Second seed Pablo Carreno Busta captured his first ATP 500 trophy and sixth tour-level title on Sunday as he overcame Filip Krajinovic 6-2, 6-4 in the Hamburg European Open final."It's an incredible feeling," Carreno Busta said in an on-court interview. "I think that I worked very, very hard to finally win this title. It's my first ATP 500 title."The Spaniard, who also won the AnyTech365 Andalucia
Dominic Thiem pushed the World No. 1 on Tuesday, but the number 14 will haunt the 22-year-old from their fourth-round match. That was the number of break points Djokovic erased during their two-hour contest at the Miami Open on Tuesday.The five-time Miami champion didn't produce his best tennis but was as clutch on the biggest points and won a laborious contest 6-3, 6-4 against the No. 14 seed
Milos Raonic and Nick Kyrgios will duel it out for a place in their first Miami Open semi-final after both posted straight-sets victories in fourth-round action on Tuesday.Raonic, the No. 12 seed, is through to his second straight ATP World Tour Masters 1000 quarter-final after romping to a 6-0, 6-3 victory over unseeded Bosnian Damir Dzumhur, while Kyrgios advanced 7-6(3), 6-3 over Russian Andrey
Roger Federer, who was slated to play his first match since the Australian Open semi-finals on Friday, has been forced to withdraw due to a stomach virus from the Miami Open presented by Itau. His second-round opponent Juan Martin del Potro faced lucky loser Horacio Zeballos instead.“I am very sorry that I have to pull out of the Miami Open with a stomach virus,” said Federer, the 2005-06 champion
At the Miami Open presented by Itau on Sunday, Viktor Troicki earned major style points in a losing cause.The Serb made one of the best gets of the year when he hurdled the net at full speed to track down a David Goffin volley. Unfortunately for Troicki, tennis rules forbid players from stepping in their opponents' court with the ball still in play. He lost the point and would be eliminated by
If Novak Djokovic were feeling the pressure of going for his sixth title at the Miami Open presented by Itau, he hid it well during his second-round match on Friday night.Early on in his straight-sets rout against #NextGen star Kyle Edmund, Djokovic missed a first serve that Edmund framed into the night sky. Djokovic, instead of letting a ball person retrieve the errant shot and prepare for his se
Welcome to the 7th Edition of the Shanghai Rolex Masters, one of the world’s biggest tennis tournaments and the only such tournament to be staged outside North America and Europe. The Shanghai Rolex Masters is one of only nine ATP Masters 1000 tournaments in the world and is the culmination and feature event of the Asian Swing. The Shanghai Rolex Masters was named ATP Masters 1000 Tournament of th
A 14-year-old Andy Murray is taking a two-minute break from his practice session with Germany’s Mischa Zverev. As the pair get a drink of water, Mischa’s tiny four-year-old brother, Alex, rushes from his vantage point at the side of the court to hit some balls with his parents. Even then, he didn’t miss much.Fast forward 13 years and Alexander Zverev is looking to follow in his big brother’s foots
Indoor tennis is all about speed of thought. Conditions are controlled, so there are no variables like sun or wind. Tennis balls often bounce lower and generally skid through the court. It all means that players are forced to be aggressive in their shot selection and match tactics.Novak Djokovic, a winner of eight indoor titles, has compiled a perfect 12-0 record at indoor tournaments over the pas