Robin Haase came alive in The Alps once more, just as he has done in two previous runs to the J. Safra Sarasin Swiss Open Gstaad final, when the Dutchman ended David Goffin’s bid for a third ATP World Tour title on Friday. Haase began in fine style by breaking for a 2-0 lead, and while his top-seeded Belgium opponent stayed in contention, World No. 50 Haase won seven straight games from 5-5 in the first set en route to a 7-5, 6-1 victory in 81 minutes. It was his first win in four meetings against Goffin, the 2015 runner-up (l. to Thiem). "Today it was a bit more windy and we were both a bit nervous at the beginning,"...
Two-time finalist Robin Haase improved to 13-4 lifetime at the J. Safra Sarasin Swiss Open Gstaad, hitting six aces and saving both break points to beat Argentine Renzo Olivo 6-1, 6-4 on Tuesday. The sixth-seeded Dutchman reached the final in 2013 (l. to Youzhny) and last year (l. to Lopez). He also made the semi-finals in 2014 (l. to Monaco). Haase will meet Brazilian Thiago Monteiro, who struck 14 aces and saved seven of nine break points in a 7-6(5), 3-6, 6-3 win against Alexandr Dolgopolov. Two days ago, the Ukrainian reached his eighth ATP World Tour final (3-5 record) at the SkiStar Swedish Open. [ALSO LIKE] Moldovan Radu Albot grit his teeth to knock out 2013 champion Mikhail Youzhny....
World No. 6 Milos Raonic hosted a successful annual Player Revue on Wednesday night at the 117th edition of the Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters. Robin Haase starred in sketches as a mad scientist with Rohan Bopanna, Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi and David Ekerot, who portrayed a clone of Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal. Haase later hosted the Robin Haase Show, where he conducted a funny ‘Never Have I Ever’ quiz with Tommy Haas, Pierre-Hugues Herbert and Viktor Troicki. Ryan Harrison portrayed the ‘Joker’ as Raven Klaasen, Qureshi and Rajeev Ram attempted to come up with new ways to better promote doubles, ending with a dance number. #NextGenATP Alexander Bublik rapped Eminem with Harrison and Jean-Julien Rojer’s coach Nick van Rosberg. Bublik then portrayed...
