Jo-Wilfried Tsonga reflects on his win over top seed Alexander Zverev in the Erste Bank Open 500 quarter-finals and his tour-best 19-2 indoor record this season. Watch live tennis at tennistv.com.
Break point conversion can make or break a career. Damir Dzumhur is making a habit of converting break points better than anyone in the world this year as he powers up the Emirates ATP World Tour Rankings to a career-high No. 31 this week. Dzumhur, 25, from Bosnia-Herzegovina, has converted 47.8 per cent (213/445) of his break points from 55 matches in 2017 to lead all players in this key statistical area. As a comparison, World No. 1, Rafael Nadal is converting 40.9 per cent (285/696) of his break points this season, and second-ranked Roger Federer is at 41.2 per cent (167/405). 2017: Dzumhur Break Point Conversion By Surface • Grass = 62%. 13/21 from 4 matches. • Clay =...
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga simply will not let his hopes of qualifying for a third Nitto ATP Finals slip away. In the marquee match of the day, Tsonga stunned top seed Alexander Zverev, 7-6(6), 6-2, at the Erste Bank Open 500 to bolster his London hopes as the Emirates ATP Race To London comes to an exciting finale. The Frenchman was 22nd in the Race at the beginning of last week. But after winning the title in Antwerp and now advancing to the semi-finals in Vienna, he is certainly in the hunt for one of the two remaining spots at the year-end finale at The O2 in London. Tsonga is up to the No. 15 spot in the Race with 2,190 points...
Convention says that a tournament’s seeded players should make their way through the draw. Not in Vienna. Lucas Pouille leads three unseeded players into the semi-finals of the Erste Bank Open 500 after ousting compatriot Richard Gasquet, 7-6(5), 6-1, in one hour, 31 minutes. It was Pouille’s third victory in a row against his fellow Frenchman, extending his lead in the pair’s FedEx ATP Head2Head rivalry to 3-1. The 23-year-old is into his sixth ATP World Tour semi-final of the season (3-2) as he seeks his third title of the year (Budapest, Stuttgart). Pouille also defeated Gasquet in Marseille this February, 7-5, 6-3, to advance to the final. While the elder Frenchman, Gasquet, used his guile and consistency in the...
Philipp Kohlschreiber reflects on his quarter-final victory over Diego Schwartzman at the Erste Bank Open 500 in Vienna on Friday. Watch live tennis at tennistv.com.