Gael Monfils show most facets – if not all – of his likable personality in #lamonfstory, a new web series that documents Monfils' rehab and recovery from a right-knee injury in 2017. The Frenchman is serious, discussing how he has drawn inspiration from Roger Federer's own comeback from his knee injury. Monfils is playful, sprinting around the court and shouting after a point in practice. He is also focused, practising intensely with Grigor Dimitrov in South Florida. “I feel it. I feel it's back,” Monfils tells his coach Mikael Tillstrom while practising with Dimitrov. Watch #lamonfstory Now Episode One After his best year in 2016, when Monfils reached a career-high of No. 6 and qualified for the Nitto ATP Finals...
Roger Federer earned US$3.2 million for his victory at the Australian Open on Sunday. Swiss fans also ended up with a little extra cash in their pockets. To celebrate Federer's 20th Grand Slam title, the country's only tabloid newspaper, Blick, slashed its price on Monday from 2.50 Swiss Francs to just 20 rappen. The cover had Federer’s face mocked up on a coin. So when Federer arrived back home in Switzerland on Tuesday, fans had extra reason to smile as they greeted him with great fanfare at Airport Kloten in Zurich. Holding the Norman Brookes Challenge Cup under his arm, the Swiss signed autographs for fans and posed for photographs on Tuesday as he made his way through the concourse....
The ATP has released the 2019 ATP World Tour calendar, a tournament schedule that will feature 63 tournaments in 31 countries across six continents, in addition to the four Grand Slams. The 2019 calendar offers a continuation of the existing tournament structure and schedule that, since 2009, has so successfully served as a global platform for the world’s greatest men’s professional tennis players, leading to record growth for the Tour, tournaments and players over the past decade. In addition to the four Grand Slams, the 2019 schedule will feature nine leading ATP World Tour Masters 1000 tournaments, 13 ATP World Tour 500 events, and 39 ATP World Tour 250 tournaments, with all roads leading to the spectacular season-ending Nitto ATP...
Roger Federer's chapter in the annals of tennis history has earned yet another entry with his triumph Down Under: a sixth Australian Open title and his 20th Grand Slam overall. Fellow players, athletes, celebrities and even the president of Switzerland took to social media to congratulate the superstar on his extraordinary five-set win over Marin Cilic in Sunday's final. [ALSO LIKE] #RF20 — Juan M. del Potro (@delpotrojuan) January 28, 2018 And that my friends is why Roger is my hero and a LEGEND!!! 100% the GOAT!!! No question about it!!! 20x grand slam titles 6x Ausi Opens! #lifeinspiration @rogerfederer — lindsey vonn (@lindseyvonn) January 28, 2018 Always a joy to watch you play, @rogerfederer. 20 Grand slams.. What an...