Stan Wawrinka has won back-to-back titles at the Banque Eric Sturdza Geneva Open. But a 2017 Next Gen ATP Finals qualifier will look to knock the home favourite off his throne in the second round this year. Jared Donaldson ousted Uzbek Denis Istomin 5-7, 6-4, 6-0 in one hour, 48 minutes, snapping a five-match losing streak to set a clash against the Swiss superstar, who is the No. 3 seed. The American pushed Wawrinka to three sets two years ago in Cincinnati in their only previous FedEx ATP Head2Head meeting, and will look to even the series for a spot in the quarter-finals. [ALSO LIKE] Speaking of young Americans, Donaldson was not the only one to move on in Switzerland....
Less than a month ago in Budapest, Andreas Seppi saw his hopes of capturing his first ATP World Tour title since 2012 (Moscow) come to an end in the semi-finals against eventual first-time champion Marco Cecchinato. The Italian veteran got revenge against his compatriot, ousting Cecchinato 7-5, 6-4 in one hour, 38 minutes at the Banque Eric Sturdza Geneva Open on Sunday. It was a successful debut in Geneva for the 34-year-old Seppi, who just three weeks ago reentered the Top 50 of the ATP Rankings for the first time since 27 June 2016. The 6’3” right-hander lost to No. 16 seed Lucas Pouille in a third-set tie-break last week at his home ATP World Tour Masters 1000 event, the...
ATP World Tour 250-level titles are on the line this week at clay-court events in Geneva and Lyon, the final events before Roland Garros. At the Banque Eric Sturdza Geneva Open, two-time defending champion Stan Wawrinka, No. 1 Italian Fabio Fognini and former World No. 3 David Ferrer are the wild cards, attempting to challenge top-seeded Sam Querrey of the United States. Just more than 100 kilometres away, at the Open Parc Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes Lyon, Dominic Thiem looks to continue his momentum on clay alongside fellow Top 10 player John Isner and the fast-rising Hyeon Chung, the reigning Next Gen ATP Finals champion. View Draws: Geneva | Lyon 10 THINGS TO WATCH IN GENEVA 1) Stan In Switzerland: Since Geneva returned...
Two-time defending champion Stan Wawrinka has accepted a wild card to play at next week's Banque Eric Sturdza Geneva Open. “We are very happy to offer a wild card to Stan Wawrinka,” said the event’s co-owner, Rainer Schuettler. “We know perfectly everything that Stan has brought to our tournament. We hope that his choice to come and defend his title will be beneficial and that he finds the taste of victory at the Parc des Eaux-Vives.” This will be Wawrinka's fourth appearance at his home clay-court event, at which he owns a 9-1 record. It will also mark his sixth event of the year. The 33-year-old returned this week in Rome, making his first appearance on the tour since Marseille...