#NextGenATP German Alexander Zverev will go for his first title on home soil after beating second seed Roberto Bautista Agut 7-5, 7-5 on Saturday in the semi-finals of the BMW Open by FWU in Munich. Zverev will be playing in his fifth career ATP World Tour final and his second of the season. The 6'6” right-hander will try to claim the third title of his young career, after winning his maiden crown last September at the St. Petersburg Open (d. Wawrinka) and claiming the Montpellier title earlier this year in February (d. Gasquet). “Obviously Roberto is a very tough opponent on any surface, but especially on clay. So I'm very happy to get through that one and I'm very happy...
Third seed and #NextGenATP German Alexander Zverev was made to work hard on Friday at the BMW Open by FWU, advancing to the Munich semi-finals after taking a marathon 3-6, 7-6(3), 7-6(5) battle over seventh seed and fellow German Jan-Lennard Struff. Zverev matches last year's semi-final finish in Munich with the win. He captured his second ATP World Tour singles crown this February in Montpellier and also took the doubles title with brother Mischa Zverev. The #NextGenATP German also improves his FedEx ATP Head2Head with Struff to 2-0. Stuff broke the third seed in his opening service game and held that lead to grab the first set. Both players held serve throughout the second set, but Zverev dominated the tie-break...
Follow all the latest off-court action on MyATP! Download the app for iPhone or Android or visit MyATP.com. TEB BNP Paribas Istanbul Open – Istanbul, Turkey Marin Cilic, Milos Raonic, Bernard Tomic, Diego Schwartzman, Karen Khachanov, Guillermo Duran and Rogerio Dutra Silva were among those to attend the players’ party. The soiree took place in the Pullman hotel and Tournament Director Paul McNamee welcomed Raonic, Cilic, defending champion Schwartzman and Tomic on stage. Canadian Raonic was a hit at the kids’ clinic. Steve Darcis met his youngest fans for an autograph session. BMW Open by FWU – Munich, Germany Gael Monfils, Fabio Fognini, Roberto Bautista Agut, Alexander Zverev and Boris Becker were among those in attendance at the players’ night. Philipp Kohlschreiber, who was on hand for...
#NextGenATP Korean Hyeon Chung recorded the biggest win of his career on Thursday when he knocked out World No. 16 Gael Monfils in a rain-interrupted encounter at the BMW Open by FWU. Chung, currently No. 78 in the Emirates ATP Rankings, followed on from last week’s run to the Barcelona Open Banc Sabadell quarter-finals with a 6-2, 6-4 victory over Monfils, who had been attempting to record his 400th match win. Play was suspended due to rain with Chung leading 6-2, 3-3, leading to a 90-minute delay. “I’m so happy as it’s the biggest win of my career," Chung told ATPWorldTour.com. "It was a tough match against Gael and I tried to stay calm all the time. The rain delay...
Second seed Roberto Bautista Agut escaped from the brink of defeat on Wednesday at the BMW Open by FWU, rallying from 3-5 in the deciding set to reach the quarter-finals over Marius Copil 4-6, 7-6(3), 7-5. The Romanian Copil captured the lone break of serve in the opening set at 2-2, but Bautista Agut came back from an early break down in the second set and dominated the tie-break to force a decider. Copil served for the match at 5-3 in the final set and came within two points of winning, but the Spaniard fought back to win the final four games and prevail in two hours and 28 minutes. He improves his FedEx ATP Head2Head against Copil to 2-0...
