Nice tournament wins for Leylah Fernandez and Zhang Shuai -- and Davis Cup qualifications were in full swing. Plus lots of action off the court, including tub time with Guido Pella and gym time with J.J. Wolf BELOW.
No.8 seed Zhang Shuai of China staged a comeback victory to clinch her third career title at the Open 6e Sens Métropole de Lyon on Sunday, overcoming wildcard Dayana Yastremska of Ukraine 3-6, 6-3, 6-4. Zhang fought back from a break down two times in the final set to collect her first singles title in over four years and her first title outside of Guangzhou, where she triumphed in 2013 and 2017. Nothing against the 33-year-old old, but it was hard not to root for her 21-year-old competitor, whose country surely could have used some good news.
Leylah Fernandez saved a whopping five match points -- including one immediately after a 15-minute break when some of the lights in the arena went out during play -- to defeat Camila Osorio of Colombia in the final of Monterrey, 6-7(5), 6-4, 7-6(4). It was sad to see either of them lose, but also fitting for the Canadian to defend her crown that kickstarted her meteoric rise last year.
Around the net ...
Oh, Dominic: I thought Naomi Osaka made it OK to admit mental illness
Watch HERE.
Grigor Dimitrov fanboys the Williams sisters
Channeling his inner Bobby Fischer
Ryan Harrison is finally returning to play ... at a Challenger in Mexico
Room for one more?
Jack Draper works on his model legs
I hope Jamie Murray brought his sun cream
How do join the Santiago Franchini bunch?
Bosnia and Herzegovina looks like a winning team to me
Andreas Mies en route to Indian Wells
As is coach Julian Knowle
David O'Hare is living the life!
Team U.S.A. cleaned up in Reno
Heartbreak for Norbert Gombos and the boys
Yet Slovakia kept its eye on the bigger picture
Davis Cup qualifiers 2022: Results at a glance HERE.
Christian Harrison and I have something in common
Friends of C
Christian values
Does Borna Coric have a new sugar daddy?
Who'd you rather?
Who's on top? Joe Salisbury and Kyle Edmund
24 candles for Eduardo Nava
More J.J. Wolf porn
Working stiff Jan-Michael Gambill
Oscar Otte and Kevin Krawietz smoldering in Rio
Kudos to Oscar Otte for snapping this shot of teammate Yannick Hanfmann
Now who do we have to thank for these?
Imagine being paid to take care of Robert Farah's backside
Oh, Daddy
Sign me up
That Noah Rubin sure has an eye for talent
Reilly Opelka assumes the position
I wonder if Ivan can keep the big American's mouth closed
Weekly Tobias Simon fix
Andreas Mies takes in 'King Richard'
More Benjamin Lock
Maria Sakkari with coach Tom Hill & Co.
Is Grigor trying the Hansel and Gretel diet?
It looks like Team Harrison had as smooth a venture to Mexico ...
... as Damian and I do every time we travel abroad!
Look who made a surprise visit to the Tipsarevic academy!
Novak Djokovic is truly a monster 🙄🙄🙄
Guido Andreozzi cleans up nicely
No denying Team Germany
How do you say "towel boy" in German?
Mitchell Krueger's very lucky dog
I'll never understand how people like Matteo Berrettini can get sucked into basketball
Germany's Mats Moraing upset No. 1 seed Quentin Halys 7-6(11), 6-3 to win the 5th #ATPChallenger singles title of his career!
Meow!
Hot couple alert: Dan Added and Andrew Paulson
Tom Hill sans espresso!
I never liked anything about Lleyton Hewitt ... until he grew up
And last but not least: More stills from the latest episode of J.J. Wolf's "My Tennis Life"
Nice to see that Pride flag in the gym where he's working out.
Watch HERE.
What is going on with Dominic, I think I missed something?
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