Open 6ème Sens-Métropole de Lyon, France [73] Daria Kasatkina (RUS) vs. [136] Anna-Lena Friedsam (GER) There are late bloomers in every sport, and now many older tennis players are finally showcasing their talent. Friedsam’s story was derailed by injury though; ranked as high as forty-five in 2016, Friedsam’s ranking dropped out of the top hundred…
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Abierto GNP Seguros, Monterrey [37] Sloane Stephens (USA) vs. [126] Leylah Annie Fernandez (CAN) Former US Open champion (2017) and Roland Garros finalist (2018), American Sloane Stephens has been struggling since late September 2018 to find the form that saw her get to two major finals. We have seen this drop off in quality of…
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Chile Open, Santiago [38] Casper Ruud (NOR) vs. [45] Albert Ramos-Vinolas (ESP) Twenty-one-year-old Ruud finally found the recipe to defeat Ramos-Vinolas. In four previous meetings, the Norwegian came up short. Although, he managed to win two sets previously, he could never seal the deal. Today was a completely different story as Ruud is finally putting…
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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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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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