For 29 years, the ATP World Tour has descended on the European nation of Portugal. For nearly three decades, the proud country with a rich tennis culture has eagerly waited for one of its own to lift the trophy in front of the home faithful. On Sunday, Joao Sousa finally ended the drought. The Guimarães native had his moment in the spotlight, becoming the first Portuguese-born player to celebrate an ATP World Tour title on home soil. Sousa downed Frances Tiafoe 6-4, 6-4 in one hour and 19 minutes to take the Millennium Estoril Open title, dismissing the #NextGenATP American behind four breaks of serve on the red clay. He claimed his third tour-level crown and first since 2015, when...
Taro Daniel was on top of the world when he defeated five-time BNP Paribas Open champion Novak Djokovic at Indian Wells this year. But just as quickly as he climbed into the spotlight, losses in four of five matches at all levels sent the Japanese back to reality. That was until the World No. 114 completed the best week of his career on Sunday, capping off his first ATP World Tour triumph with a 7-6(4), 6-4 win against another first-time tour-level finalist, Malek Jaziri, at the TEB BNP Paribas Istanbul Open. "Obviously really happy. I think today was a great match, a lot of long rallies from the beginning until the end," Daniel said. "Very happy. I'm obviously pretty surprised...
BNP Paribas Open champion Juan Martin del Potro discusses the beginning of his European clay-court campaign as he gets set to compete at the Mutua Madrid Open. Watch live tennis at tennistv.com.
