Weekend Tennis Roundup

 

Titles for Auger-Aliassime, Cîrstea, Boulter and Bejlek; 14 nations advanced in Davis Cup action; Marcos knows you're looking; Serena's coming back; Marton's got a boner; plus all the ATP beef that's fit to post BELOW.

Chile, Spain, Canada, France, Germany, Croatia, Czechia, USA, Great Britain, Ecuador, South Korea, India, Austria and Belgium advanced to the second round of the Davis Cup, and will compete on the weekend of Sept. 18-20. 

Félix Auger-Aliassime successfully defended his Open Occitanie title in Montpellier, France, taking out home favorite Adrian Mannarino 6-3, 7-6(4) in the final to claim his first title of the 2026 season. 

Sorana Cîrstea won the Transylvania Open, embarrassing top seed Emma Raducanu 6–0, 6–2 in the final. This victory marks the 35-year-old's fourth career WTA singles title and her first-ever title on home soil in Romania. 

Qualifier Sara Bejlek made history in Abu Dhabi Open by defeating world No. 11 Ekaterina Alexandrova 7-6(5), 6-1 to become the first qualifier -- and first Czech player -- to win the tournament, capturing her maiden WTA singles title after starting the week ranked No. 101. You may recall the patronymicless Czech made headlines a few years ago when her father/coach got a little too handsy for the public's liking(!).

Britain's Katie Boulter won her fourth career WTA singles title on Saturday at the Ostrava Open in the Czech Republic, with a 5-7, 6-2, 6-1 win over Germany's Tamara Korpatsch.

UPDATE: Forgot to mention this. What's up with tennis players and bizarro mishaps involving glass, namely Serena Williams and Sam Querrey?

Dusan Lajovic is recovering after a freak head injury during the Davis Cup Qualifiers in Santiago on Friday. The 35-year-old Serbian suffered the accident after a tight loss to Chile’s Tomas Barrios Vera, when he hurried toward the locker room to grab an energy gel for a cramping teammate and slammed headfirst into a glass panel in the tunnel.

Lajovic was taken by ambulance to Clinica Universidad de Los Andes with a cranial contusion, a cut to his upper lip requiring stitches, possible loosened teeth and a bruised left knee. He did not lose consciousness, and doctors later said he is expected to recover, though he was ruled out for the remainder of the tie. Get well soon, cutie! 

Everybody wins when Valentin Vacherot wins! 

Team Austria 

Sebastian Ofner

God bless whoever mandated the American mustache

The 'stached duo of Austin Krajicek and Christian Harrison was a winner regardless of the match's outcome 

Someone get Marcos Giron an underwear endorsement, stat 

Lorenzo Musetti stars in "Infinite Rehab" 

My Polish hubby's stepping out on me ... and I approve

Be still my beating heart: David Vega Hernandez 

God bless you.

Otto Virtanen: Front

and back

Petr Nouza celebrates Czechia's Davis Cup win

Marton Fucsovics is feeling old(!) 

I guess we know his "junk" is still in working order ... 

Adam Jones gives us the weather report 

Camilo Ugo Carabelli defends his Rosario Challenger crown with a 6-2, 6-3 win over Roman Andres Burruchaga

But the sturdy 24-year-old looks like he'll bounce back just fine

Is this Camilo's real prize? 

Theo Arribage and Albano Olivetti -- arguably the hottest team on the doubles circuit right now -- kept their steamy run going by lifting the ATP 250 title on home soil in Montpellier, rolling past Constantin Frantzen and Robin Haase 7-6(6), 6-1 to claim their third tour-level trophy since debuting together last September

Assman Alejandro Davidovich Fokina

Team New Zealand knows how to celebrate 

My favorite mascot

A Canadian star is born: Liam Draxl lifts Canada past Brazil in deciding match of Davis Cup qualifier

Colton Smith reigns once again in Cleveland, overcoming Borna Gojo 6-4, 7-5 to secure his second career ATP Challenger crown

Runner-up spread

Life with Jaime Faria 

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Team Great Britain 

Australian Dane Sweeny (right) won his first career ATP Challenger title in Brisbane, taking out defending champion Tristan Schoolkate 3-6, 7-6(5), 7-6(4). The 24-year-old moves to a career-high ranking of world No. 138. 

Team Croatia

Team Switzerland 

Dani Mérida claimed his second career ATP Challenger title in Tenerife by beating top seed Francesco Maestrelli 6–2, 6–4, a victory that lifted the 21-year-old Spaniard to a career-high ATP ranking of No. 152.

I see a lot of positives, all right 

Zizou Bergs never disappoints 

Federico Gomez and Guido Andreozzi

The Bod

How to rub Tallon Griekspoor the right way

Bulgarian Alexander Vasilev

Why am I not surprised that Taylor Fritz missed his calling 

The luckiest kid on earth

Beautiful Mariano Kestelboim

Looks like Ryan Seggerman is living a rather, um, "big" life these days ...

Kiss the chef: Robert Farah 

Jacob Fearnley and Cam Norrie take a plunge

Watch HERE

See Jack Draper and Jake in action HERE.

Andrea Pellegrino in motion

And in the gym 

Results 

What kind of merch is Pedro Martinez selling over on OnlyFans? 

Gay divorce Jamie Murray 

Dreamy Chris Heyman

XL Coach Rob Moran

Hmm

What are they good for?

The brothers Darderi 

Sweden's Andre Göransson gives thanks 

Tomás Etcheverry revs my engine 

Hubert Hurkacz's comeback hits a snag ...

Question: What's happening in Argentina? 

Matteo

Fran

Joao

By the numbers

And lastly: 

Serena Williams is definitely coming back. Not sure how it will translate at 44, but all those people who defeated her in major finals after she gave birth the first time should be thanking their lucky stars that the GOAT hadn't discovered GLP-1 drugs yet, because the only thing stopping her was her inability to move. I'm assuming this is going to louse up her first-year entry into the Hall of Fame come 2027!