David Goffin appeared at the Nitto ATP Finals last season as an alternate. But now, he is ready for his debut in London as a qualifier. Watch live tennis at tennistv.com.
If, as someone once said, Andy Murray resembles “a tennis pro drawn by Dr Seuss”, then David Goffin, as a Belgian with blonde hair, pink cheeks and a lean frame, is always going to attract comparisons with Hergé’s creation: Tintin. So don’t be at all surprised if the 26-year-old’s matches by The Thames are presented in some quarters as The Adventures of David Goffin. And Goffin himself has hardly distanced himself from this in the past, telling one interviewer that if he could be any comic book character, he would be Tintin. Weighing a Tintin-esque 68 kilograms, which is under 11 stone, Goffin is comfortably the lightest qualifier for this year’s Nitto ATP Finals – for comparison, Rafael Nadal and...
Rafael Nadal, Roger Federer, Alexander Zverev, Dominic Thiem, Marin Cilic, Grigor Dimitrov, David Goffin and Jack Sock will compete for the title at the 2017 Nitto ATP Finals, to be held 12-19 November at The O2.
David Goffin has become the first Belgian singles player in the 48-year history of the Nitto ATP Finals to qualify for the prestigious season finale. He will join World No. 1 Rafael Nadal, six-time champion Roger Federer, debutants Alexander Zverev and Grigor Dimitrov, and former qualifiers Dominic Thiem and Marin Cilic in the elite eight-man field at The O2 in London from 12-19 November. Goffin is the seventh player to secure his place as a result of play at the Rolex Paris Masters on Thursday. He served as an alternate at 2016 Nitto ATP Finals, replacing the injured Gael Monfils in one round-robin match (l. to Djokovic). "I would have preferred to have qualified by winning my match and Lucas...
David Goffin becomes the first Belgian singles player in the 48-year history of the Nitto ATP Finals to qualify for the season finale, to be held 12-19 November at The O2.