#NextGenATP star Alexander Zverev overcame a two-sets-to-one deficit on Tuesday against Robin Haase to gain his first career win at the Australian Open 6-2, 3-6, 5-7, 6-3, 6-2. Zverev fell behind a break in the fourth set and shattered his racquet in frustration. But the 19-year-old German won 12 of the final 15 games to improve his five-set record to 3-2 with the two-hour and 54-minute victory. The right-hander had lost in the first round in Melbourne last year, his only prior appearance at Melbourne Park. Zverev, the 24th seed, will next meet fellow #NextGenATP player Frances Tiafoe, who earned his first Grand Slam win by beating Mikhail Kukushkin of Kazakhstan 6-1, 6-7(3), 6-3, 6-2. The 18-year-old American had been...
#NextGenATP star Alexander Zverev overcame a two-sets-to-one deficit on Tuesday against Robin Haase to gain his first career win at the Australian Open 6-2, 3-6, 5-7, 6-3, 6-2. Zverev fell behind a break in the fourth set and shattered his racquet in frustration. But the 19-year-old German won 12 of the final 15 games to improve his five-set record to 3-2 with the two-hour and 54-minute victory. The right-hander had lost in the first round in Melbourne last year, his only prior appearance at Melbourne Park. Zverev, the 24th seed, will next meet fellow #NextGenATP player Frances Tiafoe, who earned his first Grand Slam win by beating Mikhail Kukushkin of Kazakhstan 6-1, 6-7(3), 6-3, 6-2. The 18-year-old American had been...
Go behind the scenes with John Isner, Sascha Zverev, Mischa Zverev, Denis Kudla and other ATP World Tour players as they push themselves during off-season training in Florida.
Next November, the ATP World Tour’s brightest young stars will take the stage in Milan for the Next Gen ATP Finals. Billed as the ‘Next Generation’ during the campaign launch this past March in Indian Wells, this group of players unleashed their potential in 2016. In total, 22 players aged 21 and under finished in the Top 200 of the Emirates ATP Rankings, including eight inside the Top 100. Continuing our season in review series, we look back on the 2016 campaigns of the top NextGen players. [ALSO LIKE] No. 13 Nick Kyrgios (21 years, 7 months) The Australian clinched a trio of titles in 2016 to place fifth among tour leaders behind Andy Murray (9), Novak Djokovic (7), Dominic...
Who will prevail as NextGen stars and fans go head-to-head in a Pokemon Go battle in Cincinnati Starring Nick Kyrgios, Sascha Zverev, Taylor Fritz, Borna Coric and Kyle Edmund.