On Tuesday, Liam Broady registered his first win in the main draw of an ATP World Tour tournament by defeating former world No. 10 Ernests Gulbis 6-3, 6-0, in the opening round of the St. Petersburg Open in Russia. Satisfied? Hardly. On the heels of achieving his inaugural win, the 23-year-old British qualifier followed with a three-set, come-from-behind victory over the tournament’s No. 4 seed Adrian Mannarino one day later. A set and a break down, Broady gathered his wits, outdueled the fellow southpaw and overcame the 31st-ranked Frenchman to advance to his first ATP World Tour quarter-final. “After the first set, my legs were bad,” Broady said. “It was my fourth match in four days, so I was pretty...
Watch highlights from Wednesday at the Sibiu Open, as American Bjorn Fratangelo and home hope Adrian Ungur lead the QF charge. Video courtesy of Sibiu Open.
For the third year in a row, the First Lady of Romania, Carmen Iohannis, attended Kids Day at the Sibiu Open, a €43,000 tournament on the ATP Challenger Tour. Also joining the First Lady at the special event were two-time champion Adrian Ungur and former World No. 5 Tommy Robredo. "I'm here to enjoy this wonderful tournament along with the kids,” Iohannis said. “As far as I know, there are some important players attending Sibiu Open and that means that the quality of the tournament is constantly growing.” With Sibiu being the only Challenger in Romania and largest men’s tournament in country, it was destined to be a extraordinary day. Over 300 kids showed up and several national television stations...
Third seed Fabio Fognini ended Russian involvement on Thursday at the St. Petersburg Open when the Italian knocked out 2004 champion Mikhail Youzhny, competing at the ATP World Tour 250 tournament for the 16th year (34-14 match record). Fognini, the 2012 runner-up, came close to breaking at 4-4 in the second set, but Youzhny regrouped before falling 6-4, 4-6, 6-4 in almost two hours. Fognini now faces Lithuanian Ricardas Berankis, who advanced to the quarter-finals for the second time (also 2012) when his German opponent Philipp Kohlschreiber withdrew due to illness before their match. Kohlschreiber must wait another week in his bid to win at least 30 matches (29-17 in 2017) for the 11th straight year. Top seed Roberto Bautista...
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