Monday, June 26, 2023

Weekend Tennis Roundup


Titles for Alcaraz, Kvitova, Bublik and Ostapenko. Full report plus all the ATP beef that's fit to post BELOW.



Carlos Alcaraz secured his first grass-court title by defeating Alex de Minaur 6-4, 6-4 at Queen's Club. Because Wimbledon did not award points last year, the Spaniard will be seeded No. 1 to Novak Djokovic's No. 2 at the All England Club.


Alexander Bublik put his past grass-court heartache behind him Sunday at the Terra Wortmann Open in Halle, Germany. The off-putting Kazakhstani defeated Andrey Rublev 6-3, 3-6, 6-3 in the championship match at the ATP 500 for the biggest title of his career.


No.2 seed Jelena Ostapenko of Latvia claimed her first title of the year at the Rothesay Classic on Sunday, defeating No.1 seed Barbora Krejcikova of the Czech Republic 7-6(8), 6-4 in the championship match.



And Petra Kvitova captured her second title of the season on Sunday after defeating No.23 Donna Vekic 6-2, 7-6(6) to win the bett1open in Berlin. The victory netted the two-time Wimbledon champion her sixth career grass-court title, although it's anyone's guess if this means she might be a contender again at the Championships.


Speaking of Paula Badosa ...


It looks like her model ex, Juan Betancourt, has moved on nicely


Suffice to say, Laslo Djere's dark briefs were the talk of Halle! More HERE.


Furry Jonathan Eysseric


I guess you're never too young to learn how to manspread 



Nicolas Moreno is out of Wimbledon qualies


but I'm available for consoling ... 


How do I land this kind of "work"?


R&R with Tim van Rijthoven




Marcos "The Bod" Giron


Karen withdrew from Wimbledon, so he has more time to smolder


Fabien of my dreams 



Daniel Masur is having a banner year





A meet 'n' greet with German ATP players is like no other


An Italian chaser 


Yannick Hanfmann



Mischa Zverev's legs take up a lot of room 


My old love Johnny Millman


Everybody loves Adam Jones 



A face more than a mother could love


Well done, Stefanos!


Adam even got a piece of Nole


Put me in, Coach Morgan!


Can anyone answer my friend Greg's question? 


Tom of Finland meet Marton of Hungary 





Getting pumped with Borna Coric 


Matt Ebden reporting for duty



Andy Mies & Co.



I can think of a gift Albano Olivetti could give David Vega Hernandez




White men can't not golf



What ever level tournaments Enzo Couacaud plays are the kind I want to attend.


 (He's still alive in Wimbledon qualifications, btw)


Aziz Dougaz and Malek Jaziri


Hot Yannick cools off


Luca Pouille and tall drink of water RaphaĆ«l Collignon


Cutie pie Mariano Navone takes the Challenger in Poznan, Poland


Andres Molteni has it, flaunts it 


Is Holger growing into his facial looks? 


Quentin Halys deserves whatever they gave him


Marcos and the boys


Bernabé Zapata prepares for grass


Challenger boys


Team Habib



Hugo Gaston in action 



Casper the friendly Nord


Hubba hubba: Those are runner-up trophies, but Simone and Andrea are no losers 



Tracy Austin's son is growing up nicely


Roger & Andy






Ruud works up a sweat 


And last but not least: This framing never gets old ...

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