Marin Cilic makes his return to the TEB BNP Paribas Istanbul Open this week with fond memories to fuel his campaign, not least from having won the title in 2017 as a wild card. It marks the 29-year-old’s first tournament as a married man. It was only last weekend the Croatian wed his long-time girlfriend Kristina Milkovic in a ceremony in Dubrovnik. Now he sets about re-igniting his season at the same tournament which kick-started an impressive 2017. “It was not easy to find a date [for the wedding],” Cilic said. “I said after the wedding, 'OK I’m going to Istanbul, I’m going to go on my own.' She said, 'You can’t go alone for the first week [of married...
Watch highlights as Lleyton Hewitt returns to join forces with fellow Australian Alex de Minaur to eliminate Raven Klaasen and Michael Venus at the Millennium Estoril Open on Tuesday. In a battle between qualifiers, Simone Bolelli emerges victorious against home favourite Joao Domingues, while Joao Sousa and Stefanos Tsitsipas also secure wins. Video courtesy of Millennium Estoril Open.
Watch as Mirza Basic ends his first-round match in style by slamming an overhead winner to defeat seventh seed Gael Monfils, 6-2, 3-6, 6-3 to advance at the BMW Open by FWU on Tuesday. Video courtesy of BMW Open by FWU.
Portugal’s Joao Sousa secured his first win in four visits to the Millennium Estoril Open on Tuesday, defeating eighth seed Daniil Medvedev 7-6(1), 7-5. The World No. 68 recovered from a break down in the first set, before reeling off six consecutive points from 1/1 in the tie-break to establish a one-set lead. Once more, the Guimaraes-born star encountered similar issues early in the second set. Sousa fought back from behind twice, before breaking for a 6-5 lead in the 11th game and comfortably serving out the win. The 29-year-old has now won 11 of his past 15 tour-level matches, which includes a run to the Grand Prix Hassan II semi-finals (l. to Andujar). Sousa will meet Portuguese wild card...
Lleyton Hewitt made a winning start to his latest return to the ATP World Tour at the Millennium Estoril Open on Tuesday. The former World No. 1, alongside countryman Alex de Minaur, defeated second seeds Raven Klaasen and Michael Venus 6-4, 6-4 to advance to the quarter-finals in Portugal. Hewitt is appearing for the third time in doubles action this season, after appearances at the Brisbane International presented by Suncorp and the Australian Open. Hewitt and De Minaur conceded just three points behind their first serves in the first set and converted their only break point of the second set to clinch victory in 66 minutes. The Aussie duo will face Great Britain’s Kyle Edmund and Cameron Norrie for a...
