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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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 [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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Mutua Madrid Open, Spain Men’s Final: [3] Alexander Zverev (GER) vs. [7] Dominic Thiem (AUT) For the second consecutive year, Thiem misses out on his opportunity to hoist the Mutua Madrid Open trophy. Last year, Rafael Nadal got the best of him. This year after he dispatched of Nadal in the quarterfinals he must have…
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Mutua Madrid Open, Spain Men’s Semifinal: [7] Dominic Thiem (AUT) vs. [8] Kevin Anderson (RSA) Thiem did the unthinkable, upset Rafael Nadal in the quarterfinals on home soil, and now many are expecting him to win the title. In fact, even before this defeat of the king, many have thought he would be the one…
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