Archive: argentina-open
If Rafael Nadal is the King of Clay, Dominic Thiem is the Duke of the Dirt. Clearly the second best clay-courter in the world behind Nadal right now, Thiem continued his scintillating form on the slow stuff by capturing the Argentine Open title this past Sunday.
One month. Four weeks. Twelve events. Such is life on the ATP World Tour in February. Tournaments in Rotterdam, New York, and Buenos Aires make for one of February's most high-profile weeks.
Kei Nishikori has thrown everyone at the Memphis Open a bone by declining a bid for a fifth consecutive title. That's right; the four-time champion has decided to take his talents from the hard courts of the United States to the red clay of South America.
Click here to see the men's singles and doubles draw from the Memphis Open & Argentina Open tennis.
Nicolas Mahut and Vasek Pospisil captured their first ATP World Tour doubles title together on Sunday as they defeated Philipp Petzschner and Alexander Peya 7-6(2), 6-4 in the final of the ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament.
Dominic Thiem's rise reached new heights on Saturday with a 6-4, 4-6, 7-6(4) win over Rafael Nadal in the semifinals of the Argentina Open. Thiem saved one match point at 4-5 in the final set before prevailing in two hours and 50 minutes.
Rafael Nadal made a winning return to his beloved clay Thursday night in Buenos Aires, beating close friend Juan Monaco in a repeat of last year’s final of the Argentina Open.
Rafael Nadal’s Argentina Open title defense did not get off to a convincing start on Thursday night. But it started nonetheless.
Rafa will defend his Argentina Open title in Buenos Aires next week after taking a wild card into the ATP World Tour 250 clay-court tournament.
Spain will not be in Davis Cup World Group action next week after being unceremoniously bounced out of last year's playoffs. But the nation's two best players did it proud this weekend on the ATP Tour. One day after David Ferrer captured the Abierto Mexicano Telcel title, Rafael Nadal lifted the Argentina Open trophy.
