Bob Bryan will take on a new role during this year's Roland Garros: coach. The left-handed half of one of the all-time greatest doubles teams will miss the season's second Grand Slam, marking the first time since the 1999 Australian Open that a Grand Slam doubles draw won't feature the American twins. Their streak of 76 consecutive Grand Slams will be snapped, but not by choice. Bob is still recovering from the right hip injury he suffered during the Mutua Madrid Open doubles final on 13 May. The Bryans retired down 3-5. “We've played Slams before where we've been a little hurt and sick, and we've always been able to tough it out. This one I couldn't get on my...
Two down, one more to go. Rafael Nadal may have stumbled in his bid to sweep all four “Big Titles” on clay, a feat he accomplished in 2010 when he won the Rolex Monte-Carlo Masters, the Mutua Madrid Open, the Internazionali BNL d'Italia and Roland Garros. Nadal fell to Dominic Thiem in the Madrid quarter-finals earlier this month. But the 31-year-old Spaniard has still added two more Big Titles – a combination of Grand Slam, ATP World Tour Masters 1000 and Nitto ATP Finals crowns – to his haul as the European clay-court season enters its final three weeks. Winning Two Out Of Three Masters 1000 Titles On Clay Player Year(s) Rafael Nadal 2005-09, 2012-13, 2017-18 Novak Djokovic 2011, 2015...
Mate Pavic was going through final match preparations with his Austrian partner Oliver Marach on Friday, stretching his muscles, with one eye on a nearby television screen, when he learned — below ground level at the Internazionali BNL d’Italia, prior to competing on the picturesque Pietrangeli court — that he had achieved one of his long-time goals. In officially becoming the 52nd player since March 1976 to rise to No. 1 in the ATP Doubles Rankings today, replacing Poland’s Lukasz Kubot in the top spot of tennis’ team discipline, the 24-year-old Croatian has become the youngest player for 22 years to fulfill a dream that every child, who picks up a racquet, nurtures. “It means a lot for sure,” Pavic...
Feliciano Lopez introduces the latest ATP Rankings and ATP Doubles Race To London, as of 14 May 2018, following the conclusion of the Mutua Madrid Open.
Watch a tribute to Italian Fabio Fognini, who on Monday claimed his 300th tour-level victory by defeating Frenchman Gael Monfils at the Internazionali BNL d'Italia. Watch live tennis at tennistv.com.
