Serve and volley is relevant again, and Mischa Zverev is a big reason why. Zverev shocked the tennis world at the Australian Open in January by defeating World No. 1 Andy Murray 7-5, 5-7, 6-2, 6-4 in the Round of 16. The German served and volleyed 119 times against the Scot to single-handedly resurrect one of our sport’s most maligned strategies. The 29-year-old Zverev achieved a career-high Emirates ATP Ranking of No. 30 at the end of February, capping off one of the most inspiring comebacks from injury our sport has seen. An Infosys ATP Beyond The Numbers analysis of Zverev’s resurgence points back to the 2016 Asian Swing as the period when his game caught fire. Zverev had won...
One year after the launch of the #NextGenATP campaign, six #NextGenATP players took to the stage at Indian Wells to talk about their early years on tour and an exciting new event. Americans Taylor Fritz, Stefan Kozlov, Reilly Opelka; Russians Karen Khachanov, Daniil Medvedev; and Croatian Borna Coric all participated in a question-and-answer session with fans at the Indian Wells Tennis Garden ahead of the BNP Paribas Open. The players discussed how they feel to be included in the ATP World Tour's Next Generation, and they gave their thoughts on the inaugural #NextGenATP Finals. The tournament, to take place 7-11 November in Milan, will feature the world's top eight 21-and-under singles players. #NextGenATP star Alexander Zverev is currently leading the...
Welcome back, Roger Federer. Now get ready to possibly face Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic if you want to reach the semi-finals during your return to the BNP Paribas Open, the season's first ATP World Tour Masters 1000 tournament, which gets underway on Thursday. It's the first time ever that Federer, Nadal and Djokovic have been drawn in the same quarter. At the 2016 Internazionali BNL D'Italia in Rome, they were in the same half of the draw for the first time. The trio has won 12 of the past 13 Indian Wells titles. But this year, only one has the chance to make it to the semi-finals. Federer, the ninth seed, opens with a bye and could meet 24th...
Before 2015, he was the only person who had beaten Rafael Nadal at Roland Garros. Sweden's Robin Soderling would achieve other notable results during his 10-year ATP World Tour career, including winning the 2010 Paris Masters and nine other ATP World Tour titles, before complications from mononucleosis forced him to retire in December 2015. The ATP World Tour caught up with Soderling last week and talked with the former World No. 4 about his business, RS Tennis, and what advice he'd give players about life after tennis. Q: How difficult was the decision to officially retire? RS: For me, it was extremely difficult, since I was pretty young when I had to retire. I always wanted to play well over...