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Latvian Ernests Gulbis set up a second-round meeting with top seed Alexander Zverev on Sunday at the Banque Eric Sturdza Geneva Open. Gulbis beat Japans Yoshihito Nishioka 6-2, 7-6(7), breaking six times out of 15 chances.
In other main-draw action, Cordoba Open champion Juan Ignacio Londero beat Germanys Mischa Zverev 6-4, 6-4. Grigor Dimitrov, the top seed in qualifying, reached the main draw with a 7-5, 6-3 win over Italian Thomas Fabbiano. Dimitrov, the 2017 Nitto ATP Finals champion, will ...
Hit a serve. Vaporize a forehand.
Rafael Nadal defeated Novak Djokovic 6-0, 4-6, 6-1 to win his ninth Internazionali BNL dItalia title in Rome on Sunday with his favourite 1-2 punch of hitting a forehand as the first shot after the serve leading the way.
Djokovic was a step slower after two grueling three-set night matches to reach the final and did not have his trademark speed around the court to counter Nadals supreme clay court Serve +1 forehand tactic. Djokovic spent most of the match tryi...
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga won the inaugural Open Parc Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes Lyon two years ago. And the former World No. 5 appears ready to push for a second title at this ATP 250 tournament this year.
Tsonga defeated fifth seed and recent Rolex Monte-Carlo Masters finalist Dusan Lajovic 7-6(4), 6-4 on Sunday to reach the second round, in which he will face Aussie Bernard Tomic or Canadian qualifier Steven Diez.
Tsonga played the big points well against the Serbian, saving three of the four break points...
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Rafael Nadal has never been one to dwell on the past and he made that clear throughout the week at the Internazionali BNL d’Italia.
“You dont complain when you play bad, when you have problems, when you have pains. You put [on] the right atti...
Novak Djokovic had taken the lead in his historic FedEx ATP Head2Head rivalry with Rafael Nadal, in large part, thanks to his backhand getting the better of Nadals forehand. The crosscourt matchup carried the Serbian to his 28th win in their rivalry in January during the Australian Open final.
But on Sunday at the Internazionali BNL dItalia in Rome, Djokovic couldnt replicate the tactic, and Nadal, with flicks of the wrist, added a new storyline to their growing rivalry, which Djokovic still lea...
Another incredible week at the Foro Italico has come to an end. From the worlds best playing double duty on Thursday to night sessions that extended well past midnight, fans witnessed another edition of thrilling tennis as Rafael Nadal clinched his ninth crown in Rome and a record-setting 34th ATP Masters 1000 title. Relive the best moments of the 2019 Internazionali BNL dItalia.
Nadal Wins Ninth Rome Title... Nadal picked up his first ATP Tour title this season with a 6-0, 4-6, 6-1 win over Nov...