FRANCE 3, NETHERLANDS 1 Venue: Halle Olympique, Albertville, FRA (hard- indoor) Adrian Mannarino banished the disappointment of his loss on Friday to beat Robin Haase in a five-set marathon 4-6, 7-6(5), 7-5, 6-7(2), 7-5 and book France’s spot in the quarter-finals of Davis Cup World Group play, in which the defending champion will play Italy. "Having my teammates cheer for me meant I could fight point after point," Mannarino told DavisCup.com. "I had to give it my all. I'm so happy to have this moment." Mannarino arrived late to the tie — he was in Malta on Thursday — after both Jo-Wilfried Tsonga and Lucas Pouille were forced to the sidelines with injury. But Mannarino found his footing and earned his first Davis Cup triumph in dramatic...
AUSTRALIA 1, GERMANY 3 Venue: Pat Rafter Arena, Brisbane, AUS (hard- outdoor) Alexander Zverev guided Germany into the quarter-finals of the 2018 Davis Cup with a commanding 6-2, 7-6(3), 6-2 victory over Australian Nick Kyrgios Sunday in Brisbane. Zverev was close to untouchable on serve, firing 15 aces, putting 71 per cent of first serves into play and winning 80 per cent of first-serve points. He also fought off all four break points he faced, while breaking Kyrgios four times. Kyrgios had won three of their four career FedEx ATP Head2Head meetings coming to the tie, including when they last met in the China Open semi-finals last year. A frustrated Kyrgios was given a point penalty in the tie-break for...
ATP World Tour Uncovered presented by Peugeot goes behind the scenes at the ASB Classic, as Juan Martin del Potro makes his return to Auckland and Americans Steve Johnson and Donald Young learn about New Zealand heritage.
If you want to be inspired and witness unbreakable faith; a steadfast resilience that awakens when your very livelihood is under threat, listen to, and watch, Juan Martin del Potro today. The splintered career of the Argentine star evokes, unlike almost any other tennis player over the past decade, not only great admiration, but also genuine and universal sympathy for what has happened; what might have been and for how, in spite of repeated setbacks and long periods of doubt, his charm and personality remain unaltered. Almost nine years after he first broke into the Top 10 of the ATP Rankings, del Potro has overcome all manner of hardships and is deservedly back among the sport’s elite competitors. View Latest...
The abiding memory is of a stick-thin blond, wearing a baggy shirt and screams of “Come on!” echoing around the Adelaide Oval with every winning stroke. Adelaide Tournament Director Colin Stubs must have known something when he awarded a wild card to a high-school student, ranked No. 550 in the ATP Rankings with one tour-level appearance to his name. By the end of the first week of January 1998, Lleyton Hewitt had not just his parents, but the whole of the tennis world shaking their heads in disbelief. The local boy had worked his way through the field to become the lowest-ranked – and second-youngest – player to win an ATP World Tour event. It was the first time that...