NextGenATP Aussie Thanasi Kokkinakis talks about making his comeback debut at the ATP Challenger Tour event in Bordeaux, where he won the singles title in 2015. Video courtesy of Villa Primrose.
Overlooking the clay courts of the Internazionali BNL d’Italia on Tuesday, the ATP World Tour announced at a press conference the new rules for the inaugural Next Gen ATP Finals in November in Milan. Get Tickets Now The new event is the buzz around the ATP World Tour as players are excited for the fresh innovation and keen to see it in action. “I’m excited about the event. I think the ATP has done a great job organising it, because we do have a strong group of guys who are playing great and who are getting up the rankings,” Alexander Zverev, the current leader in the Emirates ATP Race to Milan, said after his first-round win in Rome. “I think...
LOOK BACK Open du Pays D’Aix (Aix en Provence, France): Frances Tiafoe is flourishing on the clay this campaign. The #NextGenATP American secured back-to-back ATP Challenger Tour titles on the green clay (Sarasota) and the red clay (Aix en Provence) for his fourth trophy at this level. Victories over fellow #NextGenATP prospects Quentin Halys and Reilly Opelka earned the 19 year old a spot in the final. A battling 6-3, 4-6, 7-6(5) win over third seed Jeremy Chardy chalked up Tiafoe’s first Top 100 win on red clay, earning a career-high No. 65 in the Emirates ATP Rankings. The French Challenger title sends Tiafoe to third in the Emirates ATP Race To Milan for the inaugural Next Gen ATP Finals...