#NextGenATP player Borna Coric ended the run of local favourite Reda El Amrani on Wednesday, beating the Moroccan wild card 6-2, 3-6, 7-6(5) at the Grand Prix Hassan II in Marrakech. Coric, a finalist last year, saved eight of 11 break points and broke El Amrani four times in the two-hour and 42-minute victory. The 28-year-old El Amrani, No. 667 in the Emirates ATP Rankings, had reached the Marrakech quarter-finals in 2010 and was going for his second ATP World Tour win of the season. The right-hander advanced to the second round when defending champion Federico Delbonis of Argentina retired because of a left leg injury down 6-7(3), 0-1. [ALSO LIKE] Coric will meet second seed Albert Ramos-Vinolas in the...
It's the exciting new showcase of great, young talent on the ATP World Tour and here is your chance to be a part of it. Beginning now, you can purchase tickets for the #NextGenATP Finals in Milan. The tournament, to take place 7-11 November, will feature the world's top eight 21-and-under singles players. #NextGenATP star Alexander Zverev is currently leading the season-long Emirates ATP Race To Milan, which will track the progress of #NextGenATP players throughout the year. The top seven players in the race will qualify automatically, while the eighth spot will be reserved for a wild card. See Who's Pushing Zverev In The Emirates ATP Race To Milan Standings Zverev has started strong this season. The 6'6” right-hander...
#NextGenATP Americans Reilly Opelka, Frances Tiafoe, Jared Donaldson and Ernesto Escobedo inspire the next wave of tennis stars during Kids’ Day at the Fayez Sarofim & Co. US Men’s Clay Court Championship in Houston.
#NextGenATP Winners The #NextGenATP contingent picked up where they left off in 2016, boasting strong performances early in 2017. Denis Shapovalov, Alexander Bublik, Hyeon Chung and Noah Rubin all lifted trophies thus far this season, with Shapovalov and Bublik claiming their maiden crowns. The quartet are currently Nos. 10-13 in the Emirates ATP Race To Milan and remain in the hunt to qualify for the Next Gen ATP Finals in November. Back in March, Shapovalov delighted the home crowd with his first Challenger title at the $75,000 Challenger Banque Nationale Drummondville in Canada, defeating fourth seed Ruben Bemelmans of Belgium 6-3, 6-2. He is the youngest Challenger winner this year and the first 17-year-old Challenger titlist since Norwegian Casper Ruud prevailed last year in Seville,...