Former Top 10 player Jurgen Melzer completed an emotional win in front of home fans on Tuesday at the Generali Open in Kitzbuhel, recording his first ATP World Tour main draw victory in nearly a year by defeating Taro Daniel, 6-4, 7-6(4). Fittingly, his last ATP World Tour win came last year in Kitzbuhel. Melzer, […]
Jeremy Chardy, who is currently No. 38 in the Emirates ATP Rankings, has travelled to countless cities around the world. Rarely does he get to go somewhere new, but that is the case this week as he’s playing at the Konzum Croatia Open Umag for the first time. The third-seeded Frenchman has been enjoying his […]
#NextGen star Karen Khachanov made a memorable debut at the Generali Open in Kitzbuhel on Monday as he defeated qualifier Filippo Volandri 6-2, 6-4 in 69 minutes. The 20-year-old Russian broke serve five times as he beat Volandri, 14 years his senior, for a clash with second seed Philipp Kohlschreiber. It marked Khachanov’s fourth tour-level […]
Albert Ramos-Vinolas played largely nerve-free tennis on Sunday to capture his first ATP World Tour singles title at the SkiStar Swedish Open over fellow Spaniard Fernando Verdasco. Third seed Ramos-Vinolas became the fourth first-time ATP World Tour titlist of the year by beating fifth seed Verdasco 6-3, 6-4 in 86 minutes. Verdasco, who had a […]
Seventh seed Martin Klizan clinched his second ATP World Tour title of 2016 on Sunday, requiring exactly one hour to record a convincing 6-1 6-4 win over third seed Pablo Cuevas in the final of the German Tennis Championships 2016 in Hamburg. Klizan went on a five-game run to take the opening set, converting on […]
Third seed Albert Ramos-Vinolas reached his second semi-final of 2016 (also Quito, l. to Estrella Burgos) as he defeated Andrea Arnaboldi on Friday at the SkiStar Swedish Open. The Spaniard saved six of the 11 break points he faced to outlast the Italian 5-7, 7-5, 6-0 in what was their first tour-level meeting. Ramos-Vinolas will […]
Global dominance at the elite level of our sport is actually built upon razor thin margins that appear when we examine the building blocks of point play. Novak Djokovic has won 92 per cent (46-4) of his matches this season, but when broken down to the simplest level of points won, his winning percentage is […]