Finals are, for the most part, a time for favourites. All eyes on the men's draw had been on number one seed Novak Djokovic, but with his stunning defeat to Reilly Opelka in the quarterfinal, attention shifted to the American's battle with the second of the two big serving giants, French vanquisher of Nick Kyrgios, Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard. Reilly Opelka …
It was second time lucky for Brandon Nakashima at the Next Gen ATP Finals. Nakashima fell at the semifinal stage last year but the American player stayed perfect this week when he beat third-seeded Jack Draper of Britain 4-3, 1-4, 4-2, 4-3 on Friday to reach the final, where he will face Czech player Jiří Lehečka. I’m just happy to …