Novak Djokovic won his second ATP World Tour title of the season on Saturday, beating Frenchman Gael Monfils 6-3, 6-4 in 76 minutes at the Aegon International in Eastbourne. Djokovic captures his first title since January, when he beat World No. 1 Andy Murray to kick off the 2017 ATP World Tour season at the Qatar ExxonMobil Open. The title is a positive step for the Serbian, who has since fallen to No. 4 in the Emirates ATP Rankings and was a late wild-card entry into the ATP World Tour 250 in Eastbourne. Djokovic now heads to Wimbledon, which starts on Monday, on a four-match winning streak and full of confidence as he prepares to compete for the title at...
Top seeds Bob Bryan and Mike Bryan completed a marathon 48 hours of tennis to take the doubles title on Friday at the Aegon International in Eastbourne. After winning two matches on Thursday and a semi-final earlier on Friday, they downed Rohan Bopanna and Andre Sa 6-7(4), 6-4, 10-3 in an entertaining final. The win gives the Bryan brothers a staggering 113th ATP World Tour doubles title and their first of the season. They last prevailed at Eastbourne in 2003 (d. Eagle/Palmer). Their last title came in May 2016 at the ATP World Tour Masters 1000 event in Rome. Fittingly, their latest victory comes after Bryan/Bryan reunited last month at Roland Garros with coach David Macpherson. They pick up 250...
Robert Lindstedt and Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi took the doubles title on Friday at the Antalya Open. The top seeds held a comfortable 7-5, 4-1 lead in the final when second seeds Oliver Marach and Mate Pavic were forced to retire. “I feel super happy. To win my third title this year and my first team title with Robert is great,” said Qureshi. “I’ve been to Turkey many times and this is my first time in Antalya. I think it was a great event for the first year. I hope we can have it here for a few more years because I’d love to come back and defend my title.” Watch: Lindstedt Interviews Thiem And More At Antalya Player Party Lindstedt/Qureshi made...
Top seed Novak Djokovic produced a vintage performance on Friday at the Aegon International, reaching the final in Eastbourne with a 6-4, 6-4 win over #NextGenATP Russian Daniil Medvedev. “I am undoubtedly enjoying this week and the fact that I'm in the final obviously makes it even better. But I felt very welcomed from the first day by the people in Eastbourne,” said Djokovic. “I'm really glad that I'll be able to fight for the trophy tomorrow. I haven't had too many opportunities to fight for the trophy in the last 10 to 12 months. I'm hoping that I can continue on this path of raising my performance and the quality of tennis.” The Serbian will take on Gael Monfils...
Someone is guaranteed to win their first ATP World Tour title at the Antalya Open after Yuichi Sugita and Adrian Mannarino prevailed in tough semi-final matches on Friday. Sugita advanced to his first ATP World Tour final after overcoming Marcos Baghdatis. The 28-year-old Japanese player was leading Baghdatis 6-3, 6-7(7), 4-1 when the Cypriot retired due to dehydration after two hours and 18 minutes of play. Baghdatis, who has now recovered, will later today travel to London for The Championships at Wimbledon, which begins on Monday. Having already reached a career-high Emirates ATP Ranking of No. 64 earlier this month, Sugita will move well inside the Top 60 when the new rankings are released on Monday. He has excelled on...
