The winners of the 2017 ATP World Tour Awards presented by Moët & Chandon were revealed Thursday night as the year’s best eight singles players and doubles teams gathered at the Tower of London for the 2017 Nitto ATP Finals Official Launch, presented by Moët & Chandon. Rafael Nadal was recognised for his achievement of clinching the year-end No. 1 Emirates ATP Ranking for the fourth time in his career, while the No. 1 doubles battle between Lukasz Kubot/Marcelo Melo and Henri Kontinen/John Peers will come down to the upcoming season finale, to start Sunday at The O2. Nadal will be presented the No. 1 trophy on court at the conclusion of the opening session. Visit the official ATP World...
Learn more about the 18-year-old Canadian, Denis Shapovalov, who is the third seed at the Inaugural Next Gen ATP Finals in Milan. Watch the Next Gen ATP Finals LIVE on Amazon Prime Video: www.primevideo.com/ATP.
#NextGenATP star Denis Shapovalov has been selected by peers as the Most Improved Player of the Year in the 2017 ATP World Tour Awards presented by Moët & Chandon. The 18-year-old claims the player-voted award over fellow nominees Alexander Zverev, Pablo Carreno Busta and Andrey Rublev. Shapovalov started 2017 at No. 250 in the Emirates ATP Rankings before he went on to crack the Top 100 on 14 August and the Top 50 on 23 October. Visit ATP World Tour Awards Section The Canadian has also been named the 2017 ATP Star of Tomorrow presented by Emirates, as the youngest player in the Top 100 of the Emirates ATP Rankings as of 6 November. Shapovalov, who is competing this week...
The Next Gen ATP Finals has been branded as “The Future of Tennis”. But Denis Shapovalov was all old-school on Wednesday night in Milan. The 18-year-old Canadian dominated Italian wild card Gianluigi Quinzi at the Fiera Milano, blasting 41 winners to pick up his first victory at the inaugural tournament, 4-1, 4-1, 3-4(5), 4-3(5) in 89 minutes. Shapovalov is now 1-1 in Milan and will have a chance to reach the semi-finals on Thursday when he faces top seed Andrey Rublev. The winner will advance to the last four. “It was extremely tough. Gianluigi started playing unbelievable in the third set,” Shapovalov said. “It was tough to stay in it mentally so I'm really proud of myself.” Learn More About...