Your cart

Tennis - ATP World Tour — Evgeny Donskoy RSS

The Five Biggest ATP World Tour Upsets of 2017

Continuing our Season In Review series, ATPWorldTour.com revisits the top 5 ATP World Tour upsets of 2017. (5) Vasek Pospisil d. Andy Murray 6-4, 7-6(5) – BNP Paribas Open Second Round Vasek Pospisil has the game to beat the top players. In January 2014, he reached No. 25 in the Emirates ATP Rankings, and a year later, he was in the quarter-finals of The Championships, Wimbledon (l. to Murray). His serve-and-volley game can flummox the greatest. So even though Pospisil had been beset with injuries and had a triple-digit number (No. 129) next to his name, the Canadian, who had recently started working with former doubles No. 1 Mark Woodforde, surely believed he could shock the BNP Paribas Open and...

Continue reading

Donskoy Boosted By Kaohsiung Title

With one eye already on 2018, Evgeny Donskoy has picked the right time to regain his form. After toppling Roger Federer, then earning an ATP Challenger Tour title in back-to-back weeks earlier in the year, Donskoy made a return to the winners' circle by defeating Marius Copil 7-6(0), 7-5 in the Kaohsiung OEC Open final on Sunday. Despite not dropping his serve against Copil, Donskoy credits his baseline game as the key to victory. "My game from the baseline worked best for me last week," Donskoy said. "I tried to play with good speed. Sometimes it worked and sometimes it didn't. I didn't serve unbelievably, but it was my baseline game that was pretty good for me here; that was...

Continue reading

Coric & Donskoy Visit Historic St. Petersburg Sight

#NextGenATP star Borna Coric and local favourite Evgeny Donskoy marked the launch of the St. Petersburg Open on Monday with a visit to Peter and Paul Fortress, founded by Peter the Great in 1703. The duo took a guided tour of the cathedral and grounds before setting off the cannon to mark midday in the Russian city. “It was very, very nice,” said Coric. “This is my first time here. I heard from many people that it’s actually a very nice city. I’ve been really enjoying it. I think this is one of the best 250’s in the whole year. “I feel quite good. I’ve had a week and a half of preparation. I’m in very good shape and I’ve...

Continue reading