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You have managed to get Rafael Nadal down 0/40 on serve on Court Philippe-Chatrier at Roland Garros. Three break points are your reward. The game is yours, right No. The game is his. An Infosys Insights deep dive into Nadal’s past three title runs at Roland Garros (2017-2019) reveals five startling statistics from his 21 matches played, which include 277 service games and 263 return games. 1) Nadal Has A Winning Record Serving From 0/40 Nadal has only dropped to 0/40 when serving at R...

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Rafael Nadal completed a devastating display of clay-court tennis on Wednesday at Roland Garros, where he is bidding to capture an incredible 13th crown. The Spanish superstar blitzed past World No. 236 Mackenzie McDonald 6-1, 6-0, 6-3 in just one hour and 40 minutes on the new Court Philippe-Chatrier for his 95th victory in 97 matches at the clay-court major. I am very happy, Nadal said in French on court after his triumph. [It] will be another difficult match against Travaglia or Nishikori....

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Sebastian Korda was all smiles on Wednesday when he recorded the biggest win of young career at Roland Garros. The 20-year-old struck 46 winners to overcome fellow American John Isner, the No. 21 seed, 6-4, 6-4, 2-6, 6-4 in two hours and 26 minutes for a place in the third round. The #NextGenATP star, son of 1992 Roland Garros runner-up Petr Korda, hit seven aces and controlled the first two sets before Isner hit back with two service breaks in the third set. Korda, who took a 3-1 lead in the...

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Stan Wawrinka largely out-muscled Dominik Koepfer from the baseline on Wednesday to take his place in the Roland Garros third round. The 2015 champion recorded his 150th match win at a Grand Slam championship by beating the German 6-3, 6-2, 3-6, 6-1 in two hours and eight minutes on Court Suzanne-Lenglen. Wawrinka, who beat Novak Djokovic for the 2015 title and finished runner-up to Rafael Nadal two years later, hit 51 winners for his 10th tour-level victory of the 2020 season. He will next pr...

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Editors Note: ATPTour.com is resurfacing features to bring fans closer to their favourite players and tournaments. This story was originally published on 25 September 2019. Typically it’s the stars of the ATP Tour who entertain a city’s people at tournaments throughout the world. But on Wednesday, a Zhuhai attraction entertained top seed Stefanos Tsitsipas and fourth seed Borna Coric ahead of their debuts at the Huajin Securities Zhuhai Championships. The Top 15 stars visit...

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Editors Note: ATPTour.com is resurfacing features to bring fans closer to their favourite players and tournaments. This story was originally published on 23 September 2019. #NextGenATP star Felix Auger-Aliassime and 2017 Next Gen ATP Finals champion Hyeon Chung visited the Jinhui Primary School on Monday to conduct a tennis clinic with 20 students. The 19-year-old Canadian and 23-year-old Korean, who are both playing at the Chengdu Open for the second year running, sup...

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Mackenzie McDonald departed Roland Garros last year with a devastating injury. In a doubles match, the American tore his right proximal hamstring tendon. Returning to health was a massive undertaking. “It took a really serious team and a lot of hard work. The surgery was pretty big. I have a massive scar underneath my butt and I wasn’t able to walk for the first month-and-a-half, two months. Time was going by really slowly,” McDonald said. “I didn’t leave my apart...

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