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Reuters
03-04-2025
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ATP roundup: Jenson Brooksby staves off match points, wins in Houston
April 3 - Jenson Brooksby held off three straight match points during the third-set tiebreaker while recovering for a 3-6, 6-4, 7-6 (6) victory over Alejandro Tabilo of Chile in the second round of the U.S. Men's Clay Court Championship in Houston. The American had his back against the wall when trailing 6-3 in the tiebreak. After saving the match points, he scored the following two points to win the match. Brooksby had a 32-23 edge in winners and committed 33 unforced errors to Tabilo's 52. Also, Colton Smith defeated Ethan Quinn 6-3, 6-4 in a battle of Americans. Two other matches were on the Wednesday schedule, including one featuring top-seeded Tommy Paul. Bucharest Open Third-seeded Flavio Cobolli of Italy hit 33 winners while registering a 6-4, 4-6, 6-1 victory over Frenchman Richard Gasquet to advance to the quarterfinals in Romania. Cobolli overcame six double faults and 45 unforced errors to win the match. Gasquet had just 12 winners against 33 unforced errors. Cobolli next faces Austria's Filip Misolic, who rolled to a 6-3, 6-1 victory over eighth-seeded Camilo Ugo Carabelli of Argentina. Francisco Comesana also advanced with a 6-4, 3-6, 6-3 victory over Spain's Roberto Bautista Agut while the match between top-seeded Sebastian Baez of Argentina and Gabriel Diallo of Canada was halted by rain after both players won a set. Grand Prix Hassan II Third-seeded Alexandre Muller of France rallied for a 6-7 (5), 6-1, 6-4 victory over Hugo Dellien of Bolivia in the second round at Marrakech, Morocco. Muller had a 29-23 edge in winners while moving into the quarterfinals. He will next face Poland's Kamil Majchrzak, who notched a 7-6 (3), 6-1 victory over Jesper de Jong of the Netherlands. In other second-round matches, fourth-seeded Nuno Borges of Portugal defeated Belgium's Raphael Collignon 6-2, 3-6, 7-6 (0), and fifth-seeded Spaniard Roberto Carballes Baena was a 6-4, 6-4 winner over Finland's Otto Virtanen. In first-round play, No. 7 seed Luciano Darderi of Italy beat Tristan Boyer 6-4, 6-4 and Czech Vit Kopriva rallied for a 2-6, 6-2, 6-4 win over Croatia's Borna Gojo.
Reuters
02-04-2025
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ATP roundup: Stan Wawrinka wins thriller in Bucharest
April 2 - Three-time Grand Slam champion Stan Wawrinka overcame 30 unforced errors and saved 11 break points to defeat qualifier Timofey Skatov in the first round of the Bucharest Open in Romania on Tuesday. Wawrinka, who turned 40 last Friday, needed three hours and 18 minutes to top Kazakhstan's Skatov 6-4, 6-7 (5), 7-6 (1). Down 5-3 in the third set, Wawrinka, of Switzerland, held Skatov to love in two consecutive games to even the match. No. 5 seed Roberto Bautista Agut of Spain also needed three sets to knock out Yunchaokete Bu of China, but No. 8 seed Camilo Ugo Carabelli of Argentina made quick work of Radu Albot of Moldova. Also moving to the second round were Christopher O'Connell of Australia, Marton Fucsovics of Hungary, Francisco Comesana of Argentina, Gabriel Diallo of Canada, Filip Misolic of Austria and Damir Dzumhur of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Grand Prix Hassan II Pablo Carreno Busta of Spain won his first match on clay since 2022, defeating home-country wild card Younes Lalami Laaroussi 6-1, 6-3 in Marrakech, Morocco. Healthy again after battling an elbow injury, Carreno Busta won 85 percent of his first-serve points and had just 11 unforced errors against 30 for his opponent. Also reaching the second round were No. 8 seed Mattia Bellucci of Italy, Jesper De Jong of the Netherlands and Otto Virtanen of Finland. Poland's Kamil Majchrzak upset Jaume Munar of Spain, the No. 6 seed.
