Tennis - ATP World Tour – Tagged "Off Court News" – Page 35

Jul 30, 2017

NextGen Quartet Drive UTVs In Los Cabos 2017

NextGen quartet Taylor Fritz, Frances Tiafoe, Thanasi Kokkinakis and Ernesto Escobedo have fun driving UTVs at the beach in Los Cabos. Photo: Abierto Los Cabos

Jul 28, 2017

Bautista Agut & Coach Visit Wasserngrat Region In Gstaad

Roberto Bautista Agut and his coach Pepe Vendrell visited the Wasserngrat mountain region in the Alps on Thursday, the smallest of Gstaad’s ski region. After hitting a few balls in the beautiful landscape, a hiking trail in the Alps, they enjoyed a lunch including the typical Swiss potato dish Rösti. “It is beautiful up here, the landscape is amazing,” said Bautista Agut. “I love the mountains!” Vendrell added, “This is outstanding, the best activity I’ve done all year.” Second seed Bautista Agut takes on Denis Istomin on Friday in the quarter-finals of the J. Safra Sarasin Swiss Open Gstaad. Watch Live On TennisTV Watch Full Match Replays

Jul 27, 2017

Sock Ambushes Isner Press Conference

Top seed Jack Sock and second seed John Isner are in opposite halves of the draw at the BB&T Atlanta Open, but the two friends found themselves up close during Isner’s press conference on Wednesday night. Isner was ready to take a few questions after his win over Vasek Pospisil, but was surprised to find the first one came from a “reporter” with the the Kansas City Star. After answering a question from Sock about the recent change in his game plan, the top seed noted that “like at Shanghai doubles, you’re returning well.” (Sock and Isner teamed up this past October to take the title at the Shanghai Rolex Masters). “I had a partner who was average in Shanghai...

Jul 26, 2017

Stars Make The Most Of Hamburg, Gstaad And Atlanta

Follow all the latest off-court action on MyATP! Download the app for iPhone or Android and visit MyATP.com German Tennis Championships 2017 - Hamburg, Germany Hamburg native Tommy Haas visited the Elbphilharmonie (Elbe Philharmonic Hall), a concert hall in Hamburg with his family over the weekend. The Elbphilharmonie is one of the largest and most acoustically advanced concert halls in the world. “Hamburg is an absolutely special place for me, no question about that. I was born and raised here. I started playing tennis here in the tennis club when my dad was teaching tennis. So everything for me really began here," said Haas. Philipp Kohlschreiber assisted with the draw ceremony at Kaisergalerie Albert Ramos-Vinolas, Pablo Cuevas, Gilles Simon, Daniel Altmaier, #NextGenATP...

Jul 26, 2017

Tribute: Zimonjic Celebrates 700th Doubles Match Win

Twenty-three years into his professional career, the body may creak a bit, but the mind of Nenad Zimonjic remains ambitious. A long-time custodian of doubles and its promotion, Zimonjic is a fervent and proud ambassador. Today, in his 42nd year, the Serbian has become the 10th player to record 700 doubles match wins (or more). The feat encompasses an 18-year span from his first tour-level match win with Nebojsa Djordjevic in a Davis Cup zonal tie in May 1995 to his 700th victory today with Marcin Matkowski in the German Tennis Championships 2017 first round (d. Berlocq-Schwartzman). “It’s nice to play in Hamburg again, for the first time since 2012, and to achieve the 700th match win in a country...