The ATP announced today that its season-ending tournament will continue its extremely successful stay in London a further two years through to 2020, under a new title sponsorship with one of Japan’s leading innovation companies, the Nitto Denko Corporation. The tournament, first staged in London in 2009, will now be renamed the Nitto ATP Finals. “We’re delighted to extend our stay in London and to have Nitto come on board as title sponsor over the next four years,” said Chris Kermode, ATP Executive Chairman & President, who was joined for the announcement, held at The View from The Shard in London, by special guests including the likes of Boris Becker, a three-time former champion. “It’s fantastic news to have such...
A slew of #NextGenATP players are one match away from making their main draw debut at Roland Garros after winning second-round qualifying matches on Wednesday, including Stefanos Tsitsipas, Alexander Bublik, Reilly Opelka and Andrey Rublev. Eighteen-year-old Tsitsipas enjoyed a comfortable 6-3, 6-3 win over local favourite Gleb Sakharov. The Greek player will next face Oscar Otte of Germany, who survived a match point at 5-6 in the deciding set to defeat 28th seed Laslo Djere of Serbia 7-5, 2-6, 7-6(2). Rublev, the 18th seed, advanced past Mirza Basic of Bosnia and Herzegovina 6-4, 5-7, 6-2. Standing between the 19-year-old Russian and a place in the main draw is fourth seed Taro Daniel, who breezed through Matija Pecotic of Serbia 6-3,...
Top seed and defending champion Stan Wawrinka has eased into this year's Banque Eric Sturdza Geneva Open, moving through his opening-round match on Wednesday after 37 minutes when Rogerio Dutra Silva was forced to retire with a right ankle injury. The local favourite led 5-2 in the first set. “This was very unlucky for Rogerio. He was playing very well lately and I hope that he will be fine,” said Wawrinka. “It will be important to play matches and spend time on the court." The World No. 3 in the Emirates ATP Rankings improves to 6-1 in Geneva and 3-3 on clay this season. He defeated Marin Cilic in last year's final to win his first title on home soil. Next...
Follow all the latest off-court action on MyATP! Download the app for iPhone or Android and visit MyATP.com Banque Eric Sturdza Geneva Open – Geneva, Switzerland Kei Nishikori and Stan Wawrinka visited the Jet d’Eau, a large fountain that is one of the city’s most famous landmarks. [ALSO LIKE] Paolo Lorenzi was the lucky star to assist with the tournament draw ceremony. The majority of the singles and doubles players competing in the main draw attended the player party on the roof of the Hotel Metropole Geneva. Open Parc Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Lyon – Lyon, France Milos Raonic met with local schoolchildren after his win on Thursday. #NextGenATP Russian Karen Khachanov and Damir Dzumhur were among the players who signed autographs and...
