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ATP roundup: Rafael Nadal back to winning in Sweden
Spain's Rafael Nadal shook off any rust and defeated Leo Borg -- the 21-year-old son of tennis legend Bjorn Borg -- 6-3, 6-4 in the first round of the Nordea Open on Tuesday in Bastad, Sweden.,Nadal, 38, had not played in an ATP Tour match since May 27, when he lost a first-round match to Alexander ...
ATP roundup: Norrie opens with win in Sweden, could meet Nadal
No. 5 seed Cameron Norrie of Great Britain earned a 7-6 (4), 6-4 win over Slovakia's Jozef Kovalik in the first round of the Nordea Open on Monday in Bastad, Sweden.,Norrie, eliminated in the third round of Wimbledon earlier this month, hit seven aces and never faced break point against Kovalik. Nei...
Carlos Alcaraz advances at Wimbledon; Norway's Casper Ruud out
Defending champion Carlos Alcaraz overcame an uneven first set to defeat Aleksandar Vukic of Australia 7-6 (5), 6-2, 6-2 and advance to the third round at Wimbledon on Wednesday.,The victory extended the Spaniard's winning streak on the grass courts of London to nine.,Failing to advance was No. 8 se...
Jannik Sinner, Carlos Alcaraz open Wimbledon with wins
Jannik Sinner of Italy, Carlos Alcaraz of Spain and other top seeds kicked off Wimbledon with first-round victories on Monday in London.,World No. 1 Sinner handled Germany's Yannick Hanfmann 6-3, 6-4, 3-6, 6-3, and defending champion Alcaraz swept past Estonian qualifier Mark Lajal 7-6 (3), 7-5, 6-2...
ATP roundup: Taylor Fritz wins third title in Eastbourne
Top seed Taylor Fritz defeated Australia's Max Purcell 6-4, 6-3 to win his third Rothesay International championship on Saturday in Eastbourne, England.,He is the first three-time titlist in the tournament's 29-year history.,He did not lose a set throughout the tournament, and on Saturday, he struck...
Novak Djokovic, Andy Murray in Wimbledon after surgeries
Former champions Novak Djokovic and Andy Murray were included in the Wimbledon draw released Friday despite recent surgeries.,That does not guarantee either of the 37-year-olds will be fit to compete when action gets underway Monday at the All England Club.,Serbia's Djokovic, a seven-time winner on ...
ATP roundup: Taylor Fritz takes aim at third Rothesay International
Top seed Taylor Fritz continued his pursuit of a third Rothesay International title, downing Chinese qualifier Juncheng Shang 7-6 (5), 7-6 (5) in the quarterfinals Thursday in Eastbourne, England.,Fritz, who captured the event in 2019 and 2022, won 50 of 54 first-serve points (92.6 percent), racked ...
ATP roundup: Roberto Bautista Agut upsets Ugo Humbert at Mallorca
Unseeded Roberto Bautista Agut, playing in his home country, upset No. 2 seed Ugo Humbert of France 3-6, 6-3, 6-4 on Tuesday to reach the quarterfinals of the Mallorca Championships in Mallorca, Spain.,In a 2 1/2-hour match, Humbert had 34 winners to 18 for Bautista Agut and 12 aces to three for his...
ATP roundup: Marcos Giron beats defending champ at Eastbourne
Marcos Giron knocked out defending champion Francisco Cerundolo in first-round action Monday at the Rothesay International in Eastbourne, England.,Giron edged the No. 5 seed from Argentina 7-6 (5), 7-6 (4) in one hour and 41 minutes. Giron lost only five points on his first serve and never faced a b...
ATP roundup: Zhizhen Zhang scores upset in Halle
Zhizhen Zhang eliminated third-seeded Russian Daniil Medvedev 6-3, 2-6, 7-6 (5) on Wednesday to become the first Chinese player to reach the Terra Wortmann Open quarterfinals in Halle, Germany.,Zhang overcame a 5-3 deficit in the third-set tiebreak by winning four consecutive points to upset Medvede...
ATP roundup: Frances Tiafoe reaches quarters in Stuttgart
Defending champion Frances Tiafoe moved to the quarterfinals of the Boss Open at Stuttgart, Germany, on Wednesday with a 7-5, 7-6 (5) win against Yannick Hanfmann of Germany.,Tiafoe, the fourth seed, needed one hour and 55 minutes to win the match, in which he saved all 11 break points on the grass ...
ATP roundup: Lorenzo Musetti advances at Stuttgart
Italy's Lorenzo Musetti was pushed to a pair of tiebreakers Tuesday before the No. 5 seed earned his way to the second round of the Boss Open at Stuttgart, Germany, with a 7-6 (9), 7-6 (9) victory over qualifier Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard of France.,Two-time Boss Open champion Matteo Berrettini of I...
ATP roundup: Grass court season gets underway
No. 6 seed Jack Draper of England held off Austria's Sebastian Ofner 7-6 (4), 7-6 (5) in first-round action Monday at the Boss Open in Stuttgart, Germany.,Draper won 89 percent of the points on his first serve (41 of 46) and only made 11 unforced errors, offsetting a dozen aces and 33 winners by Ofn...
Carlos Alcaraz, Andrey Rublev win openers at French Open
Carlos Alcaraz of Spain led a trio of men among the world's top 10 into the second round of the French Open amid blustery conditions in Paris on Sunday.,A fourth was on the verge of a win in a five-set match when play was suspended due to rain.,On the clay courts at Roland Garros, the third-seeded A...
ATP roundup: Novak Djokovic marks birthday with 1,100th win
Novak Djokovic celebrated his 37th birthday Wednesday with his 1,100th tour-level victory, becoming just the third player in the Open Era to reach the milestone.,The top-seeded Serbian defeated Germany's Yannick Hanfmann 6-3, 6-3 to advance to the quarterfinals of the Gonet Geneva Open in Switzerlan...
The ATP tour and Saudi Arabia agree to another round of woke pandering
We need a more menacing term than sports washing because it’s not working. Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund and the ATP tour agreed to a five-year sponsorship Wednesday, with courtside ads slated for the season-ending ATP Finals, Indian Wells (of course), Miami, Madrid, and Beijing....
Novak Djokovic Forming His Own Club — 'No Girls Allowed'
Novak Djokovic certainly can’t be accused of just going along with the crowd, even if his own road takes him to some truly stupefying and weird places. It appears Nole is once again following his own beat, as he, along with Canadian tennis player Vasek Pospisil, are forming their own men’s tennis pl...
Tennis Umpire Suspended For Coaching Player, Creeping On Ball Girl During Match
Tennis chair umpire Gianluca Moscarella of Italy was suspended yesterday for being an outrageous cheater and a creep during an ATP Tour Challenger match on Saturday. During the second-round match between Portugal’s Pedro Sousa and Italy’s Enrico Della Valle, the umpire coached and encouraged Sousa a...
Nick Kyrgios Will Face His Toughest Test Yet: Being A Good Lad For Six Months
Over a month ago, Nick Kyrgios vaporized two rackets during a “bathroom break,” berated an umpire for the better part of an hour, and allegedly spat at that umpire at match’s end in Cincinnati. The next day, the ATP announced $113,000 in fines for the Australian’s nine code violations. The rest of ...
The Stefanos Tsitsipas Channel Is Always On
Minutes removed from making the 2019 Australian Open semifinals, Stefanos Tsitsipas, 6-foot-4 and handsome as a lion, was talking about YouTube. With a microphone in his face and all the attention that comes with taking out Roger Federer two days earlier, Tsitsipas spoke his truth....