Bjorn Fratangelo, the World No. 109 who advanced to the semi-finals at the 2017 Dell Technologies Hall of Fame Open in Newport, Rhode Island, qualified for the inaugural New York Open on Monday with a third-set tie-break victory against #NextGenATP Kazakh Alexander Bublik. The 24-year-old American spoke to ATPWorldTour.com about his favourite things to do off the court, who he admires most and more: What’s your biggest passion outside of sport and why? I would say food. I come from a big Italian family and I actually really enjoy cooking every time I’m back home, which isn’t too often. I always try to work on my cooking skills. Favourite dish? Steak and some sort of side. What was the last...
American Bjorn Fratangelo has begun his past two Grand Slam seasons in Australian Open qualifying, and ended up in the main draw twice — in 2016 as a lucky loser and last season by winning all three matches. The 24-year-old is one match from making the main draw for the third year in a row after beating #NextGenATP Hungarian Zsombor Piros, who won the junior title in Australia last year, 6-3, 6-4, on a rain-logged Friday in Melbourne. “Conditions were different today – it was a lot more humid, which made things a little bit slower,” Fratangelo said. “I didn’t know his game at all, but I knew that he won juniors here last year. He’s definitely a good little player.”...
See how well Rajeev Ram, Bjorn Fratangelo and Denis Kudla perform in this trivia contest about Andy Roddick and Kim Clijster, two of this year's inductees to the Tennis Hall of Fame. Video courtesy: Dell Technologies Hall of Fame Open
American qualifier Bjorn Fratangelo claimed just his second career tour-level clay-court win on Tuesday as he upset fifth-seeded Frenchman Gilles Simon 6-4, 6-1 in the first round of the Gazprom Hungarian Open in Budapest. The 23-year-old Fratangelo sprung the upset in 79 minutes, breaking Simon four times from 11 opportunities and winning 75 per cent of his service points. The right-hander recorded his second tour-level win of the season as he set a second-round clash with Martin Klizan. Frantangelo talks with the ATP World Tour last year about the Wimbledon host family experience Another seed fell as Robin Haase ousted No. 8 Diego Schwartzman 6-1, 6-3. Schwartzman is at a career-high No. 34 in the Emirates ATP Rankings this week...
Kevin Anderson and Bjorn Fratangelo went head-to-head in a series of beach games during the Delray Beach Open. Watch live tennis at tennistv.com. Photo: Delray Beach Open