Alcaraz remains invincible. Bublik stuns Sinner. Vondrousova regains her form. Full report plus all the ATP beef that's fit to post BELOW.
Carlos Alcaraz kept his winning ways going, edging Jiri Lehecka 7-5, 6-7(5), 6-2 on Sunday to claim his second Queen's Club title and send out a powerful statement ahead of his Wimbledon defense.
Although the Czech cutie came up short, it was the first time I'd watched an entire match of his and I was duly impressed -- and not just with his imposing physique.
Alexander Bublik finally defeated Daniil Medvedev 6-3, 7-6 (4) on Sunday to win the Halle Open for the second time. It was his first win in seven matches with Medvedev. Although I'm not a fan of the faux Kazak, I must confess that the way he dismantled Jannik Sinner in the round of 16 was truly incredible, so I guess he earned the title by doing that alone.
Lloyd Glasspool and Julian Cash were overcome with delight after winning the trophy at Queen's Club. The duo defeated Michael Venus and Nikola Mektic in a three-set thriller 6-3 7-6(5) 10-6 to claim not only their fourth ATP Tour title but their first on grass.
The win makes them the first all-British team to win the title in history!
Meanwhile in Halle, Kevin Krawietz and Tim Puetz earned revenge on Sunday. One year after losing to Simone Bolelli and Andrea Vavassori in the Terra Wortmann Open final, the Germans returned the defeat the Italians 6-3, 7-6(4) to claim the ATP 500 trophy.
Those are some good-looking support members!
Marketa Vondrousova claimed her first title since winning Wimbledon two years ago by beating Chinese qualifier Wang Xinyu in the Berlin Open final. The 25-year-old Czech has struggled with injury over the last year but put that behind her to win 7-6(10) 4-6 6-2. She saved six set points in a tight first-set tie-break but came through that to take the opener. She put the tour on notice the day before when she destroyed World No. 1 Aryna Sabalenka in straight sets. Wang was equally impressive, knocking out French Open champ Coco Gauff 3 and 3 in the round of 16.
And American McCartney Kessler -- who surrounds herself with lookers -- secured her third career title Sunday, defeating Ukraine's Dayana Yastremska 6-4, 7-5 in a rain-interrupted Nottingham Open final. Kessler, who recorded her first main-draw tour-level win on grass earlier this month at Queen's, dominated the match from the outset and sealed the victory in 1 hour, 34 minutes.
Swoon!
Tomas Berdych 2.0
A boy and his trophy
Czech mates
Elsewhere around the net ...
Who wants to be padel-ed by Tommy Haas?
Franco Agamenone might wanna try breast-feeding
Oh, I get it. Federico Bove is an exhibitionist ...
More to lust HERE
Great to see French players of every generation came out to give Richard Gasquet a big sendoff!
Robert Cardenas at work
with his best friend
Karue Sell and the thrill of the grill
He's baaaaaack!!!!!!!
Irony alert
Luca Van Assche on the grass
At 36 years and 8 months old, Marin Cilic is the oldest ATP Challenger grass-court champion ever, a record previously held by... Andy Murray also in Nottingham!
Matthew Romios and dreamy Ryan Seggerman win the Challenger doubles in Sassuolo, Italy
Mirror moves with Mariano Kestelboim
I guarantee you the Argentine wouldn't be this relaxed if I asked for a photo!
Hubba hubba
Andrea Picchione in all his glory
Peek-a-belly with Garbine Muguruza's totally straight husband at the Springsteen show
Norway's Nicolai Kjaer
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Watch him take it off HERE
Manspread Monday with Rubin Statham
Team Pellegrino
Dreamy Frenchman Titouan Droguet overcame Dimitar Kuzmanov 4-6, 6-1, 6-4 to lift the trophy in Royan, France
Javi Pulgar, all dressed up with someplace to go
Andrea Vavassori in black and white
Jakub Mensik is ready for Eastbourne
J.J. Wolf has a hot friend named Evan Westerbeck
Benito Sanchez Martinez and André Steinbach get cozy
Whatever Pavel Viks received I'm sure it was well-deserved!
Alejandro Moro Cañas & Co.
Prakash Amritraj and the McConaughey boys at Anne White's racket club in Beverly Hills
Sebastian Ofner hits the gym
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Luca Nardi and Luciano Darderi ...
Everyone's type(!)
Gotta love Carlitos's "Kiss, marry, kill" answer for Roger, Rafa and Novak: "I'd kill Novak. Winning that final of Olympics. I could marry Rafa Nadal ..."
Vroom! Vroom! David Vegas Hernandez
Luciano and the boys
Flavio Cobolli
Looks like he could fit a lot of his mouth
Vito Dell'Elba lets it all hang out
Team Italia
Zlatan Dzumhur at work
Miles Bugby backstory
Colton Smith has a hot friend
New babies for Barty and Kerber. Kvitova to retire following the U.S. Open
FYI:
I'm not comfortable sharing things taken where there is an expectation of privacy, but letting you know if's out there as a heads-up for those of you who are.
(With wire services)
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