Sixth seed Sam Querrey hit 10 aces and won almost 90 per cent (34/39) of his first-serve points to spoil the ATP World Tour debut of German Daniel Altmaier 6-3, 6-4 on Monday at the Banque Eric Sturdza Geneva Open. Querrey, a titlist earlier this year in Acapulco, will next face Croatian qualifier Franko Skugor, who beat Spaniard Tommy Robredo 3-6, 6-3, 6-2 in just over two hours. [ALSO LIKE] South African Kevin Anderson stayed perfect against seventh seed Paolo Lorenzi, improving to 3-0 against the Italian in their FedEx ATP Head2Head series, 7-5, 7-6(1). Anderson will next face #NextGenATP American Jared Donaldson, who dismissed the Dominican Republic's Victor Estrella Burgos 6-2, 6-4. German Mischa Zverev saved nine of 11...
Fifth seed Gilles Simon gave the home French fans plenty to cheer about during his first-round win on Monday at the Open Parc Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Lyon. The 32-year-old Frenchman saved seven of eight break points to overcome #NextGenATP Russian Daniil Medvedev 7-5, 6-7(5), 6-2 in two hours and 17 minutes. Simon will next meet British qualifier Kyle Edmund or Brazilian Thiago Monteiro. #NextGenATP Korean Hyeon Chung will get a second FedEx ATP Head2Head meeting against third seed Tomas Berdych. Chung was nearly perfect on serve during his 6-2, 6-3 win against American Donald Young. [ALSO LIKE] Chung struck eight aces and dropped only one point on his first serve (30/31) during the 61-minute victory. The 21 year old lost to Berdych...
Nikoloz Basilashvili and Jordan Thompson both scored hard-fought wins over seeded opponents on Sunday in first-round action at the Open Parc Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Lyon.
Basiliashvili upset seventh seed and #NextGenATP star Borna Coric 6-4, 5-7, 6-4, while Thompson ousted eighth seed and home favourite Benoit Paire 6-7(3), 7-6(5), 6-4 at the ATP World Tour 250 clay-court tournament.
In remaining qualifying action, Kyle Edmund, Hyeon Chung, Nicolas Kicker and Gastao Elias all secured main draw spots.
Andrey Kuznetsov advanced to the second round of the Banque Eric Sturdza Geneva Open on Sunday with a 3-6, 6-4, 6-1 victory over former champion Thomaz Bellucci.
The Russian prevailed in just under two hours, converting five of his 13 break point chances to improve to a 3-1 record against Bellucci in their FedEx ATP Head2Head series.
Kuznetsov claimed his seventh win of the year to set a second-round clash with third seed Albert Ramos-Vinolas.
In the final round of qualifying, Mischa Zverev, Roberto Marcora, Daniel Altmaier and Franko Skugor all prevailed to secure their spots in the main draw.
Alexander Zverev was competing in his first ATP World Tour Masters 1000 final on Sunday at the Internazionali BNL d’Italia, but he handled the occasion like it was a familiar feeling. The 16th seed captured the biggest title of his career with a brilliant display of tennis to defeat second seed Novak Djokovic 6-4, 6-3. “I'm very happy with the way I played and my performance all week, I think today was one of the best matches I ever played,” said Zverev. “I knew I had to be aggressive from the first point to the last. It was very important for me to be able to stay this aggressive and not let him take over the game.” Zverev was given...