Follow all the latest off-court action on MyATP! Download the app for iPhone or Android or visit MyATP.com. European Open – Antwerp, Belgium David Goffin, David Ferrer, Richard Gasquet, Pablo Cuevas and Steve Darcis walked to Astridplein for a photo op in the beautiful square. Goffin's smoothie skills were put to the test during a media event to announce him as a new ambassador for Maui Jim. Read More Diego Schwartzman joined Goffin and Ferrer in kids’ day activities, including matches on a mini court and autograph signings. Simon, NextGen's Kyle Edmund and Florian Mayer met fans on site for selfies and autographs. Gasquet and Goffin attended a meet-and-greet at the Emirates suite. NextGen’s Taylor Fritz was the lucky star to help out with the draw ceremony...
No. 2 seed Albert Ramos-Vinolas survived 10 aces from home favourite Evgeny Donskoy to win 6-4, 6-7(4), 6-4 in the second round of the VTB Kremlin Cup on Wednesday. Donskoy saved two match points to force a second-set tie-break, which he won to extend the match, but the Russian succumbed after a three-hour battle. Ramos-Vinolas will face Fabio Fognini in the quarter-finals. The Italian broke serve five times in downing countryman Paolo Lorenzi 7-5, 4-6, 6-1 in two hours and 13 minutes. Fognini holds a commanding 7-0 lead in his FedEx ATP Hea2Head rivalry with Ramos-Vinolas and has never dropped a set against the left-hander on hard court. #NextGen star Karen Khachanov put up a good show for his home...
Italian Paolo Lorenzi swept his countryman and lucky loser Federico Gaio 6-4, 6-4 on Tuesday to move into the second round at the VTB Kremlin Cup in Moscow. The seventh-seeded Lorenzi will next face another Italian in Fabio Fognini, who improved to 2-0 in his FedEx ATP Head2Head series against Ricardas Berankis by winning 6-1, 6-2 in 58 minutes. Fognini leads his FedEx ATP Head2Head series against Lorenzi 2-1, but Lorenzi won the last time they played, on clay at the Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters earlier this season. Sixth seed Pablo Carreno Busta prevailed against Austrian qualifier Jurgen Melzer 3-6, 6-3, 7-6(2) after two hours and 16 minutes. The Spaniard won 70 per cent of his first-serve points. [ALSO LIKE] In...
Thomaz Bellucci, the 2012 finalist, knocked out wild card Cem Ilkel 7-5, 6-1 in 86 minutes at the VTB Kremlin Cup on Monday and will next face eighth seed Andrey Kuznetsov or Guido Pella in the second round in Moscow. Czech Lukas Rosol defeated Austrian Gerald Melzer 7-5, 6-2 to move into the second round. Rosol will next face Stephane Robert or Marcel Granollers. The Spaniard started his doubles campaign on the right note. Playing with Pablo Carreno Busta, the top seeds hung on to beat Indians Purav Raja and Divij Sharan 6-4, 4-6, 10-4. [ALSO LIKE] Roberto Bautista Agut, runner-up in Moscow for the past two years, leads the ATP World Tour 250 tournament, having just lost to Andy...
