Americans Jack Sock and Jackson Withrow have known each other since their pre-teen years playing junior tennis together in Nebraska. Sock grew up in Lincoln, just 45 minutes from Withrow in Omaha. So while Sock has soared into the Top 10 of the ATP Rankings and had already won eight tour-level doubles titles heading into Sunday's final at the Delray Beach Open, it was only fitting that he partnered his longtime friend Withrow to his maiden triumph, beating fourth seeds Nicholas Monroe and John-Patrick Smith 4-6, 6-4, 10/8. "It's something that I've always planned on doing and pictured doing," Withrow said. "To do it with him, it makes it more special, for sure." Prior to this week, the pair had...
Frances Tiafoe woke up on Saturday having never reached an ATP World Tour semi-final. Yet the #NextGenATP American will go to sleep tonight after advancing to his first final. How about that for a day? After finishing off his victory against reigning Next Gen ATP Finals champion Hyeon Chung on Saturday afternoon at the Delray Beach Open on his eighth match point, the 20-year-old beat 18-year-old Canadian Denis Shapovalov 7-5, 6-4 in 71 minutes in the evening to earn the right to play for his first ATP World Tour trophy on Sunday. "It's been a great last couple of weeks," Tiafoe said. "I'm just trying to keep riding this wave and see where it takes me." Tiafoe has been waiting...
Watch as fans at the Delray Beach Open attempt to pronounce the name of one of Sunday's singles finalists, Peter Gojowczyk. Video credit: Delray Beach Open.
#NextGenATP American Frances Tiafoe had never advanced to an ATP World Tour quarter-final before last week's New York Open (l. to Anderson). But after finishing off reigning Next Gen ATP Finals champion Hyeon Chung 5-7, 6-4, 6-4 at the Delray Beach Open on Saturday, after rain suspended play at 5-3 in the third set on Friday evening, the 20-year-old is into his first semi-final. "The stress level was pretty high today," Tiafoe said. "I'm just going to keep going. I think it's almost better that I play today so I don't have much time to really get a big head or anything... I'm looking forward to it. It's going to be a good one." It took Tiafoe eight match points...
#NextGenATP American Frances Tiafoe has landed a breakthrough victory over childhood idol and No. 2 seed Juan Martin del Potro to reach the Delray Beach Open quarter-finals on Thursday. The 20-year-old needed four match points to eke out a 7-6(6), 4-6, 7-5 win – his first in three FedEx ATP Head2Head meetings with the Argentine. It sets up a showdown with reigning #NextGenATP Finals champion and No. 8 seed Hyeon Chung after the South Korean’s earlier defeat of qualifier Franko Skugor. It means Chung is the only seed to reach the quarter-finals, marking just the second time in the tournament's history that only one seed has reached the last eight (No. 8 seed Sanguinetti in 1998). Del Potro, the 2011...
