Bob and Mike Bryan are paying tribute to a California doctor as 14 pro sports leagues come together to recognise and celebrate healthcare workers on the frontlines of the COVID-19 pandemic. ‘The Real Heroes Project’ is a collaborative initiative featuring athletes representing the ATP, MLB, MLS, NASCAR, NBA, NFL, NHL, NWSL, USGA, WNBA, WTA and WWE and esports leagues, including Activision Blizzard Esports and Electronic Arts. Players are dedicating match shirts and jerseys  to a special healthcare hero who is helping their community on the forefront of the global crisis.

The Bryans, winners of a record 119 doubles titles together, are honouring Dr. Joshua Wolfsohn, an infectious diseases expert working in their childhood home town of Camarillo, California.

With the help of creative agency 72andSunny, creative production company Hecho Studios, and media publication Adweek, the multi-league public service announcement will debut this Wednesday, 6 May across league and team platforms. Each participating athlete will share a personal thank you message to their chosen healthcare hero on social media utilizing #TheRealHeroes. Throughout the PSA and personal tributes, athletes will cover their name on their jerseys or uniforms and replace it with the name of their healthcare hero.

Since the COVID-19 outbreak, the sports world has supported their local and national communities in their own respective efforts. Through “The Real Heroes Project,” the sports community will come together to salute heroic individuals across the healthcare system.

Featured leagues and athletes include:
•Activision Blizzard Esports – Esports athletes Seth “Scump” Abner of Call of Duty League, Li “Liooon” Xiaomeng of Hearthstone Esports, and Matthew “Super” DeLisi of Overwatch League
•Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) – Professional doubles tennis players, and most successful duo of all time, Bob Bryan and Mike Bryan
•Electronic Arts (EA) – reigning FIFA eWorld Cup Champion Mohammed “MoAuba” Harkous, 2018 FIFA eWorld Cup Champion Mosaad “Msdossary” Aldossary, Madden NFL 19 Bowl Champion Drini “Drini” •Gjoka, Madden NFL 18 Bowl Champion Seamus “Young Kiv” Kivlen, and professional Apex Legends competitors Eric “Snip3down” Wrona and Bowen “Monsoon” Fuller (#StayandPlay)
•Major League Baseball (MLB) – New York Yankees All-Star outfielder Aaron Judge and Milwaukee Brewers All-Star outfielder Christian Yelich
•Major League Soccer (MLS) – Los Angeles Galaxy forward Javier “Chicharito” Hernández, Toronto FC and U.S. Men’s National Team forward Jozy Altidore, and Orlando City SC forward Nani (#MLSUnites)
•NASCAR – Two-time NASCAR Cup Series champion and Joe Gibbs Racing driver Kyle Busch and 2014 NASCAR Cup Series champion and Stewart-Haas Racing driver Kevin Harvick
•National Basketball Association (NBA) – 2020 NBA All-Star and Utah Jazz point guard Donovan Mitchell (#NBATogether)
•National Football League (NFL) – New Orleans Saints All-Pro quarterback Drew Brees, Arizona Cardinals All-Pro wide receiver DeAndre Hopkins and San Francisco 49ers All-Pro tight end George Kittle
•National Hockey League (NHL) – NHL Legend Wayne Gretzky, Chicago Blackhawks Captain Jonathan Toews and Toronto Maple Leafs Assistant Director of Player Development and former Canadian Women’s ice hockey Gold Medalist Hayley Wickenheiser
•National Women’s Soccer League (NWSL) – United States Women’s National Soccer Team and Sky Blue FC forward Carli Lloyd and United States Women’s National Soccer Team and Orlando Pride striker Alex Morgan
•United States Golf Association (USGA) – Jordan Spieth, three-time USGA Champion (2015 U.S. Open and 2 U.S. Junior Amateurs), and Lydia Ko, winner of the 2012 U.S. Women’s Amateur and youngest number-1 ranked player of all-time
•Women’s National Basketball Association (WNBA) – Four-time WNBA All-Star guard Skylar Diggins-Smith of the Phoenix Mercury and two-time WNBA All-Star and 2018 WNBA MVP forward Breanna Stewart of the Seattle Storm (#WNBATogether)
•Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) – American teenage sensation who won her first three WTA titles and broke into the Top 50 at just 15 years old, Coco Gauff; Champion of the 2018 U.S. Open followed by 2019 Australian Open, Naomi Osaka from Japan; highest-ranked Canadian in the history of the WTA and 2019 US Open Champion, Bianca Andreescu; WTA World No.1 and 2019 Roland Garros Champion from Australia, Ashleigh Barty; and former WTA World No.1 from Belarus with 20 WTA career singles titles, Victoria Azarenka
•World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) – WWE Superstars John Cena, Triple H and Charlotte Flair

The sports world invites fans around the world to join these world-class athletes on social media and dedicate their personal jerseys and team apparel to a frontline individual using the hashtag #TheRealHeroes.

Each year, 4 May serves as Star Wars Day. Instead of “May the force be with you” like in the movies, people say, “May the fourth be with you.”

The “force” has been with tennis players and fans throughout the world as they have adapted their love of the sport to their homes during the COVID-19 pandemic. The ATP Tour’s social channels refashioned some of the best #TennisAtHome videos to include an element of the Star Wars universe.

Tennis strikes back ?#MayThe4thBeWithYou | #StarWarsDay

(via Instagram/Twitter: @rogerfederer, @GsaLegrand, @TennisLegende, @carloos_martinez, @gibson_parker, @nmahut, @fabiofogna, @jillongering) pic.twitter.com/hxUDKU0eN3

— ATP Tour (@atptour) May 4, 2020

Roger Federer showed off his incredible feel while social distancing at the end of March, hitting a variety of tweeners and behind-the-back shots against a wall. It was as if the Swiss star was harnessing the “force” to pull off those trick shots, even if he didn’t actually use a lightsaber to do so.

Hugo Dellien is eager to begin competing again, but he’s even more eager to see his first child in person. The 26-year-old Bolivian and his wife, Camila Giangreco Campiz, welcomed a baby girl named Mila on 25 April, but sudden border restrictions due to the COVID-19 pandemic have prevented the family from reuniting.

Dellien and Campiz expected Mila to be born in Paraguay, where Campiz is from. But when Dellien traveled back to Bolivia to visit his family for a few days, he was unable to return after the Bolivian government suddenly announced the closure of its borders on 17 March. Paraguay closed their own borders days later. 

He revealed the news of his baby daughter and current situation last Saturday via Instagram by posting a photo of the newborn. Dellien wrote an open letter to her in the lengthy post, sharing his wish to see his family again and expressing optimism for the future.

 

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Mi vida entera en esta foto!! Estuve pensando todos estos días que poner en esta foto y realmente no me salen las palabras solo sonrío y sonrío. La felicidad que tengo es inmensa, gracias @camigiangrecocampiz por darme el regalo mas grande que tengo, UNA FAMILIA. Mi bebe quiero contarte de que estamos pasando un momento difícil, el mundo esta pasando momentos muy difíciles, es por eso que papi no pudo estar el día que viniste al mundo. Duele y la estoy sufriendo mucho no te lo voy a negar, pero sabes que? esto que estoy pasando lo volvería a pasar una y mil veces, con tal de que todo haya salido como salió, tu mami bien, vos llena de amor, salud y una hermosura única. Eso es lo que me llena el ❤️ y me hace aguantar el no estar durmiendo contigo y con tu mami, poder besarlas, abrazarlas, hacer todas esas cosas nuevas que nos enseñas al ser tus papas, poder compartir momentos, pero no importa mi vida porque vamos a tener toda una vida para compartir esos momentos, me enseñaras a ser un gran padre y te enseñáremos a ser una gran Mujer, por ahora espérame junto con tu mami,tu hermanito panther, tus tíos y tus abuelos que te van a cuidar muchooo, sobre todo tu hermanito PANTHER? ya hable con el. Te extraño mucho y quiero que sepas que el amor que te tiene papa es el mas grande del mundo, cambiaste la vida de papa por completo y eso es lo mas hermoso que me paso en la vida. Gracias Dios, gracias por enviarme este angelito hermoso!! ❤️

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“I want to tell you that we are having a difficult time [and] the world is going through difficult moments. That is why daddy could not be there the day you came into the world. It hurts and I am suffering a lot. I will not deny it,” Dellien wrote. “But you know what? I would go through it again a thousand times as long as everything turned out the way it did, your mommy well and and you full of love, health and a unique beauty.

“You will teach me to be a great father and we will teach you to be a great woman… I miss you so much and I want you to know that the love papa has for you is the greatest in the world. You changed papa’s life completely and that is the most beautiful thing that happened to me in life.”

Dellien achieved a career-high FedEx ATP Ranking of No. 73 this January. He reached the quarter-finals of his most recent tour-level event this February in Santiago.

Could ‘The Backhand Boys’ be getting back together? They did on Instagram, at least.

Roger Federer, Tommy Haas and Grigor Dimitrov famously performed their own rendition of Chicago’s ‘Hard To Say I’m Sorry’ at the 2017 BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells. That video has received more than one million views on Federer’s Instagram page.

Dimitrov made an Instagram post Saturday about how much he misses competing as play remains suspended due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Federer and Haas quickly jumped in with lyrics from that same Chicago song.

“Everybody needs a little time away,” Haas wrote.

“Even lovers need a holiday,” Federer added.

 

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As the days are rolling by I cannot help but thinking how much I miss competing. For the first time in 24 years the real uncertainty of when you are going out there creeps in. I miss the preparation,I miss driving to the stadium,I miss those butterflies when your name is called on that center court,when you put that game face on and for a minute you feel that the world stops and all you think about is that moment, seizing the chance to be out here. I’m so grateful to that sport,it has given me all I can ask for(yes,frustrating too at times:) but it always teaches me something that goes way beyond the sport. It challenges me! Thank you! I miss you tennis! I’m thankful for my parents for teaching so many valuable lessons early on in life. I had to grow up fast but along the way learning how to forgive,how to love,how to be persistent and tackle life with smile! Tenacity! We can only learn from this time and come out as a better version of ourselves. Let’s love ourselves and be kind to one another. Sending love and support to all of you out there! We will overcome this together. #carpediem

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“As the days are rolling by I cannot help but thinking how much I miss competing. For the first time in 24 years the real uncertainty of when you are going out there creeps in,” Dimitrov wrote in his Instagram post. “I miss the preparation, I miss driving to the stadium, I miss those butterflies when your name is called on that centre court, when you put that game face on and for a minute you feel that the world stops and all you think about is that moment, seizing the chance to be out here.

“I’m so grateful to this sport. It has given me all I can ask for (yes, frustrating too at times), but it always teaches me something that goes way beyond the sport. It challenges me! Thank you! I miss you tennis!”

Dimitrov thanked his parents for all the lessons they taught him when he was younger, including how to be persistent, even during tough times.

“We can only learn from this time and come out as a better version of ourselves. Let’s love ourselves and be kind to one another,” Dimitrov wrote. “Sending love and support to all of you out there! We will overcome this together. #carpediem”

Normally at this time of season, the Tour heads to Madrid. Sadly, the tournament this year was suspended due to the global COVID-19 pandemic, but fans can still celebrate the 30th anniversary of ATP Masters 1000 tournaments. This week, ATPTour.com reflects on the Mutua Madrid Open.

First held in 2002 on hard courts, the tournament switched to clay and a new venue, La Caja Magica, in 2009. ATPTour.com looks back on memorable moments from Madrid.

2002: The First Edition
In the Casa de Campo, just minutes from the city centre, the Madrid Arena hosted the first edition of the Mutua Madrid Open, replacing a Masters 1000 tournament held in Stuttgart. Built for the unsuccessful Madrid 2012 Olympic bid, the indoor hard-court tournament concluded with then 32-year-old Andre Agassi capturing a then-record 15th Masters 1000 title without hitting a ball. His opponent in the final, Jiri Novak, had torn a groin muscle the day before, towards the end of his semi-final victory over Fabrice Santoro, who had beaten Roger Federer in the quarter-finals.

2004: Model Ball Girls
The Masters 1000 tournament replaced traditional ball boys and girls with female models for the third edition. Given two weeks training, the professional models, aged 19 to 28, were selected from Spanish agencies. Marat Safin, who beat David Nalbandian for the 2004 title, said, “The models mean people are still talking about tennis. Good publicity, bad publicity. It doesn’t matter.” Agassi, the inaugural champion, had initially joked, “It was difficult, to say the least, to concentrate on the ball. But I suppose I had an advantage, I’m used to playing with my wife [former WTA World No. 1 Steffi Graf].”

2005: Nadal Edges Ljubicic For First Of Five Crowns
It was one of the best matches in Mutua Madrid Open history: 19-year-old Rafael Nadal, already a winner of 10 tour-level titles in 2005, coming up against Ivan Ljubicic, who was having one of the best seasons of his career. At a time when Masters 1000 finals were contested over the best-of-five sets, Ljubicic quickly took the opening two sets before Nadal showed great grit and determination to fight back for victory over more than four hours of play. “It is one of the best memories I have of this tournament,” said Nadal, looking back on his 3-6, 2-6, 6-3, 6-4, 7-6(3) triumph. “I remember that largely because of the support from the public, I was able to turn the match around and eventually win a final.” Now aged 33, Nadal has won a tournament record five titles (2005, 2010, 2013-14, 2017) from eight finals (2005, 2009-11, 2013-15, 2017).

2009: Under New Ownership, Venue & Date Switch
Ion Tiriac, a former player turned billionaire businessman, became the new owner of the tournament in 2009, coinciding with a switch from hard courts to a clay-court event; to La Caja Magica, a multi-purpose stadium with three courts in the Manzanares Park Tennis Center, and a calendar switch from October to May. Ten years on, Tiriac told his native Romanian press that holding the combined event now benefits the city of Madrid in excess of €107 million.

2012: Blue Clay
Keen for innovation, Tiriac proposed to turn Madrid’s red clay to blue for the 2012 edition, benefitting television viewers around the world. While a single outside blue court had been available for player testing in 2011, with capacity crowds inside the three show courts the following year, the blue clay proved to be too slippery and the consistency of the bounce was uneven. Nadal and defending champion Novak Djokovic were skeptical, and both lost early, while Federer went on to lift the trophy with a 3-6, 7-5, 7-5 victory over Tomas Berdych. The Madrid tournament organisers returned to red clay in 2013.

2013: In Memory Of Brad
Two days after the passing of Brad Drewett, the ATP Executive Chairman and President, aged 54, due to Motor Neuron Disease (also known as ALS or Lou Gehrig’s disease), stars of the ATP and WTA Tours took to the stadium court for a minute’s silence. Drewett, the former Australian player, had been involved in the sport for more than 40 years. Djokovic said, “It’s devastating news for not just us tennis players, but the tennis world. He was a very brave man with the courage to stand up and try to change some things in our sport for the better. We remember him as a very calm, composed and intelligent man, who loved this sport with all his heart, while he was playing, coaching and then as the President of ATP.”

2018: Santana Hands Over The Reigns
Manuel Santana, a winner of four Grand Slam singles titles, who helped Madrid become a world-class event as Tournament Director, had an assistant in the shape of Feliciano Lopez in 2018. Lopez, who had played in all 16 editions of the tournament, learned the ropes of event management before taking over in 2019. At the time, Lopez was the second active player to be named Tournament Director after Tommy Haas, the former No. 2, was named to the same position for the BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells in June 2016. Santana, now the Madrid tournament’s Honorary President. said: “The Mutua Madrid Open is and always will be my home. It took us a lot of hard work to make this tournament happen and I will always be working to help it grow.”

2019: Djokovic Wins Third Madrid Title
Djokovic arrived at the Mutua Madrid Open last year looking to rekindle the kind of form that took him to the 2019 Australian Open title. With one quarter-final appearance in his past three tournaments, the World No. 1 beat two-time finalist Dominic Thiem 7-6(2), 7-6(4) in the semi-finals before overcoming Stefanos Tsitsipas 6-3, 6-4 for a then record-tying 33rd Masters 1000 title (with Nadal). “These are the best tournaments, biggest tournaments we have in our sport, in the ATP, of course alongside the Grand Slams,” said Djokovic, who also won the Madrid title in 2011 and 2016. “This is as important and as good as it gets.”

Taylor Fritz earned a massive payday for his chosen charity on Sunday without having to leave his living room. The American and Addison Rae defeated Kei Nishikori and Steve Aoki 6-4 in the final of the Stay at Home Slam, a live virtual tennis tournament on Nintendo Switch’s Mario Tennis Aces that featured celebrities and pro tennis players teaming up to raise money for charity.

The one-day event was streamed exclusively via Facebook Gaming and the IMG Tennis Facebook page. Former World No. 1 John McEnroe provided commentary for each match with popular YouTube personality iJustine (Justine Ezarik).

Competing Tennis/Celebrity Partnerships
Taylor Fritz and Addison Rae
Kei Nishikori and Steve Aoki
Kevin Anderson and Ryan Tannehill
Serena Williams and Gigi Hadid
Naomi Osaka and Hailey Bieber
Venus Williams and DeAndre Hopkins
Maria Sharapova and Karlie Kloss
Madison Keys and Seal

Fritz/Rae will donate their $1 million winner’s prize to No Kid Hungry, which works to end child hunger in the United States. All of the participants, who played the video game from their homes, each received $25,000 to be donated to the charity of their choice.

“I was more nervous there than in any of my real matches,” Fritz joked. “This was so much fun. Addison absolutely carried the team.”

What a finals match ??

It was a close one, but @Taylor_Fritz97 and @whoisaddison beat @keinishikori and @steveaoki for a $1M donation to @nokidhungry! ?: @FacebookGaming pic.twitter.com/NgIBTrHxr9

— IMG Tennis (@IMGTennis) May 3, 2020

Fritz/Rae broke Aoki in the opening game off four winners from Rae and maintained their slight advantage the rest of the way. Nishikori/Aoki held five break points with Fritz serving for the championship at 5-4, but the American erased all of them with aces and fired another ace to wrap up the match.

“I play a lot of video games and recently got back into it because there’s been a lot of virtual athlete tournaments,” Fritz said before the event. “I’ve never played Mario Tennis, but I want to win this really bad.”

We were lucky to get out of that one ?? Thank you Kei…… still trying to repay you for 2016 Memphis & 2020 Barcelona/Rome ?. #0-3 https://t.co/GxBWMiL61D

— Taylor Fritz (@Taylor_Fritz97) May 3, 2020

Kevin Anderson and Ryan Tannehill scored a 6-3 win in their opening match against Maria Sharapova and Karlie Kloss, while Nishikori/Aoki defeated Naomi Osaka and Hailey Bieber. In the semi-finals, Nishikori/Aoki cruised past Anderson/Tannehill with a convincing 6-1 victory.

“I’m going to have to hang up my controller,” Anderson joked. “That was too good for us. I’ll guess we’ll have to train harder and come back next year.”

In Mario Tennis Aces for Nintendo Switch, Mario steps onto the court for matches against a variety of Mushroom Kingdom characters including Luigi, Peach, Donkey Kong and Bowser.

An Infosys ATP Beyond The Numbers analysis of distance run in the first two sets of matches by the current Top 10 in the FedEx ATP Rankings from 2018-2020 identifies that almost all run less in the second set than the first. Rafael Nadal leads the pack by running 10 per cent less in set two than set one.

And then there is the curious case of Roger Federer, who was the only Top 10 player in the data set to run more in the second set.

The data set is comprised of matches at ATP events on Hawk-Eye courts.

Overall, Nadal ran more in the first set than any other player in the Top 10, at an average of 3512 feet. That is right at 30 per cent more than Matteo Berrettini, who ran the least of the Top 10 in set one at an average of 2478 feet. But once set two began, Nadal was the master at running less compared to his opening set.

The Spaniard averaged running just 89.7 percent of his set one distance in set two, which can be attributed to several factors. Perhaps he wore his opponent out in the first set and they didn’t have the stamina to stay with him in set two. It could also be Nadal cleverly formulated a strategic edge in set one that bore fruit in set two. Another possibility is that he simply loosened up and dictated more in set two after taking the opening set.

Daniil Medvedev was second best at reducing his work rate in set two, running 89.8 per cent of the set one distance. The other players who covered significantly less court in set two than set one were Novak Djokovic (91.9%), Dominic Thiem (92.1%), Alexander Zverev (93.0%) and Matteo Berrettini (95.4%). Stefanos Tsitsipas and Gael Monfils were almost identical with distance run between sets, with both being within one percentage point of their set totals.

Federer ran 104.2 per cent more in set two compared to set one. Possibilities why include opponents being able to play more baseline to baseline points in set two compared to the marauding net game Federer typically likes to employ right out of the gate in the first set. It could also have to do with the fact Federer is already on the low end of the spectrum, running just 72 per cent of the distance Nadal did in the first set.

Of all players, Gilles Simon took the honors with the highest average of distance run in set one (4165 feet) and set two (3904 feet), while Nick Kyrgios ran the least in set one (2081 feet) and set two (2024 feet).

Overall, the dynamic of player movement highlights various game styles and the willingness to either try and force errors early in the point or extract them later by wearing down an opponent both physically and mentally.

2018-20: Top 10 Set 1 vs Set 2 Player Movement (in feet)

Your favourite players are all at home, but that doesn’t mean their days have become dull. From Roberto Bautista Agut’s exciting family news, to Daniil Medvedev’s quality time with his dog, find out how the biggest names in tennis are keeping busy.

Bautista Agut and his wife, Ana Bodi Tortosa, revealed that they’re expecting their first child.

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Feliz Día de la Madre⁣⁣
⁣⁣#RobertoBautistaAgut pic.twitter.com/x89Uuc6ROb

— Roberto BautistaAgut (@BautistaAgut) May 3, 2020

Medvedev and his dog are both missing tennis equally.

Missing tennis like…….. pic.twitter.com/DuJJy1I2ci

— Daniil Medvedev (@DaniilMedwed) May 2, 2020

Stefanos Tsitsipas spent some quality time with his sister.

Look at the smiles & the laughs ?

?: @StefTsitsipas | #tennisathome pic.twitter.com/zfLqQe3mSo

— ATP Tour (@atptour) May 3, 2020

Novak Djokovic released another episode of his Instagram series ‘The Self-Mastery Project’.

 

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Wim Hoff ”Iceman” shares with us his amazing journey and experience which motivated him to develop a method that inspires millions of people to regain the power and control of their own health. Truly inspiring talk ? ? Thank you Wim. Please share this video. Empower yourself and others. YOU are POWERFUL and you hold the keys ? of your health in your hands! Idemooo

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Feliciano Lopez carved out time to work on his fitness.

 

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Que ganas de tenis y de ☀️!!! Pero ahora es el momento de seguir apoyando a nuestros héroes sanitarios y si salimos a pasear o entrenar, hacerlo bien protegidos #ganasdesol #isdin

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Robert Farah received a wake-up call from his two dogs.

 

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Cuarenteando andamos… ? @tacoandroma

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Andy Murray celebrated winning the Mutua Madrid Open Virtual Pro title.

 

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Going to get ‘virtually’ legless celebrating my win online @mutuamadridopen Hope anyone who watched got some sort of enjoyment out of it in these tough times. I’ll be donating half of the 45 thousand dollars prize money to the NHS and the other half to the tennis player relief fund. #tennis #castore #nhs #stayhome

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Hugo Dellien shared the exciting news of his first child.

 

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Mi vida entera en esta foto!! Estuve pensando todos estos días que poner en esta foto y realmente no me salen las palabras solo sonrío y sonrío. La felicidad que tengo es inmensa, gracias @camigiangrecocampiz por darme el regalo mas grande que tengo, UNA FAMILIA. Mi bebe quiero contarte de que estamos pasando un momento difícil, el mundo esta pasando momentos muy difíciles, es por eso que papi no pudo estar el día que viniste al mundo. Duele y la estoy sufriendo mucho no te lo voy a negar, pero sabes que? esto que estoy pasando lo volvería a pasar una y mil veces, con tal de que todo haya salido como salió, tu mami bien, vos llena de amor, salud y una hermosura única. Eso es lo que me llena el ❤️ y me hace aguantar el no estar durmiendo contigo y con tu mami, poder besarlas, abrazarlas, hacer todas esas cosas nuevas que nos enseñas al ser tus papas, poder compartir momentos, pero no importa mi vida porque vamos a tener toda una vida para compartir esos momentos, me enseñaras a ser un gran padre y te enseñáremos a ser una gran Mujer, por ahora espérame junto con tu mami,tu hermanito panther, tus tíos y tus abuelos que te van a cuidar muchooo, sobre todo tu hermanito PANTHER? ya hable con el. Te extraño mucho y quiero que sepas que el amor que te tiene papa es el mas grande del mundo, cambiaste la vida de papa por completo y eso es lo mas hermoso que me paso en la vida. Gracias Dios, gracias por enviarme este angelito hermoso!! ❤️

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Stan Wawrinka showed that he isn’t letting lockdown dampen his spirits.

 

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Who’s the most smiley ? Me or the monkey? ???? #KeepSmiling #mondaymotivation #StaySafe #StanTheMan #StayHome #MondayMood

A post shared by Stanislas Wawrinka (@stanwawrinka85) on Apr 27, 2020 at 9:42am PDT

Alexander Zverev is the No. 7 player in the FedEx ATP Rankings and has lifted 11 trophies from 18 ATP Tour championship matches since 2016.

ATPTour.com looks at five things you should know about the 6’6” German.

1) His Biggest Success Came In London
At the 2018 Nitto ATP Finals, Zverev produced back-to-back straight-sets wins against Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic to become the youngest champion at the elite eight-man event in a decade. The 11-time ATP Tour titlist advanced to the semi-finals with a 2-1 round-robin record and found his best level to become the first man to beat Federer and Djokovic at the same edition of the event.

“It’s quite astonishing, winning this title, beating two such players back-to-back, Roger and Novak, in semi-finals and final,” said Zverev. “It means so much. I’m incredibly happy and incredibly proud of this moment right now.”

2) He Is In Great ATP Masters 1000 Company
Zverev is the only active player outside the Big Four of Djokovic, Rafael Nadal, Federer and Andy Murray to own three Masters 1000 trophies. The German captured his first Masters 1000 crown at the 2017 Internazionali BNL d’Italia, beating Djokovic in straight sets in the final.

Zverev doubled his trophy count at the level at his next available opportunity with a straight-sets victory against Federer in the 2017 Coupe Rogers final. In one of the greatest weeks of his career, Zverev added a third Masters 1000 title to his collection after cruising through the 2018 Mutua Madrid Open draw without dropping serve.

3) He Has A Familiar Quarantine Buddy
During the COVID-19 pandemic, Zverev has been quarantining in Florida with a familiar face: Marcelo Melo. The pair has been good friends since 2015 and are often seen together when competing at the same tournaments on the ATP Tour.

During an Instagram live session last month, Zverev jokingly reflected on their first meeting at the 2015 ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament in Rotterdam.

“He was in the locker room by himself. He’s always in the locker room by himself. He never had that many friends. I was this new guy, I was 18. Everybody kept warning me [about] him. I was like, ‘Nah, he looks like he’s okay,’” said Zverev. “I was like, ‘Hey buddy, you want to have lunch?’ He was so happy, because finally somebody wanted to become friends with him, and I took him on. Every stranded puppy needs a home, so I take care of him.”

4) He Is A Big Fan Of Basketball
When Zverev is not busy on the tennis court, his eyes may be focussed on a basketball court. The 23-year-old is a keen follower of the Miami Heat and had the chance to meet the NBA team’s former shooting guard Dwyane Wade during the 2018 Miami Open presented by Itau.

When Wade retired from the sport last year, Zverev paid tribute to the three-time NBA champion on Instagram and named the American his ‘favourite athlete of all time’.

Introducing new @MiamiHEAT power forward, Alexander #Zverev

What do you think, @DwyaneWade? ??#MiamiOpen pic.twitter.com/P7EkeUyAvm

— Miami Open (@MiamiOpen) March 22, 2018

5) He Is A Dog Lover
In the age-old debate between cats and dogs, Zverev stands firmly on the side of dogs. Despite already owning a canine companion, Lovik, Zverev adopted a second dog at the 2019 Miami Open presented by Itau following a visit to the Humane Society of Greater Miami.

Later in the year, Zverev’s collection of dogs expanded even further. The German took to Twitter to proudly show off his ‘grandchildren’ after Lovik became a father.

I’m a grandpa? #lovikfam pic.twitter.com/z5fTfsUl8j

— Alexander Zverev (@AlexZverev) September 6, 2019