It will be Mayer vs. Mayer for the German Tennis Championships title as 2014 champ Leonardo Mayer will battle home hope Florian Mayer in Sunday's Hamburg final. For the second straight week, a Lucky Loser will vie for an ATP World Tour title after Leonardo dismissed Federico Delbonis in Saturday's first semi-final. The Argentine needed one hour and 24 minutes to defeat his countryman 6-3, 7-5, firing six aces while claiming an impressive 76 per cent of total service points. The 30 year old will appear in his fourth final on the ATP World Tour and first since finishing runner-up to Dominic Thiem in Nice in 2015. His lone title came here at the Am Rothenbaum the year prior. "Today,...
Leonardo Mayer discusses his semi-final victory over Federico Delbonis in Hamburg and looks ahead to his first ATP World Tour final in two years. Watch live tennis at tennistv.com.
Five years after reaching his maiden ATP Challenger Tour semi-final, Christian Harrison has accomplished that feat once again at the $75,000 event in Binghamton. The American defeated No. 2 seed and #NextGenATP player Alexander Bublik of Kazakhstan in a highly competitive three-set match on Friday. It’s safe to say plenty has happened since Harrison’s previous Challenger semi-final in Lexington in July 2012. The 23 year old endured a bone infection and seven surgeries that took him out of competition for more than two years. But despite the setbacks, Harrison never considered quitting and has been rewarded for his persistence. “It’s amazing. My first Challenger semi-final was five years ago, so it’s something I’ve put a lot of thought into as...
Second seed John Isner improved to 25-4 at the BB&T Atlanta Open with a dominant 7-5, 6-4 quarter-final win on Friday over Lukas Lacko. “I think most importantly, I’m at home in the United States and playing on my favorite surface. It’s one of the reasons I do well,” said Isner. “I don’t want to jinx it, but I’ve always played well here. I love this tournament and have fortunately been healthy enough to keep coming back here." Going back to his title win last week in Newport (d. Ebden), the American has held in 60 consecutive service games. He faced a break point at 3-4 in the opening set against Lacko, his first in 53 service games, but got...