10 THINGS TO WATCH IN GENEVA 1) ATP Back in Geneva: The Banque Eric Sturdza Geneva Open returns for the third straight year with 2016 champion Stan Wawrinka and fellow Top 10 player Kei Nishikori leading the field. Switzerland hosts three ATP events, with Gstaad (July 24-30) and Basel (October 23-29) to follow. 2) Top 4 Seeds: Receiving first-round byes are World No. 3 Wawrinka, World No. 9 Nishikori, Monte-Carlo finalist Albert Ramos-Vinolas and Rome semi-finalist John Isner. Nishikori accepted a wild card into Geneva after falling to Juan Martin del Potro in the Rome third round on Thursday. 3) Stan the Man: Wawrinka is the No. 1 Swiss, No. 1 seed and reigning champion. The 32-year-old enters the week...
Clay-Court Circuit Continues In Rome: The fifth ATP World Tour Masters 1000 event of the year is in Rome, where 17 of the Top 20 players in the Emirates ATP Rankings will descend. The Internazionali BNL d'Italia first took place in 1930 and has been held every year since 1950. Seven-time champion Rafael Nadal looks for another title in Rome and is joined by fellow former winners Novak Djokovic and Andy Murray. Murray is the top seed, with Djokovic seeded second, Stan Wawrinka third and Nadal fourth. 10 THINGS TO KNOW IN ROME 1) Title Trio: Murray, Djokovic and Nadal return to Rome, where they have combined for the past 12 titles here. Including Roger Federer, the Big Four has won 36...
Clay-Court Circuit Moves To Madrid: The fourth ATP World Tour Masters 1000 event of the year is in Madrid, where 19 of the Top 20 players in the Emirates ATP Rankings will descend on the Spanish capital. The Mutua Madrid Open has been staged on clay since 2009 and is held at the Caja Magica, with Spaniards winning the title five times since the inaugural edition 15 years ago. Four-time champion Rafael Nadal leads the home charge and is joined by fellow former winners Novak Djokovic and Andy Murray. Murray is the top seed, with Djokovic seeded second, Stan Wawrinka third and Nadal fourth. 10 THINGS TO KNOW IN MADRID 1) Big 4 Domination: Andy Murray, Novak Djokovic, Rafael Nadal and Roger...
Busy Week With Estoril, Istanbul, Munich: The ATP World Tour European clay court circuit moves on to Estoril, Istanbul and Munich. Estoril is a third-year tournament at the Clube de Ténis do Estoril although Portuguese tennis on the calendar goes back to the Tour’s inception in 1990. Istanbul is also a third-year tournament on the ATP World Tour. Munich is one of the oldest clay court tournaments, which was first held in 1974. There are five of the Top 20 players in the May 1 Emirates ATP Rankings in action, led by No. 6 Milos Raonic and No. 8 Marin Cilic in Istanbul. No. 16 Gael Monfils, No. 18 Roberto Bautista Agut and No. 20 Alexander Zverev are the top...
Clay Circuit Continues in Barcelona, Budapest: The second week of the European clay-court circuit continues with the fifth 500-level tournament of the season in Barcelona and the first ever ATP World Tour tournament in Budapest. World No. 1 Andy Murray took a wild card into Barcelona and is the top seed while Monte-Carlo semi-finalist Lucas Pouille is the top seed in Budapest. Barcelona Open Banc Sabadell (Barcelona): The Top 10 trio of World No. 1 Andy Murray, Rafael Nadal and Dominic Thiem are the top seeds in the 48-player field at the Real Club de Tenis Barcelona-1899, the oldest tennis club in Spain. This is the 65th edition of the tournament. Overall 11 of the Top 30 are in the...
