With the Nitto ATP Finals in his sights for the first time, Sam Querrey talks about the difference confidence and extra fight has brought to his game in 2017 in ATP World Tour Uncovered presented by Peugeot.
India’s most celebrated tennis event, the Aircel Chennai Open, is all set to move to a new home. IMG-Reliance, the right holders of the tournament along with Government of Maharashtra and Maharashtra State Lawn Tennis Association (MSLTA), made the announcement on Wednesday, revealing Pune to be the new city to host the 2018 edition of the ATP World Tour 250 event. It will now be called the Maharashtra Open. “We welcome the world-class ATP tournament to our state,” Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis said. “We are happy to host the Maharashtra Open and are sure that we will take it to newer heights by bringing in an elite field every year.” The Chennai Open became an important fixture on India’s...
For the second time in three matches, five-time champions Bob Bryan and Mike Bryan have had to go the distance to keep the US Open campaign alive. Now the No. 5 seeds are through to the quarter-finals at Flushing Meadows for the 12th time after rebounding to defeat No. 9 seeds Oliver Marach and Mate Pavic. The Bryans recovered from a slow start to prevail 4-6, 6-3, 6-4 against the Austrian-Croatian duo. Marach and Pavic, who had fallen in a gruelling Wimbledon final to Lukasz Kubot and Marcelo Melo 13-11 in the fifth set, had come out firing. "We dug deep today and it really came down to a few break points. We were pretty solid on our serves and...
Next week’s No. 1 American Sam Querrey bids to become the first home-grown US Open semi-finalist since Andy Roddick in 2006 when he meets good friend and occasional doubles partner Kevin Anderson on Tuesday night. Querrey reached the Wimbledon quarter-finals in 2016 and semi-finals in 2017 to end the longest American droughts in Grand Slam history for those respective rounds. He is three wins from becoming the first American Grand Slam champion since Roddick at the 2003 US Open. The 6'6” Querrey and 6’8” Anderson are meeting in the tallest Grand Slam quarter-final, semi-final or final of the Open Era. Querrey is 8-6 in his FedEx ATP Head2Head record against Anderson overall and 1-1 this season. The South African avenged...
Watch highlights from Juan Martin del Potro's incredible comeback in the fourth round, where he saves two match points to defeat Dominic Thiem. Highlights courtesy US Open. Visit usopen.org for more video. Highlights not available in USA. Photo: Getty Images
