World No. 6 Milos Raonic hosted a successful annual Player Revue on Wednesday night at the 117th edition of the Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters. Robin Haase starred in sketches as a mad scientist with Rohan Bopanna, Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi and David Ekerot, who portrayed a clone of Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal. Haase later hosted the Robin Haase Show, where he conducted a funny ‘Never Have I Ever’ quiz with Tommy Haas, Pierre-Hugues Herbert and Viktor Troicki. Ryan Harrison portrayed the ‘Joker’ as Raven Klaasen, Qureshi and Rajeev Ram attempted to come up with new ways to better promote doubles, ending with a dance number. #NextGenATP Alexander Bublik rapped Eminem with Harrison and Jean-Julien Rojer’s coach Nick van Rosberg. Bublik then portrayed...
American Ryan Harrison is continuing his charge up the Emirates ATP Rankings – moving up 47 spots since the start of the 2017 season. The 24-year-old Texas resident, who started the year at No. 90 has today equalled his career-high of No. 43 – first attained on 16 July 2012 – by virtue of lifting his first ATP World Tour trophy at the Memphis Open (d. Nikoloz Basilashvili) on Sunday. Basilashvili moved 14 places to a career-high No. 53 as a result of contesting his second final (also 2016 Kitzbühel). Read Report Harrison became the first first-time winner in Memphis since Sweden’s Joachim Johansson in 2004 and second first-time winner on the ATP World Tour this season, joining Gilles Muller...
Ryan Harrison stormed to his first ATP World Tour crown at the Memphis Open, not dropping a set en route to the title. He defeated Nikoloz Basilashvili 6-1, 6-4 on Sunday, joining Gilles Muller (Sydney) as first-time winners on the ATP World Tour this year. ATPWorldTour.com spoke to Harrison after his victory: How does it feel to win your first ATP World Tour title in a rich tradition tournament like Memphis? It feels amazing. Memphis was the club I first came to, to watch a pro event. It was the closest club to my hometown of Shreveport, Louisiana, that hosted an event. It just feels surreal to win here. When you saw your name going up on the wall with...
Ryan Harrison's game was on song all week at the Memphis Open and the American was rewarded with his maiden ATP World Tour title. Harrison upended Georgia's Nikoloz Basilashvili 6-1, 6-4 in just 76 minutes on Sunday, displaying a dogged defence that saw him deny all 12 break points faced. The 24 year old is the second first-time winner this year, joining Sydney champion Gilles Muller. He is also the second player to clinch an ATP World Tour title without dropping a set, in addition to Alexandr Dolgopolov, who won in Buenos Aires earlier on Sunday. "It's always going to be special, but it's even better here in front of a group of people that drove up from your hometown...
