French duo Pierre-Hugues Herbert and Nicolas Mahut won their first ATP World Tour team title of the season on Sunday in Rome as they triumphed at the Internazionali BNL d'Italia with a 4-6, 6-4, 10-3 victory over Ivan Dodig and Marcel Granollers. Herbert and Mahut are set to rise to fourth in the Emirates ATP Doubles Race to London after securing 1000 points with their victory at this ATP World Tour Masters 1000 clay-court tournament. "It's good to enjoy being on the court so much, it's been a while since I felt we were close," said Herbert. "It's nice to live this together. From the start to the end, the attitude was very good. We stayed together and were calm...
Watch highlights of #NextGenATP German Alexander Zverev beating Novak Djokovic in the Internazionali BNL d'Italia final in Rome for his first ATP World Tour Masters 1000 title. Watch live tennis at tennistv.com. Photo: Peter Staples / ATP World Tour
Alexander Zverev talks about what winning the Internazionali BNL d'Italia in Rome, his first Masters 1000 title, means to him. Watch live tennis at tennistv.com.
Watch the best Hot Shots from the Internazionali BNL d'Italia in Rome, including winners from Rafael Nadal, Sascha Zverev, Dominic Thiem and David Goffin. Watch live tennis at tennistv.com. Photo: Peter Staples / ATP World Tour.
For 120 years, sport has been a staple component of life in Bordeaux, France, at the Villa Primrose Club. Several disciplines from fencing, handball, to golf and hockey have kept this community vibrant and active. However, it is tennis that is the true sporting passion at the historic institution, which hosts the BNP Paribas Primrose, a prestigious clay-court event on the ATP Challenger Tour. “The club was created in 1897 by families linked to the wine trade, harbour business and the banking world,” said tournament director Jean-Baptiste Perlant. “The founders, avid tennis fans, engrained an entrepreneurial spirit, we can say competition is in the club’s genetic make up." A decade after its opening, the first Primrosiens Cup in 1907 enabled players...
