Jared Donaldson hardly had a regular schooling life. The American, who grew up in Rhode Island in the U.S.A., moved to Argentina when he was 14 to train for two and a half years. But Donaldson, still only 21, has knowledge beyond his years. During this “On The Line” Q&A with ATPWorldTour.com, Donaldson, who next faces 25th seed Feliciano Lopez at the Miami Open presented by Itau, discusses the "light topics" he's been reading lately, including books on leveraged buyouts and the classic Atlas Shrugged. Donaldson also shares what he might like to do years from now after his tennis career finishes. What was the last book you read? For a while I was reading a lot of books on options...
#NextGenATP Canadian Denis Shapovalov was made to work hard on Thursday as he made a winning start on his Miami Open presented by Itau debut. The 18-year-old led Viktor Troicki of Serbia 5-1 in the third set and required six match points to wrap up a 6-3, 6-7(4), 7-6(6) victory in two hours and 27 minutes. He’ll now prepare to meet No. 24 seed Damir Dzumhur of Bosnia & Herzegovina in the second round. Troicki, who reached the fourth round in 2009 and 2011, lost six first-service points in the first two sets, but Shapovalov regained the momentum by winning four games in a row from 1-1 in the decider. The World No. 46 then failed to convert two match...
Portugal’s Joao Sousa, currently No. 80 in the ATP Rankings, scored a confidence-boosting 7-6(4), 7-6(4) victory over American Ryan Harrison in one hour and 47 minutes on Wednesday at the Miami Open presented by Itau. Harrison, this year’s Brisbane International presented by Suncorp finalist (l. to Kyrgios), led 3-0 in the first set and later saved three match points at 4-5 in the second set. Sousa will now face seventh-seeded Belgian David Goffin, who is returning from an eye injury, in the second round. France’s Pierre-Hugues Herbert saved four of five break points to hand an early exit to another local, Taylor Fritz, 7-6(4), 6-4 in one hour and 36 minutes for a second-round meeting against second-seeded Croatian Marin Cilic....
Novak Djokovic's right elbow is pain-free for the first time in years. The Serbian, speaking to reporters on Tuesday, said he's played without pain for the past “two days”. The former World No. 1 has been bothered by discomfort in his right elbow for the past two years. The injury led Djokovic to take off the final four months of the 2017 season, and he underwent surgery on the elbow in February. “The last few days have been the first days in long, long time that I could actually focus on the game rather than have something in my mind always worried whether I'm going to have pain or not, and usually it happened,” Djokovic said on Tuesday during his...
