Imagine only having to win the first point of your service game, and you are basically a lock to hold. That was Alexander Zverev in Rome last week. Zverev, 20, won the Internazionali BNL d’Italia - his first ATP World Tour Masters 1000 title, and third overall title this season. An Infosys ATP Beyond The Numbers analysis of Zverev’s maiden Masters uncovers complete dominance on serve on the clay courts at the Foro Italico. Zverev had 68 service games in six matches in Rome. Almost 80 per cent of the time (54), he surged ahead 15/0. Of the 54 service games where he reached 15/0, he won 52 of them. That 96 per cent win rate was higher than his...
Milos Raonic began his quest for a ninth ATP World Tour title on Wednesday with a 6-4, 6-3 victory over Denis Istomin at the Open Parc Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Lyon. In his fourth straight week on European clay, the World No. 6 lost just five of his first-service points and hit eight aces in the 81-minute encounter against Istomin. Raonic, this year’s Delray Beach and Istanbul runner-up, will now challenge qualifier Gastao Elias, who reached his first ATP World Tour quarter-final of the year when he defeated sixth seed Juan Martin del Potro 7-6(0), 6-4 in one hour and 53 minutes. Elias saved one set point at 5-6, Ad-out in the first set that lasted 67 minutes. Raonic is attempting to lift...
Spain's Albert Ramos-Vinolas talks to ATP World Tour Uncovered presented by Peugeot about his rise up the Emirates ATP Rankings and a runner-up finish at the 2017 Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters.
Argentina's Marco Trungelliti started making his way back to the Roland Garros main draw on Tuesday, beating 23rd seed Ruben Bemelmans of Belgium 6-7(5), 6-2, 6-3 to advance to the second round of qualifying in Paris. Trungelliti, No. 161 in the Emirates ATP Rankings, gained the biggest win of his career last year at Roland Garros. After qualifying, the 5'11” right-hander upset then World-No. 10 Marin Cilic in the first round. [ALSO LIKE] Italian Alessandro Giannessi knocked out home hopeful Calvin Hemery of France 7-5, 6-3. German Tobias Kamke converted three of four break points to beat American Rajeev Ram 2-6, 7-5, 6-3. Serbia's Filip Krajinovic advanced past Australia's Sam Groth 3-6, 7-6(3), 6-2. Slovakia's Jozef Kovalik, who beat Cilic...
Second seed Kei Nishikori improved to 7-0 in his FedEx ATP Head2Head series with Kazakhstan's Mikhail Kukushkin on Tuesday, saving both break points to advance 6-4, 6-3 at the Banque Eric Sturdza Geneva Open. “Served really well today I think that's why I played very solid. I think everything was good today,” Nishikori said. Nishikori, who accepted a late wild card into the ATP World Tour 250 event, is looking to get his clay season going in Switzerland. The World No. 9 fell to Juan Martin del Potro in the third round last week at the Internazionali BNL d'Italia in Rome. Before that ATP World Tour Masters 1000 tournament, the Japanese right-hander suffered a right wrist injury that kept him...
