The ATP World Tour will heat up on the North American hard courts in the coming weeks, with the US Open Series set to get underway at the BB&T Atlanta Open. Now in its 14th season, the US Open Series links four North American hard-court tournaments to the final Grand Slam of the year, the US Open. After hitting the courts in Atlanta, players move to a pair of ATP World Tour Masters 1000 events at the Coupe Rogers in Montreal and Western & Southern Open in Cincinnati, followed by the Winston-Salem Open. Jack Sock is the top seed this week in Atlanta, with three-time champion John Isner looking to return to the winners' circle at Atlantic Station after a...
Watch highlights of David Ferrer's win over Alexandr Dolgopolov in the final of the SkiStar Swedish Open in Bastad. Photo: SkiStar Swedish Open / Linda Carlsson
No. 33 David Ferrer, +13 Former World No. 3 Ferrer kept his emotions in check to capture his third SkiStar Swedish Open title on Sunday, marking his first trophy since October 2015 at the Erste Bank Open 500 in Vienna. The Spaniard rose 13 places to No. 33 with his 27th tour-level crown. He is fifth in the active title-leaders list, behind only the ‘Big Four’. Read Report No. 49 Andrey Rublev, +25 #NextGenATP Rublev soared 25 spots to break into the Top 50 of the Emirates ATP Rankings as a result of securing his first ATP World Tour title at the Plava Laguna Croatia Open Umag (d. Lorenzi). Read Report The 19 year old also moved up to No....
Fans have voted Alexander Zverev’s game-changing forehand down the line winner in his Halle semi-final clash with Richard Gasquet as their favourite hot shot in the second quarter #NextGenATP Shining Shot poll. On a must win point at 2-3, 30/30 in the deciding set of the contest, Zverev hooked a forehand winner down the line and into the corner, hit from well behind the baseline. He would go on to win the match and finish runner-up to Roger Federer in the final of the Gerry Weber Open. View Voting Results Zverev’s shot won with 45 per cent of the vote over a five-day period. A close second was Mikael Ymer’s ‘tweener lob winner, hit at an ATP Challenger Tour event...