Watch as Leander Paes and Joe Salisbury save five match points in stunning fashion, diving and sprinting around the the court to prevail at the ATP Challenger Tour event in Dallas.
There are signs that Denis Kudla is getting back to his best. After reaching a career-high No. 53 in the ATP Rankings on 23 May 2016, Kudla saw his ranking slowly drop until falling outside of the Top 200 towards the end of 2017. But, after a strong final run in Knoxville (l. Peliwo) on the ATP Challenger Tour, Kudla ended his season with great cause for optimism. In 2018, Kudla has already built on that strong showing in Tennessee, qualifying for his first Grand Slam main draw since the 2016 US Open, winning four matches and forcing No. 5 seed Dominic Thiem to five-sets in a second-round loss at the Australian Open. This week, he is into the quarter-finals...
In the second ATP Challenger Tour tournament of his comeback, former World No. 4 Kei Nishikori advanced to the final of the RBC Tennis Championships of Dallas after a one-hour and 19-minute victory over Taiwan's Jason Jung on Friday afternoon. Nishikori moved on with a 6-4, 6-4 decision, setting a match against Mackenzie McDonald for the title. The 28-year-old contested his seventh Challenger final and first since 2010. He owns a 5-1 record in championship matches on the circuit, with titles in Bermuda 2008 and Savannah, Sarasota, Binghamton and Knoxville in 2010. Nishikori last played for a trophy at any level at the ATP World Tour 250 event in Buenos Aires - the Argentina Open - a year ago. McDonald,...