American qualifier Bjorn Fratangelo claimed just his second career tour-level clay-court win on Tuesday as he upset fifth-seeded Frenchman Gilles Simon 6-4, 6-1 in the first round of the Gazprom Hungarian Open in Budapest. The 23-year-old Fratangelo sprung the upset in 79 minutes, breaking Simon four times from 11 opportunities and winning 75 per cent of his service points. The right-hander recorded his second tour-level win of the season as he set a second-round clash with Martin Klizan. Frantangelo talks with the ATP World Tour last year about the Wimbledon host family experience Another seed fell as Robin Haase ousted No. 8 Diego Schwartzman 6-1, 6-3. Schwartzman is at a career-high No. 34 in the Emirates ATP Rankings this week...
ATP World Tour Uncovered presented by Peugeot goes behind the scenes at the Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters, where Rafael Nadal made the draw and Andy Murray dined in a world-renowned restaurant.
Is there any real difference between 30/30 and deuce? On the surface, both scorelines clearly show competitors are even in the point score, and both scorelines sit just two points away from a player clinching the game. But once you dig a little deeper, subtle differences do emerge, with 30/30 occurring more frequently, while deuce adds two extra points of strategy and countermoves to the equation. An Infosys ATP Beyond The Numbers analysis of the current Top 10 in the Emirates ATP Rankings uncovers varying degrees of performance when the players are serving and receiving at 30/30 and deuce. 2017 Top 10 Average Holding Serve Overall, the Top 10 players average holding serve from both scorelines at almost identical percentages....
#NextGenATP wild card Alexander Zverev kept his nerve to fight back from a 1-3 deficit in the deciding set to beat 2013 finalist Nicolas Almagro 7-6(4), 4-6, 6-4 on Tuesday for a place in the Barcelona Open Banc Sabadell third round. Almagro led 40/0 in the final game, but two sloppy backhand drop shots let Zverev back into the 12-point game en route to the German’s 14th match win of the year. Zverev, the leader of the Emirates ATP Race to Milan for a place at the #NextGenATP Finals in Milan, from 7-11 November, will next face #NextGenATP Hyeon Chung or No. 12 seed Philipp Kohlschreiber. Chung knocked out Denis Istomin 6-4, 6-4. Read: Zverev Seeks Nadal Redemption Fourth seed...