The eighth time was the charm for Ryan Harrison on Saturday at the Memphis Open. After going winless in his seven previous ATP World Tour singles semi-finals, he converted on his fifth match point to reach his first final with a 6-4, 6-4 victory over fellow American Donald Young. “It’s surreal right now. I’ve hit some obstacles in my career where I wasn’t sure if I’d be able to do this,” said Harrison in his on-court interview. “Donald played unbelievable on all of those match points and I didn’t do anything wrong, so I told myself not to panic, smile it off and keep doing what I can. I’m just glad I could get the win.” Harrison has yet to...
Donald Young didn’t have a break point chance against John Isner on Friday at the Memphis Open, but still managed to record his first win over the second seed to reach the semi-finals, 7-6(5), 3-6, 7-6(6). “He’s beaten me every time we’ve played, so I wanted to finally get one of these wins. I’m glad I stayed calm and played through some tightness to come out on top,” said Young in his on-court interview. “It always come down to a couple of points here and there with John, but luckily I was able to win those points today.” There were no break points for either Young or Isner in the first or third sets, while Isner recorded the lone break...
What started as a marketing campaign has taken over the Memphis Open: The tournament has gone to the dogs. Sam Querrey and his girlfriend brought their 8-month-old French Bulldog, Lou. Kevin Anderson and his wife carried Lady Kady, their 7-month-old Chiweenie, a Chihuahua Dachshund mix. “Memphis Mo”, the tournament mascot that has had his own Facebook and Twitter accounts to promote the tournament, visited the Memphis Open as well. “The dogs are great. They're fun, and it's such an engaging way that the players can bring a little bit of home on the tour with them,” Tournament Director Erin Mazurek said. “If we can be accommodating and make our tournament feel that much more friendly and that much more engaging...
Fourth seed Steve Johnson showed impressive resilience in reaching the quarter-finals in Memphis, rallying from a set down on Thursday to defeat qualifier and fellow American Tim Smyczek, 3-6, 6-4, 6-2. “I didn’t play my best tennis at the beginning, but I figured it out at the end,” said Johnson. “You can’t always play your A-game and he was doing everything that he needed to do, so I just had to go to Plan B.” Smyczek appeared primed for the upset in the opening set, saving all four break points against him and breaking Johnson twice to grab the early lead. But the fourth seed shifted the momentum down 3-4 in the second set, winning nine of the final 11...
Follow all the latest off-court action on MyATP! Download the app for iPhone or Android or visit MyATP.com. AMN AMRO World Tennis Tournament – Rotterdam, The Netherlands Marin Cilic, Dominic Thiem, Gilles Simon and Jo-Wilfried Tsonga were among the stars to treat fans to autograph signings. Fernando Verdasco took a ride around Rotterdam with Peugeot. Watch Robin Haase was in the hot seat at a Q&A with young fans on kids’ day. Lukasz Kubot, Marcelo Melo, Mate Pavic and Alexander Peya participated in a Pro-Am. Memphis Open – Memphis, Tennessee Robert Lindstedt, Michael Venus, Brian Baker, David O’Hare and Joe Salisbury made a memorable visit to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital headquarters in downtown Memphis. Read “Worries you have or problems you think you have are nothing...
