PARIS (AP) What’s in a name? For Tennys Sandgren, a sport and a career. And as of Sunday, the man called Tennys can say he’s played at tennis’s highest level.
Sandgren, a 25-year-old from Tennessee, made his debut in the main draw of a Grand Slam tournament, losing in the first round of the French Open 6-2, 6-1, 6-4 against Mikhail Kukushkin of Kazakhstan.
Sandgren’s parents gave him his great-grandfather’s first name.
”I don’t think it was so much tennis related, but I think maybe a little bit. My parents liked the name. They wanted to keep it going,” he said.