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Rafael Nadal’s Argentina Open title defense did not get off to a convincing start on Thursday night. But it started nonetheless.
Bringing on the night – for some inexplicable reason Genie Bouchard trotted out on court with just half an outfit, and after a spirited start the streamlined style must have worked as she scored the initial break over Radwanska, only for the Pole to break straight back.
One day after Rafael Nadal crashed out of the Australian Open, Roger Federer and a whole host of other seeded players will be trying to avoid the same fate.
Top seed Bernard Tomic, bidding to reach his third final in four years at the Apia International Sydney, lost just eight of his service points in a 6-2, 6-2 victory over fellow Australian Jordan Thompson, a wild card, on Wednesday night.
Pablo Cuevas denied No. 3 seed Bernard Tomic his 40th match win of the year on Wednesday at the Valencia Open with a 3-6, 6-3, 6-4 victory.
Marin Cilic’s famed serve came to the rescue as he narrowly avoided a shock defeat at the hands of Di Wu on Monday evening at the Shanghai Rolex Masters.
Rafael Nadal is the first player through to the China Open semi-finals, his first in the past year, after a 3-6, 6-4, 6-3 win over Jack Sock on Friday. The No. 3 seed fought back to defeat the World No. 30 in little more than two hours.
Novak Djokovic improved to 26-0 lifetime at the China Open by cruising past Chinese wild card Ze Zhang 6-2, 6-1 on Thursday afternoon. The five-time champion did not face a single break point while advancing to the quarterfinals in a mere 45 minutes.
Ivo Karlovic stands alone as the undisputed ace king after surpassing his countryman Goran Ivanisevic’s record at the China Open on Thursday.
Barclays ATP World Tour Finals contender Tomas Berdych crashed out of the China Open at the first hurdle, falling 6-4, 6-4 to Uruguay’s Pablo Cuevas on Wednesday.
The US Open men’s doubles field has been blown wide open, with all the seeds in action on Thursday falling in battle.
Eighth seed Rafael Nadal needed two hours and 41 minutes to turn aside Diego Schwartzman 7-6(5), 6-3, 7-5 on Wednesday at the US Open. It was his 750th tour-level match win.
Rafael Nadal's 2015 campaign may be one to forget at this point, but he at least remains on course for a second title. Nadal put himself two wins away from triumphing at the bet-at-home Open by beating Pablo Cuevas 6-3, 6-2 during quarterfinal action on Friday.
Top seed Rafael Nadal beat Jiri Vesely 6-4, 7-6(2) on Thursday to reach the quarter-finals at the bet-at-home Open. The 2008 champion now holds a 23-6 match record on clay this season as he looks to add to his 46 clay-court titles.
Attempting to bounce back from a tough loss has become commonplace for Rafael Nadal, who is faced with this situation yet again as he heads into the Internazionali BNL d’Italia. The Spaniard at least made it to the Madrid final last week, but he got upset in convincing 6-3, 6-2 fashion by an in-form Andy Murray.
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