Monday, June 16, 2025

Weekend Tennis Roundup


Titles for Fritz, Diallo, Mertens and Maria. Full report plus all the ATP beef that's fit to post BELOW.

 


After a disastrous clay-court season, Taylor Fritz found his form and captured his fourth ATP Tour title on grass and ninth overall on Sunday at the Boss Open in Stuttgart, where he defeated World No. 3 Alexander Zverev 6-3, 7-6(0).


23-year-old Montreal native Gabriel Diallo won his first ATP Tour title, defeating Belgium's Zizou Bergs 7-5, 7-6 (8) to win the Libema Open tennis tournament in ‘s-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands, on Sunday.


Santiago Gonzalez and Austin Krajicek tied the bow on a statement week Sunday at the Boss Open, where they lifted their first trophy as a team. The Mexican-American duo defeated Alex Michelsen and Rajeev Ram 6-4, 6-4 to clinch the ATP 250 title without dropping a set in Stuttgart.


Coach Rob celebrates Austin's win


Aussies Matt Ebden and Jordan Thompson took the men's doubles in ‘s-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands, winning the weekend’s final 6-4 3-6 [10-7] over Brits Julian Cash and Lloyd Glasspool


All legs


Elise Mertens achieved a career milestone on Sunday at the Libéma Open: By defeating Elena-Gabriela Ruse 6-3, 7-6(4) in the final, the 29-year-old Belgian captured her 10th career WTA Tour singles title and her first on grass.


The former World No. 12 -- whose box is always a winner -- now owns titles on all three of the major playing surfaces.


After saving 11 match points in her semifinal win over Ekaterina Alexandrova
 -- the most match points saved by any player in a tour-level main-draw match this decade -- Mertens saved two set points in the second set in the final. 


Tatjana Maria capped an improbable week at the HSBC Championships with a 6-3, 6-4 victory over Amanda Anisimova. The world No. 86 is poised to cut her ranking in half after following up upsets over Elena Rybakina and Madison Keys to win the biggest title of her career in 83 minutes on Sunday. The German first showed her prowess for grass-court excellence when she stormed into the semifinals of Wimbledon back in 2022, just over a year after giving birth to her second child. The touring mom earned a career-high ranking of No. 42 at the start of 2024 but ended the season ranked just outside the Top 100.


What a week!

Elsewhere around the net ...


Lorenzo Musetti's rehab begins ...


Watch HERE


Jakub Mensik on the grass 


and on the other grass


Tommy Fab has a hot friend


Federico Bove is cinghy irresistible 


Beauty queen Maxence Broville 




A la plage 


seems to have a new friend ...

Borna Coric is The Godfather


Stipe


Francisco Cerundolo with Fede Gomez and the boys


Andrea Pellegrino is going up ...


The Italian stallion captured the Challenger crown in Poznan, Poland


When the photographer is so hot he also has to be in the picture




Hugo Nys and Edouard Roger-Vasselin at Queen's Club 


Andy Mies and Patrick Zahraj



The boys in Halle


Dreamy Tristan Schoolkate won the Challenger in Ilkley, England






The 24-year-old Aussie had some kind words for runner-up Jack Pinnington Jones HERE.


When your sons outgrow Dad





Follow HERE


Zlatan Dzumhur


... isn't just a body


Robert Cardenas at work ...


and at play


J.J. Wolf and his hot mama



The apple didn't fall far from this large tree ...



with Mariano Kestelboim



Holger Rune 


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Fede Gomez in Asics


Gonna make you sweat 


Thanasi Kokkinakis set to release very own condom brand: "They're called KokkBlockers. I thought long and hard about this one, mate." They come in three key flavors.




Clean-shaven Carlos 



Carne


When it started to begin


Did Alejandro Davidovich Fokina marry girlfriend Paloma Amatiste?


Father's Day with Matt Ebden


No sooner did Otto Virtanen win the Challenger in Birmingham and a main draw first-round match the following week did he wind up on the disabled list 




Hot gimp alert 


Otto defeated Arizona graduate Colton Smith in the final


18-year-old Joao Fonseca


Mariano Kestelboim and Gonzalo Villanueva won the Challenger doubles in Sante Fe, Argentina


Little Arneodo Romain and Big Manuel Guinard won the Challenger doubles in Perugia 


Tiger Joyce and his cute friend


Yannick Hanfmann


Shirtless practice with Simone Bolelli, Evan "Champagne" King, Christian Harrison and Andrea Vavassori


Fabien Reboul



Dan Added 





Matteo Alnaldi'll tumble 4 ya


Adam Jones: It's white, but it's not flat -- watch HERE




Hynek Barton in his Boss kit


The Vavassori bunch





Juan Cruz Opoca and Rodrigo Aaron Valdivieso 🔥



Boss party 


Alexandre Muller and the boys


Harrison christens a street 


Thirsty Andrea


Daniel Altmaier in the middle


So close ...


Hugo



Marcos Giron


David O'Hare


Nicolas Moreno


Tallon Griekspoor



Team Carlos after his impossible French win


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Great to see Petra Kvitova back on the grass, on a court named after Andy Murray, no less!


Neal Skupski in Paris


Hamad Medjedovic


Tommy fashions


Marius Copil 


Vasek Pospisil knows how to pick 'em


Four Alarm Fire: Bart Stevens and Vasil Kirkov over Jakob Schnaitter and Mark Wallner in Heilbronn, Germany




Revealing


In bed with Cam Norrie 


All aboard with Gabriel Sidney and David Vega Hernandez 


Josh Paris and Julian Cash


Patrik Rikl and Petr Nouza


From HERE

And last but not least ...



Might be ready to accept that Matteo Berrettini is finished on the court 




(With wire services) 

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