Rio Headlines Week #7: The busiest month of the season continues with three tournaments, highlighted by the 500 level event in Rio de Janeiro returning for the fourth year. World No. 5 Kei Nishikori and No. 8 Dominic Thiem headline an outstanding field in Rio. In Marseille, the top two seeds are the top two Frenchmen, No. 10 Gael Monfils and No. 14 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga. In Delray Beach, the first outdoor tournament in North America features World No. 4 Milos Raonic and No. 20 Ivo Karlovic as the top two seeds. Overall, 10 of the Top 20 (as of Feb. 13) Emirates ATP Rankings are in action in the three tournaments. RIO OPEN presented by CLARO (Rio de Janeiro): The...
Three Continents Host Tournaments: There are three tournaments on three different continents, including the first ATP World Tour 500 event of the season. World No. 7 Marin Cilic is the top seed in Rotterdam. In Buenos Aires, World No. 5 Kei Nishikori is the top seed and in the first North American tournament of the season in Memphis, World No. 18 Ivo Karlovic is the top seed. Overall, 20 of the Top 30 in the Emirates ATP Rankings are in action. Emirates ATP Race to Milan Leaders: Six of the Top 20 in the Emirates ATP Race to Milan (as of Feb. 6) are in Rotterdam or Memphis. View full Race to Milan standings ABN AMRO WORLD TENNIS TOURNAMENT (Rotterdam):...
Action Returns to Europe, Americas: After an exciting opening month of the season, the ATP World Tour action returns with two European tournaments and the first of five events in the Golden Swing in Latin America. Eight of the Top 20 overall in the Emirates ATP Rankings (as of Jan. 30) are in action. Emirates ATP Race to Milan Leaders: Three of the Top 10 players in the Emirates ATP Race to Milan (as of Jan. 30) are in the Montpellier draw 1. Daniil Medvedev - Montpellier 2. Hyeon Chung 3. Andrey Rublev 4. Alexander Zverev – Montpellier 5. Ernesto Escobedo 6. Noah Rubin 7. Alex De Minaur 8. Frances Tiafoe 9. Alexander Bublik 10. Karen Khachanov - Montpellier GARANTI KOZA SOFIA OPEN (Sofia):...
Big Four Back Together: The Big Four of Andy Murray, Novak Djokovic, Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer have accounted for 42 of the past 47 Grand Slam tournaments since Roland Garros in 2005 when Nadal won his first of 14 Grand Slam titles. During the current stretch, Nadal has won 14 titles, Federer 13, Djokovic 12 and Murray 3. The three other players to win a Grand Slam title during the span are Stan Wawrinka, a three-time champion (2014 Australian Open, 2015 Roland Garros, 2016 US Open), Marin Cilic (2014 US Open) and Juan Martin del Potro (2009 US Open). The Big Four have won past 11 of the past 13 titles in Melbourne since Federer won his first title...
Down Under Action Continues: After a busy opening week of the 2017 season with nine of the Top 10 in action, 10 of the Top 30 (as of 2 January Emirates ATP Rankings) are playing this week, with No. 8 Dominic Thiem the top seed in Sydney and Chennai champion Roberto Bautista Agut leading the field in Auckland. Apia International Sydney (Sydney, Australia): The youngest player in the Top 10 of the Emirates ATP Rankings, 23-year-old Thiem, is the top seed and making his second straight appearance in Sydney. The other seeds are: No. 2 Pablo Cuevas, No. 3/two-time reigning champion Viktor Troicki, No. 4 Pablo Carreno Busta, No. 5 Philipp Kohlschreiber, No. 6 Gilles Muller, No. 7 Martin Klizan...