No. 15 Nick Kyrgios, +5 The Australian star put himself within striking range in the Emirates ATP Race To London with a strong performance at the China Open, where he advanced to the final (l. Nadal). Kyrgios earned 300 points to move his total to 2,000 points in the Race, which put him into the No. 15 spot. Since No. 7 Stan Wawrinka and No. 10 Novak Djokovic are both out for the rest of the season due to injury, Kyrgios is only behind five active players as he attempts to qualify for his first Nitto ATP Finals. He is 740 points behind David Goffin, who currently occupies the eighth and final qualifying spot. Pablo Carreno Busta, who is No....
Andrey Rublev is happy with the fight he showed as he discusses his comeback win over Tomas Berdych in the Beijing second round. Watch live tennis at tennistv.com.
Andrey Rublev overcame a set and a break deficit to defeat World No. 20 Tomas Berdych, 1-6, 6-4, 6-1 in one hour and 48 minutes at the China Open in Beijing on Thursday. The #NextGenATP star trailed the Czech 1-6, 1-3 before storming back to win 11 of the next 13 games, severely damaging Berdych’s London dreams of qualifying for the Nitto ATP Finals. After the former World No. 4 saved a break point to hold for 3-1 in the second set, his 19-year-old Russian opponent broke his serve on three consecutive occasions to completely turn the tide of the match, winning 64 per cent of points in the third set. For Rublev, Thursday’s victory was the third Top 20...
Santiago Gonzalez, Nenad Zimonjic, Daniel Nestor and #NextGenATP star Andrey Rublev assist with tennis clinics during the Chengdu Open. Video courtesy Chengdu Open
The evolution of a tennis player typically develops along a pathway where the serve matures quicker than the return of serve. Not so for Andrey Rublev. The talented 19-year-old Russian already has one of the best return games on tour, fueling his meteoric rise up the Emirates ATP Rankings in the past three months to a career-high No. 37 this week. Flash back just 12 weeks to mid-June and Rublev was not even ranked in the Top 100, losing in the second round of a clay-court ATP Challenger Tour event in Caltanissetta, Italy. Fast forward three months to mid-September and he now has his first ATP World Tour 250 title under his belt after coming through qualifying to win at...