2026 ATP General News

[the AntiPusher]

I remember him beating Djoke a few times. Was he #1 any of those wins?

RBA had a pretty good career. Good solid ground strokes No drama Just did not have any weapons which made him the ultimate baseliner grinders..FathertTime will catch up with players like him unfortunately.

 

[El Dude]

Bautista Agut is noteworthy for having a relatively late breakout--he didn't reach the top 100 until he was 24--and still a long career that was very consistent: He finished in the top 100 from 2012 to 2025, and top 25 from 2014-22. He won 12 titles overall, his best being an ATP 500. He was pretty much the quintessential "3rd tier" player: A guy who is seeded at Slams and may peak on the edge of the top 10.

Against the Big Four:
Djokovic 3-9
Nadal 0-3
Federer 0-9
Murray 4-3

Yes, he had a winning record against Murray, but to be fair to Andy, those four wins for RBA were all 2019-23 when Andy was a shadow of himself.

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

Three times, actually. Also in the 2016 Shanghai SF.

Thanks El Dude I must have missed that one

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

RBA had a pretty good career. Good solid ground strokes No drama Just did not have any weapons which made him the ultimate baseliner grinders..FathertTime will catch up with players like him unfortunately.

AP
He was the ultimate baseliner grinder, to me his best surface was the hard court., coming from Spain, people think clay courters can only play on clay

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

Good News,

According to La Verdad, Alcaraz was examined last Friday by Dr. Angel Ruiz-Cottore who confirmed that the right wrist is fully healed.
Carlos and his team are now targeting his return at the Cinncy Masters August 13th.The plan is to gradually increase his training load with the target of returning to Cinncy
Carlos is expected to meet with Dr, Ruiz -Cottore again this week, to receive the official green light to return to Cinncy

Source Dzevod Mesic via tennisworld, July 14th.