Rogerio Dutra Silva reached his first ATP World Tour quarter-final this season after ousting second seed Gael Monfils 7-6(5), 4-6, 6-3 on Thursday at the Plava Laguna Croatia Open Umag. The Brazilian, who is currently ranked at a career-high No. 64 in the Emirates ATP Rankings, will go on to face Alessandro Giannessi for a spot in the semi-finals after the Italian prevailed 6-2, 3-6, 6-3 over Kenny De Schepper in two hours and 11 minutes. Earlier, third seed and defending champion Fabio Fognini recorded his 20th match win of the season when he booked his place in the quarter-finals with a 6-4,1-6, 6-2 win over Nicolas Kicker in one hour and 49 minutes. The Italian will next face #NextGenATP...
Follow all the latest off-court action on MyATP! Download the app for iPhone or Android and visit MyATP.com Dell Technologies Hall Of Fame Open - Newport, Rhode Island Leander Paes, Rajeev Ram and Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi took a tour of the International Tennis Hall of Fame led by Newport Tournament Director and Hall of Fame CEO Todd Martin. Qureshi won an interactive trivia contest among the three players, Ram put on a headset and did play-by-play of a Novak Djokovic vs. Rafael Nadal match, and Paes was presented with the racquet he donated after winning the 1998 Newport singles title. Stefan Kozlov and Taylor Fritz competed in a paddle board race and narrowly managed to avoid falling in the chilly water...
Top seed David Goffin enjoyed a winning return to action on Wednesday at the Plava Laguna Croatia Open Umag as he defeated qualifier Attila Balazs 6-4, 6-7(7), 6-2 to reach the quarter-finals in Umag. The Belgian was back on the match court for the first time since suffering a right ankle injury when he fell in his third-round match with Horacio Zeballos at Roland Garros in May. Goffin missed three opportunities to seal his comeback victory in straight sets in the second set tie-break, but raced through the decider against his No. 174-ranked opponent to prevail in two hours and 21 minutes. [ALSO LIKE] The 26-year-old Goffin is making his debut at this ATP World Tour 250 clay-court tournament and...
French qualifier Kenny De Schepper won 86 per cent of his first-serve points to upset his seventh-seeded countryman Benoit Paire 6-2, 4-6, 6-3 on Tuesday at the Plava Laguna Croatia Open Umag. The 30-year-old De Schepper will next play Italian Alessandro Giannessi, who beat Aussie wild card Marc Polmans 6-7(3), 6-3, 6-4. [ALSO LIKE] #NextGenATP Russian Andrey Rublev took advantage of his good fortune to beat Argentine Carlos Berlocq 6-2, 6-4. Rublev, No. 74 in the Emirates ATP Rankings, made the main draw as a lucky loser when sixth seed Borna Coric withdrew because of neck pain. “I'm really happy that I won today because I know that to beat Carlos you have to play really aggressiave, you have to...
Henri Laaksonen is the first main draw winner at the SkiStar Swedish Open after defeating local favourite and #NextGenATP player Mikael Ymer 7-6(5), 7-5 on Monday. Ymer served for the opening set twice and was unable to convert on a set point at 5-4. Laaksonen grabbed the lone break of the second set at 5-5 and ultimately prevailed in two hours and 24 minutes. The Swiss player broke into the Top 100 of the Emirates ATP Rankings for the first time this week. He’ll take on third seed Pablo Cuevas in the next round. Federico Delbonis, Arthur De Greef, Leonardo Mayer and Maximilian Marterer all won their final-round qualifying matches on Monday. [ALSO LIKE] Brown/Khachanov Save 4 M.P. For Victory...
