Gael Monfils show most facets – if not all – of his likable personality in #lamonfstory, a new web series that documents Monfils' rehab and recovery from a right-knee injury in 2017. The Frenchman is serious, discussing how he has drawn inspiration from Roger Federer's own comeback from his knee injury. Monfils is playful, sprinting around the court and shouting after a point in practice. He is also focused, practising intensely with Grigor Dimitrov in South Florida. “I feel it. I feel it's back,” Monfils tells his coach Mikael Tillstrom while practising with Dimitrov. Watch #lamonfstory Now Episode One After his best year in 2016, when Monfils reached a career-high of No. 6 and qualified for the Nitto ATP Finals...
Roger Federer earned US$3.2 million for his victory at the Australian Open on Sunday. Swiss fans also ended up with a little extra cash in their pockets. To celebrate Federer's 20th Grand Slam title, the country's only tabloid newspaper, Blick, slashed its price on Monday from 2.50 Swiss Francs to just 20 rappen. The cover had Federer’s face mocked up on a coin. So when Federer arrived back home in Switzerland on Tuesday, fans had extra reason to smile as they greeted him with great fanfare at Airport Kloten in Zurich. Holding the Norman Brookes Challenge Cup under his arm, the Swiss signed autographs for fans and posed for photographs on Tuesday as he made his way through the concourse....
Watch as Leander Paes and Joe Salisbury save five match points in stunning fashion, diving and sprinting around the the court to prevail at the ATP Challenger Tour event in Dallas.
The golden age of the returner has spawned another great returner. Hyeon Chung is the Mover of the Week in the Top 100 of the ATP Rankings, charging up 29 spots to No. 29 on the back of his semi-final run at the Australian Open. The 21-year-old from South Korea follows a recent trend in our sport where the elite-level players are more proficient returning than serving. For example, when you examine year-end No. 1 players from 1991 to 2017, the best return performance was from 2011 to 2016. Novak Djokovic, Andy Murray and Rafael Nadal have taken the returning side of our game to a whole new level. [ALSO LIKE] By comparison, the five best years for elite serve...
There are signs that Denis Kudla is getting back to his best. After reaching a career-high No. 53 in the ATP Rankings on 23 May 2016, Kudla saw his ranking slowly drop until falling outside of the Top 200 towards the end of 2017. But, after a strong final run in Knoxville (l. Peliwo) on the ATP Challenger Tour, Kudla ended his season with great cause for optimism. In 2018, Kudla has already built on that strong showing in Tennessee, qualifying for his first Grand Slam main draw since the 2016 US Open, winning four matches and forcing No. 5 seed Dominic Thiem to five-sets in a second-round loss at the Australian Open. This week, he is into the quarter-finals...