Australian John Millman let slip an upset opportunity earlier this year in Brisbane, where he squandered two match points against reigning Nitto ATP Finals champion Grigor Dimitrov. But the 28-year-old did not stumble with the lead in a big moment Thursday at the Gazprom Hungarian Open. Millman defeated top seed and defending champion Lucas Pouille, the World No. 14, 6-3, 6-4 to clinch the best win of his career by ATP Ranking. The Australian moves into an ATP World Tour quarter-final for the first time since 2016 Winston-Salem, where he advanced to the semi-finals (l. to Carreno Busta). "Really happy with how I played, how I stuck with it mentally. I thought I took my chances well today," said Millman,...
Richard Gasquet and Damir Dzumhur both made second-round exits on Wednesday at the hands of Italian opponents at the Gazprom Hungarian Open. World No. 159 and qualifier Lorenzo Sonego recovered from a 2-4 deficit in the second set to beat third seed Gasquet 6-4, 7-6(4) in one hour and 43 minutes. Last week, Gasquet became the first Frenchman to record 500 match wins en route to the Rolex Monte-Carlo Masters quarter-finals. Sonego will next face fifth-seeded Slovenian Aljaz Bedene, who beat Italian qualifier Matteo Berrettini 7-6(2), 4-6, 6-4. Earlier in the day, lucky loser Marco Cecchinato lost just eight of his service points to beat Dzumhur, the second seed from Bosnia & Herzegovina 6-3, 6-1 in 60 minutes. Cecchinato won seven...
Yannick Maden notched his second ATP World Tour win on Tuesday, defeating local favourite Marton Fucsovics 4-6, 6-3, 6-2 at the Gazprom Hungarian Open. The lucky loser needed two hours and 22 minutes to upset the Hungarian No.1, saving eight of the 11 break points he faced to clinch the victory. Maden, whose only previous win at tour-level came at the 2017 Moselle Open (d. Kicker), broke the sixth seed on five occasions to set up a meeting with countryman Maximilian Marterer. Marterer also came back from a set down to beat Serbia’s Viktor Troicki 3-6, 6-4, 6-4. The German was solid behind both his first and second serve, winning 67 and 68 per cent of points respectively, to beat...
Go behind the scenes with Denis Shapovalov as he and his team enjoy dinner in Budapest, where the Canadian is the No. 4 seed and bidding to win his first ATP World Tour title.
