Miami, March 25 (IANS) Frances Tiafoe entered his fifth ATP Masters 1000 quarter-final and his first since Cincinnati in 2024 after beating Terence Atmane 6-4, 1-6, 6-4 at the Miami Open. For the second straight match, Tiafoe, 28, pulled a Houdini. On Monday, he saved two match points in his three-set victory over defending champion Jakub Mensik, and on Tuesday he was down serving 0-40, 4-4 in the third set against Atmane before achieving the critical break of serve at 4-5.”I did a lot of work i…
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Miami, March 24 (IANS) Jannik Sinner made ATP Masters 1000 history on at the Miami Open with his commanding 6-1, 6-4 victory against Corentin Moutet as he moved past Serbian great Novak Djokovic to win 26 consecutive sets at the Masters 1000 level.With his straightforward third-round triumph inside Hard Rock Stadium, the Italian has now won 26 consecutive sets at the Masters 1000 level, moving clear of Djokovic’s record of 24. Sinner had equalled that mark with his second-round win on Saturday i…
Miami, March 22 (IANS) Indian Wells semi-finalist Zverev eased past Damm to open his Miami campaign. The German enjoyed a straightforward outing as he eased past wildcard Martin Damm 6-2, 6-4 on Sunday (IST). The victory strengthened Zverev’s impressive record at the ATP Masters 1000 level this decade, taking his tally to 103 wins. It also extended his dominant run against players ranked outside the Top 100 and underlined his consistency against left-handed opponents in recent seasons.Zverev, …
Miami, March 22 (IANS) World No. 2 Jannik Sinner raced past Damir Dzumhur 6-3, 6-3 in the Miami Open first-round match at the Hard Rock Stadium.After lifting his maiden trophy for 2026 at Indian Wells, the Italian is bidding to become the first man to complete the coveted ‘Sunshine Double’ since Roger Federer in 2017.In his Miami opening win, Sinner dropped just eight points behind his delivery in the match. Now on a 12-match winning streak at ATP Masters 1000 events following his title runs…
Indian Wells, March 12 (IANS) India’s Yuki Bhambri and his Swedish partner Andre Goransson have sailed into the semifinals of the Indian Wells Open on Thursday morning, dismantling the Austrian-Italian pairing of Alexander Erler and Andrea Vavassori. Bhambri and Goransson registered a 6-3, 7-6(2) win over Erler and Vavassori. This is Bhambri’s maiden semifinal at the ATP Masters 1000 level, having made the doubles quarter-final at the Masters 1000 level twice.His previous two quarterfinal appe…
Indian Wells, March 12 (IANS) Jack Draper earned one of the best wins of his career at the Indian Wells Open as he overcame five-time champion Novak Djokovic to enter the quarterfinals of the ATP Masters 1000 event.Draper absorbed all of the five-time champion’s punches and threw a flurry of his own to rally past Djokovic in one of the matches of the tournament, 4-6, 6-4, 7-6(5).Draper, now riding a nine-match winning streak in the California desert, will face two-time finalist Daniil Medvedev…
Indian Wells, March 3 (IANS) Top seed Carlos Alcaraz will open the Indian Wells Open, season’s first ATP Masters 1000 event, against former World No. 3 Grigor Dimitrov or Terence Atmane, with five-time champion Novak Djokovic also looming in his half of the draw.Alcaraz played Dimitrov in the California desert last year, losing just two games to the Bulgarian in the fourth round. But Dimitrov has shown comfort at Indian Wells, reaching the semi-finals in 2021 and the quarter-finals in 2022, acco…