College tennis star Christopher Eubanks is enjoying his best summer ever with a dream week in his hometown at the BB&T Atlanta Open. The rising senior at Georgia Tech reached his first ATP World Tour quarter-final on Thursday night by defeating eighth seed and #NextGenATP American Jared Donaldson 6-4, 4-6, 6-2. Eubanks rushed to a 3-0 lead in the deciding set and took the match after a pair of double faults from Donaldson wrapped up the contest. He then took a lap around the court and high-fived the fans to celebrate his victory. Eubanks, currently No. 461 in the Emirates ATP Rankings, is competing in just his fifth pro event of 2017 due to a hectic college tennis schedule. He...
Fifth seed Kyle Edmund moved into this third ATP World Tour quarter-final of the season on Thursday at the BB&T Atlanta Open, rallying from a set down to defeat the red-hot Peter Gojowczyk 2-6, 6-4, 7-5. "I was really pleased to get through that," said Edmund. "He was hitting really cleanly in the first set and I wasn't able to get into many points. I've been in Atlanta quite awhile to get used to the conditions, so it's nice to get wins under your belt and get some momentum for the rest of this hard-court swing." Gojowczyk, a semi-finalist last week in Newport, led by a break at 3-2 in the deciding set, but Edmund fought back to prevail after...
Fabio Fognini will face another mercurial talent Ernests Gulbis on Friday in the J. Safra Sarasin Swiss Open Gstaad quarter-finals. Gulbis, who continues his return to consistent form, leads their FedEx ATP Head2Head 4-1, but the pair has not met since October 2014. Fognini, competing in Gstaad for the first time since losing in the first round of qualifying 10 years ago, saved 11 of 15 break points to beat Norbert Gombos 1-6, 6-4, 6-4 for a place in his fourth ATP World Tour quarter-final (or better) of the year. World No. 310 Gulbis advanced to his first ATP World Tour quarter-final since October 2015 at the Erste Bank Open (l. to Johnson in SFs), with a 7-6(10), 3-6, 6-4...
Karen Khachanov, who continues to grow in maturity and confidence as the leading Russian in the Top 100 of the Emirates ATP Rankings, kept his nerve to overcome Aljaz Bedene 7-6(4), 5-7, 6-4 in two hours and 27 minutes. The World No. 32, who is positioned ahead of compatriots and Next Gen ATP Finals contenders Daniil Medvedev (No. 48) and Andrey Rublev (No. 49), is through to his fifth ATP World Tour quarter-final (or better) this year, highlighted by a semi-final run to the Gerry Weber Open (l. to Federer). The third seed goes on to face Federico Delbonis, who earned a comeback win earlier in the day. Buy Tickets For The Next Gen ATP Finals Qualifier Delbonis, who has...
Second seed and three-time BB&T Atlanta Open champion John Isner always finds a way to bring his best tennis to Georgia, and his Wednesday night match against Vasek Pospisil was no exception. The American won 40 of his 44 service points to record a convincing 6-3, 6-4 victory and book a spot in the quarter-finals. "I love coming back here," said Isner. "I'm very comfortable here and enjoy playing this event, so I'm very fortunate this tournament keeps coming back every year." Isner prevailed in Atlanta in 2013-2015 and finished runner-up in 2010, 2011 and 2016. He improves to 24-4 at this event with the win over Pospisil. Next up for Isner is Lukas Lacko, who scored the upset of...
