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The U.S. Open draw ceremony was held on Thursday in New York and once again Rafael Nadal’s plunge in the rankings to outside the top four has cost him at a Grand Slam.
Gael Monfils has coasted through to the second round of the Rogers Cup with a convincing 6-3, 6-1 triumph over Italian Fabio Fognini. The Frenchman, seeded No. 15, needed just one hour and three minutes to post the straight-sets result, his first hard-court victory over the 28-year-old.
Fabio Fognini recorded his 20th clay-court match win of the season Wednesday to book a spot in the Generali Open quarter-finals. The third seed, competing in Kitzbuhel for the third time, saved six of seven break points to knock out 21-year-old wild card Dennis Novak 6-1, 6-2 in just 57 minutes.
Top seed Rafael Nadal beat Fabio Fognini 7-5, 7-5 to win the bet-at-home Open in Hamburg on Sunday. The Spaniard improved to 67-29 in ATP World Tour finals as he exacted revenge on the Italian, who defeated him twice this year in Rio de Janeiro and Barcelona.
Rafael Nadal will have revenge on his mind when he clashes against Fabio Fognini for the bet-at-home Open title on Sunday. Nadal made quick work of another Italian, Andreas Seppi, in reaching his third Hamburg final and 96th overall on the ATP World Tour.
Joao Sousa needed two hours and four minutes to eliminate fifth seed Fabio Fognini 6-2, 3-6, 7-6(6) at the Konzum Croatia Open Umag on Friday. The World No. 51 took out the 32nd-ranked player on the Emirates ATP Rankings after saving a match point at 6-5 in the final set tie-break.
Roger Federer, Andy Murray, and Rafael Nadal will be back in action on Thursday at Wimbledon. All three cruised through round one and Murray (vs. Robin Haase) should do so once again.
The bottom half--the tougher one--of the Wimbledon men's singles draw will be in action on Tuesday. That means Roger Federer, Andy Murray, and Rafael Nadal are all on the schedule.
In a pleasing change from the ubiquitous pink Nike wear (sported by her opponent Vitalia Diatchenko) a still coughing and spluttering Maria Sharapova rocked les bleus et les blancs again to keep her defence intact.
Check out the latest photos from the ATP tennis tournaments: TEB BNP Paribas Istanbul Open, BMW Open, & Estoril Open.
Check out the latest EPA photos from the TEB BNP Paribas Istanbul Open, the Estoril Open, and the BMW Open tennis tournaments.
Rafael Nadal began the month admitting to a crisis of confidence in Miami and he is set to end April worrying even more about his game after another morale bashing defeat at the Barcelona Open
There would be no repeat of the 2014 Barcelona Open Banc Sabadell quarterfinals. Not on Wednesday. Not in the second round. Not against Rafael Nadal.
Check out the latest EPA photos from the Monte Carlo tennis.
Another long, hot day in the desert awaits Rafael Nadal. As usual, sun with temperatures in the high-80s is expected.
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