Japan’s Kei Nishikori and Canada’s Milos Raonic enjoyed comfortable victories as the top seeds got into action at the Miami Open on Friday. Second-seed Nishikori beat big-serving South African Kevin Anderson 6-4, 6-3 on centre court and will face Fernando Verdacso of Spain or young American Ernesto Escobedo in the next round. Raonic was returning … Read more
Roger Federer jumped four places to sixth in the latest ATP rankings released on Monday, leapfrogging rival, Rafael Nadal, following his Indian Wells Masters triumph. Federer eliminated Nadal in the fourth round on his way to his fifth Indian Wells title, beating fellow Swiss, Stan Wawrinka, in the final. Andy Murray holds onto the No … Read more
Roger Federer claimed a record-equalling fifth ATP Indian Wells Masters title on Sunday, continuing his career resurgence with a 6-4, 7-5 victory over Stan Wawrinka. Federer, sidelined some six months after knee surgery last year, returned to win his 18th Grand Slam title at the Australian Open in January. With Sunday’s triumph in the all-Swiss … Read more
Nick Kyrgios’s back-to-back victories over Novak Djokovic at last have the explosive Australian tennis talent in the spotlight for all the right reasons. The 21-year-old, whose petulant antics have often overshadowed his immense skill, overpowered three-time defending champion Djokovic to book a Friday quarter-final showdown with Roger Federer at the ATP Indian Wells Masters. The … Read more
As Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal limbered up for a renewal of their epic rivalry, Kei Nishikori led the way into the quarter-finals of the ATP Indian Wells Masters on Wednesday. Nishikori has yet to drop a set, but his steady progress to the quarter-finals has been overshadowed by the hoopla surrounding the talent-laden bottom … Read more
Rafael Nadal did his part to set up a fourth-round clash with Roger Federer at the ATP Indian Wells Masters on Tuesday, powering past Fernando Verdasco 6-3, 7-5. Nadal’s victory marked the second straight year he has vanquished his fellow Spaniard in the third round at Indian Wells. Federer, who beat Nadal in a five-set … Read more
Third-seeded Stan Wawrinka continued his dominance of Philipp Kohlschreiber, rolling past the German 7-5, 6-3 on Monday to reach the fourth round of the ATP Indian Wells Masters. Wawrinka recorded his fifth victory over Kohlschreiber in as many meetings in a performance that left him cautiously encouraged about his prospects of making it past the … Read more
Fourth-seeded Kei Nishikori eased past Daniel Evans 6-3, 6-4 on Sunday to reach the third round of the ATP Indian Wells Masters. Japan’s Nishikori, a quarter-finalist in the California desert last year, has reached two finals in 2017, but he knows he’ll have his work cut out to reach a third playing talent-laden lower half … Read more
Italy’s Fabio Fognini shocked French seventh seed Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 7-6 (7/4), 3-6, 6-4 Saturday to reach the third round of the ATP Indian Wells Masters. Fognini, ranked 43rd in the world, notched his first win over eighth-ranked Tsonga in five career meetings. He also ended the Frenchman’s nine-match winning streak that had seen him lift … Read more
Roger Federer, riding high after an 18th Grand Slam triumph, isn’t rattled by the tennis version of the group of death. The Swiss superstar, whose Australian Open victory in January signalled a resurgence after a year disrupted by injury, is drawn in the same quarter with three-time defending champion and second seed Novak Djokovic and … Read more
Unseeded American Sam Querrey stunned second-seeded Rafael Nadal 6-3, 7-6 (7/3) on Saturday to win the ATP Mexico Open and end the Spaniard’s run of perfection in Acapulco. Querrey, ranked 40th in the world, fired 19 aces en route to his first career victory over Nadal in five meetings. The Spaniard, winner in Acapulco in … Read more
Japanese top seed Kei Nishikori lost a sixth successive final on Sunday when he was defeated by Ukraine’s Alexandr Dolgopolov 7-6 (7/4), 6-4 in the Buenos Aires clay-court title match. The world number five had already lost in the Brisbane final in January to Grigor Dimitrov which followed 2016 defeats in tournament deciders in Basel … Read more
Japanese top seed Kei Nishikori reached his second final of 2017 with a gruelling 4-6, 6-4, 6-3 win over Argentina’s Carlos Berlocq at the Buenos Aires clay court tournament. World number five Nishikori needed two hours 45 minutes to see off wild card Berlocq, the 34-year-old world number 77 to set-up a Sunday title showdown … Read more
Spanish 14-time grand slam champion Rafael Nadal revealed he would like to one day be Real Madrid president. Although Nadal’s uncle Miguel Angel Nadal is a former Barcelona defender, Rafael is a Madrid fan. Nadal admits it may be unlikely, but the 30-year-old said being at the helm of the La Liga and European giants … Read more
Roger Federer rewound his career by about ten years to edge out his old rival Rafael Nadal in a sensational Australian Open final to take his eighteenth Grand Slam title at 35. A championship climax that lived up to all its extravagant billing ended with Federer winning 6-4, 3-6, 6-1, 3-6, 6-3 in three hours … Read more
Roger Federer won his 18th Grand Slam title and first for five years with a thrilling five-set victory over Rafael Nadal in the Australian Open final. The 35-year-old Swiss won 6-4 3-6 6-1 3-6 6-3 to claim his fifth Melbourne title and extend his lead at the top of the all-time men’s major winners’ list. … Read more
Four-time Australian Open champion Roger Federer has survived a mid-match scare to grind out a place in the Australian Open final over Switzerland’s Stan Wawrinka 7-5, 6-3, 1-6, 4-6, 6-3. “In the fifth, I just knew I had to find my energy again… play with intensity, play more aggressive, take the ball early, believe in … Read more
Roger Federer beat fellow Swiss Stan Wawrinka 7-5 6-3 1-6 4-6 6-3 to reach the Australian Open final and stay on course for an 18th Grand Slam title. The 35-year-old will face Rafael Nadal on Sunday if the Spaniard beats Grigor Dimitrov in Friday’s semi-final. The Swiss, returning from a six-month lay-off to rest his … Read more
History was made at the Australian Open on Sunday but if you are Andy Murray and Angelique Kerber, look away now. Murray and Kerber lost hours apart in the fourth round, leaving the tournament without both No. 1-ranked players prior to the quarterfinals for the first time in the Open Era. A day after his … Read more
Roger Federer glided around the court as if he had never been away, each shot eroding any hopes Jurgen Melzer had of ending one of tennis’s most anticipated comebacks prematurely. Federer, playing in his first official match after a six-month injury break, slammed 46 winners in a 7-5 3-6 6-2 6-2 defeat of the Austrian … Read more