ATPWorldTour.com previews this week's four Davis Cup quarter-finals, which feature three of the Top 4 players in the ATP Rankings. SPAIN v GERMANY Venue: Plaza de Toros de Valencia – Valencia, Spain Surface: Clay (outdoors) Five-time champion Spain welcomes back World No. 1 Rafael Nadal for the first time in the competition since September 2016 in its 17th meeting against Germany, the 1988-89, ’93 titlist. Germany leads Spain 10-6 overall, but the two nations are 4-4 in clay-court ties. Spain has won 26 straight home Davis Cup ties, with its last defeat at home coming against Brazil in 1999. Nadal, who has not played since falling to Marin Cilic in the Australian Open quarter-finals more than two months ago, has...
Justin Gimelstob of ATP World Tour Uncovered presented by Peugeot, looks back on memorable moments in the 32-year history of the Miami Open presented by Itau at Crandon Park.
Rafael Nadal has today returned to No. 1 in the ATP Rankings, beginning his fifth stint at the pinnacle of men’s professional tennis, nine-and-a-half years after he first attained the top spot on 18 August 2008. The icon of the game, who begins his 168th week at No. 1, replaces Switzerland’s Roger Federer, who had held the top ranking since 19 February to extend his record to 308 weeks overall. The 31-year-old Nadal, who has been omnipresent in the Top 10 since 25 April 2005, is now two weeks shy of sixth-placed John McEnroe’s mark in top spot (170). Nadal first ascended to the top spot at the age of 22 and has spent four previous stints at No. 1...
Jack Sock could have written anything. The American had just beaten then-World No. 3 Alexander Zverev at the Nitto ATP Finals in November 2017. It was his third Top 5 win, and the upset had secured Sock's semi-final berth at the season-ending championships in London. Before his on-court interview, Sock, as has become custom these days, scribbled on the plexiglass, where players frequently write messages to fans in their home nation or draw various objects, such as hearts or smiley faces. The first thing Sock wrote: “Coach Wolf!”. When Sock was 10, he started working with Mike Wolf, who played collegiate tennis in the U.S. and was running – and still runs – a tennis club in Kansas City, Kansas....
Rafael Nadal announced on Friday that he has withdrawn from this month's BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells and the Miami Open presented by Itau due to a right hip injury. Earlier this week, the Spanish superstar pulled out of the Abierto Mexicano Telcel presentado por HSBC. The World No. 2 announced the news via Facebook on Friday, stating, “I'm sorry to write this, but my worst possible scenario has been confirmed. The injury I suffered during training right before Acapulco is in the same basic area as the injury I suffered in Melbourne [during the Australian Open]. “I won't be playing at Indian Wells or in Miami and the goal going forward is to recover in time for the...