Andy Murray played only about half a season in 2017, but when he was on the court, he was at his devastating best returning serve – especially against first serves. Murray finished 2017 ranked No. 16 in the Emirates ATP Rankings with a 25-10 record. He has not played since Wimbledon because of a hip injury. [ALSO LIKE] But an Infosys ATP Beyond The Numbers analysis of Murray’s limited season identifies that he was actually the tour leader in first serve return points won, at 34.7 per cent. It's only the second time that the Scot has finished first on Tour in this specific category (along with 2011). Andy Murray 2017-2006 First Serve Return Points Won / Category Ranking Year...
The 2016 battle for No. 1 finished in a sprint, with Andy Murray winning 24 consecutive matches and five consecutive titles to edge Novak Djokovic. The 2017 season also featured a two-man race, as Rafael Nadal beat out Roger Federer to finish atop the Emirates ATP Rankings for the fourth time, and, at 31, become the oldest year-end No. 1. But the 2018 battle for the top spot hardly looks as if it will be a mano-a-mano contest. Rather, next year's fight for No. 1 in the Emirates ATP Rankings looks as wide open as any in recent memory. The seven men who could finish on top: 1) No. 1 Rafael Nadal Nadal could very well back his 2017 and...
Continuing our Season In Review Series, ATPWorldTour.com revisits the biggest ATP World Tour comebacks of 2017: 5-tie. Novak Djokovic d. Fernando Verdasco 4-6, 7-6(7), 6-3 - Doha SF Borna Coric d. Philipp Kohlschreiber 5-7, 7-6(3), 7-5 - Marrakech F Five for five at No. 5. A pair of five-match point saving thrillers kick off our list, with both Novak Djokovic and Borna Coric rallying from a set and a break down to dramatically escape from the jaws of defeat. For Djokovic, the drama played out in Doha at the season-opening Qatar ExxonMobil Open, where he dodged five match points against Fernando Verdasco in a second-set tie-break. The Serbian, who was No. 2 in the Emirates...
In this installation of ATPWorldTour.com's Best of 2017 series, Mischa Zverev chats to World No. 1 Andy Murray about fatherhood and having brothers on tour while hosting ATP World Tour Uncovered presented by Peugeot.
Alex Bublik takes on the role of #NextGenATP reporter as he puts Andy Murray, Roger Federer, Jo-Wilfried Tsonga and more on the spot with his tricky questions.
