Watch Portugal's Joao Sousa and British No. 1 Kyle Edmund visit and play tennis at the brand new Nova School of Business and Economics before crossing the street to ride some waves at Carcavelos Beach with Portugal’s No.1 surfer (No.14 in the world), Frederico “Kikas” Morais. Video Courtesy of the Millennium Estoril Open.
With the clay-court season well underway, there are three ATP World Tour 250-level events next week. At the BMW Open by FWU, World No. 3 Alexander Zverev will attempt to retain his title and earn the seventh tour-level trophy of his career. The German leads a strong field, with Spaniard Roberto Bautista Agut, Argentine Diego Schwartzman and South Korean Hyeon Chung striving for success. Like Zverev, World No. 4 Marin Cilic is also trying to defend a title, as the top seed leads the field at the TEB BNP Paribas Istanbul Open. The Millennium Estoril Open also boasts an impressive line-up with World No. 8 Kevin Anderson and Spaniard Pablo Carreno Busta competing as the top two seeds. View Draw:...
Aussie great and former No. 1 Lleyton Hewitt will make another return to the ATP World Tour this month. Hewitt and #NextGenATP Aussie Alex de Minaur, whom Hewitt helps coach, will play doubles at the Millennium Estoril Open, which starts Monday. It's the third time Hewitt has come out of retirement to play doubles since he retired from tennis after the 2016 Australian Open. [ALSO LIKE] He played doubles with John Peers during a Davis Cup World Group tie in March 2016. Hewitt also played doubles at 2016 Wimbledon, with compatriot Jordan Thompson, and at 2018 Australian Open, when he joined countryman Sam Groth during his final tournament. Read More: Aussie Groth Shares His Career Highlights The 19-year-old de Minaur...
The ATP announced on Friday the continued aggregation and centralisation of broadcast rights on the ATP World Tour, with 12 tournaments across the ATP World Tour 250 category being pooled and sold together in partnership with ATP Media, the broadcast arm of the ATP World Tour. Following the success of the centralisation of rights across the Nitto ATP Finals, the nine ATP World Tour Masters 1000s, and the 13 ATP World Tour 500 tournaments, which has seen viewership more than double over the past 10 years, the ATP is pursuing a similar strategy with continued aggregation and centralisation at the 250-level. “Media rights is one of the biggest growth areas in our sport, and we’ve seen tremendous results both commercially...
ATP World Tour Uncovered presented by Peugeot goes off road with Juan Martin del Potro and Pablo Carreno Busta at the Millennium Estoril Open, while David Ferrer and Richard Gasquet get a lesson in the kitchen.