Borna Coric has been named in Forbes’ 30 Under 30 sports list for 2016. The fifth annual list also includes golfer Jordan Spieth.

The 19-year-old Croatian was the youngest player in the 2015 year-end Top 50 in the Emirates ATP Rankings. Achieving a career-high of No. 33 in July 2015, Coric reached two ATP World Tour semi-finals last year at Dubai and Nice, plus three quarter-final runs. He was named ATP Star of Tomorrow Presented by Emirates in November 2014.

Forbes Magazine also looked back on its All-Star Alumni, listing World No. 1 Novak Djokovic – who was recognised in 2012 – for his achievements last year. The Serbian has finished year-end No. 1 in four of the past five years. In 2015, he won a career-high 11 titles, including three Grand Slams and a fifth Barclays ATP World Tour Finals crown.

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Tomas Berdych, hoping to go one better than last year’s runner-up finish, opened his 2016 ATP World Tour season with a 7-5, 6-4 victory over Sergiy Stakhovsky in 78 minutes on Tuesday at the Qatar ExxonMobil Open. He will next play Damir Dzumhur in the second round.

“It’s always tricky to play him,” said Berdych. “He’s one of the few that likes to come to the net a lot, playing a lot of slice and a lot of variation in the game. I just took my chances in the first set and… in the second. It was quite solid game today… It would be great to leave with the trophy in the end.”

Elsewhere, Pablo Andujar came through a two-hour test against Paolo Lorenzi 6-4, 0-6, 6-4 and Teymuraz Gabashvili saved five of seven break points in a 4-6, 6-4, 6-1 win over Simone Bolelli.

The Milos Raonic Foundation, and Unicef, supported by Andy Murray, have been selected among nine recipients in the ATP ACES For Charity grant programme for 2016. Grants of $/€15,000 will be awarded to a total of nine charitable causes, nominated by ATP World Tour players, tournaments and alumni.

In addition to Murray and Raonic’s causes, respectively supporting children affected by the conflict in Syria and teens with cerebral palsy, a total of seven grants will benefit youth through programmes worldwide: Santi Giraldo’s Foundation in Colombia, ACEing Autism in the United States, the TJOMMIE Foundation in South Africa, the Ronald McDonald House in Australia, and the Japan Wheelchair Tennis Association.

ATP ACES For Charity grants have also been awarded to the Paul and Carolyn Flory Fund, created in memory of the long-time Cincinnati Tournament Director, in the fight against cancer, and to the Chief Minister’s Relief Fund to assist those affected by the recent flooding in Chennai.

Entering its sixth year in 2016, the ATP ACES For Charity program is a global initiative aimed at giving back to communities where ATP World Tour events are played, as well as recognising and supporting tournament, player and alumni charitable initiatives. Since 2011, the grant programme has awarded 67 grants totalling more than $800,000 in donations.

The recipients of the 2016 ATP ACES For Charity grants are:

Santiago Giraldo: Santi Giraldo’s Foundation supports children from less privileged socio-economic backgrounds, with a goal of inspiring them to learn sport values, pursue their dreams and live decent lives. Founded in 2014, the project is based on the platforms of sport and education, and aspires to expand beyond Pereira to the rest of Colombia and Latin America. The ATP ACES For Charity Grant will be used to sponsor players with equipment, training and at tournaments.

Ivo Karlovic: ACEing Autism, nominated by its ambassador Ivo Karlovic, operates under the tagline of “Connecting Kids Through Tennis”. It aims to provide meaningful benefits to children with autism, their families and communities by utilising unique tennis programmes, including Kids’ Day clinics at ATP World Tour events. ACEing Autism currently impacts more than 500 children in 35 cities across 16 U.S. states, and aspires to double the number of children served by overseeing 75-100 program sites.

Andy Murray: Unicef, the world leading children’s organisation, promotes the rights and wellbeing of children around the world and runs programmes to advocate for lasting change. Andy Murray, a Unicef UK supporter for the past two years, has participated in a variety of campaigns, including Unicef UK’s #BeatDisease appeal to raise awareness and funds to keep children safe from disease. Since September 2015, Murray has supported Unicef’s work for children in emergencies, spurred on by the child migrant and refugee crisis.

Milos Raonic: The Milos Raonic Foundation, founded by the Canadian and his family in 2012, has a mission to support children from disadvantaged backgrounds in order to remove economic, physical and other barriers that might prevent them from becoming healthy, production member of society. The foundation is currently targeting its support to programmes for children with disabilities. The Foundation will match the ATP ACES For Charity grant, donating $30,000 to support the Holland-Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital’s SportFit programme aimed at teens with cerebral palsy.

Jacco Eltingh & Paul Haarhuis: The former World No. 1 doubles players are ambassadors of the TJOMMIE Foundation. Founded in 1999 in The Netherlands, it aims to provide poor and vulnerable South African children with support, motivation and inspiration so that they can fully develop themselves and become more resilient. The foundation reaches at least 10,000 children and their families through its cooperation and support of children’s projects of the NGO Ndlovu Care Group, which provides both medical care and socio-economic help in the Limpopo and Mpumalange Province.

Brisbane International presented by Suncorp: Ronald McDonald House South East Queensland (RMH SEQ), the Brisbane International’s Charity of Choice, provides accommodation and support services for seriously ill children and their families who live more than 50km from the treating hospital in Brisbane. Funds from the ATP ACES For Charity grant, along with a $250 donation for every ace served on Pat Rafter Arena during this week’s tournament, will help fund the new Ronald McDonald House South Brisbane, anticipated to open by mid-2016.

Aircel Chennai Open: The Aircel Chennai Open aims to do its part in assisting those affected by the recent flooding in Chennai, with the ATP ACES For Charity grant going towards the Chief Minister’s Relief Fund. The Chief Minister’s Relief Fund organises flood relief measures for the distressed in Chennai and across the State of Tamil Nadu. Its wide scope of rehabilitation work includes housing and infrastructure development; provision of food, medication and essential relief materials; free medical check-ups; and compensation for losses.

Western & Southern Open (Cincinnati): The Paul and Carolyn Flory Fund, which operates under the motto “It Started With Tennis, It Ends With a Cure”, was created in memory of the long-time Cincinnati Tournament Director and his wife, who together orchestrated more than $10 million in giving toward fighting cancer. The Flory Fund directly benefits the Barrett Cancer Center at the University of Cincinnati. The ATP ACES For Charity donation will assist with hiring and retaining key medical personnel, acquiring advanced diagnostic equipment, and funding research retreats for top doctors and researchers.

Rakuten Japan Open Tennis Championships (Tokyo): Through the Japan Wheelchair Tennis Association and Shingo Kunieda, the World No. 1 wheelchair player, the Rakuten Japan Open Tennis Championships aims to introduce children to wheelchair tennis and start a junior tournament. The ATP ACES For Charity grant will be used for the cost of courts and balls, as well as to buy and repair wheelchairs for tennis.

Eighth seed Borna Coric, working under the guidance of coach Miles Maclagan for the past month, opened his second appearance at the Aircel Chennai Open with a 7-6(5), 3-6, 6-4 win over 2009 and 2014 semi-finalist Marcel Granollers in just over two-and-a-half hours on Monday.

Despite hitting 17 aces, 2012 semi-finalist Nicolas Almagro could not overcome Croatian qualifier Ante Pavic in a 3-6, 7-5, 7-6(1) loss. John Millman battled past Evgeny Donskoy 6-7(5), 6-4, 7-6(6).

Rafael Nadal has officially turned the page on 2015. Only days into the New Year, he no longer wishes to look back on a year in which he often fell short of his historically high expectations.

“I’m a little bit tired of talking every day about 2015,” he told reporters in Doha, where he’s the No. 2 seed at the Qatar ExxonMobil Open. “We’re in 2016 already, no? We’ve talked enough about 2015. I’ve talked enough about all the things that happened. I’ve been very open talking about all the things that went on during the year. But we’re in 2016, and 2015 is past.”

Nadal, who will open 2016 against fellow Spaniard Pablo Carreno Busta on Tuesday, finished inside the Top 5 in the Emirates ATP Rankings for the 11^th straight year. But for the first time in more than a decade, he came up empty at the majors and failed to add to his record total of 27 ATP World Tour Masters 1000 titles.

“We’re not talking about all the defeats of last year, because that’s past,” Nadal underlined. “What really means something is what’s going on tomorrow. That is the first match for me of the year, and I’m motivated for that. The rest of the things are past experiences for your life: good experiences, bad experiences. I feel lucky that most of the experiences have been very positive.”

The way the left-hander closed out the year — following his stunning upset loss to Italy’s Fabio Fognini at the US Open, he went 16-5 with semi-final showings at the Shanghai Rolex Masters and Barclays ATP World Tour Finals, and finals in both Beijing and Basel — has given him confidence and then some as he looks ahead.

“The expectations are the normal ones, positive ones, because I feel that I finished the past season playing well and I feel that I am playing well again,” he said. “It’s obvious that I feel more confident this year. I finished in a very high position in the rankings. And I finished it playing well, no? This year is another year.”

The off-season, as Nadal explained, was a busy one for the 29-year-old and his uncle/coach, Toni Nadal.

“We worked hard. We worked harder than usual because my physical condition allows me to do it, and that’s important for me,” he said. “I feel that I worked well. Didn’t stop much this year. All my life I worked with the highest intensity possible, but we worked a little bit different. We tried to find different positions on the court, tried to play more inside and we worked a lot on the return, too. We feel that we needed a few things that are different than other years, but at the same time without losing the character of my game.”

Tuesday’s opening match at Pat Rafter Arena saw No. 6 seed David Goffin record his first win of 2016, a 6-4, 6-4 decision over Brazil’s Thomaz Bellucci at the Brisbane International.

The Belgian surrendered just two points on his first serve (15 for 17) in taking the 40-minute opening set, breaking the left-handed Bellucci at 2-2 to move out in front.

In just their third career FedEx ATP Head2Head encounter (Goffin now leads 2-1), the foes exchanged breaks to open the second set. But Goffin would score his third break of the match at 2-all and consolidate for a 4-2 advantage. He would go on to close out the match in one hour and 22 minutes.

Goffin, 25, overcame four double faults to win 76 per cent (23 of 30) of his first-serve points. He converted three of 10 break-point opportunities. Bellucci finished with seven aces in the losing effort.

In 2015, Goffin became the highest-ranked Belgian in the history of year-end Emirates ATP Rankings at No. 16. He also led Belgium to its first Davis Cup final since 1904 (l. to Great Britain).

Also advancing on Tuesday in Brisbane was Serbia’s Viktor Troicki, a 7-6(3), 6-1 winner over American Steve Johnson in one hour and 10 minutes. Austrian Dominic Thiem overcame a 14-ace performance from home-country favorite James Duckworth, storming back to win 3-6, 6-4, 6-3. Thiem converted three of nine break points in the one-hour and 53-minute comeback.