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Nagal pulls off a great win

The second seed at the Argentina Open, Cristian Garin, a Chilean who, with local hero Diego Schwartzman is the second most successful current player in South America. He has won all four of his ATP titles on clay but on this occasion found himself sacrificed on the...

Teenagers Tauson and Burel advance in Lyon

Teenagers led the way at the Open 6ème Sens - Métropole de Lyon on Wednesday, with 18-year old Clara Tauson and 19-year old Clara Burel advancing, while No 2 seed Fiona Ferro benefitted from the retirement of her opponent.

Muguruza outclasses Sabalenka in Doha

Garbiñe Muguruza pulled off the upset of the day on Wednesday by taking out the defending champion of the Qatar Total Open, rolling through the final 4 games to overcome Aryna Sabalenka, 6-2 6-7(5) 6-3, while other top seeds, Elina Svitolina, Karolina Pliskova, Petra...

Russians sweep Brits away

Had the evening session in Rotterdam been a team event between Russia and Britain, the results would have provided the former with an unassailable lead with the doubles being abandoned.

Bad day for Medvedev and Zverev

It was quite an afternoon session in Rotterdam when two highly rated players were eliminated from the ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament in their opening round matches.

Schwartzman hopes to end Argentine drought

The South American clay court circuit having moved from Cordoba to Buenos Aires, the capital of Argentina, where no home player has won in the past 13 years, saw six of the local nine competing in this year’s field, make first round exits.

Garcia and Mladenovic open Lyon campaigns

The tricolour of France flew brightly as Caroline Garcia and Kristina Mladenovic bounced back from early exits in Australia to advance to the second round of the Open 6ème Sens - Métropole de Lyon on Tuesday.

Keys, Pegula and Jabeur make R2 in Doha

Two Americans advanced at the Qatar Total Open on Tuesday, Madison Keys, who upset No 6 seed Belinda Bencic, and Jessica Pegula, with an impressive win over Qiang Wang, while Ons Jabeur and Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova got past qualifiers to also reach the second round.

Tsitsipas gets off the mark

With the reigning Rotterdam champion of the past two years, Gael Monfils, absent and only two other former title holders in the ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament’s field, the race to lift the trophy this year is on.

Tauson takes out top seed in Lyon

Denmark’s former junior World No 1 Clara Tauson took out Ekaterina Alexandrova, the top seed, at the Open 6ème Sens - Métropole de Lyon on Monday, 6-3 6-4, in 1 hour and 32 minutes.