Archive: simone-bolelli
On paper, Rafael Nadal and Serena Williams did not have overly tough first-round opponents at the French Open. Nadal went up against lucky loser, while Serena's opener came against the No. 70 player in the world.
Defending champions and fifth seeds Simone Bolelli and Fabio Fognini were knocked out of the Australian Open on Saturday. French pair Adrian Mannarino and Lucas Pouille won 7-6(5), 6-4 in 86 minutes...
Just two spots remain in the eight-team doubles field at the Barclays ATP World Tour Finals, as the duos of Ivan Dodig/Marcelo Melo, Pierre-Hughes Herbert/Nicolas Mahut, Simone Bolelli/Fabio Fognini and Jamie Murray/John Peers have secured their places in the prestigious season finale...
The South African/Brazilian pairing of Raven Klaasen and Marcelo Melo claimed its second straight doubles title on Sunday at the Shanghai Rolex Masters, topping the all-Italian duo of Simone Bolelli and Fabio Fognini 6-3, 6-3 at the Qizhong Tennis Center.
Simone Bolelli and Fabio Fognini boosted their bid to qualify for the doubles competition at the Barclays ATP World Tour Finals, advancing to their fourth tour-level final of the year at the Shanghai Rolex Masters.
Rafael Nadal maintained momentum from a recent runner-up performance in Beijing by crushing Stan Wawrinka 6-2, 6-1 in the quarterfinals of the Shanghai Rolex Masters on Friday.
Borna Coric provided an early candidate for best comeback of the 2015 Shanghai Rolex Masters, overcoming Alexandr Dolgopolov 6-3, 1-6, 7-6(5) on Sunday.
Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic advanced to the second round of the China Open on Tuesday. Nadal took out Chinese wild card Di Wu 6-4, 6-4, while Djokovic had a much easier day at the office during a 6-1, 6-1 thrashing of Simone Bolelli.
Top seed Tomas Berdych won an all-Czech contest with Jiri Vesely 6-3, 6-2 on Friday to reach the semi-finals of the Shenzhen Open.
Dominic Thiem defeated fellow Austrian Andreas Haider-Maurer 6-2, 7-6(2) on Wednesday to move into the quarter-finals of the St. Petersburg Open.
The US Open men’s doubles field has been blown wide open, with all the seeds in action on Thursday falling in battle.
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.
Unlike most Slams, Wimbledon begins doubles action on the first day. But we were not able to write our doubles previews until after the new rankings came out.
Another long, hot day in the desert awaits Rafael Nadal. As usual, sun with temperatures in the high-80s is expected.
History did not bode well for Simone Bolelli heading into Thursday's daunting test against Milos Raonic in the second round of the Open 13. Bolelli had lost the first 35 matches of his career against top-10 opponents.
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