Tennis - ATP World Tour – Tagged "NextGen" – Page 30

Aug 01, 2017

Top Five Challenger Hot Shots July 2017

Re-live the best shots and points from the month of July on the ATP Challenger Tour, featuring NextGenATP stars Alexander Bublik, Mikael Ymer, Denis Shapovalov, Nicola Kuhn and Matteo Berrettini.

Aug 01, 2017

Escobedo Rides Mexican Wave Of Support

When you take a look at Ernesto Escobedo’s iPhone tracklist you get a hint a about his roots. He slides his finger across the screen and some of his favourite artists appear: Maluma, Carlos Vives, Miguel Bose, Joey Montana, Luis Fonsi, Danny Ocean, Daddy Yankee, Pitbull. He listens to Latin music because it motivates him, and his level of Spanish allows him to understand the lyrics. There is another hint about his roots. A poster in the stands that accompanies him around the world during his matches says: “Porra Jerez. ¡Vamos Neto!”. It is always held by one of his family members, and it’s written in Spanish. The reason is simple: his parents, Ernesto and Cristina, are from Jerez, Mexico....

Jul 30, 2017

NextGen Quartet Drive UTVs In Los Cabos 2017

NextGen quartet Taylor Fritz, Frances Tiafoe, Thanasi Kokkinakis and Ernesto Escobedo have fun driving UTVs at the beach in Los Cabos. Photo: Abierto Los Cabos

Jul 29, 2017

Bublik A Hot Shot Machine At Binghamton Challenger 2017

NextGenATP star Alexander Bublik fires a trio of Hot Shots in his quarter-final at the ATP Challenger Tour event in Binghamton, USA.

Jul 28, 2017

After Recent Big Wins, Santillan Feeling Confident About Future

#NextGenATP Akira Santillan feels like now is his time to flourish on the ATP World Tour. The 20 year old recently earned the biggest victories of his career – winning his first ATP Challenger Tour title earlier this month in Winnetka and claiming his first ATP World Tour win at the Dell Technologies Hall of Fame Open in Newport (d. Mmoh). Santillan has also resolved a nagging dilemma that had been weighing on his mind and affecting his play: Which country should he represent? The right-hander was born in Japan to his South African father, Dean, and his Japanese mother, Harumi. But the family moved to Australia for Akira's tennis when he was about seven, and Akira lived Down Under...