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The Biofile: Taro Daniel

Before his maiden ATP World Tour title in Istanbul on Sunday, Japan's Taro Daniel hadn't reached a tour-level semi-final, let alone leave a tournament with the biggest trophy. But at the TEB BNP Paribas Istanbul Open, the 25-year-old won five matches in a row to claim the ATP World Tour 250-level tournament. In doing so, Daniel jumped 32 spots in the ATP Rankings to a career-high of No. 82. Earlier this year at the Miami Open, he spoke with Scoop Malinowski about his career highlights, the traveling life of a tennis player and which quality he admires most in people. [ALSO LIKE] First Tennis Memory: My parents used to be members of a tennis club in Japan. They had clay...

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Next Gen ATP Finals Scoops Sports Tech Award

ATP and ATP Media, have won the Yahoo Sports Technology Award for Most Innovative Sponsor, Rights Holder or Governing Body for their joint submission for Next Gen ATP Finals. The Sport Technology Awards are voted for by an esteemed panel of judges comprising international figures from sports and technology. The inaugural Next Gen ATP Finals took place in Milan, November 2017. The event, organised by the ATP in partnership with the Italian Tennis Federation and the Italian National Olympic Committee, is the season-ending tournament for the world's best 21-and-under tennis players. As well as providing a season-long platform to promote the stars of tomorrow, the tournament was designed to experiment with rules, innovation and technological changes to enhance the experience...

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Mayer & Medvedev Go Racing In Estoril

Watch Leonardo Mayer and Daniil Medvedev get taken on a wild ride — literally — on Monday with professional racecar driver Rafael Lobato thanks to Peugeot ahead of the Millennium Estoril Open. Photo and video courtesy of the Millennium Estoril Open.

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Read & Watch: Mayer & Medvedev Go Racing In Estoril

A day after Kyle Edmund and Joao Sousa enjoyed a thrilling surfing lesson in Estoril from one of the highest-ranked professionals in the world, Daniil Medvedev and Leonardo Mayer got taken for a wild ride — literally — of their own on Monday ahead of the Millennium Estoril Open. The two seeded players in this week’s event (Mayer No. 7 and Medvedev No. 8) were driven around a track built on Cascais Marina by Portuguese racecar driver Rafael Lobato. “It’s incredible! You realize how hard it is to drive these kind of cars. The drivers go really fast and that’s amazing,” Mayer said. “You feel a bit scared because of the chance of crashing. But it is impossible, because the...

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