Fans of British tennis have been given a new star to get behind after teenager Jay Clarke reached his first ATP Challenger Tour quarter-final at home during the $150,000 event in Ilkley. The 18 year old from Derby hadn’t won a set in his five previous Challenger tournaments - three qualifying and two main draw appearances - but sharply turned the corner this week. Clarke made full use of a wild card to defeat fellow teenager Alex de Minaur of Australia in the first round, then toppled eighth seed Illya Marchenko of Ukraine in the Round of 16 for the biggest win of his career. He’ll play Marton Fucsovics of Hungary in a rain-delayed quarter-final on Saturday. The joy and...
Fourth seed Alexander Zverev held off an inspired challenge from seventh seed Roberto Bautista Agut on Friday in Halle, delighting the home crowd by reaching the semi-finals of the Gerry Weber Open with a 6-7(6), 7-6(1), 6-1 win. "I started being more aggressive and tried to go for shots more if you rally with him on the baseline especially on grass because the shots are so flat it’s very difficult.," said Zverev. "I just wanted to be more aggressive, try more things. "It felt like I was better than him the whole second set. I had more chances than him on his serve. And I looked at the stats: I only lost three points on my serve in total in...
Watch Hot Shot as Feliciano Lopez channels his inner Boris Becker with a diving backhand volley against Tomas Berdych on Friday at the Aegon Championships. Watch live matches at tennistv.com
Watch Hot Shot as Alexander Zverev is stretched from corner to corner by Roberto Bautista Agut before turning the tables on Friday at the Gerry Weber Open Watch live matches at tennistv.com
