ATP Tour wrap: Zverev downs Rublev for W&S Open title as Winston-Salem begins
A HUGE final between two in-form players was always set to be a blockbuster, as third seed Alexander Zverev and fourth seed Andrey Rublev shaped up in a massive contest for the Western and Southern Open title in Cincinnati. Despite Rublev’s best efforts, Zverev was too good claiming a swift 6-2 6-3 result to be done and […]
ATP Tour wrap: Rublev wins all-Russian clash as Zverev holds off Tsitsipas
A COUPLE of epic Western and Southern Open semi-finals took place in Cincinnati with the ATP Tour 1000 finalists decided following three-set wins to the two lower seeds. All top four seeds made their way into the semis, but then it was the third and fourth seeds who took the chocolates over their top two […]
ATP Tour wrap: Top four seeds win through to blockbuster Cincinnati semis
IT might not be the ‘Big Three’, but the next generation of ATP Tour stars were able to earn spots in the Western and Southern Open semi-finals after wins in their respective quarter finals overnight. The top four seeds in Daniil Medvedev, Stefanos Tsitsipas, Alexander Zverev and Andrey Rublev all won in their respective matches […]
ATP Tour wrap: W&S Open quarterfinals led by Russian duo
THE Western and Southern Open Round of 16 saw some hug results with all remaining players seeded, bar one in Frenchman Benoit Paire. It was another successful day for Russia, as top seed Daniil Medvedev downed Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov 6-3 6-3 and fourth seed Andrey Rublev joined him on the winners list with a tight 7-6(2) 7-6(5) victory over Gael […]
ATP Tour wrap: Monfils notches up 500th win in rare Cincinnati upset
ENIGMATIC Frenchman Gael Monfils has become the eleventh player and just the second Frenchman to notch up 500 wins, when he took down Australian 14th seed Alex de Minaur in Cincinnati today. Monfils won 6-3 7-5 to advance through to the third round of the tournament, one of only two unseeded players to knock off […]
ATP Tour wrap: More rain delays as Americans find form
THE second day of Western and Southern Open saw some intriguing results as the Round of 64 finished off and a couple of Round of 32 draws took the court. A number of Americans capitalised on home soil in Cincinnati, as three made their way through to the second round with two yet to play […]
ATP Tour wrap: Schwartzman and Sinner celebrate birthday wins as W&S Open gets underway
THE Western and Southern Open has started with a bang, as the Round of 64 got underway. Four of the day’s five seeds prevailed as mixed bag of results shaped up in a rain-filled day in Cincinnati. It was a big day in more ways than one for freshly 20-year-old Jannik Sinner, as the Italian left […]
ATP Tour wrap: Medvedev downs Opelka for 12th title
RUSSIAN Daniil Medvedev has claimed his fourth ATP Masters 1000 trophy with a scintillating 6-4 6-3 victory over hard-hitting American Reilly Opelka, earning a 12th tour-level title in the process and 11th on the hard court surface, just two years after falling to Rafael Nadal here in the 2019 final. While the American worked hard to […]
ATP Tour wrap: Opelka upsets Tsitsipas as Medvedev fires on Isner
ONE upset was enough during a huge day of National Bank Open semi-finals action, as Reilly Opelka took aim to defeat Stefanos Tsitsipas, before Daniil Medvedev ensured it would not be an all-American final in Toronto with a sweep of John Isner. Opelka proved just what he is capable of with a massive 6-7(2) 7-6(6) 6-4 victory over Tsitsipas, […]
ATP Tour wraps: American big servers join top three seeds in Toronto semis
AMERICAN duo John Isner and Reilly Opelka have joined top three seeds, Daniil Medvedev and Stefanos Tsitsipas in the semi-finals of the 2021 National Bank Open. Only top seed Medvedev needed to fight through three sets, coming back from a set down against Polish seventh seed Hubert Hurkacz to post a 2-6 7-6 7-6 win […]
