Fans have voted Alexander Zverev’s game-changing forehand down the line winner in his Halle semi-final clash with Richard Gasquet as their favourite hot shot in the second quarter #NextGenATP Shining Shot poll. On a must win point at 2-3, 30/30 in the deciding set of the contest, Zverev hooked a forehand winner down the line and into the corner, hit from well behind the baseline. He would go on to win the match and finish runner-up to Roger Federer in the final of the Gerry Weber Open. View Voting Results Zverev’s shot won with 45 per cent of the vote over a five-day period. A close second was Mikael Ymer’s ‘tweener lob winner, hit at an ATP Challenger Tour event...
Andrey Rublev captured his first ATP World Tour title on Sunday with a 6-4, 6-2 victory over Paolo Lorenzi in the final of the Plava Laguna Croatia Open Umag. The Russian is the fourth #NextGenATP player to win an ATP World Tour title, joining Alexander Zverev, Karen Khachanov and Borna Coric. The 19 year old is now up to third in the Emirates ATP Race To Milan and cracked the Top 50 in the Emirates ATP Rankings. Afterwards, Rublev spoke to ATPWorldTour.com: How does it feel to be holding your first ATP World Tour singles trophy at the age of 19? Of course, it’s amazing. I have no words to explain it. Especially after this tough week and all the...
Former World No. 1 Juan Carlos Ferrero has joined the coaching team of Alexander Zverev. The 20-year-old Zverev is also coached by his father, Alexander Zverev Sr. Ferrero has been in the United States with Zverev since the middle of July, consulting during the training sessions of the #NextGenATP star as he prepares for the US Open Series. After two weeks of preparation together on the American hard courts, Ferrero, who reached the US Open final in 2003 (l. to Roddick), will accompany Zverev to the ATP World Tour 500 tournament in Washington, which begins on 31 July. "Zverev is a different player, he has the manner of a champion," said Ferrero, speaking from his Equelite Academy. The Spaniard held...
Matthew Ebden has never experienced a run like it. The 29-year-old Aussie won his fifth match in as many days on Thursday to reach his first ATP World Tour semi-final at the Dell Technologies Hall of Fame Open in Newport. After his big win against German Tobias Kamke, Ebden, who reached a career-high No. 61 in the Emirates ATP Rankings in 2012 and 2014, sat down with ATPWorldTour.com to talk about his “ATP Firsts”. First coach and most important lesson he taught me Coach Alf Neal. We always used to have a lot of fun, playing games and competitive games. I just remember one thing, on the volley he used to say, “Stop.” Like a stop sign, you know when...
If you were one of the best in the world at one part of your job, but you really wanted to pursue another aspect, in which you were very good but still growing and learning, which would you choose? For now, Pierre-Hugues Herbert chooses both – doubles, in which he's won nine titles, including four ATP World Tour Masters 1000 crowns – and singles, in which he's reached an ATP World Tour final and is No. 72 in the Emirates ATP Rankings but eager to climb. “It's not an easy thing. Playing both is really tough. Every week you're playing two tournaments,” Herbert said. “And it's not easy to choose the tournaments you want to play.” This week, the 26-year-old...