Top seed David Goffin enjoyed a winning return to action on Wednesday at the Plava Laguna Croatia Open Umag as he defeated qualifier Attila Balazs 6-4, 6-7(7), 6-2 to reach the quarter-finals in Umag. The Belgian was back on the match court for the first time since suffering a right ankle injury when he fell in his third-round match with Horacio Zeballos at Roland Garros in May. Goffin missed three opportunities to seal his comeback victory in straight sets in the second set tie-break, but raced through the decider against his No. 174-ranked opponent to prevail in two hours and 21 minutes. [ALSO LIKE] The 26-year-old Goffin is making his debut at this ATP World Tour 250 clay-court tournament and...
Second seed Ivo Karlovic got his title defence off to a strong start on Wednesday at the Dell Technologies Hall of Fame Open as he defeated Denis Kudla 6-4, 6-4 in the second round in Newport. The Croatian was playing his first match in almost two weeks, since a first-round loss to Aljaz Bedene at Wimbledon, and is looking for a return to winning ways at this ATP World Tour 250 grass-court tournament, where he has made the final the past three years. After finishing runner-up to Lleyton Hewitt and Rajeev Ram in third-set tie-breaks in 2014-15, Karlovic made it third time lucky last year as he edged Gilles Muller in a decisive third-set tie-break in the final. The 38-year-old...
David Ferrer maintained his perfect FedEx ATP Head2Head record against Dustin Brown, improving to a 5-0 mark on Wednesday at the SkiStar Swedish Open. In front of Swedish greats, who had come to the beach resort in celebration of the ATP World Tour 250 tournament’s 70th anniversary, the two-time Bastad champion dismissed the German 6-2, 6-3. Ferrer had required three sets to defeat Brown in their quarter-final clash last year in Bastad, but the eighth seed cruised through Wednesday's second-round encounter in 55 minutes as he capitalised on all four of his break points. He is looking to reclaim the title following triumphs in 2007 and '12 (d. Almagro both times). The Spaniard next faces World No. 100 Henri Laaksonen,...
Stefanos Tsitsipas is soaring towards the Top 100 of the Emirates ATP Rankings in 2017 and continues his quest for a maiden Challenger title this week at The Hague Open in Scheveningen, Netherlands. Coming off his first main draw appearance at Wimbledon, having emerged from qualifying, the Greek #NextGenATP star is up to a career-high World No. 167 and is poised to continue his ascent towards the Top 100 in Scheveningen. Tsitsipas revealed a day in the life on the ATP Challenger Tour in the Dutch coastal town. Good morning! Nice to have a day off today to rest and recharge for a big second round match on Wednesday. I love it here in Holland and it's my second year...
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