For professional tennis players, maintaining a healthy lifestyle off the court is a critical factor in realizing their ambitions between the lines. Commitment and dedication to time in the gym not only prepares the body for battle and increases stamina, but is essential for injury prevention. Few have been preaching this philosophy more than John Millman has this year. After undergoing a third significant surgery in his young career, the Aussie is putting an emphasis on maintaining a consistent workout regimen in the gym and keeping a nutritious diet, as he seeks to continue rising in his comeback from groin surgery in February. The longtime Tecnifibre player has more than demonstrated that he can enjoy a successful career on the...
The Most Improved Player of the Year Award in the 2017 ATP World Tour Awards Presented by Moët & Chandon recognises the player who reached a significantly higher Emirates ATP Ranking by year’s end and who demonstrated an increasingly improved level of performance through the year. The winner, as selected by the players, will be announced ahead of the Nitto ATP Finals. Pablo Carreno Busta “I’m very happy. I think that it’s been a very hard and long year, but to be nominated for this award, which I’ve already had the pleasure of winning, is very special and something that makes me very happy. But the other nominees are also players who deserve it, they’ve had a great year. I...
Phil Cello has been running tennis tournaments, including ATP Challenger Tour events, for the past 35 years. But Cello and his army of workers and volunteers have never had an experience like last week's NorthBay Healthcare Men's Pro Championship, where the on-court action at the $100,000 ATP Challenger tournament was secondary to fans, players and officials. The host site, Solano Community College, was just miles from wildfires that were ravaging Northern California, forcing thousands to evacuate their homes and devastating communities across the region. Signs of the ongoing destruction were omnipresent at the tournament. Every day, on their way to the courts, players walked by the college's cafeteria, which had been turned into an evacuation center for affected families. Instead...
Portugal’s Joao Sousa recorded a historic milestone four years ago in Kuala Lumpur, when he became the first player from his country to win an ATP World Tour title. The 28 year old explains the importance of that moment and also shares various ‘firsts’ in this exclusive Q&A with ATPWorldTour.com. First moment I realised I love tennis That’s a tough one. Probably when I decided to go to Barcelona when I was 15. I realised that I really wanted to be a professional tennis player, that was my big dream, so I think it was that moment. First coach and most important lesson he taught me First coach was in my birth city, in Guimaraes, his name was Luis Coutinho....
Roger Federer extended his lead on the ‘Big Titles’ scoreboard over rivals Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal by beating the Spanish left-hander to earn his second title at the Shanghai Rolex Masters on Sunday. In taking down his longtime rival, Nadal, Federer captured his fifth ‘Big Title’ of the season, winning two Grand Slams at the Australian Open and Wimbledon as well as earning an ATP World Tour-leading third Masters 1000 trophy. The first two came at the BNP Paribas Open and the Miami Open presented by Itau. The Swiss upped his total of ‘Big Titles’ — a combination of Grand Slams, Masters 1000 events and Nitto ATP Finals — to 52, five ahead of Djokovic’s 47 and six in...
