Leander Paes has won 54 tour-level doubles titles, including 13 ATP World Tour Masters 1000 crowns, during his historic career. But the 44-year-old Indian still has one more Masters 1000 title to go to complete the Career Golden Masters. In this latest installment of “My Masters 1000”, Paes talks with ATPWorldTour.com about that missing title, his favourite Masters 1000 event and which ATP World Tour stars he'd face in his dream Masters 1000 doubles match. Which Masters 100 host city is your favourite and why? Monte-Carlo, just for the view right on the Mediterranean, the clay courts there cut into the mountains, and when you sit up at the top at the players’ lounge and you look down on the...
With one eye already on 2018, Evgeny Donskoy has picked the right time to regain his form. After toppling Roger Federer, then earning an ATP Challenger Tour title in back-to-back weeks earlier in the year, Donskoy made a return to the winners' circle by defeating Marius Copil 7-6(0), 7-5 in the Kaohsiung OEC Open final on Sunday. Despite not dropping his serve against Copil, Donskoy credits his baseline game as the key to victory. "My game from the baseline worked best for me last week," Donskoy said. "I tried to play with good speed. Sometimes it worked and sometimes it didn't. I didn't serve unbelievably, but it was my baseline game that was pretty good for me here; that was...
To compare the on-court emotions of Kevin Anderson from a few years ago to the 2017 edition of Anderson is to question if you're watching the same 6'8” big-serving right-hander. A few years ago, a show of emotion from Anderson was the crumpling of his hand into a fist. No shouting. No jumping. The South African barely talked out loud to himself. But this season, the 31 year old has unveiled a completely different side of himself, and to great success. The veteran says “Come on” multiple times a game. He shouts at his box with excitement throughout the match, and frequently pumps his fist to help him stay focused on every point. The moment hardly matters: Anderson yells at...
When it came to making moves in his professional career, Ben Mclachlan was ready to go the distance -- literally. Mclachlan began 2017 as a 200-ranked doubles specialist, and as a New Zealander. On Sunday, with Her Imperial Highness Princess Mako of Japan looking on, he lifted the Rakuten Japan Open Tennis Championships 2017 doubles crown -- as a Japanese player. So how does one go about playing for a different country almost overnight and, more importantly, why? Mclachlan grew up in New Zealand, spent summers in Japan and graduated from the University of California at Berkeley in the U.S. -- all by the age of 22. The doubles specialist claims ties to Japan through his mother, and possesses a...
Quietly and precisely, #NextGenATP American Jared Donaldson has climbed the Emirates ATP Race To Milan this season. The 20-year-old right-hander began the season in 17th place in the Race, which will determine seven of the eight 21-and-under players who compete at the Next Gen ATP Finals. But this week, after making his second ATP World Tour quarter-final at the Chengdu Open (also 2017 Cincinnati), Donaldson is in sixth place, good enough to qualify for the inaugural event, to be held 7-11 November in Milan, if the Race ended today. See Who's Pushing Donaldson In Emirates ATP Race To Milan “The thing that has allowed me to make the biggest strides is lots of quality matches throughout the entire year. I...