If you were one of the best in the world at one part of your job, but you really wanted to pursue another aspect, in which you were very good but still growing and learning, which would you choose? For now, Pierre-Hugues Herbert chooses both – doubles, in which he's won nine titles, including four ATP World Tour Masters 1000 crowns – and singles, in which he's reached an ATP World Tour final and is No. 72 in the Emirates ATP Rankings but eager to climb. “It's not an easy thing. Playing both is really tough. Every week you're playing two tournaments,” Herbert said. “And it's not easy to choose the tournaments you want to play.” This week, the 26-year-old...
Follow all the latest off-court action on MyATP! Download the app for iPhone or Android and visit MyATP.com Dell Technologies Hall Of Fame Open - Newport, Rhode Island Leander Paes, Rajeev Ram and Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi took a tour of the International Tennis Hall of Fame led by Newport Tournament Director and Hall of Fame CEO Todd Martin. Qureshi won an interactive trivia contest among the three players, Ram put on a headset and did play-by-play of a Novak Djokovic vs. Rafael Nadal match, and Paes was presented with the racquet he donated after winning the 1998 Newport singles title. Stefan Kozlov and Taylor Fritz competed in a paddle board race and narrowly managed to avoid falling in the chilly water...
You could have forgiven John Isner if he would have stayed off grass for 11 months. During his ninth showing at The Championships, Wimbledon, earlier this month, the World No. 21 suffered one of his most “disappointing” losses at the All England Club. Isner led then-World No. 90 Dudi Sela two sets to one in the second round but couldn't put away the Israeli, falling 6-3 in the fifth set. It marked the first time Isner had lost that early at SW19 since 2013. But the 32 year old didn't sit around and mope; he prepared for this week's Dell Technologies Hall of Fame Open in Newport, where Isner is making his 10th appearance. The top seed arrives looking for...
Second seed Ivo Karlovic got his title defence off to a strong start on Wednesday at the Dell Technologies Hall of Fame Open as he defeated Denis Kudla 6-4, 6-4 in the second round in Newport. The Croatian was playing his first match in almost two weeks, since a first-round loss to Aljaz Bedene at Wimbledon, and is looking for a return to winning ways at this ATP World Tour 250 grass-court tournament, where he has made the final the past three years. After finishing runner-up to Lleyton Hewitt and Rajeev Ram in third-set tie-breaks in 2014-15, Karlovic made it third time lucky last year as he edged Gilles Muller in a decisive third-set tie-break in the final. The 38-year-old...
Pierre-Hugues Herbert, Rajeev Ram, and Taylor Fritz are just a few of the players in Newport this week who reflected on their favourite tennis memories from their careers. Video courtesy: Dell Technologies Hall of Fame Open