Leo Borg to debut in ATP Challenger Tour

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Talk Tennis Guru

Interesting stuff! Perhaps some of you who like to watch challengers every now and then could get a chance to see how he plays. I expect him to start beating the Big 3 in a few months.
 

The Blond Blur

G.O.A.T.

Interesting stuff! Perhaps some of you who like to watch challengers every now and then could get a chance to see how he plays. I expect him to start beating the Big 3 in a few months.
Wish him luck, it's going to be tough because of who his dad is. He seems like a cool kid though, he even played a younger version of his pops in Borg vs McEnroe.
 

Mainad

Bionic Poster
Such a big name for him to live up to! I wonder if it would be better if he adopted his mother's surname for instance so as to take away the pressure of expectation of being a Borg?
 

James P

G.O.A.T.
The Bergamo tournament he's in is absolutely loaded with teenagers. There's got to be 8-10 out of the 48.
 

jm1980

Talk Tennis Guru
Such a big name for him to live up to! I wonder if it would be better if he adopted his mother's surname for instance so as to take away the pressure of expectation of being a Borg?
Or maybe he's not that good, and it would be better to get the perks of being a Borg? This kid is going to get a ton of wildcards
 

BeatlesFan

Bionic Poster

Interesting stuff! Perhaps some of you who like to watch challengers every now and then could get a chance to see how he plays. I expect him to start beating the Big 3 in a few months.
I've seen him play live twice (admittedly only in practice, not an actual match). He's not beating the big three if they were all 50 years old. He's not that good, even his father has said that.
 

Interesting stuff! Perhaps some of you who like to watch challengers every now and then could get a chance to see how he plays. I expect him to start beating the Big 3 in a few months.
Is that what Bjorn meant when he said Fck for the Future?
 
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James P

G.O.A.T.
If ever there was a week to watch for tennis teens, this one is absolutely loaded:

The absolute mother lode of teenage tennis this week!!!

Teenagers in ATP Tour action this week:

Felix Auger-Aliassime #18: Felix, one win away from his first title in Rotterdam, is headed to the Marseilles 250 this week. He will be seeded #7 and face Italian Stefano Travaglia in the 1st round.
Jannik Sinner (ITA) #68: Jannik is also playing in Marseilles this week following a solid performance in Rotterdam. He was given direct entry and will face a TBD qualifier in the 1st round.
Thiago Seyboth Wild (BRA) #206: Thiago was given a wild card into his home town Rio de Janeiro 500 tournament this week. He faces recent graduate of this page, Alejandro Davidovich Fokina of Spain in the 1st round.
Brandon Nakashima (USA) #294: Brandon's continued ascension is rewarded this week with a wild card into the Delray Beach 250 main draw. His first ATP Tour match will be played against Pune champion Jiri Vesely of Czechia.
Carlos Alcaraz (ESP) #406: The long awaited first ATP Tour match of Carlos is here!! He received a wild card into the Rio main draw and will face compatriot Albert Ramos Vinolas in the 1st round.
Mateus Alves (BRA) #615: Mateus was given a wild card into the Rio quallies. At press, he's already lost his first match.
Harold Mayot (FRA) #509: Harold was given a wild card into the Marseilles tournament. He faces compatriot, and elder statesman of French tennis, Gilles Simon in the 1st round.
Arthur Cazaux (FRA) #1076: 17 year old Arthur was given a wild card into quallies at Marseilles this week.
Preston Brown (USA) #1934: Preston was given a wild card into the quallies at Delray Beach this week. At press, he's already lost his opening match.
Pedro Boscardin Diaz (BRA) #UR: Pedro was given a wild card into the quallies at Rio. He's already lost, as well.

Teenagers in ATP Challenger action this week:

Sebastian Korda (USA) #232: Sebastian will be featured in the Drummondville 80 Challenger this week. Seeded #11, he awaits the winner of Tobias Simon (GER) and a TBD qualifier in the 2nd round.
Nicola Kuhn (ESP) #244: Nicola will be playing in the Koblenz 80 Challenger this week. Seeded #11 in his tournament, he'll face the winner of Alessandro Bega (ITA) and Edan Leshem (ISR) in the 2nd round.
Hugo Gaston (FRA) #248: Hugo leads a talented crop of youngsters in the Bergamo 80 Challenger this week. He's seeded #15, so awaits the winner of Hugo Grenier (FRA) and Matija Pecotic (CRO) for his 2nd round match.
Chun-hsin Tseng (TPE) #301: Weirdly, Tseng isn't in the main draw, but is in the quallies at Bergamo. He'll face Pavel Nejedly (CZE) in a win and your in match.
Lorenzo Musetti (ITA) #312: Lorenzo is also in Bergamo this week. He faces Frenchman Baptiste Crepatte in the 1st round.
Tomas Machac (CZE) #347: Tomas will play in Koblenz this week. He'll face fellow teen Leopold Zima (GER) in the 1st round.
Guilio Zeppieri (ITA) #368: Guilio is also in the main draw of Bergamo. He will face compatriot and fellow teenager Flavio Cobolli in the 1st round.
Filip Cristian Jianu (ROU) #410: Filip will be playing in Koblenz this week. He'll face a TBD qualifier in the 1st round.
Shintaro Mochizuki (JPN) #798: 2019 Wimbledon Champion, Shintaro, is in his first career challenger at the Morelos 80 tournament this week. The 16 year old faces Mexican Gerardo Lopez in the 1st round.
Flavio Cobolli (ITA) #914: Flavio faces off, as mentioned above, against Guilio Zeppieri in Bergamo.
Taha Baadi (CAN) #968: Taha was given a wild card into Drummondville this week. He'll face fellow Canadian David Volfson in the 1st round.
Milan Welte (GER) #1045: Milan was given a wild card into Koblenz. He'll face Adam Pavlasek (CZE) in the 1st round.
Matteo Gigante (ITA) #1117: Matteo was given a wild card into Bergamo. This is his first challenger tournament. He'll face Belgian Arthur de Greef in the 1st round.
Luca Nardi (ITA) #1445: 16 year old Luca was given a wild card and will be playing in his first challenger action in Bergamo. He faces Viktor Durasovic (NOR) in the 1st round.
Leopold Zima (GER) #1570: Leopold was given a wild card into Koblenz and is the lower ranked of a teen frat match with Czech Tomas Machac.
Francesco Maestrelli (ITA) #UR: Francesco was given a wild card and will be in his first challenger in Bergamo, as well. He faces Pole Daniel Michalski in the 1st round.
Leo Borg (SWE) #UR: As far as I can tell, this might be the professional debut of one Leo Borg. Leo received a wild card into Bergamo and will face a TBD qualifier in the 1st round.
Ilya Tiraspolsky (CAN) #UR: Ilya is possibly also making his professional debut. He received a wild card into Drummondville and will face Ricardo Rodriguez (VEN) in the 1st round.
Nino Ehrenschneider (GER) #UR: Nino was given a wild card into Koblenz, making his challenger debut. He'll face Uladzimir Ignatik (BLR) in the 1st round.
Razvan Baiant (CAN) #UR: Razvan was given a wild card into the quallies of Drummondville. Win and in against American Korey Lovett.
Filiberto Fumagalli (TEN) #UR: Filiberto doesn't even have an ATP page, lol, but he's in the quallies at Bergamo. The 17 year old will face Frenchman Sadio Doumbia in his qually match.
 

Indio

Semi-Pro
I've seen him play live twice (admittedly only in practice, not an actual match). He's not beating the big three if they were all 50 years old. He's not that good, even his father has said that.
The way things are going (with the Big Three), he may get a chance if he hangs in there for 10 or 15 years.
 

smoledman

G.O.A.T.
What's his game like? That's a big name to live up to, I hope it doesn't destroy him. Funny thing is Roger has a son named Leo too!
 

Cashman

Hall of Fame
Bjorn must have been pretty old when Leo was born. Leo is not that much older than Hewitt's son, who has a real chance of playing against some of the same pros his dad did.
 

UnderratedSlam

G.O.A.T.
Jesus H...

Pro tennis is becoming as elitist as Formula 1 now. If you're not part of the "royalty" or born millionaire you don't even have much of a shot at making it professional...

And then they wonder why NextGen isn't that great? When the talent pool is just millionaire kids and kids of ex-pros then what can we expect.
 

Sysyphus

Talk Tennis Guru
Björn already has a son on tour

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TheGhostOfAgassi

Talk Tennis Guru
Leo gotten lots of praise from Wilander.
But I guess Wilander is biased and not sure how serious to take it. He talked a lot about Leo in a tv show here.
 

Red Rick

Bionic Poster
I've seen him play live twice (admittedly only in practice, not an actual match). He's not beating the big three if they were all 50 years old. He's not that good, even his father has said that.
Great, now we need Zverev senior to say the same.
 
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