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After Recent Big Wins, Santillan Feeling Confident About Future

#NextGenATP Akira Santillan feels like now is his time to flourish on the ATP World Tour. The 20 year old recently earned the biggest victories of his career – winning his first ATP Challenger Tour title earlier this month in Winnetka and claiming his first ATP World Tour win at the Dell Technologies Hall of Fame Open in Newport (d. Mmoh). Santillan has also resolved a nagging dilemma that had been weighing on his mind and affecting his play: Which country should he represent? The right-hander was born in Japan to his South African father, Dean, and his Japanese mother, Harumi. But the family moved to Australia for Akira's tennis when he was about seven, and Akira lived Down Under...

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The Numbers Behind The Big Four's Dominance

Novak Djokovic owned 2015. Andy Murray surged to World No. 1 in 2016, and it’s been the Roger and Rafa show so far in 2017. The Big Four have all had their time in the sun during the past two-and-a-half years, and all are ranked in the Top Four of the Emirates ATP Rankings this week. An Infosys ATP Beyond The Numbers breakdown of their first-serve percentage when serving down break point in both the deuce and ad courts from the 2015 season to the present time provides deeper insight into the metrics that define their greatness. 1. Overall Record Novak Djokovic has the highest match-win percentage of the Big Four since the start of the 2015 season, at 88.6...

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