Titles for Shelton, Monfils and Bublik. Plus all the ATP beef that's fit to post BELOW.
The week in review
The 21-year-old American Ben Shelton won his first tour title, beating Aslan Karatsev 7-5, 6-1 at the Japan Open on Sunday.
The 37-year-old Frenchman Gael Monfils became the oldest champion in the history of the Nordic Open on Sunday when he defeated qualifier Pavel Kotov 4-6, 7-6(6), 6-3 to win his first title of the season in Stockholm.
Third-seeded Alexander Bublik defeated 19-year-old Frenchman Arthur Fils 6-4, 6-4 in Antwerp to claim his second tour-level title of the season.
Third-seeded Alexander Bublik defeated 19-year-old Frenchman Arthur Fils 6-4, 6-4 in Antwerp to claim his second tour-level title of the season.
Although the "Kazakhstani" came out on top, it was all eyes on the hunky teenager, who had a stellar week taking out Stefanos Tsitsipas en route to the final.
The 28-year-old German Tamara Korpatsch captured the first WTA Tour title of her career on Sunday with a 6-3, 6-4 victory over Romanian hope Elena-Gabriela Ruse in the Transylvania Open final.
Elise Mertens of Belgium rolled past No. 1 seed Jasmin Paolini of Italy in Sunday's final 6-3, 6-0 to capture her eighth career Hologic WTA Tour singles title and first since she triumphed in Tunisia 12 months ago.
Katerina Siniakova pulled off an incredible comeback at the Jiangxi Open to win her fifth career singles title, saving three championship points before outlasting her fellow Czech Marie Bouzkova 1-6, 7-6(5), 7-6(4) in Sunday's final. The 3-hour and 33-minute thriller is the first final this season to go more than three hours in length, and it is the sixth longest match of the year overall.
Katerina Siniakova pulled off an incredible comeback at the Jiangxi Open to win her fifth career singles title, saving three championship points before outlasting her fellow Czech Marie Bouzkova 1-6, 7-6(5), 7-6(4) in Sunday's final. The 3-hour and 33-minute thriller is the first final this season to go more than three hours in length, and it is the sixth longest match of the year overall.
Rinky Hijikata and Max Purcell defeated Jamie Murray and Michael Venus 6-4, 6-1 to claim the doubles crown in Tokyo.
Certainly no the losers in the Looks Department
Tokyo gold
Family affair
Elsewhere around the net ...
Hot for Yannick Hanfmann
Adam Jones always has his eye on the talent
For my fellow old-timers, fun to see Nico with his uncle Jaime Fillol, who was a staple on the men's tour in the 1970s
Illya Marchenko of Ukraine defeated Austrian Dennis Novak, 6-2, 6-3, for the Challenger crown in Hamburg
A win for Ukraine!
Dennis came back later to capture the doubles title
Fun to see two ATP players staying at the Diplomat, where Damian and I stayed last year when we visited Stockholm!
I'll say
Sugar tits James Duckworth won big in Shenzhen
I would do anything to make Jürgen Melzer proud!
Have you seen Alexander Zverev lately?
Borna keeps plugging away
Oh, Daddy
Kevin King in Georgia Tech Hall of Fame
Dress shirt explosion
I think I see why Ryan's marriage imploded
King of Short Shorts Tomas Machac
How do you say "Good luck with that" in German?
Ben Lock looking like a sex worker
Retired from tennis, but not from being an exhibitionist
Lucky bitch
LOL
1 comment:
Thanks for the tennis round-up as always Kenneth. I'm really liking Arthur Fils. I love his look, his game and his attitude. I'm expecting even bigger results from him in 2024 and at least 1 slam in the next couple of years.
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