What would have been an uncommon sight just a few years ago has become somewhat the norm: children of professional players are regularly part of the "action" in the players' tournament lounges. As the average length of player’s career is stretched, the rate of players combining their professional careers with parenthood rises with it. The list of examples is headed by World No. 2 Roger Federer, father of twin girls Myla and Charlene (born 23 July 2009) and twin boys Leo and Lenny (born 6 May 2014). Another Top 10 player, John Isner, is expecting his first child with wife Madison. For a few years now, Novak Djokovic has proven he can be both a doting father and a force...
Pablo Cuevas and Horacio Zeballos nullified the serving threat of Gilles Muller and Sam Querrey for a 6-4, 6-4 win in 73 minutes on Thursday at the BNP Paribas Open. The Uruguayan-Argentinean duo will next face two-time former champions and seventh seeds Bob and Mike Bryan in the semi-finals. Cuevas has won two Masters 1000 doubles titles at the 2015 Internazionali BNL d’Italia (w/Marrero) and last year’s Rolex Monte-Carlo Masters (w/Bopanna). Elsewhere, Oliver Marach and Mate Pavic moved one step away from reaching their first ATP World Tour Masters 1000 final. The in-form third seeds saved all six break points they faced to knock out Spaniards Feliciano Lopez and Marc Lopez 6-4, 6-4 in 74 minutes. The Austrian-Croatian team broke...
Pablo Cuevas and Horacio Zeballos clinched a thrilling Match Tie-break second-round victory over fifth seeds and 2016 champions Pierre-Hugues Herbert and Nicolas Mahut on Tuesday at the BNP Paribas Open. Cuevas and Zeballos saved one match point at 9/10 in the tense tie-break for a 7-6(5), 3-6, 13/11 win in one hour and 38 minutes. The duo will now prepare for a quarter-final against big servers Gilles Muller and Sam Querrey. Two-time former champions Bob Bryan and Mike Bryan continued their bid for a third BNP Paribas Open crown by beating Spaniards Pablo Carreno Busta and David Marrero 6-2, 6-3 in 57 minutes. The American twins, now 39-16 lifetime in Indian Wells where they picked up titles in 2013 (d....
After a second-round loss to Novak Djokovic at the Qatar ExxonMobil Open in 2017, Horacio Zeballos, who won his opener at the BNP Paribas Open on Thursday, approached Djokovic and asked if he could take a selfie with his opponent to remember their encounter. Eehhh sorryy. Creo que tengo la mejor selfie del dia jejeje. Que groso Nole.un genio!! Y yo figuretiiii.. Me encanto!! pic.twitter.com/lMXDqKdcyl — horacio zeballos (@HoracioZeballos) January 4, 2017 A few months later, Zeballos made the same request of Rafael Nadal after falling to the Spaniard in the semi-finals of the Barcelona Open Banc Sabadell. Nadal obliged and posed for a photo with the Argentine before both headed to the changing rooms. Zeballos wasn't about to pass on...
Watch Horacio Zeballos show off his athleticism against Gael Monfils in the first round of the Rio Open presented by Claro in this hot shot. Watch live tennis at tennistv.com.
