Rafael Nadal rolled into the semifinals of the Mutua Madrid Open on Friday, defeating 10th-seeded Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov 6-3, 6-4. After an exchange of break points in the opening set, Nadal jumped out to a 4-2 advantage. Nadal regained his service form and would go on to close out the 50-minute opening set 6-3. In…
Defending champion Maria Sharapova and world number one Serena Williams were both ousted in the Mutua Madrid Open semifinals on Friday, each bowing out in straight sets. In the first semi, the third-seeded Sharapova took on fellow Russian Svetlana Kuznetsova, who was by far the aggressor from the start. She proceeded to pounce on Sharapova’s…
John Isner continued his strong performance at the Mutua Madrid Open on Thursday, downing young Australian Nick Kyrgios 6-3, 6-7(7), 6-4 to reach the tournament’s semifinals. Isner’s serve was as dominant as ever, firing 20 aces and not conceding a single break point opportunity. As the match went on, Isner was the one who gained…
Defending champion Maria Sharapova edged out fifth-seeded Dane Caroline Wozniacki 6-1, 3-6, 6-3 on Thursday to advance to the Mutua Madrid Open semifinals. After exchanging wins through the first two sets, the matchup of former world number ones would head into a deciding third set. Capitalizing on a few untimely unforced errors from Wozniacki, Sharapova…
In one of the most compelling matches of the 2015 season so far, young Australian Nick Kyrgios dueled with world number two Roger Federer in a thrilling three set affair at the Mutua Madrid Open on Wednesday. Kyrgios saved two match points in a final third-set tiebreaker, edging Federer 6-7(2), 7-6(5), 7-6(12) to reach the…
Caroline Wozniacki cruised into the Mutua Madrid Open quarterfinals on Wednesday, getting past ninth-seeded Pole Agnieszka Radwanska 6-3, 6-2. The fifth-seeded Dane was extremely sharp from the opening serve. In a match that wasn’t dominated by the serve, Wozniacki won 57 percent of the points on Radwanska’s serve, leading to 13 break point opportunities, of…
Defending champion Maria Sharapova cruised into the third round of the Mutua Madrid Open on Tuesday, moving past Colombian Mariana Duque-Marino 6-1, 6-2. “It’s definitely nice to get another win today,” said Sharapova, who beat Timea Bacsinszky 6-2, 6-3 on Sunday. “It’s a little bit of a different opponent and different style of play against…
Gael Monfils got off to a winning start in Madrid, cruising past Serbian Viktor Troicki 6-2, 6-0 to reach the Mutua Madrid Open second-round on Tuesday. Monfils used a dominant serve to get past Troicki, losing just 15 service points in the match, and broke Troicki five times in six chances to advance. The 13th-seeded…
American John Isner was one of three men from the United States to win their opener in the Mutua Madrid Open on Monday, defeating France’s Adrian Mannarino 7-6(2), 6-4 to advance to the second-round. Isner ripped 13 aces and didn’t allow a single break point to ease past the Frenchman. He will play Brazilian Thomaz…
Seventeen-year-old Frances Tiafoe of College Park, Md., will make his Grand Slam main draw debut after earning a main draw wild card into the French Open by winning the 2015 Har-Tru USTA Pro Circuit Wild Card Challenge. Tiafoe, who turned pro in early April and is currently ranked a career-high 381st in the world, clinched the wild card…