Horacio Zeballos has been enjoying a rich run of form on the ATP World Tour. The 32-year-old Argentine reached the semi-finals last week at the Barcelona Open Banc Sabadell and is now in the quarter-finals of the BMW Open by FWU. In doubles, he and Julio Peralta prevailed last month in Houston (d. Brown/Tiafoe) and finished runner-up in February in Quito (l. Cerretani/Oswald). Zeballos has even been making a splash on social media, posing for selfies Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic after losing to them in competitive matches in Barcelona and Doha, respectively. He shares some of his tennis memories in this Biofile with Scoop Malinowski. First Tennis Memory: I remember my father's club. He has a tennis club. I...
Marcos Giron has grasped his wild card opportunity at the $75,000 ATP Challenger Tour event in Savannah by booking a quarter-final place to continue his rebuilding process. The 23 year old had double hip surgery at the beginning of 2016 and was forced to endure 10 months on the sidelines. However, in Savannah, Giron has rediscovered his groove. He knocked out top seed Darian King in commanding style 6-4, 6-0, before ousting last week’s champion in Tallahassee Blaz Rola 7-5, 1-6, 6-3. “It feels good. Overall I’ve been feeling good about my game and I’ve had chances to go far in Dallas and San Francisco,” said Giron. “I feel like a lot of these guys I competed against through juniors...
Follow all the latest off-court action on MyATP! Download the app for iPhone or Android or visit MyATP.com. TEB BNP Paribas Istanbul Open – Istanbul, Turkey Marin Cilic, Milos Raonic, Bernard Tomic, Diego Schwartzman, Karen Khachanov, Guillermo Duran and Rogerio Dutra Silva were among those to attend the players’ party. The soiree took place in the Pullman hotel and Tournament Director Paul McNamee welcomed Raonic, Cilic, defending champion Schwartzman and Tomic on stage. Canadian Raonic was a hit at the kids’ clinic. Steve Darcis met his youngest fans for an autograph session. BMW Open by FWU – Munich, Germany Gael Monfils, Fabio Fognini, Roberto Bautista Agut, Alexander Zverev and Boris Becker were among those in attendance at the players’ night. Philipp Kohlschreiber, who was on hand for...