Third seed Grigor Dimitrov warms up on a practice court ahead of his second-round match against Maximilian Marterer at the Miami Open presented by Itau. Watch live tennis at tennistv.com.
Denis Shapovalov discusses his first-round win against Viktor Troicki at the Miami Open presented by Itau in which he saved match point in a third-set tie-break. Watch live tennis at tennistv.com.
Hear from Indian Wells champion Juan Martin del Potro, who says that he is even more motivated than he already was after claiming his maiden ATP World Tour Masters 1000 title in the Coachella Valley. Watch live tennis at tennistv.com.
Directing first serves out wide in the Ad court will bring significantly more shorter returns than hitting them wide in the Deuce court. The primary reason is that right-handed returners must hit a backhand return in the Ad court, and we now know that depth is a real issue with this specific shot from out wide. An Infosys ATP Beyond The Numbers analysis of more than 17,000 wide returns against first serves in both the Deuce and Ad courts hit by current players in the Top 20 of the ATP Rankings uncovers this hidden strategic anomaly. The data set of 17,705 wide first serve returns comes from ATP World Tour Masters 1000 events and Nitto ATP Finals from 2011-2018. Return...
American Sam Querrey visits with the volunteers and ball kids at the Miami Open presented by Itau, and discusses how they are so helpful to the players.