Follow all the latest off-court action on MyATP! Download the app for iPhone or Android or visit MyATP.com. Fayez Sarofim & Co. US Men’s Clay Court Championship – Houston, U.S.A. #NextGenATP Americans Reilly Opelka, Frances Tiafoe, Jared Donaldson and Ernesto Escobedo helped kick off the 2017 Fayez Sarofim & Co. US Men’s Clay Court Championship by inspiring the next wave of tennis stars during Kids’ Day in Houston. “All the kids were having a blast, for sure,” said Opelka. “You can tell that some of them will end up playing a long time. It was pretty fun... I love playing tennis all the time, it doesn’t matter with who, and little kids are always a lot of fun since they’re...
Fifth seed Fernando Verdasco remained perfect on clay against Kevin Anderson on Wednesday, edging the South African 7-6(4), 7-6(4) to move into the second round of the Fayez Sarofim & Co. US Men’s Clay Court Championship in Houston. After taking the first set tie-break, the Spaniard was broken to start the second set but broke right back to even the set at 1-1. Verdasco would win the final two points of the second set tie-break to finish the one-hour and 57-minute contest. The 33-year-old left-hander now leads their FedEx ATP Head2Head rivalry 3-2, having won their previous match-ups on clay in 2011 (Estoril) and 2012 (Barcelona). Anderson, though, had won their past two contests, at the 2013 Australian Open and...
Ahead of his first match as the top seed at the Fayez Sarofim & Co. U.S. Men’s Clay Court Championship, the 2015 Houston champion reveals his first memorable moment on the ATP World Tour and the first time he flew business class. First moment I realised I loved tennis Pretty much as soon as I started playing at eight years old. My parents said I was obsessed with it right from the beginning. First tournament I played I was nine years old. I grew up in Lincoln (Nebraska), but was playing in Kansas City at a place called The Plaza. I was pretty horrible [smiles], but thought I’d try it just to see how I could do. First coach and...
It’s not unfamiliar to see players take a few years to find their footing on the ATP World Tour, but Nicholas Monroe recently achieved a career milestone at age 34. The American, who celebrates his 35th birthday this week at the Fayez Sarofim & Co. U.S. Men’s Clay Court Championship, reached his first ATP World Tour Masters 1000 final this year in Miami. Paired with Jack Sock, they defeated several top teams en route to the championship match, including top seeds Henri Kontinen and John Peers, and Bob Bryan and Mike Bryan. “Jack is probably the best doubles player in the world right now, in my opinion, so that was always going to be a lot of fun. We gel...
Tuesday play at the Fayez Sarofim & Co. U.S. Men’s Clay Court Championship in Houston was a washout, with all 13 first-round singles and doubles matches canceled before taking the court.
All remaining first-round singles matches will be completed on Wednesday. Among those on the schedule are fifth seed Fernando Verdasco taking on Kevin Anderson and sixth seed Feliciano Lopez squaring off against Bjorn Fratangelo. #NextGenATP players Hyeon Chung, Ernesto Escobedo and Jared Donaldson will also be in action.