Fernando Verdasco imposed his greatest consistency in the second set tiebreaker and beat the Australian James Duckworth, 6-4 and 7-6 (5) in the first round of ATP 250 from Astana, recently created. Verdasco saved two set points in the second quarter and after forcing the tiebreaker he went down 4-2, when he managed to concentrate … Read more
The Italian Lorenzo Giustino (142nd in the ATP ranking) put end to Carlos Alcaraz's streak in challenger tournaments, by eliminating the 17-year-old from Murcia in the Marbella 3-6, 7-5 and 6-4. Alcaraz, who played his last tournament this year, came from linking the titles of the challenger Sánchez-Casal and that of Alicante, which added to … Read more
The American Reilly Opelka gave this Thursday the big surprise when eliminating the Russian Daniil Medvedev, favorite number one, in the round of 16 of the St. Petersburg Tennis Open (2-6, 7-5 and 6-4). Medvedev came out strong, clearly dominating the first set, but He became obfuscated from there before an opponent with a powerful … Read more
The Spanish Albert Ramos prevailed by 6-0 and 6-3 in his first confrontation against the French Corentin Moutet, and agreed to the Sardinia (Italy) ATP 250 quarter-finals. The Spanish, fourth favorite, invested 81 minutes to get rid de Moutet on his tournament debut, as he was exempt in the first round, and he is the … Read more
The Rolex Paris Masters, the 1,000th Paris Masters, will be played with limited seating in the stands. This was announced this Wednesday by the tournament organizers and the French Tennis Federation (FFT) through a statement. In the letter the FFT states that “they have adapted and taken new measures on the reception of spectators” and … Read more
A week before the start of the final phase of the Rolex Paris Masters, the last Masters 1,000 of the season (this week the preliminary phase is played), several of the great tennis rackets continue their activity on the circuit with their eyes on The Nitto ATP Finals in London and at the Parisian event … Read more
Rafa Nadal finished sixth in the Balearic Championship for golf professionals, tied with two other players. His debut in a tournament with 'real fire' ended with a return of 77 shots (+4), worse than the 74 he scored the previous two days. His total card was 225 hits (+9), 10 behind the champion of the … Read more
For Angel Ruíz Cotorro, doctor of the Spanish Tennis Federation and Rafael Nadal, assures that the Manacor player is the living example of psychological improvement and that in that aspect “it is always one step above the others”, in addition to being the “mentally strongest of all tennis players on the circuit and possibly in … Read more
Serbian tennis player Novak Djokovic maintains his income over Spaniard Rafa Nadal in the ATP world rankings, after a week without notable changes in the first positions of the classification. Thus, Djokovic retains 1,890 points of advantage over Nadal before another week that is also presumed to be a transition at the top of the … Read more
The Valencian tennis player Pedro Martínez wanted to show his discomfort with the director of the ATP Challenger in Marbella, Ronnie Leitgeb, on social networks. after he made the decision that players pay for their own hotel stay while competing in the tournament. Through a letter Martínez has also criticized the treatment he has received … Read more