ATP Tour wrap: Seeds fall to the sidelines as Tiafoe downs Murray
A MIXED bag of results was had during the Winston-Salem Open Round of 32, with a number of seeds falling at the second round hurdle as a couple of lucky losers joined the winners list. Four seeds head to the sidelines after today’s action, with fifth seed Alexander Bublik, sixth seed Marin Cilic, 10th seed Federico Coria and […]
ATP Tour wrap: Qualifiers succeed as second round begins
WINSTON-SALEM continued today with a plethora of interesting results as qualifiers continued their winning runs to pass the opening round and the first two players reached the third round. The qualifying winners were split evenly with Australian Alexei Popyrin and Frenchman Lucas Pouille both claiming straight sets wins against American Steve Johnson and Spaniard Feliciano Lopez respectively to […]
ATP Tour wrap: Americans control the airways as Round of 32 and 64 come to blows
A HUGE day of results was had at the Citi Open, with the Round of 64 completed as the Round of 32 began and plenty of Americans setting up shop on home turf in Washington. In the Round of 54, all five Americans reigned supreme while it was a completely different story for the trio […]
ATP Tour wrap: Upsets set the tone at ATP 250 events
A HUGE day of results played out across the trio of ATP 250 tournaments, as a couple of huge upsets set the tone. In the Switzerland Round of 16, Czech qualifier – and ATP Tour debutant – Vit Kopriva pulled off an impressive upset over number one seed Denis Shapovalov, coming from behind to claim a huge […]
ATP Tour wrap: Rinderknech stuns RBA in Swiss Open upset
ARTHUR Rinderknech has caused the upset of the day across the globe in the Swiss Open ATP Tour tournament, downing second seed Roberto Bautista Agut in straight sets. The Frenchman won 6-2 6-4 in the biggest win of his career to advance through to the quarter finals at the event. Set to enter inside the […]
ATP Tour wrap: Intriguing Round of 32 complete in Switzerland, Mexico and Croatia
THE three ATP 250 events have continued this week, with a flurry of predictable winners emerging as some upsets brewed across the board. In Switzerland, two seeds competed with both claiming first round wins, as fifth seed Argentinian Federico Delbonis overcame Swiss wildcard Leandro Riedi 6-3 6-3 and seventh seed Serbian Laslo Djere downed Brazilian Thiago Seyboth Wild 6-4 […]
ATP Tour wrap: Plethora of first-time finalists
THE finalists have been decided for the three ongoing ATP Tour tournaments, with the Hamburg ATP 500 event to be decided by a couple of seeds, while the ATP 250 grass event in Newport will see an unsuspecting American contest a hard-hitting veteran and the 250 clay event seeing two quick semi-finals winners. At Hamburg, […]
ATP Tour wrap: Upsets galore at Hamburg as quarters completed across the board
THREE of the four quarter finals at Hamburg European Open went the way of the underdog, with four seeds all bundled out at the quarter finals stage. The biggest name to fall was tournament favourite and number one seed Stefanos Tsitsipas, who went down to sixth seed Filip Krajinovic in three sets. The Greek talent […]
ATP Tour wrap: Players heating up heading into quarter finals
WORLD number 4 Stefanos Tsitsipas had a good return to the court overnight progressing to the quarter finals at the Hamburg European Open, defeating German Dominik Koepfer in straight sets. Having lost to American Frances Tiafoe in a disappointing first round exit at Wimbledon, the top ranked Greek was a little shaky early when he […]
ATP Tour wrap: Trio of events begin
THREE ATP Tour tournaments have begun this week, all offering different things with the clay court ATP 500 event in Hamburg, Germany showcasing some top talent, and a couple of ATP 250 tournaments starting up with the clay court Nordea Open in Sweden and the grass court Hall of Fame Open in Newport, USA. At […]
