France’s Jeremy Chardy began his first appearance at the TEB BNP Paribas Istanbul Open in style, defeating eighth seed Nikoloz Basilashvili 7-5, 6-3 in 89 minutes on Tuesday. “I am happy with my match today,” said Chardy. “I knew it would be a difficult match. [Basilashvili] is a really good player, really aggressive. I am happy with my level today, I played really solid from the beginning to the end.” The Istanbul debutant converted five of his seven break point opportunities en route to victory against the World No. 75, who remains winless at the event after three appearances. Chardy will next face Serbia’s Dusan Lajovic, who dropped just four games in a 6-4, 6-0 win over Gazprom Hungarian Open...
Jeremy Chardy, who is sponsored by Tecnifibre, reveals some of his career firsts, such as when he won a tennis trophy and beat a Top 100 player in the ATP Rankings.
Jeremy Chardy has enjoyed plenty of success during the March Masters thus far. The World No. 90 reached the Round of 16 at the BNP Paribas Open with two Top 25 triumphs and is into the Round of 16 at the Miami Open presented by Itau after ousting Nitto ATP Finals champion Grigor Dimitrov on Sunday. The 31-year-old will attempt to make his first tour-level quarter-final since last February in Montpellier when he faces No. 20 seed Milos Raonic on Tuesday. The Frenchman, who has climbed as high as No. 25 in the ATP Rankings (January 2013) tells ATPWorldTour.com about the player whom he looked up to, what he'd like to do after his career and more. What's your biggest passion?...
Almost seven years after his first victory over Grigor Dimitrov, Jeremy Chardy finally registers his second. Flash back to 2011: Grigor Dimitrov, a hotly rated 19-year-old prospect finally making progress at the tour level after claiming his fourth ATP Challenger Tour title, is playing his third Grand Slam main draw at Roland Garros. Jeremy Chardy, at 24 years old, is making his own tour-level inroads but comprehensively outplays the Bulgarian, winning in three easy sets. Fast forward to 2018: Top 5 in the world, ATP World Tour Masters 1000 titlist and Nitto ATP Finals champion, Dimitrov came into his Miami Open presented by Itau matchup with Chardy having won the three meetings following their Roland Garros encounter. However, the unseeded...
