Stars Soak Up Tennis History In Newport

  • Posted: Jul 20, 2017

Stars Recap 2017 Newport Umag Bastad

It hasn’t been all about tennis for players this week. ATPWorldTour.com provides a recap of the highlights.

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SkiStar Swedish Open – Bastad, Sweden

Home hopes and #NextGenATP Swedes Elias Ymer and Mikael Ymer took a ride through the city in open cars, throwing out tennis balls with autographs to fans.

All players and a host of tennis legends attended the players’ party held at Norvikken restaurant to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the tournament.

Plava Laguna Croatia Open Umag – Umag, Croatia

Borna Coric, Andrey Rublev and Marc Polmans attended a Next Gen ATP Q&A with journalists at the NextGen Arena.

David Goffin participated in a live chat and virtual car racing experience.

Benoit Paire took his skills to the water for paddleboard tennis against Polmans.

Dell Technologies Hall Of Fame Open – Newport, Rhode Island

Stefan Kozlov and Taylor Fritz competed in a paddle board race and narrowly managed to avoid falling in the chilly water in Newport. Watch

Ivo Karlovic, Pierre-Hugues Herbert, Bjorn Fratangelo, Rajeev Ram, Michael Mmoh and Thai-Son Kwiatkowski attended the draw ceremony.

Ram, Fratangelo and Denis Kudla performed in this trivia contest about Andy Roddick and Kim Clijster, two of this year’s inductees to the Tennis Hall of Fame. Watch

Pierre-Hugues Herbert and Kwiatkowski went by boat to Rose Island, a beautiful nature preserve with a lighthouse, where they took in scenic views of Narragansett Bay and played mini-tennis on the grass overlooking the water.

Leander Paes, Rajeev Ram and Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi took a tour of the International Tennis Hall of Fame led by Newport tournament director and Hall of Fame CEO Todd Martin. Qureshi won an interactive trivia contest among the three players, Ram put on a headset and did play-by-play of a Novak Djokovic vs. Rafael Nadal match, and Paes was presented with the racquet he donated after winning the 1998 Newport singles title.

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