No one ever said coming back from knee surgery would be easy, but Stan Wawrinka knows he’s moving in the right direction. After shutting down what had been a successful 2017 season due to a knee injury, which would ultimately require surgery and months of rehabilitation, Wawrinka made his return to competition at the Australian Open, winning one round before succumbing to Tennys Sandgren in the second. With his feet back on the ground – both literally and figuratively – the Swiss heads to the DIEMA XTRA Sofia Open in search of his next step. “I am feeling much better. Since the first day I came back from Australia I was working really hard physically and also for my tennis....
With the first Grand Slam championship of the season in the rearview mirror, the ATP World Tour's stars are back at it in Montpellier, Quito and Sofia. The Open Sud de France and the Diema Xtra Sofia Open are both contested on hard courts, while the Ecuador Open is on clay. Last year's Nitto ATP Finals runner-up David Goffin is the top seed in Montpellier, Pablo Carreno Busta leads the pack in Quito and Stan Wawrinka is in the No. 1 spot in Sofia. View Draws: Montpellier | Quito | Sofia 10 THINGS TO WATCH IN MONTPELLIER (1) Frenchmen Headline Field: Three of the top five seeds are Frenchmen in Montpellier, which is one of five ATP World Tour tournaments in...
ATP World Tour Uncovered presented by Peugeot goes behind the scenes as Grigor Dimitrov enjoys a hero's welcome in Sofia as he plays an ATP World Tour event in Bulgaria for the first time.
ATP World Tour Uncovered presented Peugeot goes behind the scenes at the 2017 Garanti Koza Sofia Open, including interviews with Grigor Dimitrov, Dominic Thiem, David Goffin and Tournament Director Paul McNamee.
