You are serving, down break point. The initial element of a successful hold strategy is to make your first serve. You would think this would come naturally for the Top 20 players in the Emirates ATP Rankings – an innate ability to elevate their games in moments of crisis. An Infosys ATP Beyond The Numbers analysis of 13,295 break points against Top 20 players in both the 2015 and 2016 seasons actually showed just the opposite, with this elite group struggling like players at all levels of the game to find new heights when they need them the most. Only four of the Top 20 in 2016 made more first serves down break point than they did on average during...
There will be a Mallorcan flair on the ATP World Tour in 2017, as Rafael Nadal announced on Saturday that he has brought on countryman Carlos Moya as a member of his coaching staff. Two of the three Spaniards to ascend to World No. 1 in the Emirates ATP Rankings, Nadal and Moya will join forces immediately, in preparation for the upcoming season. Each member of the Big Four of Nadal, Roger Federer, Novak Djokovic and Andy Murray has now teamed with a former World No. 1. Murray is currently coached by Ivan Lendl, with Federer a former pupil of Stefan Edberg and Djokovic recently splitting with Boris Becker. “I am very excited to announce that Carlos Moya will join...
5. Rafael Nadal d. Gael Monfils 7-5, 5-7, 6-0/F/Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters At the Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters, it was best if you had simply forgotten about the Gael Monfils you had once known – the fun, care-free player who liked to entertain as much as he liked to win. Because the Monfils who had dashed through to the Monte-Carlo final was not that Monfils. This Monfils had gone a perfect 10-0 in sets, racing to his third ATP World Tour Masters 1000 title match. He had beaten Jiri Vesely – the left-hander who had upset World No. 1 Novak Djokovic – 6-1, 6-2, and Monfils had dominated countryman Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, 6-1, 6-3 in the semi-finals. So impressive had Monfils been that...
Rafael Nadal is the first player to confirm his participation in the Barcelona Open BancSabadell. The Majorcan tennis player has accepted the invitation of the tournament and will be the main attraction of the 65th edition of this great world event of tennis on clay, which will be played in 2017 from 22-30 April at the Real Club Tennis Barcelona-1899. For Nadal this will be his 13th participation at the tournament, where he will play for his 10th title. He would become the first player to win any tournament 10 times. “I will play again at the Barcelona Open BancSabadell, a very important tournament for everyone on the world tennis calendar,” Nadal said. “As always, playing in Spain, at home, is...
In this Barclays ATP World Tour Finals Classic Moment, top seed Rafael Nadal ousts Stan Wawrinka en route to the 2013 final. Watch live tennis at tennistv.com.
