Banque Eric Sturdza Geneva Open, Switzerland [25] Stan Wawrinka (SUI) vs. [60] Marton Fucsovics (HUN) Wawrinka won the Geneva Open title the last two years; yet, that did not discourage his opponent because Fucsovics had his eyes set on his first ATP World Tour semifinals. Although the Hungarian got off to a nervous start, he…
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SIGNIFICANT RANKING CHANGES FOR THE WEEK OF 05.21.2018 Marketa Vondrousova gets the honors as mover of the week because she was unable to defend the title she won last year. She was seventeen when she won the inaugural Biel Bienne title and perhaps defending the title was too much pressure for her teenage shoulders to…
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Internazionali BNL d’Italia, Rome How did the defending champions fare in Rome? Women’s Final: [1] Simona Halep (ROU) vs. [4] Elina Svitolina (UKR) The defending champion was in no mood to play games today; she came out firing on all cylinders. Before Halep could take a calming breath, the first set was over and she…
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Internazionali BNL d’Italia, Rome The semifinals are set; yet, when the draw came out, few would have anticipated two of the players slated in the eight remaining singles players. On the ATP World Tour, the number one seed, Rafael Nadal, will renew his rivalry with Novak Djokovic. Djokovic leads their head-to-head 26:24 and comes in…
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Internazionali BNL d’Italia, Rome [2] Rafael Nadal (ESP) vs. [29] Denis Shapovalov (CAN) Nadal’s fans will never forget their first meeting last year when Shapovalov came back from a set down to upset Nadal at the Masters 1000 in Canada. Nadal did not forget either and knew he had to bring his complete focus to…
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Internazionali BNL d’Italia, Rome [6] Jelena Ostapenko (LAT) vs. [27] Shuai Zhang (CHN) These two hard-hitting players met for the first time and the winner would be the player who was more consistent off the ground. Ostapenko is vulnerable on serve; however, she compensates by playing well off the ground and attacking every ball the…
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