BASTAD/WASHINGTON, July 22 2023 (by Michael Dickens) It’s not often that an ATP 250 event has four Top 20 players competing in the semifinals. Yet, on this sunny but windy Saturday afternoon in the summer Swedish resort town of Bastad, […]
BASTAD/WASHINGTON, July 21, 2023 (by Michael Dickens) Lorenzo Musetti loves Bastad, and the city and its fans love the popular and charismatic young Italian known for his graceful movement about the court. It’s a perfect match, one that has brought […]
BASTAD/WASHINGTON, July 20, 2023 (by Michael Dickens) What a difference a year has made for Casper Ruud. Twelve months ago, the popular Norwegian arrived in Bastad as the defending champion of the Nordea Open, after winning a title on clay […]
BASTAD/WASHINGTON, July 19, 2023 (by Michael Dickens) The Nordea Open, a popular ATP 250-series clay-court event that takes place in Bastad, one of Sweden’s most typical summer resorts, has returned for its 55th edition with a strong and talented lineup […]
BASTAD/WASHINGTON, July 17, 2022 (by Michael Dickens) Both Francisco Cerundolo and Sebastian Baez, each from Buenos Aires, Argentina, have been playing some of the best tennis of their young careers this week. That it’s happening nearly 5,000 miles away from […]
BASTAD/STARNBERG, July 16, 2022 Two Argentines will go head-to-head in Sunday’s Nordea Open championship match, as Francisco Cerundolo will challenge No. 8 seed Sebastian Baez for the Bastad title. Cerundolo defeated fifth favourite Pablo Carreno Busta from Spain 6-3, 6-2. […]
BASTAD/STARNBERG, July 15, 2022 Pablo Carreno Busta cruised past No. 3 seed Diego Schwartzman of Argentina 6-1, 6-0 on Friday afternoon to reach the semi-finals of the Nordea Open in Bastad. The third favourite from Spain, who is making his […]
BASTAD/STARNBERG, July 14, 2022 Dominic Thiem backed up his first win on the ATP Tour in 14 months with a hard-fought 7-6(5), 3-6, 6-4 victory against fourth-seeded Spaniard Roberto Bautista Agut to reach the quarterfinals at the Nordea Open in Bastad […]
BASTAD, July 13, 2022 Francisco Cerundolo headlined Wednesday’s second-round action at the Nordea Open in Bastad by knocking out World No. 6 and top seed Casper Ruud from Norway 6-4, 3-6, 7-5. The 23-year-old Argentine withstood nine aces and broke […]
BASTAD, July 12, 2022 Dominic Thiem has recorded his first match win on the ATP Tour in 14 months by reaching the second round of the Nordea Open in Bastad. In front of packed stands in his tournament debut in […]
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