Let’s take a look back at the ATP’s year-end awards that were handed out last month prior to the Nitto ATP Finals. The list includes the Sportsmanship Award, Comeback Player of the Year, Most Improved Player, and Newcomer of the Year. […]
The ATP recently announced a group of five potential host sites for the Nitto ATP Finals starting in 2021–London, Manchester, Singapore, Tokyo, and Turin. London, of course, is the current site and has hosted the prestigious year-end championship at the O2 Arena dating back to 2009. […]
Both Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal will play for Team Europe at the 2019 Laver Cup in Geneva, Switzerland. Federer had already been confirmed, of course, for the festivities in his home country. Nadal officially joined the upcoming party on Thursday.
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Rafael Nadal is back at practice and apparently good to go for the lucrative Abu Dhabi exhibition late in December followed by a January schedule that includes the Brisbane International and the Australian Open. Nadal posted a practice photo on Monday.
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Marinko Matosevic announced his retirement from tennis earlier in the offseason. The 33-year-old Australian peaked at No. 39 in the world in March of 2013 after winning 17 ATP-level matches in 2012. But he will be remembered most for various shenanigans.
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Lucas Pouille has made an offseason change to his team, announcing Amelie Mauresmo as his new coach. Pouille had been working with Emmanuel Planque, who had coached him for six years. The Frenchman has slipped No. 32 in the world rankings. […]
The Australian Open has been given permission by the grand slam board to implement a decisive super tiebreak (first to 10 points instead of seven, win by two) at 6-6 in a final set, perhaps as soon as for the 2019 tournament.
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In 2018 Rafael Nadal won his 11th title at the Roland Garros in Paris, becoming the first player to win the same Grand Slam 11 times—breaking his own record of 10. You could say that the Spaniard is almost unbeatable on the clay of Paris with an overall record of 86-2. […]
Tennis Channel commentator and ATP board member Justin Gimelstob was arrested on suspicion of felony battery on Halloween. John Isner came to Gimelstob’s defense earlier this week after Lleyton Hewitt called for the ATP to take action. […]
Alexander Zverev capped off his 2018 campaign with the biggest title of his career, and he did it the hard way. Zverev’s weekend featured back-to-back upsets of Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic, with the latter result allowing him to lift the Nitto ATP Finals trophy on Sunday night. […]
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