Dominic Thiem and Fabio Fognini, winners of the opening significant clay tournaments of the season, won’t be raving about having been sorted to meet this soon in the Madrid Open. However, their loss is our gain, for what we’ll get is a bona fide heavy-weights showdown, set for this afternoon.
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Further Reading
Alcaraz outpowers Murray in Vienna
Disappointment for Andy Murray as the teenage Spanish prodigy, Carlos Alcaraz, prevailed in the second round of the Erste Bank Open in Vienna thereby avenging his earlier defeat at the hands of the Brit in Indian Wells.
Uncertainty still reigns in Australia
There is still great confusion as to who will be eligible to compete at the first grand slam of next year, the Australian Open, with the National Government at odds with the Regional Government in respect of Covid restrictions.
Raducanu breaks her duck in Romania
There is a collective sigh of relief that Britain’s fledgling star Emma Raducanu has won her first WTA Tour match since lifting the US Open trophy in September, fittingly so at the Transylvania Open in the land of her father’s birth, Romania.
Norrie gets his Vienna Challenge underway
Cameron Norrie, recently installed as British No.1 after winning the Indian Wells Masters, continued his hot winning streak as he opened his Erste Bank Open campaign in Vienna with a solid victory over Hungarian Marton Fucsovics after a wobbly star.
Teichmann tumbles out of Transylvania Open, Tomljanovic and Kalinina advance
Switzerland’s Jil Teichmann was the first seed to tumble out of the Transylvania Open, while Ajla Tomljanovic, the No 5 seed, and 8th-seeded Anhelina Kalinina made it safely into round two at Cluj-Napoca in Romania on Monday.
