The ATP World Tour's Asian swing continues with a pair of 500-level events: the China Open and the Rakuten Japan Open Tennis Championships 2017. Six of the Top 10 in the Emirates ATP Rankings are competing this week, with World No. 1 Rafael Nadal leading the way in Beijing and Wimbledon finalist Marin Cilic the top seed in Tokyo. View Draws: Beijing | Tokyo 10 THINGS TO WATCH IN BEIJING (1) Race is On: With 500 points on the line at the China Open, the Emirates ATP Race To London is heating up. World No. 1 and Nitto ATP Finals qualifier Rafael Nadal leads a field full of contenders. Pablo Carreno Busta is near the London cut at No. 8 in the Race, but...
The ATP World Tour's Asian swing kicks off with a pair of 250-level events on Chinese soil: the Chengdu Open and the Shenzhen Open. World No. 7 Dominic Thiem is the top seed in Chengdu, while fourth-ranked Alexander Zverev leads the field in Shenzhen. View Draws: Chengdu | Shenzhen 10 THINGS TO WATCH IN CHENGDU (1) Asian Swing Gets Underway: The ATP World Tour returns to China with hard-court events in Chengdu and Shenzhen. The host nation boasts a pair of players in both singles main draws: Yibing Wu and Di Wu are in Chengdu, while Ze Zhang and Zhizhen Zhang are in Shenzhen. (2) China’s Rising Star: Yibing Wu makes his ATP main draw debut against Thiago Monteiro on...
The ATP World Tour is back in action this week at the St. Petersburg Open, where Roberto Bautista Agut is the top seed, and the Moselle Open in Metz, where Pablo Carreno Busta leads the charge and Lucas Pouille returns to defend his title. View Draws: St. Petersburg | Metz 10 THINGS TO WATCH IN ST. PETERSBURG (1) Into the Indoors: As the season changes from summer to fall, the ATP World Tour transitions from outdoor to indoor hard courts with the St. Petersburg Open and Moselle Open. One million dollars is on the line in St. Petersburg, the third-largest purse of the 40 ATP World Tour 250 events behind the season-opener in Doha ($1,237,190) and next week’s tournament in...
The US Open, known before 1968 as the US National Championships, is the second-oldest of the four Grand Slams after Wimbledon, and the only one to have been played each year since its inception in 1881. This is the 137th staging of the event, as well as the 50th US Open and 199th Grand Slam tournament of the Open Era. The US Open has been held on the hard courts of Flushing since moving from Forest Hills in 1978. It was played on grass through 1974 and on clay from 1975 to 1977. NO. 1 ON THE LINE IN EMIRATES ATP RANKINGS: New World No. 1 Rafael Nadal puts his ranking on the line at the US Open and No....
1. Best in Class: The Winston-Salem Open, the final men’s event in the US Open Series, was voted by players as the 2016 ATP World Tour 250 Tournament of the Year along with the If Stockholm Open. 2. Back on Top: Last year’s finalists, Roberto Bautista Agut and Pablo Carreno Busta of Spain, are the top two seeds. Carreno Busta won his first ATP World Tour by rallying past his countryman 6-7(6), 7-6(1), 6-4 in the longest final by games in tournament history. Bautista Agut is the No. 1 seed for third time at an ATP World Tour tournament (2016 Sofia champion and 2016 Moscow second round). 3. Past Finalists: Carreno Busta and Bautista Agut are joined in the draw...