Third seed Tomas Berdych will play for his first ATP World Tour title of the season after earning revenge against Canadian Milos Raonic 7-6(5), 7-6(2) on Friday during the semi-finals of the Open Parc Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Lyon. Berdych had lost to Raonic in straight sets eight days ago at the Internazionali BNL d'Italia in Rome, and Raonic led their FedEx ATP Head2Head series 5-2. But the 31-year-old Berdych delivered nine aces to eke out a tight win and reach his first ATP World Tour final since last October, when he beat Richard Gasquet to win the Shenzhen Open. “Best match here definitely. I'm improving match by match, which is good and that's very important. I'm happy with the way the week...
Second seed Jo-Wilfried Tsonga continued his quest for a third ATP World Tour title of the season with a 6-0, 6-4 quarter-final victory over #NextGenATP Karen Khachanov in 64 minutes at the Open Parc Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Lyon. The Frenchman lost just six points on serve to improve to a 20-5 match record in 2017. “I am really pleased that after playing two-and-a-half hours yesterday, I was feeling great today and didn’t have any pain with my shoulder. This is key for me. I need to be healthy,” said Tsonga. “Today was definitely a better match. I hope that I will keep this rhythm for the upcoming matches.” Tsonga, a winner of two indoor trophies at Rotterdam and Marseille this year, will...
Follow all the latest off-court action on MyATP! Download the app for iPhone or Android and visit MyATP.com Banque Eric Sturdza Geneva Open – Geneva, Switzerland Kei Nishikori and Stan Wawrinka visited the Jet d’Eau, a large fountain that is one of the city’s most famous landmarks. [ALSO LIKE] Paolo Lorenzi was the lucky star to assist with the tournament draw ceremony. The majority of the singles and doubles players competing in the main draw attended the player party on the roof of the Hotel Metropole Geneva. Open Parc Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Lyon – Lyon, France Milos Raonic met with local schoolchildren after his win on Thursday. #NextGenATP Russian Karen Khachanov and Damir Dzumhur were among the players who signed autographs and...
Milos Raonic began his quest for a ninth ATP World Tour title on Wednesday with a 6-4, 6-3 victory over Denis Istomin at the Open Parc Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Lyon. In his fourth straight week on European clay, the World No. 6 lost just five of his first-service points and hit eight aces in the 81-minute encounter against Istomin. Raonic, this year’s Delray Beach and Istanbul runner-up, will now challenge qualifier Gastao Elias, who reached his first ATP World Tour quarter-final of the year when he defeated sixth seed Juan Martin del Potro 7-6(0), 6-4 in one hour and 53 minutes. Elias saved one set point at 5-6, Ad-out in the first set that lasted 67 minutes. Raonic is attempting to lift...
Sixth seed Juan Martin del Potro remained perfect this year against opponents ranked outside the Top 6 of the Emirates ATP Rankings on Tuesday at the Open Parc Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Lyon. The Argentine broke lucky loser Quentin Halys of France four times to advance 7-5, 6-4 in one hour and 36 minutes. Del Potro was aced 12 times but won 80 per cent of his first-serve points (35/44) and saved three of four break points against the 20-year-old #NextGenATP Frenchman during their first FedEx ATP Head2Head meeting. “He surprised me with his level but I survived, and I am looking forward to playing tomorrow,” said del Potro, who will next face Portuguese qualifier Gastao Elias. “[Lyon] is a magnificent city. I...
