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Daniil Medvedev has had a big week at the Rolex Monte-Carlo Masters.
On Friday, he upset World No. 1 and two-time champion Novak Djokovic to reach his first ATP Masters 1000 semi-final. A day earlier, he knocked out World No. 8 Stefanos Tsitsipas. It marks the first time Medvedev has posted back-to-back wins over Top 10 opponents.
Earlier this week, the 23-year-old Russian matched Roger Federers match wins total for the season, and hes since taken the tour lead (21-6 record including his quarte...
Eleven-time champion Rafael Nadal and 13th seed Fabio Fognini will face off for a 15th time in their FedEx ATP Head2Head for a place in the 2019 Rolex Monte-Carlo Masters final. The other match Saturday features two first-time ATP Masters 1000 semi-finalists, Daniil Medvedev and Dusan Lajovic.
Second seed Nadal leads his FedEx ATP Head2Head with Fognini 11-3 and has won their past six matches. Hes continued to be dominant in Monte-Carlo by powering into the semi-finals without dropping a s...
Italian Fabio Fognini claimed the last spot in the Rolex Monte-Carlo Masters semi-finals on Friday, recovering from a set down to beat Croat Borna Coric 1-6, 6-3, 6-2.
I think I was a little bit lucky, said Fognini, who will face 11-time champion Rafael Nadal in the last four. I’m happy because I’m playing my second semi-final here. Happy because of course I’ve tried to do my best all week and now it’s time to play with a really good player.
The 31-year-old saved five of ...
Rafael Nadal had dropped only nine games in his previous five sets against Guido Pella, but the Spaniard was forced to work hard for his 18th straight match win at the Rolex Monte-Carlo Masters on Friday, defeating the Argentine 7-6(1), 6-3.
It was a very tough first set physically and mentally, too. Losing the first three games with my serve was tough. But I found a way at the right time, Nadal said. I was lucky at 4-1, he had two points to be 5-1 and with 5-1 its almost impossible. I was lucky...
The Barcelona Open Banc Sabadell, an ATP 500 tournament, has been held at the Real Club de Tenis Barcelona-1899, the oldest Spanish tennis club, since 1953. Fourteen of the past 16 editions have been won by Spaniards: Rafael Nadal (2005-09, 2011-13, 2016-18), Carlos Moya (2003), Tommy Robredo (2004) and Fernando Verdasco (2010). Japans Kei Nishikori won back-to-back titles in 2014-15.
Nadal will look to win the Trofeo Conde de Godo for a 12th time in 2019, and will be joined in the field b...
The Hungarian Open made its debut in 2017, marking the first time that Hungary has hosted an ATP Tour event. Frances Lucas Pouille won the inaugural edition of the clay-court event, with Marco Cecchinato of Italy lifting the trophy in 2018.
Cecchinato returns in 2019 to defend his title, and will be joined in the Budapest field by Marin Cilic, Borna Coric and Nikoloz Basilashvili.
Heres all you need to know about Budapest tennis tournament: when is the draw, what is the schedule, where to...