Professional Tennis
The ATP World Tour has announced it will be hosting a new tournament, the Next Gen ATP Finals, beginning next November in Milan, featuring the world’s best 21-and-under singles players. The tournament will be held at the Fiera Milano Stadium from November 7-11, and will stay in Milan through 2021. “We’re delighted to bring this…
Andy Murray emphatically closed the door on a remarkable 2016 season on Sunday, downing Novak Djokovic 6-3, 6-4 in the ATP World Tour Finals at the O2 Arena in London to capture the year-end finals and secure his spot as the year-end number one player in the world. “I’m very happy to win and to…
Andy Murray stamped his ticket to the semifinals of the ATP World Tour Finals at the O2 Arena in London on Friday, defeating U.S. Open champion Stan Wawrinka 6-4, 6-2 to finish round-robin play undefeated. The opening set of the match was on serve until a late break from Murray allowed him to take the…
Four-time defending champion Novak Djokovic finished off his round-robin play in style on Thursday, cruising past David Goffin 6-1, 6-2 to finish undefeated in his three round-robin matches, clinching his fifth straight ATP World Tour Finals semifinal appearance at the O2 Arena in London. Goffin, an alternate, was thrust into action after France’s Gael Monfils…
World number one Andy Murray outlasted Kei Nishikori 6-7(9), 6-4, 6-4 at the O2 Arena in London on Wednesday, extending his winning streak to 21 matches in what was the longest best-of-three sets match ever at the ATP World Tour Finals. The opening set would head to a tiebreaker after Nishikori saved a set point…
Austria’s Dominic Thiem won his first career match at the ATP World Tour Finals on Tuesday, hanging on to beat Frenchman Gael Monfils 6-3, 1-6, 6-4 to improve to 1-1 in round-robin play in the Ivan Lendl Group at the O2 Arena in London. “I had a good start today. I was trying to stay…
The round-robin play in the John McEnroe group at the ATP World Tour Finals in London got underway on Monday, and Japan’s Kei Nishikori won the day’s first match with an impressive 6-2, 6-3 win over Stan Wawrinka at The O2. Nishikori was the more aggressive player and it showed throughout the match as he…
The Czech Republic won its fifth Fed Cup title in the last six years over the weekend, as Karolina Pliskova and Barbora Strycova won the deciding fifth rubber match, downing France’s Caroline Garcia and Kristina Mladenovic 7-5, 7-5 to clinch the 3-2 overall victory for the Czechs. “Of course I am very proud. It was…
Switzerland’s Stanislas Wawrinka captured the third Grand Slam of his career in Flushing Meadows, downing Novak Djokovic 6-7(1), 6-4, 7-5, 6-3 in the finals of the 2016 U.S. Open, but Stan the Man wasn’t as calm and collective heading into that match as one may have thought. Minutes before he walked onto the court in…
France's Lucas Pouille won the ATP Most Improved Player. The ATP World Tour announced its year-end awards for the 2016 season on Thursday, as Roger Federer, Juan Martin del Potro and the Bryan Brothers were among those honored with awards. Federer, despite having not played over the last few months of the year due to…