Tennis - ATP World Tour – Tagged "Budapest" – Page 5

May 01, 2017

Pouille Beats Bedene In Budapest 2017 Final

Watch highlights as Lucas Pouille beats Aljaz Bedene in the Budapest final to win his second ATP World Tour title.

Apr 30, 2017

Pouille Storms To Budapest Title

Lucas Pouille didn’t put a foot wrong on Sunday at the Gazprom Hungarian Open in Budapest, storming through the final with a 6-3, 6-1 win over qualifier Aljaz Bedene. The victory gives Pouille his second ATP World Tour title, with the Frenchman’s maiden trophy coming last year on home soil in Metz. Pouille improves his FedEx ATP Head2Head against Bedene to 2-0, including a victory this February in Marseille en route to the final (l. Tsonga). He has been in fine form on this clay this season and also reached the semi-finals last week at the Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters. "I feel very happy with the way I started the clay season. To win here gives me a lot of confidence...

Apr 30, 2017

Mektic & Birthday Boy Baker Blast To Budapest Title

Brian Baker celebrated his 32nd birthday in style, claiming the doubles title at the inaugural Gazprom Hungarian Open alongside Nikola Mektic. Baker and Mektic prevailed 7-6(2), 6-4 over Juan Sebastian Cabal and Robert Farah in Budapest, needing one hour and 27 minutes to secure their second team title on the ATP World Tour. Also the champions at the Memphis Open in February, they improved to 2-0 in tour-level finals together. The fourth seeds were ruthless on serve, dropping just 17 of 65 points in the final encounter. They took the first set in a tie-break and broke immediately at love to open the second, before eventually emerging victorious on their second match point. "I couldn't have asked for a better...

Apr 29, 2017

Pouille Powers Into Budapest Final

Top seed Lucas Pouille produced some of his best tennis on Saturday at the Gazprom Hungarian Open in Budapest, marching into the final with a 6-2, 7-5 win over sixth seed Paolo Lorenzi. "I'm very happy. Paolo is a very good player, so I knew it was going to be a tough match," said Pouille. "I'm going to enjoy playing the final and hope to come out with the win tomorrow." Awaiting Pouile in the final is Aljaz Bedene, who continued his dream run by sweeping past fellow qualifier Laslo Djere 6-2, 6-4. Pouille leads his FedEx ATP Head2Head with Bedene 1-0 after claiming victory this February in Marseille. “The first set was very solid. I made a few more errors...

Apr 28, 2017

Pouille Enjoys Smoother Progress In Budapest

Top seed Lucas Pouille booked his spot in the semi-finals of the Gazprom Hungarian Open on Friday as he defeated Martin Klizan 6-4, 6-3 in Budapest. The Frenchman saved two match points to edge Jiri Vesely in his opening second-round match on Thursday, but had an easier time against Klizan, claiming victory in 84 minutes as he saved five of seven break points. "I think it was a great match," said Pouille. "It was much better than yesterday. My level is increasing and that's good because tomorrow I know it's going to be a tough one. I'm very happy with my performance today." The 23-year-old Pouille is coming off his second ATP World Tour Masters 1000 semi-final showing at last...