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Estoril Open: Hurkacz overcames Martinez to lift eight career title
  • April 7, 2024
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Estoril Open: Hurkacz overcames Martinez to lift eight career title

Hubert Hurkacz deployed his booming delivery to great effect Sunday at the Millennium Estoril Open, where he overcame Pedro Martinez 6-3, 6-4 in the championship match to lift his eighth ATP Tour title. Hurkacz sent down 15 aces in a classy one-hour, 27-minute display as he stepped into the winners’ circle at a tour-level event

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Berrettini ends Baena’s winning run to clinch crown in Marrakech
  • April 7, 2024
  • 2 min read

Berrettini ends Baena’s winning run to clinch crown in Marrakech

Matteo Berrettiniu marched to the title in just his second tour-level event of the season on Sunday in Morocco where he snapped Roberto Carballes Baena’s nine-match winning streak in Marrakech with a 7-5, 6-2 victory. The Italian produced a superb display of hitting in a high-quality championship match to lift his first trophy since his Queen’s

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Estoril Open: Ruud reach last four in Portugal

Estoril Open: Ruud reach last four in Portugal

Casper Ruud advanced to the semi-finals at the ATP 250 clay-court event on Friday when he dispatched Hungarian Marton Fucsovics 6-3, 6-2. The top seed is chasing his first title since last year, when he defeated Miomir Kecmanovic  in the Estoril championship match. In a dominant performance against Fucsovics, he won 82 per cent (28/34)

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Rafael Nadal Pulls out of Monte Carlos

Rafael Nadal Pulls out of Monte Carlos

Rafael Nadal announced on social media Thursday his withdrawal from the Rolex Monte-Carlo Masters.   “Hi all, these are very difficult moments for me, sporting wise,” Nadal wrote. “Unfortunately I have to tell you that I am not going to be playing in Monte-Carlo. My body simply won’t allow me. And even if I am

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Alcaraz crowned best Spanish athlete of 2022

Alcaraz crowned best Spanish athlete of 2022

Thursday was a special day for Carlos Alcaraz in his home nation. The No. 3 in the PIF ATP Rankings received the King Felipe Award, which recognises him as the best Spanish athlete of 2022, from King Felipe VI himself at the Royal Palace in El Pardo. “We’re surrounded by great athletes in Spain in

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