The South American swing of clay court events came to and end in Rio de Janeiro with Argentina’s Sebastian Baez claiming the Rio Open title in dominant style by defeating his countryman Mariano Navone in 89-minutes and dropping just three games. Amazing, amazing, but I want more for sure. Sebastian Baez For the 23-year-old Baez,…
Rio Open presented by Claro—Brazil Argentine Sebastian Baez notched his fifth career title on Sunday in Rio, de Janeiro, defeating surprise finalist and countryman Mariano Navone 6-2, 6-1. In match that lasted one and 22 minutes, Baez used his efficient game and accurate backhand to offset his younger opponent. Winning three titles in 2023, Baez…
An all-Argentine final line up for the Rio Open championship in Rio de Janeiro pitching the qualifier, Mariano Navone against his more experienced countryman Sebastain Baez, the fifth seed at the ATP 500 level event. It’s hard but I always try to be focussed on the next point, on the next game, every time thinking…
The 2024 Chile Open will be the final tournament of this year’s Golden Swing, and the draw for the event was recently released. It is the last opportunity for those competing to lift tour-level hardware in South America. Nicolas Jarry will attempt to become the first player since 2009 to defend the Chile Open. Incidentally,…
Qatar ExxonMobil Open—Qatar Former top 10 player Karen Khachanov notched his sixth career title on Saturday in Doha, Qatar, defeating Czech upstart Jakub Mensik 7-6(12), 6-4. Needing one and 49 minutes to prevail, Khachanov hit nine aces, won 83 percent of his first serve points and broke serve on one occasions. Improving his ranking to…
DALLAS OPEN—Dallas, Texas Quarterfinal results: Tommy Paul (2) Defeats Dominik Koepfer 7-5, 6-3Ben Shelton (3) Defeats Jordan Thompson (7) 6-7(2), 6-4, 6-4 ***** OPEN 13 PROVENCE-Marseille, France Quarterfinal results: Hubert Hurkacz (1) Defeats Tomas MacHac 6-3, 6-4Grigor Dimitrov (2) Defeats Arthur Rinderknech 6-3, 7-6(3)Karen Khachanov (3) Defeats Zhizhen Zhang 6-4, 6-1Ugo Humbert (4) Defeats Alejandro…
The defending champion of the Cordoba Open title in Argentina, had to play catch-up following inclement weather, and played two matches on Friday to reach this year’s semi-finals. A first-round bye and a rain on Thursday meant that the second seeded Sebastian Baez could not start his defence of the title until Friday which no…
The 2024 Cordoba Open will herald the start of this year’s South American Golden Swing, and the draw for the tournament has been released. Much of the focus at this time of the season tends to be on the ATP‘s undercard as the elite of men’s tennis takes a rest following the conclusion of this…
Cordoba Open will mark the first stop of this year’s Latin America’s famed Golden Swing, where ATP stars will trade hard courts for the red clay. In its sixth edition as a tour-level tournament, the Cordoba Open has crowned some of the most unexpected champions in recent memory. Will 2024 follow suit, or will a…
Getty Images Andrey Rublev will face a tough test on Friday as he faces American Sebastian Korda for a spot in the Australian Open round of 16. Italian star Jannik Sinner will also be in third-round action against Sebastian Baez. (5) Andrey Rublev vs. (29) Sebastian Korda Sebastian Korda had his best Grand Slam result…
