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Twelve months ago, Sam Querrey was a tie-break away from winning the New York Open (l. to Anderson). The American might get another shot at the ATP 250 title this weekend.
Querrey advanced to his first tour-level semi-final since last year in New York on Friday, beating Jason Jung of Chinese Taipei 6-3, 3-6, 6-3. Jung had upset second-seeded American Frances Tiafoe on Thursday night. But the 66” Querrey hit 23 aces and didnt face a break point in the decider to advance.
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Stan Wawrinka overcame a second-set comeback on Friday to beat 10th-seeded #NextGenATP Canadian Denis Shapovalov 6-4, 7-6(4) for a place in the ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament semi-finals.
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Wawrinka, the 2015 Rotterdam champion (d. Berdych), will meet top-seeded Japanese Kei Nishikori, who beat Marton Fucsovics of Hungary 6-3, 6-2 in convincing style.
Physically I feel really good, and Im moving and feeling better match after match, Wawr...
Bang. Bang. Ace. The pressure cooker moment of saving break points is when John Isner blows the ball right by you like no other.
An Infosys ATP Beyond The Numbers analysis of Isner serving at break point from 2015 through the 2018 season uncovers that one out of every three break points he saves (33.6%) when serving is an ace, putting him in a league of his own in this specific moment in a match.
For context, the rest of the current Top 20 average an ace 8.6 per cent (1166/13511) of the time the...
Rajeev Ram and Joe Salisbury saved a set point in the first set on Friday en route to a 7-6(4), 6-4 victory over Dutch wild cards Robin Haase and Matwe Middelkoop in 73 minutes at the ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament in Rotterdam. Ram and Salisbury, runners up at the Brisbane International (l. to Daniell/Koolhof) in January, saved one set point on a deciding point at 5-6, before putting together a strong performance in the tie-break.
They will next play Jean-Julien Rojer and Horia Tecau, the 20...
Daniil Medvedev talks about his impressive win against Jo-Wilfried Tsonga on Friday in Rotterdam. Watch live tennis at tennistv.com....
Danill Medvedev extended his fine form on Friday at the ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament by breaking the seven-match winning streak of Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, who also picked up an ATP Tour title last week. The fifth-seeded Russian proved too consistent for the 2017 Rotterdam champion, who is on the comeback trail from a left knee injury, in a 6-4, 6-2 victory over one hour and 32 minutes for a place in the semi-finals.
Medvedev, who captured his fourth ATP Tour title last week at the Sofia Open and...