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/ 3 months agoATP roundup: Carlos Alcaraz cruises to Madrid title
Completing a dream week in his home country, Carlos Alcaraz cruised to a 6-3, 6-1 victory against World No. 3 Alexander Zverev to win the Mutua Madrid Open on Sunday in the Spanish capital. It is the second ATP Masters 1000 title and ATP Tour-leading fourth title overall this season for the 19-year-old, who improved […]
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/ 3 months agoGilles Simon to retire from tennis at year’s end
Gilles Simon, who reached No. 6 in the world tennis rankings, is retiring at the end of the season. “It was a magical, wonderful and extraordinary adventure,” Simon posted to social media on Saturday. “It will stop at the end of the year. A huge THANK YOU to everyone who made it possible. There is […]
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/ 3 months agoTeen Carlos Alcaraz tops Novak Djokovic to reach Madrid final
A magical season for teenager Carlos Alcaraz continued Saturday as he defeated World No. 1 Novak Djokovic 6-7 (5), 7-5, 7-6 (5) in the semifinals of the Mutua Madrid Open. The 19-year-old Spaniard toppled another legend, Rafael Nadal, on Friday in the quarterfinals to advance to the semifinals of the Masters 1000 event against the […]
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/ 3 months agoCarlos Alcaraz edges Rafael Nadal in Madrid quarterfinals
Rising teen Carlos Alcaraz upset one tennis legend on Friday and earned the right to face another on Saturday. Alcaraz, seeded seventh, topped third-seeded Rafael Nadal 6-2, 1-6, 6-3 in an all-Spanish quarterfinal at the Mutua Madrid on Friday. Next up for Alcaraz, who turned 19 on Thursday, is a semifinal against top-seeded Novak Djokovic. […]
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/ 3 months agoDaniil Medvedev returning to play after hernia surgery
World No. 2 Daniil Medvedev will compete at the Geneva Open following a layoff from hernia surgery. Tournament organizers said Friday they extended a wild-card entry to Medvedev, who hasn’t played since losing in the quarterfinals of the ATP 1000 Masters event in Miami in late March. The clay-court Geneva Open runs from May 14-21 […]
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/ 4 months agoAndy Murray (illness) WDs from match vs. Novak Djokovic
Britain’s Andy Murray was forced to withdraw from his Round of 16 match against world No. 1 Novak Djokovic on Thursday at the Mutua Madrid Open in Spain with an illness. The announcement came about an hour before the match was scheduled to begin. The Telegraph reported Murray has a case of food poisoning. The […]
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/ 4 months agoATP roundup: Sebastian Baez, Holger Rune claim first titles
Argentina’s Sebastian Baez captured his first ATP Tour title Sunday with a 6-3, 6-2 defeat of fifth-seeded Francis Tiafoe at the Millennium Estoril Open in Portugal. Baez, 21, saved three of four break points and served the only four aces in the one-hour and 14-minute final. Tiafoe, 24, who had been seeking his second tour […]
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/ 4 months agoATP roundup: Seeds tumble in Barcelona quarterfinals
The top four seeds, playing their second match of the day, all lost their quarterfinal matches in three sets on Friday at the weather-delayed Barcelona Open Banc Sabadell. The full third round and quarterfinal slates were contested Friday due to previous weather issues. In the quarterfinals, fifth-seeded Carlos Alcaraz of Spain upset top-seeded Stefanos Tsitsipas […]
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/ 4 months agoATP roundup: Dominic Thiem falls shy of first win of season
Frenchman Benjamin Bonzi held off Austrian wild card Dominic Thiem 6-3, 7-6 (9) Tuesday in the first round of the Millennium Estoril Open in Estoril, Portugal. Thiem, the former world No. 3, was aiming for his first win of the season as he continues to come back from a tear in his right wrist last […]
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/ 4 months agoATP roundup: Frances Tiafoe beats Sebastian Korda to reach Estoril final
Frances Tiafoe saved three match points in the second set and controlled the third while rallying for a 4-6, 7-6 (2), 6-4 win over Sebastian Korda in an All-American semifinal match at the Millennium Estoril Open on Saturday in Estoril, Portugal. Overall, the fifth-seeded Tiafoe saved nine of 14 break points while defeating the eighth-seeded […]
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/ 4 months agoATP roundup: Casper Ruud, Felix Auger-Aliassime survive upset scares
Norwegian second seed Casper Ruud dropped his first set before pushing back for a 3-6, 6-4, 6-4 victory over Slovakia’s Alex Molcan on Thursday in the second round of the BMW Open in Munich, Germany. Ruud served six aces and saved five of eight break points in order to advance. In the quarterfinals he will […]
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/ 4 months agoNo mandate: Novak Djokovic gets a shot at Wimbledon title defense
Unvaccinated players are not barred from participating in Wimbledon, clearing the path for Novak Djokovic to defend his men’s singles title in June. The CEO of All England Lawn Tennis Club, Sally Bolton, said Tuesday the tournament would not mandate vaccination against COVID-19, adding participants are not required to quarantine on arrival ahead of the […]
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/ 4 months agoRoger Federer returning to tour at Swiss Indoors in October
Roger Federer will make his return to the ATP Tour at the Swiss Indoors in October. The 40-year-old Federer has been recovering from knee surgery and has not played since losing in the Wimbledon quarterfinals on July 7. The ATP 500 tournament, held in Basel in his native Switzerland, confirmed Federer’s entry on its website […]
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/ 4 months agoATP roundup: Holger Rune stuns Alexander Zverev at BMW
Wild card Holger Rune of Denmark pulled a stunning upset Wednesday of top-seeded German Alexander Zverev 6-3, 6-2 in the Round of 16 at the BMW Open in Munich, Germany. Zverev is the No. 3 player in the world and had the decided homecourt advantage but had his serve broken four times by the 18-year-old […]
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/ 4 months agoATP roundup: Sebastian Korda, Frances Tiafoe notch big wins in Portugal
Sebastian Korda and Frances Tiafoe will meet in an all-American semifinal after each knocked off higher-seeded opponents in Friday’s quarterfinal round of the Millennium Estoril Open in Estoril, Portugal. Korda, the eighth seed, upset No. 1 seed Felix Auger-Aliassime of Canada 6-2, 6-2 in just 89 minutes. Korda broke Auger-Aliassime’s serve five times in 11 […]
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ATP Tour (ATP)
/ 4 months agoATP roundup: Frances Tiafoe rallies in Portugal
Fifth seed Frances Tiafoe rebounded from a tough first set to defeat Serbia’s Dusan Lajovic 2-6, 7-5, 6-0 Monday in the first round of the Millennium Estoril Open in Estoril, Portugal. Tiafoe lost his serve in the opening game of the match and quickly slipped behind. But after eking out a close win in the […]
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/ 4 months agoCarlos Alcaraz, 18, cracks top 10 of ATP rankings
Spanish teenager Carlos Alcaraz became the youngest player in 17 years to crack the top 10 of the ATP rankings, ascending to No. 9 in the latest release Monday. Alcaraz, 18, is fresh off his victory over countryman Pablo Carreno Busta in the finals of the Barcelona Open Banc Sabadell on Sunday, his third victory […]
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/ 4 months agoATP roundup: Novak Djokovic, Andrey Rublev reach Belgrade final
Top-seeded Serbian Novak Djokovic will be competing for his first title of the season after recording a 4-6, 6-1, 6-2 triumph over Russian Karen Khachanov on Saturday in the Serbia Open semifinals at Belgrade. Djokovic had a 6-1 edge in aces and won 75 percent of his first-serve points while subduing the third-seeded Khachanov. Djokovic […]
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/ 4 months agoATP roundup: Andrey Rublev tops Novak Djokovic in Serbia
Andrey Rublev defeated World No. 1 Novak Djokovic 6-2, 6-7 (4), 6-0 on his home turf Sunday, winning the Serbia Open in Belgrade. It was the third tour title of the season and 11th career for Rublev. The 24-year-old Russian won in Marseille and Dubai in February. Rublev, the World No. 8 and the tournament’s […]
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