The World No. 3 will next play Portugal's Nuno Borges, who claimed a shock four-set 6-7(3), 6-4, 6-2, 7-6(6) win over in-form 13th seed Grigor Dimitrov.
Aiming for a 12th semi-final berth in 16 ATP Finals appearances, Djokovic manoeuvred through a heavy-hitting, first-strike clash with Hurkacz, whom the Serbian now holds a 7-0 ATP Head-to-Head record against.
He was aiming for his first quarter-final at the event since his title run in 2015, as well as his first Masters quarter-final since winning the Paris crown in 2016.
Bengaluru: It was a mixed day for India at the ATP Bengaluru Open I with Arjun Kadhe bringing cheers by storming into the main round while wild card entrant Saketh Myneni went down without a whimper against Italian Gian Marco Moroni in the opening round. Myneni lost 1-6, 1-6 to Moroni in a first round […]
Melbourne: The ATP on Monday termed the saga surrounding World number one men’s singles player Novak Djokovic as “damaging on all fronts”. Djokovic won his legal appeal on procedural grounds, quashing the border officer’s initial decision to cancel his visa ahead of the Australian Open. The ATP said the series of events leading to Monday’s […]
Adelaide: India’s Rohan Bopanna and Ramkumar Ramanathan registered a resounding straight-set win to cruise into the semifinals but it was the end of the road for compatriot Sania Mirza in their respective ATP and WTA tournaments here on Friday. Bopanna and Ramkumar trounced the French-Monegasque duo of Benjamin Bonzi and Hugo Nys 6-1,6-3 in the […]
Adelaide: On an all-win day for Indian tennis players, Sania Mirza and the pair of Ramkumar Ramanathan and Rohan Bopanna emerged victorious in their respective first round matches, albeit in contrasting fashion, in the ATP and WTA tournaments, here on Tuesday. Sania and her Ukrainian partner Nadiia Kichenok overcame a first-set thrashing to knock out […]
The Australian Open will go ahead from February 8-21 next year. ATP has also confirmed that Australian Open men's qualifying will take place from January 10-13 in Doha.
The agreement will see Infosys continue as global technology services partner and digital innovation partner of the ATP, through 2023, the Bengaluru-headquartered IT major said in a statement