Steve Johnson, Taylor Fritz, and Bradley Klahn joined other tennis players and personalities this month at the 2017 Los Angeles Tennis Bash at The Jack Kramer Club to raise money for, "local multi-sport tennis and learning programs for deserving youth".
For Bradley Klahn, his comeback to tennis after years of injury has often felt like three steps forward and two-and-a-half steps back – at least until now. Klahn, a 27-year-old American who in 2014 reached a career-high of No. 63 in the Emirates ATP Rankings, is once again making inroads following a career-threatening back injury that derailed much of the progress he had made years ago. Recent weeks have seen the former Stanford University standout reach back-to-back finals at ATP Challenger Tour events in Monterrey and Fairfield, the latter of which continued amidst the devastating wildfires in the California countryside. “It’s really tragic what’s happened with the fires. It kind of puts tennis in perspective a lot, just knowing people...
In one of the last Challengers of the year, Bradley Klahn is turning heads in his first tournament back after nearly two years away. The 26-year-old American returned to men’s professional tennis this week at the $50,000 Challenger in Champaign, Illinois. Klahn had been sidelined for 21 months after undergoing back surgery, but fans wouldn’t be able to tell based on his level of play. After receiving a wild card into qualifying, he advanced into the main draw and defeated Tennys Sandgren on Wednesday for a place in the quarter-finals. “There were definitely times that I didn’t think I’d be able to compete again,” admitted Klahn. “It’s definitely exciting and refreshing just to be out here playing a tournament and...
