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Following a breakthrough week at the Tallahassee Challenger, Victorian Marc Polmans has the world's top 150 in his…
Zverev, Chung, Tsitsipas, and Medvedev can make substantial rankings moves ahead of Madrid. #WhatsAtStake
Alex De Minaur dropped just four games in a first-round win in Estoril, while Bernard Tomic narrowly missed…
1. Zverev looks for another win at home.2. Marin Cilic defends his title in Turkey.3. Nick Kyrgios and Kevin Anderson play in Portugal.Watch all week on Tennis Channel and Tennis Channel Plus.
With their match locked at one set all, Daria Gavrilova was forced to retire with injury, sending Sam…
Friendly Aussie foes Daria Gavrilova and Sam Stosur will clash in the first round of the WTA tournament…
Jaimee Fourlis captured her second ITF title of the season in Italy while Arina Rodionova went all the…
John Millman wins a dramatic semifinal but then falls short against Marco Cecchinato on a dramatic day at the…
"I already have 11 titles here. The only bad thing is that this means that I am getting older, "Rafa Nadal joked at the end of his eleventh final at Real Club Tenis Barcelona, the shortest in history in the number of games: 6-2-6-1, which is equivalent to 15 games, one less than those of the 2014 final between Kei Nishikori and Santiago Giraldo. The Majorcan also becomes the oldest champion of the tournament (31 years, 10 months and 27 days).
Nadal has lifted the Conde de Godó trophy for the eleventh time and with this Barcelona Open Banc Sabadell it puts him in the same orbit as the 1000 Masters of Monte Carlo, where he also won his eleventh crown. He has never lost in Barcelona. And this year by technical KO with an overwhelming score that marks the current difference between the best tennis player in history on clay and a serious contender to succeed him.
