It seems as if this edition of Wimbledon has been thrown into a time machine and sent back nearly a decade ago. Andy Murray, Novak Djokovic, Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal are the Top 4 seeds on the grass of the All England Club and are poised to turn back the clock once again. Juan Martin del Potro, one of the three other Grand Slam champions in the draw (also Cilic and Wawrinka), played prognosticator ahead of The Championships. Del Potro assessed the chances of the Big Four, admiring their domination of the tournament since 2003. "They have returned to be the Fantastic Four, as they have been throughout their careers," said Del Potro, who is gradually continuing his comeback...
A LOOK BACK Aspria Tennis Cup (Milan, Italy): In November, all eyes will be on the Italian metropolis of Milan for the inaugural Next Gen ATP Finals. But before the #NextGenATP contingent take over the city, the stars of the ATP Challenger Tour descended on the clay courts of the Aspria Harbour Club Milano. Guido Pella completed his return to the Top 100 of the Emirates ATP Rankings, notching his 11th Challenger crown on Sunday. Pella prevailed when countryman Federico Delbonis retired down 6-2, 2-1 with a strained gluteus muscle. The Argentine is in the midst of a dominant stretch, which kicked off with a run to the final at the BMW Open by FWU in Munich as a qualiifer....
New routines and new coaches have been put in place for Novak Djokovic ahead of The Championships at Wimbledon, but the Serbian is confident in his choices as he prepares to go for his fourth crown at SW19. The 30-year-old Djokovic played at an ATP World Tour grass-court event the week before Wimbledon for the first time since 2010 at the Aegon International in Eastbourne last week, winning the title with victory over Gael Monfils, and then announced the addition of Mario Ancic to his coaching team. [ALSO LIKE] Speaking to the media at The All England Club on Sunday, Djokovic, who hit with Canadian #NextGenATP player Denis Shapovalov earlier in the day under the watchful eyes of Ancic and...
Andy Murray has never played his Wimbledon first-round opponent Alexander Bublik, but the Scot already has a favourable opinion of the 20-year-old right-hander, who will be making his Wimbledon main draw debut against Murray on Monday. Bublik got to know Murray and other top players earlier this year at the BNP Paribas Masters in Indian Wells when he hosted an entertaining segment for ATP World Tour Uncovered presented by Peugeot. Bublik began his Murray session with a memorable line: “Do I need to call you sir?” Murray deflected the inquiry but did offer the Kazakh some advice when Bublik asked how he can get as good as the World No. 1. “A lot of training,” Murray said. “Is that useful,...
