LYON/WASHINGTON, March 7, 2021 (by Michael Dickens) While Danish teenager Clara Tauson‘s dream week to remember continued at the Open 6ème Sens – Métropole de Lyon on Saturday, it’s been a pretty dreamy run for another qualifier, Viktorija Golubic of […]
LYON/WASHINGTON, March 6, 2021 (by Michael Dickens) At age 18, Clara Tauson of Denmark is the youngest player in the Open 6ème Sens – Métropole de Lyon draw. However, throughout her marvelous, breakout week in Lyon, France’s third-largest city, she […]
LYON/WASHINGTON, March 5, 2021 (by Michael Dickens) Belgium’s Greet Minnen needed six match points to win her second-round match against No. 8 seed Arantxa Rus of the Netherlands at the Open 6ème Sens – Métropole de Lyon in France’s third-largest city […]
LYON/WASHINGTON, March 4, 2021 (by Michael Dickens) France’s Clara Burel may only be 19 years old, but she’s wise beyond her years. After receiving a wild card and winning a couple of rounds during last year’s Roland Garros, Burel is […]
LYON/WASHINGTON, March 3, 2021 (by Michael Dickens) As one of seven French women playing in this week’s WTA 250 Open 6ème Sens – Métropole de Lyon, in France’s third-largest city, Kristina Mladenovic is standing tall among them. She’s proud of […]
LYON/WASHINGTON, March 2, 2021 (by Michael Dickens) Ekaterina Alexandrova had begun her season in fine form, reaching the semifinals of the Gippsland Trophy in Australia bookended by a couple of third-round performances in Abu Dhabi and the Australian Open. She […]
LYON, June 17, 2019 Just one week after reaching the third round at Roland Garros, Corentin Moutet took the title of the Open Sopra Steria de Lyon. The 20-year-old Frenchman defeated No. 4 seed Elias Ymer of Sweden 6-4, 6-4 […]
LYON, June 18, 2018 Title defence completed for Félix Auger-Aliassime, who retains his trophy at the Open Sopra Steria de Lyon. The 17-year-old Canadian rallied past French qualifier Johan Tatlot 6-7(3), 7-5, 6-2 in Sunday’s singles final of the €64,000 […]
LYON, June 18, 2017 At just 16 years and 10 months, Félix Auger-Aliassime from Canada became the seventh youngest player in history to capture an ATP Challenger title at the €64,000 Open de Sopra Steria in Lyon, France. The World No. […]
LYON, May 27, 2017 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga won his first clay-court crown and his 15th overall ATP World Tour title, lifting the trophy at the Open Parc Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes Lyon. The Frenchman defeated Tomas Berdych from the Czech Republic 7-6, 7-5 in […]
