Titles for Quentin Halys, Luca Van Assche, Lilli Tagger and Tamara Korpatsch. Full report plus all the ATP beef that's fit to post BELOW.
Congratulations are in order for my "ex," Quentin Halys, who blasted 17 aces and never faced a break point in a 6-4, 7-6 (6) victory over defending champion Alexander Bublik to capture his maiden ATP title in Kitzbühel at age 29.
Sadly, I wasn't able to congratulate him because of that gratuitous restraining order.
In what was nearly an all-Belgian final, France's Luca Van Assche (born in Belgium) captured his first ATP Tour title by defeating Belgium's Alexander Blockx (who is of Ukrainian descent) 4-6, 6-3, 6-4 in the Estoril Open final.
Way to overcome a striking 6-inch height disadvantage to claim the biggest win of his career!
Lucas Miedler and Marc Polmans defeated Jakob Schnaitter and Mark Wallner in the Kitzbühel doubles final, 6–2, 6–2, to win their second title in as many weeks.
Titouan Droguet and Kyrian Jacquet edged Orlando Luz and Rafael Matos 7-6 (2), 6-7 (4), [11-9] in the Estoril Open doubles final to capture the first ATP Tour title of either man’s career.
Austrian teenager Lilli Tagger announced herself as one of tennis' brightest young stars by defeating Daria Snigur 7-6 (3), 6-2 to capture her maiden WTA singles title at the Prague Open.
Hamburg native Tamara Korpatsch delighted the home crowd with a 6-3, 6-3 victory over Anna Bondar to claim her second WTA title and become the first German woman to win the tournament since Steffi Graf in 1992. Despite her appearance, Korpatsch is not an improv actress in her spare time.
Elsewhere around the net ...
Luciano Darderi was willing to do anything to catch Andrey Rublev's eye
Diego Dedura-Palomero achieved a milestone by becoming the first player born in 2008 to win an ATP Challenger Tour event. The 18-year-old German triumphed in Tampere, overcoming Finnish favorite Otto Virtanen in a tense three-set battle.
Despite the loss, the runner-up still looks like this.
Dapper Julian Cash
Alex de Minaur on his wedding day
Andrea Vavassori
Instant reaction: Alexander Blockx saved himself from the brink by breaking Luciano Darderi as the Italian served for the match at 5-4 in the second set, then erased a 2-4 deficit in the decider and recovered from 1-4 down in the final-set tiebreak to complete a stunning 5-7, 7-6 (1), 7-6 (5) comeback. Sadly, he wasn't able to duplicate this Houdini routine in the final.
Broken man Jack Draper
Stan's got a good eye
Saba Purtseladze: Georgians do it bigger
At just 21, French rising star Arthur Gea is turning heads not only with his tennis but also with the kind of movie-star looks that have made him a (212) favorite well beyond the baseline.
Portugal's Francisco Cabral, 28, has built a reputation as a doubles specialist, but his rugged good looks and easy charm have also earned him plenty of admirers off the court.
On the links with Andrey
Jakub Mensik and Ben Johnson need to get a room
Calum Puttergill
Thanasi Kokkinakis
Sebastian Gorzny
You'd never guess that Valentin Vacherot has lost his footing
Daniil Medvedev
Andrea Pellegrino nipple game
Colton Smith
Rubbing Gabriel Debru the right way
High 'n' tight: Stefanos Tsitsipas
Alexander Blockx
I saw an Arthur Fils lookalike in Times Square on Friday night but managed not to embarrass everyone concerned(!)
Marcos Giron gets blown
Reilly Opelka Crashes Tommy Paul's honeymoon, which looks like a hetero nightmare
Honeymoon candid
Dmitry Popko isn't just a body
Jesper de Jong overview
Andrea Collarini on holiday
Daddy duty with Nico Jarry
The brothers Vavassori
The "Nothing Major" boys weigh in on where they rank on hottest tennis players list ...
Born this way: Christian Harrison edition
Sex on a beach: Maxence Broville
Nice to see Maxime Cressy, who last summer announced he's stepping away from the tour to focus on recovering from a chronic lower back injury that has plagued him since 2023, adding that he has "given my absolute best effort" and is at peace with that decision.
Orlando Luz: Woof
Cousins Arthur Rinderknech and Valentin Vacherot traded the tennis court for the kitchen in Kitzbühel, taking a break from training to whip up Kaiserschmarrn for local favorite Rosi. Watch HERE.
Arneodo Romain cools down
Like father, like son
The brothers Lock
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