ITF Women’s Tour: Kofu 75, Hard: Sofia Costoulas (BEL) def. YeXin Ma (CHN), 7-5, 6-3 Maribor 75, Hard: Tatiana Prozorova (RUS) def. Hanne Vandewinkel (BEL), 6-3, 6-3 Chihuahua 50, Clay: Julieta Pareja (USA) def. Kayla Cross (CAN), 6-3, 7-6(5) Maanshan 35, Hard: Xiyu Wang (CHN) def. Kristiana Sidorova (RUS), 6-4,Continue Reading
A couple of big 175 events on the ATP Challenger Tour last week, with Ethan Quinn and Mariano Navone taking the titles in hard fought finals. Quinn moves up to a career high 56 on the back of that performance. Toby Samuel also keeps moving up the rankings with backContinue Reading
Here are the ITF results from around the globe for last week. ITF Women’s Tour: Kyoto 75, Hard: Hayu Kinoshita (JPN) def. Ena Shibahara (JPN), 7-5, 6-1 Heraklion 50, Clay: Irene Burillo (ESP) def. Jennifer Ruggeri (ITA), 7-5, 6-2 Monastir 35, Hard: Aliona Falei (BLR) def. Hibah Shaikh (USA), 6-4,Continue Reading
Aryna Sabalenka finally claimed the one big title that had eluded her at the BNP Paribas Open, defeating Elena Rybakina 3-6, 6-3, 7-6(8-6) in a gripping, women’s final on Sunday that lasted two and a half hours under punishing California heat. The world No. 1 and top seed had twiceContinue Reading
Jannik Sinner etched his name deeper into tennis history on Sunday, claiming his maiden BNP Paribas Open title at Indian Wells with a gripping 7-6(6), 7-6(4) victory over a resurgent Daniil Medvedev in the men’s final. The 24-year-old Italian, seeded second, delivered a flawless tournament run, not dropping a singleContinue Reading
Plenty of action last week on the ITF Tour. On the Women’s tour, Hanne Vandewinkel wins her 13th ITF title, and Lizette Cabrera wins her 12th title. Vandewinkel moves closer to her top 100 debut, now just a few places out, after 3 titles this year already. We had oneContinue Reading
Some disruption to the ATP Challenger Tour last week, with the war in the Middle East causing the Fujairah event to be cancelled – although not after an attempt to get it going. But for the rest of the tour, there were no first-time winners, which bucks the trend ofContinue Reading
Four ATP Challenger events last week, and again, we have a first-time winner. Federico Cina, at just 18 years of age, had previously lost 3 Challenger finals. It was fourth time lucky last week, as he took out the Pune title in a very close, hard-fought final. Sebastian Ofner wonContinue Reading
We’ve got all the ITF Tour winners from the men’s and women’s tour. On the women’s side, Laura Samson picked up her 7th ITF title of her career, and her second W75, while Anouk Koevermans also won her second W75 title after Harriet Dart was forced to retire. On theContinue Reading
American qualifier Patrick Kypson pulled off a stunning upset at the ATP Acapulco 500 event on Monday, knocking out second seed and two-time champion Alex de Minaur in a tense three-set thriller. The 26-year-old American, ranked world No. 103 entering the week (his career high), triumphed 6-1, 6-7(4), 7-6(4) inContinue Reading
