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Gael Monfils faces one of, if not the toughest task in tennis on Friday in the semi-finals of the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships. Sixteen times the Frenchman has faced Novak Djokovic, and 16 times he has fallen. So what strategy will Monfils employ in his 17th ATP Head2Head match against the World No. 1 “I have no idea right now because 16 times it was the wrong one,” Monfils said, getting a laugh from the crowd after his quarter-final win against Richard Gasquet. “Hop...

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Fifth seed John Isner continued his run of success at the Abierto Mexicano Telcel presentado por HSBC, defeating fellow American Tommy Paul 7-6(3), 3-6, 6-2 on Thursday for his second consecutive semi-final in Acapulco. ”He’s improved so much and his results show that this year. I’m definitely the old guard of American tennis and I’m trying to hang onto that for as long as I can,” Isner said. “Winning matches like this gives me a lot of confidence.” [...

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Fourth seeds Raven Klaasen/Oliver Marach powered into the semi-finals of the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships on Thursday, scoring the lone break in each set to topple Wesley Koolhof/Nikola Mektic 7-5, 6-4. They’ll take on qualifiers Henri Kontinen/Jan-Lennard Struff for a place in Saturday’s final. The Finnish-German duo eased past wild cards Matthew Ebden/Leander Paes 6-3, 6-3 in 56 minutes. Jurgen Melzer/Edouard Roger-Vasselin scored an upset by toppling third seeds Kevin K...

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Top seed Cristian Garin won fewer points than his opponent, 2019 Next Gen ATP Finals competitor Alejandro Davidovich Fokina, on Thursday evening at the Chile Dove Men+Care Open. But with the Santiago fans fully behind him, the Chilean found enough to battle into the quarter-finals at his home ATP 250. Garin beat Davidovich Fokina 6-2, 0-6, 7-6(4) in exactly two hours to extend his personal-best winning streak to 10 consecutive matches. The Cordoba and Rio de Janeiro champion will face #Ne...

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This time last year, Soonwoo Kwon had never played in an ATP Tour main draw. But the South Korean has now reached four tour-level quarter-finals in consecutive weeks. On Thursday evening, he will face World No. 2 Rafael Nadal in the last eight of the Abierto Mexicano Telcel presentado por HSBC. The 22-year-old idolises Nadal and Roger Federer, and one of his early goals was to compete in the same events as them. “I’m really close to playing in the same tournaments as them, so I...

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Thiago Seyboth wild is continuing to thrive in South America. All four of the #NextGenATP Brazilians tour-level wins have come during the Latin Swing and he reached his first ATP Tour quarter-final on Thursday at the Chile Dove Men+Care Open in Santiago. ATPTour.com looks at five things to know about this rising 19-year-old. 1. He Finished His Junior Career On A High Seyboth Wild captured his maiden Grand Slam title in his final junior tournament at the 2018 US Open (d. Musetti). He beca...

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Novak Djokovic confirmed he will remain at No. 1 in the FedEx ATP Rankings on Monday by reaching the semi-finals of the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships. Four-time former titlist Djokovic extended his perfect record to 16-0 in 2020 on Thursday night after beating seventh-seeded Russian Karen Khachanov 6-2, 6-2 in 67 minutes at the Aviation Club. “I don’t know if I’m playing the best tennis of my career, that’s a big statement, but I’m feeling and playing we...

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