BELGIUM 1, AUSTRALIA 1 Brussels, Belgium (Indoor Clay) Two Top 25 players on the ATP World Tour stepped up big for their countries on Friday during the Davis Cup semi-final between Belgium and Australia. To start the day, World No. 12 David Goffin came back to beat John Millman 6-7(4), 6-4, 6-3, 7-5 to give Belgium a 1-0 lead. Goffin has now won 14 of his past 15 Davis Cup singles matches. His only loss during that stretch came in the 2015 Davis Cup final against Great Britain's Andy Murray. But World No. 20 Nick Kyrgios of Australia evened the semi-final by coming back from two-sets-to-one down to beat Steve Darcis 6-3, 3-6, 6-7(5), 6-1, 6-2. Belgium is attempting to...
AUSTRALIA vs. BELGIUM Brussels, Belgium (Indoor Clay) World No. 12 David Goffin will try to push Belgium into its second Davis Cup final of the past three years when the Belgians take on Australia in the Davis Cup semi-finals, which start on Friday. Goffin and his countrymen will have their work cut out for them in Brussels. Australia is bringing World No. 20 Nick Kyrgios; John Millman, who's coming off a third-round run at the US Open and will be making his Davis Cup debut; Jordan Thompson, who upset American Jack Sock in New York; and John Peers, No. 2 in the Emirates ATP Doubles Rankings. In addition to Goffin, Belgium will be represented by No. 77 Steve Darcis, No....
You check the draw. Who do you play in the first round? Your heart skips a beat when you see your opponent is ranked in the Top 10 in the Emirates ATP Rankings. It’s equal parts opportunity and fear. What a great win it could be, but how likely are you to actually get the W? An Infosys ATP Beyond The Numbers analysis of the Top 10 ranked players show that on average they win three out of every four matches they play. They are dominant, but they also do lose matches just like the rest of us. The current Top 10 players have won 75 per cent (370/496) of their matches so far this season, which is exactly the...
Age is just a number and tennis might just be a game, but for Peter Polansky, some of his finest tennis has come with age – and it’s getting only better. The 29-year-old Canadian has been an unassuming but tenacious competitor across all levels of professional tennis, quietly putting together a successful career that just now is seeing him start to maximise his potential. On the back of three successive ATP Challenger Tour finals earlier this year, Polansky reached a career-high of No. 115 in the Emirates ATP Rankings and looks to build on that vein of form in Asia later this year. A veteran by his own account, Polansky has been around long enough to witness the beginnings of...
On paper, Noah Rubin’s 6-3, 6-3 win over World No. 453 Pedro Sakamoto in the first round of the ATP Challenger Tour event in Cary, North Carolina, appears ordinary. But considering it was Rubin’s first triumph since April, after missing nearly four months due to a sprained right wrist and bone bruise, it took on added significance for the #NextGenATP American. “I almost forgot how to do it. After I won I didn’t even know what I should do out there,” Rubin joked, reflecting on Monday’s victory. “It’s great just to get the ‘W’, regardless of how I played, how he played. It was just nice to shake hands and have that winning feeling again.” Welcome back @Noahrubin33! The #NextGenATP...