ATP Tour

Dream Draw For Belgium’s Bailly At Antwerp

ANTWERP/WASHINGTON, October 16, 2022 (by Michael Dickens) While the draw for the upcoming European Open in Antwerp, Belgium includes five of the current Top 25 players – World No. 11 Hubert Hurkacz of Poland and Florence finalist Felix Auger-Aliassime are […]

Rublev To Face Korda In Gijon Open Final

GIJON/STARNBERG, October 15, 2022 Andrey Rublev and Sebastian Korda will compete in Sunday’s singles final of the Gijon Open. The top-seeded Russian extended his winning streak against Dominic Thiem to four matches Saturday after beating the Austrian 6-4, 6-4. Rublev capitalized […]

Wolf Continues To Build Upon Memorable Week In Florence

FLORENCE/WASHINGTON, October 14, 2022 (by Michael Dickens) With only four of the original eight seeds remaining in the UniCredit Firenze Open draw on Friday in Tuscany – which included just one Italian from the seven who began the week in […]

Thiem Advances To Gijon Open Semis

GIJON/STARNBERG, October 14, 2022 Dominic Thiem has reached his second ATP Tour semi-final of the season after the Swiss Open in Gstaad in July and moved to within two wins of lifting his first tour-level trophy since 2020. The Austrian […]

Murray Moves On At Gijon Open

GIJON/STARNBERG, October 13, 2022 Andy Murray overcame a one-set deficit to reach the quarterfinals of the Gijon Open. The British wild card entry rallied past Pedro Cachin of Argentina 2-6, 7-5, 7-6(3) on Thursday. Murray withstood 13 aces and broke […]

Lone Italian Musetti Is Bringing Much Joy To Florence Fans

FLORENCE/WASHINGTON, October 13, 2022 (by Michael Dickens) With the return of the ATP Tour to Florence, Italy for the first time since 1994, there’s been a sense of anticipation that it would be a break-out week for the Italian men […]

Hometown Hero Carreno Busta Starts Title Bid At Gijon Open

GIJON/STARNBERG, October 12, 2022 Pablo Carreno Busta began his home campaign at the Gijon Open with an emotional second-round win in straight sets. The 31-year-old Spaniard, who was born in the city of Gijon and played his first tour-level match […]

Mikael Ymer Has Come Alive In Florence This Week

FLORENCE/WASHINGTON, October 12, 2022 (by Michael Dickens) Sweden’s Mikael Ymer has truly come alive this week in Florence. Round by round, the 24-year-old Stockholm resident has taken on all comers and succeeded. After winning two rounds in qualifying (against Italy’s […]

Murray Moves Into Second Round At Gijon Open

GIJON/STARNBERG, October 11, 2022 Former World No. 1 Andy Murray began his Gijon Open campaign in Spain with a solid first-round 7-5, 6-2 win over Alejandro Davidovich Fokina, home favourite and sixth seed of the ATP 250 hard-court event, on […]