Former Top 50 player Bernard Mitton of South Africa passed away last Friday. He was 62. The 6'2” right-hander, who was born in Vryburg, South Africa, but had been living in Newport Beach, California, won two ATP World Tour singles titles and nine doubles crowns during his career, which started in 1973, only five years after the beginning of the Open Era (April 1968), and ended in 1984. Mitton's final tour-level match was against then-World No. 5 Jimmy Arias of the U.S. at 1984 Wimbledon. South Africa native and former World No. 7 Johan Kriek said Mitton led a generation of South African players. “Bernie was a very talented, smart and funny guy. He was the elder statesman of South African...
Two-time champion Andy Murray returned to the clay with ease on Tuesday, gaining a routine 6-4, 6-3 win against Romanian qualifier Marius Copil on the Manolo Santana Centre Court at the Mutua Madrid Open. The top-seeded Murray improved to 11-0 in his opening matches in the Spanish capital, dating back to his debut in 2006. The Scot will meet #NextGenATP Croatian Borna Coric or French qualifier Pierre-Hugues Herbert. “When I started to control the points more towards the end of the first set and second set, I was hitting the ball pretty clean, creating a few chances. I didn't give him any opportunities,” Murray said. “It was good for the first match.” Murray is looking to kick-start his 2017 campaign...
ATP World Tour stars including Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, Lucas Pouille, Alexander Zverev, John Isner, Bob and Mike Bryan, Bruno Soares and Jamie Murray, take part in the Pie Face Challenge with ATP World Tour Uncovered presented by Peugeot.
ATP World Tour Uncovered presented by Peugeot goes off road with Juan Martin del Potro and Pablo Carreno Busta at the Millennium Estoril Open, while David Ferrer and Richard Gasquet get a lesson in the kitchen.
Ivo Karlovic broke a five-match losing streak at the Mutua Madrid Open in spectacular fashion on Tuesday. The Croatian fired down 35 aces and saved four match points to beat Roberto Bautista Agut of Spain 7-6(4), 6-7(9), 7-6(7) in just over three hours for a place in the second round. In a first-time meeting, featuring no service breaks, Karlovic failed to convert match point opportunities when he led by a set and 5-4, 40/0, then at 7/6 and 9/8 in the tie-break, and again at 6/5 in the deciding set tie-break. Bautista Agut missed out on four match point chances on Karlovic’s serve when leading 5-4 (Ad) and 6-5 (15/40) and at 7/6 in the deciding set tie-break. Karlovic, who...