Jack Sock could have written anything. The American had just beaten then-World No. 3 Alexander Zverev at the Nitto ATP Finals in November 2017. It was his third Top 5 win, and the upset had secured Sock's semi-final berth at the season-ending championships in London. Before his on-court interview, Sock, as has become custom these days, scribbled on the plexiglass, where players frequently write messages to fans in their home nation or draw various objects, such as hearts or smiley faces. The first thing Sock wrote: “Coach Wolf!”. When Sock was 10, he started working with Mike Wolf, who played collegiate tennis in the U.S. and was running – and still runs – a tennis club in Kansas City, Kansas....
Alexander Zverev knows the danger that lurks at the BNP Paribas Open, but he's happy with his current form and even happier to be back at Indian Wells. Watch live and on-demand matches at www.TennisTV.com.
For top-ranked #NextGenATP player Alexander Zverev, his progression of firsts will always be duly noted. His first ATP World Tour title, first victory over a Top 10 opponent. It makes reflecting upon the progression that much more intriguing when the talent in question goes on to post their first Masters 1000 title, first Grand Slam trophy or first stint at World No. 1. A two-time Masters 1000 champion at the age 20 (in Rome and Montreal) sees anticipation naturally shift to whether the BNP Paribas Open’s fourth seed can go on to land a major or climb to the pinnacle of the ATP Rankings. There is no hiding from it. “Everybody keeps talking about the Grand Slams but I’ve won...
Juan Martin del Potro has extended his dominant unbeaten record against Dominic Thiem with a quarter-final victory over the No. 3 seed in the Abierto Mexicano Telcel presentado por HSBC in Acapulco on Thursday night. In the fourth FedEx ATP Head2Head clash between the two Top 10 opponents, del Potro brought down the 2016 champion 6-2, 7-6(7). In their most recent encounter leading in, del Potro had claimed an epic five-set upset of the Austrian in the fourth round of last season’s US Open, where he saved a pair of match points in the process. While it was the Argentine who played Comeback King in that clash, on Thursday, it appeared as though Thiem was about to return the favour....