Tennis - ATP World Tour — 2017 RSS

ATP World Tour Uncovered presented by Peugeot talks to Nick Kyrgios about his finest wins on court and life on tour.

Two for you, one for me. Thats’s basically the equation that dominates the landscape whenever points start with a first serve at the pinnacle of our sport. On average, the server takes two points while the returner gets one, as the world’s best dominate with power and precision using the ultimate first-strike weapon. An Infosys ATP Beyond The Numbers analysis from 1991 to 2016 of the Top 20 performers in first-serve return points won show that the increased power of the first serve is overcoming the improvement players are clearly making with their return games. The ATP Stats LEADERBOARDS, powered by the Infosys Information Platform, uncovered that points won returning first serves is in a slow and steady decline. Top...

Fourth seed Kei Nishikori reached the BNP Paribas Open quarter-finals for the second year in a row as he defeated Donald Young 6-2, 6-4 on Wednesday in Indian Wells. The Japanese star rallied from a 1-4 deficit in the second set, winning the last five games to claim victory in 77 minutes. It was his fifth win in five FedEx ATP Head2Head meetings with the No. 60-ranked Young, who had reached two semi-finals last month in Memphis and Delray Beach. “He started playing much better in the second set, beginning of the second set. I think he was stepping in a little more. And, for me, I think I backed up a little bit,” Nishikori said. “From [1-4], I think...

Yoshihito Nishioka withstands a barrage from Stan Wawrinka and somehow turns this point around during their fourth-round match at the BNP Paribas Open on Wednesday. Watch live tennis at tennistv.com.

Roger Federer pulls off two impressive backhand hot shots against Rafael Nadal at the BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells. Watch live matches at tennistv.com. Photo: Getty Images