#NextGenATP Aussie Thanasi Kokkinakis showed his appreciation for the support he's received from fans at Abierto Mexicano de Tenis Mifel presentado por Cinemex by holding an impromptu autograph session after his semi-final win on Friday.
#NextGenATP Aussie Thanasi Kokkinakis continued his remarkable run this week by reaching his first ATP World Tour singles final on Friday at Abierto Mexicano de Tenis Mifel presentado por Cinemex, rallying to defeat top seed Tomas Berdych in Los Cabos 3-6, 7-6(5), 6-4. "I showed some glimpses of good tennis this year, so to do that consistently this week in Los Cabos means a lot," said Kokkinakis. "I've had great support from the fans here all week. I love it here and I'll definitely be coming back a few more times." The 21 year old was sidelined from singles competition for 18 months with a laundry list of injuries, but returned to singles action this past May. In just his...
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga helped out with the draw ceremony Friday at the Coupe Rogers, but the draw didn’t do the 2014 champion any favours. The Frenchman was placed onto line 32, opposite Sam Querrey and Gilles Muller. “I’m playing the winner of the last two players to beat me,” he told the crowd in French with a laugh. Tsonga, indeed, lost to Querrey and Muller respectively during Wimbledon and the Aegon Championships, victims of his opponent’s memorable runs. Querrey went on to reach the semi-finals at the All England Club, knocking out defending champion Andy Murray in the process, while Muller ran up a seven-match winning streak that included the Eastbourne title. Flash back to three years ago at this ATP...
Third seeds Jamie Murray and Bruno Soares scored a monumental comeback win on Friday at the Citi Open, saving seven match points to advance into the semi-finals over qualifiers James Cerretani and #NextGenATP Aussie Marc Polmans 2-6, 6-3, 19-17. Murray/Soares saved match points at 8/9, 9/10, 10/11, 11/12, 12/13, 14/15 and 16/17. The British-Brazilian pair ultimately made good on their third match point to prevail in one hour and 37 minutes. Next up for them are top seeds Henri Kontinen and John Peers, who also fought back from the brink by saving two match points to topple Ivan Dodig and Mate Pavic 7-5, 4-6, 14-12. Kontinen/Peers erased match points at 9/10 and 11/12. Second seeds Lukasz Kubot and Marcelo Melo...
Kei Nishikori has done it the hard way this week at the Citi Open. After an opening-round win over Donald Young that finished at 1:39am, he saved three set points to reach the quarter-finals over Juan Martin del Potro in a match that ended at 2:00am. On Friday night, the second seed continued his penchant for the dramatic this week by saving three match points to defeat wild card and #NextGenATP American Tommy Paul 3-6, 7-6(8), 6-4. "I think he played good tennis and almost had it today. It was a great battle," said Nishikori. "He got a little bit tight trying to close it out in the end and I didn't make any unforced errors on the big points....