Continuing our review of the 2020 season, today we look at the top two Grand Slam upsets of the year. Next week, we’ll look at the best matches, comebacks and upsets at ATP Tour tournaments. 2) Daniel Altmaier def. Matteo Berrettini, Roland Garros, Paris, R3, 3 October 2020 (Match Stats) Daniel Altmaier has long idolised Stan Wawrinka. It makes sense …

The Novak Djokovic Foundation has launched a Season of Giving campaign for the third consecutive year in the hopes of raising €100,000 to help open a preschool in both Vajska and Ljubis, two villages in Serbia. World No. 1 Novak Djokovic and his wife, Jelena Djokovic, will match all donations. “Considering the current pandemic situation, this year we primarily focused …

Getting off to a slow start against the best players in the world is almost always a deadly mistake. According to the ATP Performance Zone, the top eight players this season after winning the first set were all in the Top 10 of the FedEx ATP Rankings. Combined, those eight men were 205-15 after taking the opener (93.2 winning percentage). …

Trust the math. Traditional tennis mantra dictates second serves should be directed at the backhand return, either kicking up high with a topspin serve or jamming the returner with a slice to the body. The third option of serving to the opponent’s forehand return, which is typically viewed as being very brave or very foolish, is the antithesis of the …

Continuing our review of the 2020 season, today we look at three of the top five upsets of the year. We’ll review the top two tomorrow. Next week, we’ll look at the best matches, comebacks and upsets at ATP Tour tournaments. 5. Ernest Gulbis d. Felix Auger-Aliassime, Australian Open, R1, 21 January 21 2020 Five years ago, Ernest Gulbis was …

It’s the Launchpad of Legends… ATPTour.com reflects on the moment that launched Juan Martin del Potro’s career, on the 15th anniversary of his first ATP Challenger Tour title in Montevideo, Uruguay. Every player has had their start here. Regardless of talent and potential, all players have come through the ATP Challenger Tour as they begin their climb to the upper …

IMG’s super agent Max Eisenbud has soured on China. The man who oversaw the careers of Maria Sharapova and Li Na says that the WTA is too heavy in China at the moment. “I have never been a big believer in the amount of events that are in China,” he told Jon Wertheim on the Beyond the Baseline Podcast. “I …

Five-time Mutua Madrid Open champion Rafael Nadal is now a Madrid champion for life. Nadal was recently honored with Madrid’s Grand Cross of the Order of the Second of May. Presented by the president of the Madrid community and Madrid governing council, the award honors “people or institutions with exemplary behaviors that have stood out for their service to citizens …

Earlier on Thursday, Rafael Nadal had been awarded the Grand Cross of the Order of 12 May by president of the Community of Madrid Isabel Díaz Ayuso in Puerta de Sol. “First of all, I would like to remember the victims of this terrible pandemic, which we are going through, and all their families. I think it affects us all in one way or another, but above all those …

Rafael Nadal was a guest on the late night talk show with Pablo Matos, El Hormiguero (The Anthill) on TV Cuatro. Here are a few quotes from marca.com: “I like to party. And, of course, I drink alcohol. I like tequila.” “I have good self-control and I never throw my racket or gesture in anger. But with chocolate…” “With the Titanic I cried like …