Monday, January 13, 2025

Weekend Tennis Roundup


Titles for Auger Aliassime, Monfils, Keys and Kessler. Full report, plus all the ATP beef that's fit to post -- including Tommy Paul's flesh act -- BELOW.



Felix Auger-Aliassime’s confident start to the 2025 season picked up pace Saturday, when he claimed the Adelaide International title. The fifth seed held his nerve for a 6-3, 3-6, 6-1 triumph against Sebastian Korda to clinch his sixth ATP Tour title, and first outdoors. Auger-Aliassime is now on a five-match win streak which began last week with his victory over World No. 4 Taylor Fritz at the United Cup.


French veteran Gael Monfils has become the oldest player to win an ATP Tour title after beating Zizou Bergs 6-3, 6-4 in Auckland. Monfils claimed his 13th tour title 20 years after his first and at the age of 38 years, 132 days. He took over from Roger Federer, who was 38 years, 74 days old when he won the final tour title of his career, the Swiss Indoor title at Basel in 2019.


McCartney Kessler claimed her second WTA title by defeating Elise Mertens 6-4, 3-6, 6-0 in the Hobart International final on Saturday.


Madison Keys won her ninth career WTA title on Saturday, taking out fellow American Jessica Pegula 6-3, 4-6, 6-1 at the Adelaide International. 


Simone Bolelli and Andrea Vavassori served up some early-season revenge in dramatic fashion on Saturday at the Adelaide International. The Italian duo saved four match points late in the second set before securing a 4-6, 7-6(4), 11-9 championship-match triumph against Kevin Krawietz and Tim Puetz at the hard-court ATP 250. Bolleli and Vavassori held firm to triumph in their first meeting with Krawietz and Puetz since the German pair knocked them out of the 2024 Nitto ATP Finals with a decisive group-stage win.


Michael Venus and Nikola Mektic took home the crown in Auckland when the American duo of Christian Harrison and Rajeev Ram pulled out due to the latter's being injured.

Elsewhere around the net:








Tommy Paul got the length of his shorts right just in time for the Aussie Open 


Borna Coric displays his streetwalker potential 


David Vega Hernandez gives me what I want 


Ass-tastic Jan-Lennard Struff


Corentin Moutet misspelled complaining 


The good Zverev brother



Hady Habib makes history 


Studly Karol Drzewiecki


All eyes on Albano Olivetti, far right 


Try to guess if I'm hot for Patrick Rafter and his 22-year-old son, Joshua Rafter


French connection: Fabien Reboul and Sadio Doumbia


Ken and Neal Skupski with Big Joe Salisbury & Co.


Thiago Seyboth Wild gets 'stached 


Pedro Martinez leaves us thirsty 




Ooh la la: Arthur Fils




Matteo Berrettini excites another one 


LOL


Luciano Darderi found his Tarzan


Here's the beef: Marcos Fraiberger and Fede Gomez






Carlos Alcaraz knows how to get me not to look at his bad haircut 



Speaking of flesh acts: Jordan Thompson 


Big Jack Draper




Marton Fucsovics means business 




Cutie Casper Ruud 


Sign me up for whatever's happening here 


Leg day with Nico Jarry




Czech mate Jakub Mensik


Quentin Halys shows some skin 


Hot for Tomas Machac and Angus Roberts


Don't box Adrian Arcon in 


Thanasi Kokkinakis's hot body and bad tattoos 


Luca "Daddy" Pouille 


Cam Norrie grooming camp


Me trying to work out with the pros


When your dad is every bit as hot as you are 


Alejandro Davidovich Fokina


Daniil Medvedev


Miles Bugby just how I want him 


Marcos Giron can't not look like a sex worker 




Fun with the Berrettini boys 


Tristan Boyer


I was hoping to see Marcus Willis's other snake



Newly shorn Lorenzo Musetti 



Grigor Dimitrov already hit a sour note Down Under


Andrea Pellegrino doesn't ever get any less attractive 


Omar Jasika is all smiles 


Tallon Griekspoor looking for his granola bar 


Daniel Pohl didn't mean to turn you on?


Robert Cardenas in stripes 


Holger Rune and his legs


Sun's out, guns out: Hendrik Jebens



I like this Jarry-Altmaier matchup 






I'll let Nicolas Moreno know what to do, all right 


Leggy Karen and friends 


More Machac 




Matteo is already transitioning into broadcasting 


Illya Marchenko sighting 



This Djokovic-Murray thing is really happening 


Iva Majoli has a good eye: Duje Ajdukovic and Borna Coric

(With wire services) 

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