Archive: rio-open
Having never previously advanced to an ATP semifinal and never previously reached a quarterfinal prior to last week's New York, Frances Tiafoe won his first career title at the Delray Beach Open on Sunday.
This week won’t make the same headlines that those of the previous seven days delivered, as Roger Federer’s return trip to the No. 1 ranking is now complete.
Juan Martin Del Potro’s 2016 comeback started in Delray Bech and his 2017 return to tennis will be hosted by the same tournament.
Pablo Cuevas won his first ATP World Tour 500 title early Monday morning, dodging rain drops to defeat a dogged Guido Pella 6-4, 6-7(5), 6-4 in the final of the Rio Open presented by Claro.
Mike and Bob Bryan moved two steps closer to claiming their third consecutive Delray Beach Open doubles title with their dismissal of Australians John Millman and John-Patrick Smith 6-3, 6-4 on Wednesday night.
Click here for the latest draws and order of play from Rio Open in Brazil & Open 13 in France.
The jam-packed February schedule will continue with another impress slate of matches on Thursday. Among those in action at the Rio Open are Rafael Nadal, David Ferrer, and Alexandr Dolgopolov.
Taking the court for the first time since last March, Juan Martin Del Potro began his most recent comeback with a 6-1, 6-4 victory over Denis Kudla in the opening round of the Delray Beach Open on Tuesday evening.
Argentina’s Guido Pella has withstood a barrage of 31 aces to send No. 4 seed John Isner crashing out in the opening round of the Rio Open on Monday night, saving three match points in the upset.
The first week of the South American clay-court swing did nothing to help assuage the grief of Rafael Nadal supporters. Nadal, who is still looking to dig out of a season-opening slump, got upset by Dominic Thiem in the Buenos Aires semifinals.
The busiest month of the season continues with three tournaments, highlighted by the third year ATP World Tour 500 level event in Rio de Janeiro. World No. 5 Rafael Nadal and No. 6 David Ferrer headline an outstanding field in Rio...
Click here to catch up on the latest draws from the Rio Open in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Rafael Nadal came up the winner but was far from pleased with scheduling procedures at the joint ATP-WTA Rio Open after completing a quarter-final win in the wee small hours of 3:21 a.m.
All four quarterfinal matches went the three-set distance on Friday at the Rio Open and the result was nearly the latest finish in ATP tournament history. Rafael Nadal and Pablo Cuevas did not even get on the court until after 1:00 a.m. because Fabio Fognini's 6-4, 6-7(10), 7-6(9) victory over Federico Delbonis lasted three hours and 12 minutes.
Rafael Nadal continued his trek through the Rio Open draw when he took care of Pablo Carreno Busta 7-5, 6-3 during second-round action on Thursday. Nadal saved both of the break points he faced in the second set to finish the job in two hours and one minute.
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