Garanti Koza Sofia Open announced on Thursday the participation of Belgian David Goffin, No. 11 in the Emirates ATP Rankings, in the second edition of the tournament. Goffin has won two ATP World Tour titles. In 2016 he marched to the quarter-finals at Roland Garros and played a match at the Barclays ATP World Tour Finals in London. In 2016 the Belgian also reached the final in Tokyo and played back-to-back ATP World Tour Masters 1000 semi-finals at Indian Wells and Miami. “I am looking forward to playing in Sofia,” Goffin said. “I had my best year in 2016, and I would like to start the next season at the same level. I am also looking forward to seeing the...
2. Roger Federer d. Marin Cilic 6-7(4), 4-6, 6-3, 7-6(9), 6-3/QF/Wimbledon Every year lately, when a certain Swiss player heads to a certain grass tennis club in England, his millions of fans ask a four-word question: Is this the year? As in, is this the year Roger Federer will win his record eighth Wimbledon title? This June, it had been four years since the right-hander had captured his seventh Wimbledon crown. He had come close in 2014 and 2015, losing in the final to Novak Djokovic, and that's exactly why Federer fans were so excited before his quarter-final match against Marin Cilic. Djokovic, the three-time Wimbledon champion, had lost to Sam Querrey in the third round, leaving second seed Andy...
In August 2015, the spotlight had not yet discovered 17-year-old American Taylor Fritz. He was No. 685 in the Emirates ATP Rankings and had lost in the first round of US Open qualifying to No. 123 Luca Vanni 6-3, 6-3. Fritz won only three points against the Italian’s first serve, four against his second serve, and was not able to generate a single break point. And then everything changed. The American won 11 straight matches and strung together four impressive results in four months: Oct. 2015: Won $100K Challenger, Sacramento, California Oct. 2015: Won $50K Challenger, Fairfield, California Nov. 2015: Finalist $50K Challenger, Champaign, Illinois Jan. 2016: Won $75K Challenger, Onkaparinga, Australia Fritz’s ranking jumped from No. 685 to No....
Taylor Fritz and his mother, Kathy May - a former Top 10 player, discuss the American NextGen star's rise on the ATP World Tour and reveal the support she has been to him throughout his tennis development.
5. Kei Nishikori d. Andy Murray 1-6, 6-4, 4-6, 6-1, 7-5/QF/US Open To some, Andy Murray was the favourite, the pick to win his second US Open and claim back-to-back Grand Slam championships during the second half of 2016. The Scot, who had won his second Wimbledon title in July, was certainly playing like a top contender in New York. Before his quarter-final against Kei Nishikori, Murray had gone 26-1 since his first match at The Queen's Club in London, where he'd won a record fifth title. Some doubted his main competition as well. World No. 1 Novak Djokovic had endured an up-and-down July and August. The Serbian had lost in the third round at Wimbledon and in the first...