ATP coach and former player Roger Rasheed will serve on the ATP Board of Directors for the next three years. The ATP Player Council elected Rasheed on Friday to serve as the International Region Player Representative on the Board. Rasheed will start his three-year term on 1 January 2018. Rasheed, who is from Adelaide, Australia, reached No. 192 in the Emirates ATP Rankings as a player. As a coach, he has guided a number of ATP World Tour champions, including former World No. 1 Lleyton Hewitt, Gael Monfils, Jo-Wilfried Tsonga and Grigor Dimitrov. The current ATP Board of Directors features: Executive Chairman & President: Chris Kermode Player Representatives: Giorgio Di Palermo - Europe David Egdes - International Justin Gimelstob - Americas...
They've had limited experience on grass, but Chilean 21 year olds Nicolas Jarry and Christian Garin both came through qualifying to make their Wimbledon debuts.
Top seeds Bob Bryan and Mike Bryan completed a marathon 48 hours of tennis to take the doubles title on Friday at the Aegon International in Eastbourne. After winning two matches on Thursday and a semi-final earlier on Friday, they downed Rohan Bopanna and Andre Sa 6-7(4), 6-4, 10-3 in an entertaining final. The win gives the Bryan brothers a staggering 113th ATP World Tour doubles title and their first of the season. They last prevailed at Eastbourne in 2003 (d. Eagle/Palmer). Their last title came in May 2016 at the ATP World Tour Masters 1000 event in Rome. Fittingly, their latest victory comes after Bryan/Bryan reunited last month at Roland Garros with coach David Macpherson. They pick up 250...