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ATP roundup: Cameron Norrie knocks out Lorenzo Musetti in D.C.
(Photo credit: Susan Mullane-Imagn Images) Cameron Norrie of Great Britain charged back for a 3-6, 6-2, 6-3 upset of Italian No. 2 seed Lorenzo Musetti in the Round of 32 of the Mubadala Citi D.C. Open on Tuesday in Washington. Norrie, a five-time ATP titlist and former Wimbledon semifinalist, has slipped to No. 41 in the world rankings, but that didn't matter Tuesday, as he saved 9 of 11 break points while converting 4 of 7 chances to break Musetti's serve. Next, Norrie will face No. 14 seed Brandon Nakashima, who beat Ethan Quinn 6-3, 6-4. No. 15 seed Gabriel Diallo of Canada also won 6-3, 6-4 in the Round of 32 against Hungary's Fabian Marozsan. Round of 64 action wrapped up with victories by Aleksandar Kovacevic, Zachary Svajda, Jaume Munar of Spain and China's Yibing Wu and Yunchaokete Bu. Three Round of 32 matches remained Tuesday evening, including one pitting No. 4 seed Ben Shelton against Mackenzie McDonald. Generali Open Austria's Filip Misolic had a 34-19 edge in winners and overcame 43 unforced errors in a 7-5, 5-7, 6-3 upset of Argentine No. 5 seed Tomas Martin Etcheverry in the Round of 32 in Kitzbuhel, Austria. Misolic will hope to continue his home-soil run when he faces Botic van de Zandschulp in the next round. The Dutchman outlasted Chile's Nicolas Jarry 6-4, 4-6, 6-3. France's Arthur Cazaux also prevailed in three sets, hitting 10 aces and beating Ignacio Buse of Peru 6-3, 3-6, 7-5. Other winners included Brazil's Thiago Seyboth Wild, German qualifier Yannick Hanfmann and Argentina's Thiago Agustin Tirante. Plava Laguna Croatia Open Third-seeded Camilo Ugo Carabelli of Argentina needed two hours and 33 minutes to push past Italy's Francesco Passaro 6-7 (5), 6-2, 6-3 in the Round of 16 in Umag, Croatia. Carabelli won 13 of 15 net points and advanced to meet Spanish qualifier Pablo Llamas Ruiz, a 6-3, 6-3 winner over France's Terence Atmane. In a pair of Round of 32 matches, Croatia's Dino Prizmic beat Denmark's Elmer Moller 6-4, 6-2, and the Netherlands' Jesper de Jong prevailed 6-3, 6-3 over Croatian Mili Poljicak.
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2 days ago
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WTA roundup: Polish seeds win Washington openers
(Photo credit: Susan Mullane-Imagn Images) Poland's Magdalena Frech and Magda Linette, the only two seeded players in action on Monday, earned straight-set wins in the first round of the Mubadala Citi DC Open in Washington. Frech, the fifth seed, got past Ukrainian qualifier Yuliia Starodubtseva 6-2, 6-4, while eighth-seeded Linette downed Danielle Collins 7-5, 6-4. Frech picked on Starodubtseva's second serve, winning 13 of 22 points (59.1 percent). Collins committed 13 double faults while serving just four aces, and she won only 33 percent of her second-serve points. Greece's Maria Sakkari, the 2023 runner-up in Washington, defeated the United Kingdom's Katie Boulter 6-3, 6-4 in her opener. Two Canadians prevailed, as Leylah Fernandez topped Australia's Maya Joint 6-3, 6-3, and Victoria Mboko beat Russia's Anastasia Potapova 6-2, 6-4. Livesport Prague Open No. 8 seed Alycia Parks cruised to a 6-4, 6-2 victory against Japan's Mai Hontama in the first round at Prague. Parks was inconsistent with her serve in the 77-minute match, offsetting 10 aces with eight double faults, but she saved five of six break points and converted four of seven. No. 2 seed Rebecca Sramkova of Slovakia outlasted Czech Jesika Maleckova 6-3, 4-6, 6-4. Home hopeful and No. 5 seed Marie Bouzkova smashed China's Xinyu Gao 6-0, 6-2. No. 9 Ann Li was a 7-6 (1), 6-3 winner against Australia's Astra Sharma. Also winning in straight sets were Czech Sara Bejlek and Italians Elisabetta Cocciaretto and Lucrezia Stefanini.
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3 days ago
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Jannik Sinner, Novak Djokovic, Jack Draper out of Toronto tourney
(Photo credit: Susan Mullane-Imagn Images) Jannik Sinner, Novak Djokovic and Jack Draper have withdrawn from the 2025 National Bank Open in Toronto due to injury, the tournament announced Sunday. Sinner is recovering from an elbow injury sustained during his fourth-round match at Wimbledon; however he persevered and went on to win the tournament. The 23-year-old Italian won the Canadian ATP 1000 Masters Tournament in 2023, the last time it was held in Toronto. 'Winning that title in Toronto two years ago was the start of a really special moment for me,' Sinner, the World No. 1, said in a statement. 'But after speaking with my team, I have to recover.' Djokovic, 38, is nursing a groin injury and the fifth-ranked Draper, 23, is dealing with an arm injury. Australia's Jordan Thompson also withdrew from the tournament, which is slated to be played from July 27 through Aug. 7 at Sobeys Stadium in Toronto. Spain's Roberto Carballes Baena, Austria's Sebastian Ofner, Russia's Roman Safiullin and American Aleksandar Kovacevic were inserted into the main draw. Spaniard Carlos Alcaraz and Alexander Zverev of Germany, the World No. 2 and 3 players, respectively, are entered in the tournament.
Canada News.Net
5 days ago
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ATP roundup: Tallon Griekspoor saves five match points, prevails in Bastad
(Photo credit: Susan Mullane-Imagn Images) Second-seeded Tallon Griekspoor fended off five match points and rallied to defeat Italian qualifier Andrea Pellegrino 4-6, 7-6 (6), 6-3 to advance to the quarterfinals of the Nordea Open on Wednesday in Bastad, Sweden. Griekspoor, a three-time winner on the ATP Tour, trailed 6-3 in the second-set tiebreaker but won five consecutive points to overtake Pellegrino and extend the match. The Dutchman will now face countryman Jesper de Jong, who upset Czech eighth seed Vit Kopriva 7-6 (3), 7-5. de Jong defeated Griekspoor in their lone meeting in Montpellier in February. In other second-round matches, fourth-seeded Sebastian Baez of Argentina edged Norwegian qualifier Nicolai Budkov Kjaer 3-6, 6-2, 7-5, while sixth-seeded Luciano Darderi of Italy breezed past Sweden's Elias Ymer 6-2, 6-2. The first round also wrapped up Wednesday, with Austria's Filip Misolic, Botic van de Zandschulp of the Netherlands and Argentines Mariano Navone and Camilo Ugo Carabelli advancing. EFG Swiss Open Gstaad After a six-week layoff, top-seeded Casper Ruud encountered a tough return, but was able to knock off Swiss wild card Dominic Stricker 7-5, 7-6 (6) to reach the quarterfinals in Gstaad, Switzerland. The former World No. 2 from Norway saved two set points in the second-set tiebreaker to prevail. On Ruud's side of the draw, Ignacio Buse, a qualifier from Peru, rallied from a set down, then dominated the third set in a 1-6, 7-5, 6-1 victory over Poland's Kamil Majchrzak. Buse will take on Argentina's Roman Andres Burruchaga in the quarterfinals. Burruchaga also came from behind, eliminating Germany's Patrick Zahraj 4-6, 6-4, 6-1. Mifel Tennis Open In Tuesday's late-night action, a pair of Australians earned different results in first-round play in Los Cabos, Mexico. Eighth-seeded Adam Walton shook off a break of serve in the first game of the match and eliminated Mexican qualifier Rodrigo Pacheco Mendez 7-6 (5), 6-2. Meanwhile, a Mexican wild-card entry, Luis Carlos Alvarez, ranked No. 784 in the world, cruised past James McCabe 6-1, 6-2. Alvarez converted 5 of 7 break chances, while McCabe went 0 for 6.
Canada News.Net
5 days ago
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ATP roundup: Filip Misolic storms past Nuno Borges in Sweden
(Photo credit: Susan Mullane-Imagn Images) Austrian qualifier Filip Misolic rallied from down 5-2 in the second set and saved triple match point to force a tiebreaker on his way to upsetting Portuguese third seed Nuno Borges at the Nordea Open on Thursday in Bastad, Sweden. Misolic surprised Borges 3-6, 7-6 (1), 6-3, flipping the momentum in his favor during the middle set and finishing with a 35-22 advantage in winners. He advanced the quarterfinals to face Argentine fifth seed Camilo Ugo Carabelli, who outlasted Botic van de Zandschulp of the Netherlands 7-6 (3), 5-7, 6-3 in a two-hour, 50-minute marathon. No. 1 seed Francisco Cerundolo of Argentina beat countryman Mariano Navone 6-3, 6-3. His upcoming quarterfinal foe, No. 7 seed Damir Dzumhur of Bosnia and Herzegovina, rallied for a 4-6, 6-2, 6-2 win over Frenchman Hugo Gaston. EFG Swiss Open Gstaad No. 2 seed Alexander Bublik won 80 percent (24 of 30) of his first-serve points and cruised to a 6-2, 6-3 win over fellow Kazakh Alexander Shevchenko in second-round action in Gstaad, Switzerland. Fourth seed Tomas Martin Etcheverry wasn't as fortunate, as France's Arthur Cazaux took down the Argentine 6-3, 4-6, 6-4. Cazaux smashed 16 aces past Etcheverry and saved 10 of 11 break points. Also advancing to the quarterfinals were No. 7 seed Francisco Comesana and Juan Manuel Cerundolo, both of Argentina, plus Swiss wild card Jerome Kym. Mifel Tennis Open In Tuesday's late-night action in Los Cabos, Mexico, the second, fourth and fifth seeds were shown the door in the Round of 16. Australian James Duckworth took down No. 2 Alejandro Davidovich Fokina of Spain 6-3, 6-4; Argentina's Juan Pablo Ficovich capitalized on his opponent's 10 double faults and 39 unforced errors in a 6-4, 6-7 (5), 6-3 upset of French No. 4 Quentin Halys; and Australian Tristan Schoolkate took care of German No. 5 Daniel Altmaier 6-3, 6-4. Seventh seed Aleksandar Kovacevic and eighth seed Adam Walton of Australia advanced to the quarterfinals, which will begin Wednesday night. The four matches will include Russian top seed Andrey Rublev against Emilio Nava.
