gasquet crashed the Daniil Medvedev comeback party at the Gonet Geneva Open on Tuesday. The Frenchman produced a performance full of imagination and flair to outmanoeuvre the World No. 2 in a 6-2, 7-6(5) victory. Medvedev was playing his first match since Miami in March after undergoing a hernia procedure. Former World […]