The ATP has announced a series of rule changes and innovations set to be trialled at the Next Gen ATP Finals in Milan this November. The season-ending tournament will see the world’s top 21-and-Under players of the season competing for total prize money of US$ 1.275 million from 7-11 November. The rule changes, aimed at creating a high-tempo, cutting-edge, and TV-friendly product, are geared towards attracting new and younger fans into the sport, while at the same time retaining the sport’s traditional fan-base. The following rule changes will be applied in Milan: Get Tickets Now - Shorter Format: First to Four games sets (Tie-Break at 3-All), Best-of-Five sets, with No-Ad scoring • Shorter set format designed to increase number of...
Jared Donaldson talks about the opportunity to play Dominic Thiem at the Mutua Madrid Open after claiming his first tour-level clay win, plus discusses the latest in the Race To Milan.
After getting in the Mutua Madrid Open as a lucky loser, Borna Coric is training hard to make the most of his opportunity against Mischa Zverev in the first round.
ATP World Tour Uncovered presented by Peugeot joins Elias Ymer and his father on a special visit to Ethiopia, where Elias explored his heritage and where his family came from.
Elias Ymer was born in Sweden to Ethiopian parents. As one of the young stars in contention to qualify for the Next Gen ATP Finals in Milan, the 21-year-old Elias has the privilege of travelling the world as a tennis player, seeing some of the most affluent cities. But the down-to-earth Swede is only too aware of the life he could have led, had his parents not left war-torn Ethiopia in the 1980s to start a new life in Sweden. In a Hollywood-style twist, his parents, despite having grown up in neighbouring areas of Addis Ababa, did not meet until they both found their own way to Sweden. “To leave their country, and go to another country to start a...