Canada’s Martin, Draxl fall in first round at National Bank Open, Galarneau advances
Canada’s Liam Draxl did his best to work the home crowd in his first career ATP Tour singles match Monday night at the National Bank Open.
Canada’s Liam Draxl did his best to work the home crowd in his first career ATP Tour singles match Monday night at the National Bank Open.
Carlos Alcaraz's first match on a grass court came just six years ago. He's obviously a quick study. When Wimbledon gets started Monday, the 22-year-old from Spain will play in the first Centre Court match of this fortnight, an honor reserved for the previous year's men's champion.
Alexander Zverev won the serving battle and silenced the raucous home crowd, beating French prospect Arthur Fils 6-4, 3-6, 6-3 to reach the Paris Masters quarterfinals on Thursday.
Australian Alexei Popyrin has defeated Russian Andrey Rublev in straight sets tonight to win the National Bank Open men's singles title at IGA Stadium.
Canada's Felix Auger-Aliassime is through to yet another final, this time at the Open 13 in Marseille. The 21-year-old Montrealer topped Russian qualifier Roman Safiullin 7-6(4), 7-6(5) in the semifinals on Saturday.
American John Isner has won his opening-round match at the National Bank Open in Toronto, 6-4, 6-1 over Alejandro Davidovich Fokina of Spain.
Second-seeded Italian Fabio Fognini was eliminated from the Argentina Open on Wednesday by Spain's Jaume Munar 4-6, 6-4, 7-5 in the round of 16.
Pierre-Hugues Herbert beat former champion Tomas Berdych 6-2, 7-5 Saturday to set up an all-French Open Sud de France final against Jo-Wilfried Tsonga. Berdych, who is unseeded at the tournament he won in 2012, dropped his serve three times and failed to convert any of his three break points.
Roger Federer returns to No. 1 in the ATP rankings after winning a grass-court tournament in Stuttgart, while Nadal sat out the week after winning his 11th French Open earlier in the month.
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga celebrated his 400th career win in style by beating fourth-seeded Tomas Berdych 6-3, 6-4 to reach the final of the World Tennis Tournament on Saturday.
Gilles Muller of Luxembourg reached his second semifinal on grass in three weeks at the Nottingham Open on Thursday.
Novak Djokovic reached the semifinals of the ATP World Tour Finals by extending his dominance over Tomas Berdych, beating the Czech player 6-3, 7-5 on Thursday in their last round-robin match.
Andy Murray heads the five-man team British team for next week's Davis Cup final against Belgium. Murray is joined by brother Jamie, James Ward, Kyle Edmund and Dominic Inglot.
Second-seeded Andy Murray overcame strong resistance from local favourite Richard Gasquet to reach the semifinals of the Paris Masters for the first time on Friday.
Canadian Milos Raonic advanced to the final of the Japan Open for the third straight year with a 6-1, 6-4 victory over France's Gilles Simon on Saturday. Raonic, from Thornhill, Ont., won the first set and then had to remain focused for half an hour as the roof of the Ariake Colosseum was shut due to drizzle as a typhoon moves towards Japan.