Qatar Total Open 2020, Doha [5] Sofia Kenin (USA) vs. [25] Dayana Yastremska (UKR) Today was simply not Kenin’s day. After dropping the first set, she had a 3-0 lead in the second set and could not hold on to her serve to win the set. Although she fought well enough to force a tiebreaker,…
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Gianluca Mager At A Career High Mover of the week honors go to twenty-five-year-old, Gianluca Mager. Mager broke unto the scene in 2013 and en route to his first ATP Tour final, he defeated the heir apparent on clay, Dominic Thiem. Perhaps it was a bit too much to ask of the Italian, to win…
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MOVER OF THE WEEK Mover of the week honors go to Irina-Camelia Begu. She won an ITF tournament in Egypt over the weekend to give her some much-needed ranking points and more important, re-confirm her belief in her ability to win. When you have been losing more than winning, doubts creep in and you have…
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Argentina Open Buenos Aires, Argentina ATP Final: [45] Casper Ruud (NOR) vs. [145] Pedro Sousa (POR) Sousa was hoping for a different outcome in today’s final. He has been a professional since 2007 and at age thirty-one, today was his first time getting to an ATP Tour singles final. Thus, this was a big occasion…
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ATP TENNIS: ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament [10] David Goffin (BEL) vs. [79] Jannik Sinner (ITA) The eighteen-year-old Italian, with the interesting last name, continues to impress in the 2020 season. The youngest male player in the top hundred, who won his biggest title last year at the Next Gen Finals got off to a…
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ATP TENNIS: ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament Rotterdam, Netherlands [5] Daniil Medvedev (RUS) vs. [104] Vasek Pospisil (CAN) Medvedev won their only prior meeting in straight sets, but it was not that straightforward a victory. The Canadian pushed him in the first set to a tiebreaker and 7-5 in the second set; thus, Medvedev knew…
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