Fabio Fognini was a man in command on Sunday at the J. Safra Sarasin Swiss Open Gstaad, ousting Yannick Hanfmann 6-4, 7-5 to claim his fifth ATP World Tour title and first of the year. Fognini played steady, attacking tennis en route to hoisting the trophy in the Swiss Alps mountain town of Gstaad. He fired 21 winners, including two aces, while committing just 11 unforced errors, to Hanfmann's 18. It was the first title for the Italian in just over a year, since prevailing on the clay of Umag in 2016. All five of his victories have come on the dirt. "It's always a good feeling when you win," said Fognini. "Our job is winning matches and of course...
Croatians Ivan Dodig and Mate Pavic completed a nearly perfect week at the German Tennis Championships 2017 on Sunday, winning their first team doubles title 6-3, 6-4 against Pablo Cuevas of Uruguay and Marc Lopez of Spain. Dodig and Pavic did not drop a set all tournament and were in control during the 76-minute final. The top seeds saved two of three break points and broke their opponents three times to hoist the trophy. “It was great. We played a really, really good level here all tournament. We had tough matches, from the first round,” Dodig said. [ALSO LIKE] The win gives Dodig eight doubles titles and two for the season (also Rotterdam with Marcel Granollers). Pavic now has seven...
Competing together for the first time this year, Austrians Oliver Marach and Philipp Oswald claimed the title at the J. Safra Sarasin Swiss Open Gstaad on Sunday. Marach and Oswald defeated Jonathan Eysseric and Franko Skugor 6-3, 4-6, 10-8 after one hour and 27 minutes, saving four of five break points. It was their second title together and first on the ATP World Tour, having lifted the trophy at the ATP Challenger Tour event in Aix-en-Provence, France, last year. "This is probably the most beautiful victory of my career," said Oswald. "So close to home and with my family in the stands it feels very special." [ALSO LIKE] Individually, 37-year-old Marach, who finished runner-up in Gstaad in 2015 (w/Qureshi), earned...
July is the month of the lucky loser on the ATP World Tour. Seven days after falling in the final round of qualifying, Leonardo Mayer was the last man standing at the German Tennis Championships 2017 on Sunday, defeating Florian Mayer 6-4, 4-6, 6-3 in Hamburg. Leonardo, whose lone previous ATP World Tour title came at the Am Rothenbaum in 2014, needed one hour and 57 minutes to dismiss Florian, firing 44 total winners, including 28 off his forehand wing. It marks the second straight week that a lucky loser has lifted an ATP World Tour trophy, following #NextGenATP Andrey Rublev's maiden triumph in Umag. Leonardo fell to German 16-year-old Rudolf Molleker last Sunday, before gaining entry into the main...
Fabio Fognini was a man in command on Sunday at the J. Safra Sarasin Swiss Open Gstaad, ousting Yannick Hanfmann 6-4, 7-5 to claim his fifth ATP World Tour title and first of the year. Fognini played steady, attacking tennis en route to hoisting the trophy in the Swiss Alps mountain town of Gstaad. He fired 21 winners, including two aces, while committing just 11 unforced errors, to Hanfmann's 18. It was the first title for the Italian in just over a year, since prevailing on the clay of Umag in 2016. All five of his victories have come on the dirt. "It's always a good feeling when you win," said Fognini. "Our job is winning matches and of course...
