#NextGenATP player Frances Tiafoe finished strongly in his opening-round match on Thursday at the Miami Open presented by Itau, racing through the final set against Konstantin Kravchuk to advance 7-5, 5-7, 6-1 and set up a clash with fourth seed Roger Federer. "The guy has about a million Grand Slams and done everything. I can't tell you how excited I am to play. Seeing the draw was partly probably why up a set and 4-1, I started rushing and thinking, 'Oh my god, I'm going to play Roger,'" said Tiafoe. "He's my idol, everyone's idol. People on tour still stare at him in the locker room. He's an absolute legend. We hope he never retires because he's such a good...
Michael Mmoh climbs the Cape Florida Lighthouse on a trip alongside his fellow #NextGenATP players during some time off at the Miami Open presented by Itau. Watch live matches at tennistv.com.
A trio of #NextGenATP Americans celebrated their first wins at the Miami Open presented by Itau on Wednesday. Taylor Fritz beat Czech Adam Pavlasek 6-2, 6-3 on Stadium Court. Fritz lost only three points on his first serve (17/20) in the 67-minute opener. The 19-year-old right-hander will face 26th seed Philipp Kohlschreiber in the second round. Fritz, the 2016 ATP Star Of Tomorrow presented by Emirates, will try to build off his third-round showing last week at the BNP Paribas Open, during which he earned his first Top 10 win against then-No. 7 Marin Cilic in the second round. Twenty-year-old Jared Donaldson came back to erase three match points and advance past Brit Kyle Edmund 2-6, 7-6(4), 6-2 in two...
A LOOK BACK Challenger Banque Nationale Drummondville (Drummondville, Canada): #NextGenATP player Denis Shapovalov delighted the home crowd with his first Challenger title by 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 September in Seville, Spain. Drummondville has become a second home on tour for Shapovalov. having won his first Challenger match there last year and first title today. Shapovalov’s time in Drummondville this year is also projected to push him into the Top 200 of the Emirates ATP Rankings on Monday, making him the youngest player currently in that echelon. Shapovalov is just the third Canadian champion since 2014,...
All of Canada will be on their feet on Saturday when two of their native sons clash for the first time at the professional level. Highly touted as the future of Canadian tennis, longtime friends will become rivals as future #NextGenATP star Denis Shapovalov battles fellow Canadian teen Felix Auger-Aliassime in the semi-finals of the ATP Challenger Tour event in Drummondville. A spot in a first Challenger final will be on the line for both competitors, in what is the third-youngest semi-final in Challenger history. It's only fitting that the first pro encounter between 17-year-old Shapovalov and 16-year-old Auger Aliassime comes at the Challenger Banque Nationale Drummondville. The tournament holds a special place in both players' hearts. In 2015, Auger-Aliassime...
