Tennis in General - Results and Comments

ATP & WTA FINALS OF THE WEEK :

ATP 250 Umag : Carlos Alcaraz (7) won his first ATP tournament in career, defeating Richard Gasquet (4) 6-2, 6-2

ATP 250 Gstaad : Casper Ruud (3) won his fourth ATP tournament in career (all ATP 250 and on red clay), defeating
Hugo Gaston 6-3, 6-2

ATP 250 Los Cabos : Cameron Norrie (1) won his first ATP tournament in career, defeating Brandon Nakashima 6-2, 6-2

WTA 250 Palermo : Danielle Rose Collins (1) won her first WTA tournament in career, defeating Elena Gabriela Ruse (q) 6-4, 6-2

WTA 250 Gdynia : Maryna Zanevska won her first WTA tournament in career, defeating Kristina Kucova 6-4, 7-6 (4)

NEXT WEEK SCHEDULE :

Tokyo (Japan), 24 July - 1 August : "Tokyo 2020 Olympics"
Category : Summer Olympic Games
Surface : Hard

Kitzbühel (Austria), 26-31 July : "2021 Generali Open Kitzbühel"
Category : ATP Tour 250
Prize Money : € 481.270
Surface : Red Clay

Atlanta (United States), 26 July - August 1 : "2021 Truist Atlanta Open"
Category : ATP Tour 250
Prize Money : $ 638.385
Surface : Hard

ATP & WTA SEMIFINALS OF THE WEEK :

ATP 250 Umag : R. Gasquet (4) def. D. Altmaier (q) 7-6 (2), 3-6, 6-3
C. Alcaraz (7) def. A. Ramos-Vinolas (1) 6-2, 7-6 (3)

ATP 250 Gstaad : H. Gaston def. L. Djere (7) 3-6, 6-3, 6-3
C. Ruud (3) def. V. Kopriva (q) 6-3, 6-0

ATP 250 Los Cabos : C. Norrie (1) def. T. Fritz (3) 6-3, 6-1
B. Nakashima def. J. Isner (2) 7-5, 6-4

WTA 250 Palermo : E. G. Ruse (q) def. O. Dodin (6) 6-7 (4), 7-6 (0), 6-1
D. R. Collins (1) def. S. Zhang (4) 6-4, 6-3

WTA 250 Gdynia : K. Kucova def. T. Korpatsch 6-0, 6-3
M. Zanevska def. Kat. Kozlova 6-2, 4-6, 6-3

RANKINGS AT JULY 19TH :

ATP TOUR (FIRST 15 PLACES) : 1. Novak Djokovic SRB 12.113 points
2. Daniil Medvedev RUS 10.370 points
3. Rafael Nadal ESP 8.270 points
4. Stefanos Tsitsipas GRE 8.030 points
5. Alexander Zverev GER 7.340 points
6. Dominic Thiem AUT 7.340 points
7. Andrey Rublev RUS 6.005 points
8. Matteo Berrettini ITA 5.488 points
9. Roger Federer SUI 4.215 points
10. Denis Shapovalov CAN 3.625 points
11. (13.) Pablo Carreno Busta ESP 3.260 points
12. (11.) Hubert Hurkacz POL 3.163 points
13. (12.) Diego Schwartzman ARG 3.060 points
14. (16.) Casper Ruud NOR 2.840 points
15. Felix Auger-Aliassime CAN 2.738 points

WTA TOUR (FIRST 15 PLACES) : 1. Ashleigh Barty AUS 9.635 points
2. Naomi Osaka JPN 7.336 points
3. Aryna Sabalenka BLR 6.965 points
4. Sofia Kenin USA 5.640 points
5. Bianca Vanessa Andreescu CAN 5.331 points
6. Elina Svitolina UKR 5.125 points
7. Karolina Pliskova CZE 4.975 points
8. Iga Swiatek POL 4.695 points
9. (10.) Garbine Muguruza ESP 4.165 points
10. (9.) Simona Halep ROM 4.115 points
11. (13.) Barbora Krejcikova CZE 4.113 points
12. (11.) Belinda Bencic SUI 4.085 points
13. (12.) Petra Kvitova CZE 3.985 points
14. Victoria Azarenka BLR 3.845 points
15. Jennifer Brady USA 3.830 points

ATP & WTA FINALS OF THE WEEK :

ATP 500 Hamburg : Pablo Carreno Busta (2) won his sixth ATP tournament in career (first ATP 500 and third on red clay), defeating
Filip Krajinovic (6) 6-2, 6-4

ATP 250 Bastad : Casper Ruud (1) won his third ATP tournament in career (all ATP 250 and on red clay), defeating
Federico Coria 6-3, 6-3

ATP 250 Newport : Kevin Anderson (8, wc) won his 7th ATP tournament in career (sixth ATP 250 and first on grass), defeating
Jenson Brooksby 7-6 (8), 6-4

WTA 250 Budapest : Yulia Putintseva (1) won her second WTA tournament in career (both on red clay and first WTA 250), defeating
Anhelina Kalinina 6-4, 6-0

WTA 250 Lausanne : Tamara Zidansek (1) won her first WTA tournament in career, defeating
Clara Burel 4-6, 7-6 (5), 6-1

WTA 250 Prague : Barbora Krejcikova (2) won her third WTA tournament in career (second WTA 250 and on red clay), defeating
Tereza Martincova (8) 6-2, 6-0

NEXT WEEK SCHEDULE :

Umag (Croatia), 19-25 July : "2021 Plava Laguna Croatia Open Umag"
Category : ATP Tour 250
Prize Money : € 481.270
Surface : Red Clay

Gstaad (Switzerland), 19-25 July : "2021 Swiss Open Gstaad"
Category : ATP Tour 250
Prize Money : € 481.270
Surface : Red Clay

Cabo San Lucas (Mexico), 19-25 July : "2021 Abierto de Tennis Mifel presentado por Cinemex"
Category : ATP Tour 250
Prize Money : $ 694.655
Surface : Hard

Palermo (Italy), 19-25 July : "2021 Palermo Ladies Open"
Category : WTA 250
Prize Money : $ 235.238
Surface : Red Clay

Gdynia (Poland), 19-25 July : "2021 Gdynia Open"
Category : WTA 250
Prize Money : $ 235.238
Surface : Red Clay

ATP & WTA SEMIFINALS OF THE WEEK :

ATP 500 Hamburg : F. Krajinovic (6) def. L. Djere 6-4, 6-2
P. Carreno Busta (2) def. F. Delbonis 7-6 (2), 6-3

ATP 250 Bastad : F. Coria def. Y. Hanfmann 6-2, 6-1
C. Ruud (1) def. R. Carballes Baena 6-1, 6-4

ATP 250 Newport : K. Anderson (8, wc) def. A. Bublik (1) 4-6, 7-6 (3), 7-5
J. Brooksby def. J. Thompson (7) 6-3, 7-6 (3)

WTA 250 Budapest : Y. Putintseva (1) def. D. Galfi (wc) 6-2, 3-6, 6-2
A. Kalinina def. D. R. Collins (2) 7-6 (5), 4-1 ret. (Arm Injury)

WTA 250 Lausanne : C. Burel def. C. Garcia (5) 5-7, 6-2, 6-2
T. Zidansek (1) def. M. Zanevska 7-5, 6-3

WTA 250 Prague : T. Martincova (8) def. G. Minnen (9) 6-3, 6-4
B. Krejcikova (2) def. Xin. Wang 6-1, 6-2

RANKINGS AT JULY 12TH :

ATP TOUR (FIRST 15 PLACES) : 1. Novak Djokovic SRB 12.113 points
2. Daniil Medvedev RUS 10.370 points
3. Rafael Nadal ESP 8.270 points
4. Stefanos Tsitsipas GRE 8.150 points
5. (6.) Alexander Zverev GER 7.475 points
6. (5.) Dominic Thiem AUT 7.425 points
7. Andrey Rublev RUS 6.255 points
8. (9.) Matteo Berrettini ITA 5.488 points
9. (8.) Roger Federer SUI 4.215 points
10. (12.) Denis Shapovalov CAN 3.625 points
11. (18.) Hubert Hurkacz POL 3.163 points
12. (11.) Diego Schwartzman ARG 3.060 points
13. Pablo Carreno Busta ESP 2.940 points
14. (10.) Roberto Bautista-Agut ESP 2.765 points
15. (19.) Felix Auger-Aliassime CAN 2.738 points

WTA TOUR (FIRST 15 PLACES) : 1. Ashleigh Barty AUS 9.635 points
2. Naomi Osaka JPN 7.336 points
3. (4.) Aryna Sabalenka BLR 6.965 points
4. (6.) Sofia Kenin USA 5.640 points
5. (7.) Bianca Vanessa Andreescu CAN 5.331 points
6. (5.) Elina Svitolina UKR 5.125 points
7. (13.) Karolina Pliskova CZE 4.975 points
8. (9.) Iga Swiatek POL 4.695 points
9. (3.) Simona Halep ROU 4.330 points
10. (12.) Garbine Muguruza ESP 4.165 points
11. Belinda Bencic SUI 4.085 points
12. (10.) Petra Kvitova CZE 3.985 points
13. (17.) Barbora Krejcikova CZE 3.893 points
14. Victoria Azarenka BLR 3.845 points
15. Jennifer Brady USA 3.830 points

2021 THE CHAMPIONSHIPS - WIMBLEDON - DAY 13 (LAST) :
Results Finals :

Gentlemen's Singles : Novak Djokovic won his 85th ATP tournament in career (20th Grand Slam, record ex-aequo with Federer and Nadal, and sixth Wimbledon), defeating
Matteo Berrettini (7) 6-7 (4), 6-4, 6-4, 6-3 after 3h 24'

In first set Djokovic broke Berrettini serve early to go 3-1 and then 5-2 up, but the Italian didn' t give up and broke back the world's N° 1 in 9th game, so the set was decided by the tie-break, in which Berrettini went immediately 3-0, Nole collected three straight points, but Berrettini, with two points in a row, went 5-3, closing then the set 7-4 after 1h 10'; in second set Djokovic broke the Italian twice in a row, going 3-0 and serving for the set on 5-2, Berrettini broke him back, but the Serbian managed to close the set 6-4 after 43'; third set was decided by an only break, made by Djokovic in third game and kept until the final 6-4 after 47'; fourth set was balanced until 3-3, then Berrettini, with a double fault, gave a break to Djokovic and the Serbian, with another break, closed the match 6-3 : this win also put Nole three-quarters of the way to the first calendar Grand Slam of all four Majors since 1969, while Berrettini can console with a wonderful tournament, since he was the first Italian ever to reach a Wimbledon Final.

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Mixed Doubles : Neal Skupski / Desirae Krawczyk (7) def. Joe Salisbury / Harriet Dart 6-2, 7-6 (1)

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Boys' Singles : Samir Banerjee (USA) def. Victor Lilov (USA) 7-5, 6-3

Girls' Singles : Ane Mintegi Del Olmo (ESP) def. Nastasja Mariana Schunk (GER) 2-6, 6-4, 6-1

Boys' Doubles : Edas Butvilas (LTU) / Alejandro Manzanera Pertusa (ESP) def. Daniel Rincon (ESP) / Abedallah Shelbayh (JOR) 6-3, 6-4

Girls' Doubles : Kristina Dmitruk (BLR, 1) / Diana Shnaider (RUS, 1) def. Sofia Costoulas (BEL) / Laura Hietaranta (FIN) 6-1, 6-2

WTA 250 Hamburg Final : Elena-Gabriela Ruse (q) won her first WTA tournament in career defeating Andrea Petkovic 7-6 (6), 6-4


NEXT WEEK SCHEDULE :

Hamburg (Germany), 12-18 July : "2021 Hamburg European Open"
Category : ATP Tour 500
Prize Money : € 1.168.220
Surface : Red Clay

Bastad (Sweden), 12-18 July : "2021 Nordea Open"
Category : ATP Tour 250
Prize Money : € 481.270
Surface : Red Clay

Newport (United States), 12-18 July : "2021 Hall of Fame Open"
Category : ATP Tour 250
Prize Money : $ 535.535
Surface : Grass

Budapest (Hungary), 12-18 July : "2021 Hungarian Ladies Open"
Category : WTA 250
Prize Money : $ 235.238
Surface : Red Clay (Indoor)

Lausanne (Switzerland), 12-18 July : "2021 Ladies Open Lausanne"
Category : WTA 250
Prize Money : $ 235.238
Surface : Red Clay

Prague (Czech Republic), 12-18 July : "2021 Livesport Prague Open"
Category : WTA 250
Prize Money : $ 235.238
Surface : Hard

2021 THE CHAMPIONSHIPS - WIMBLEDON - DAY 12 :
Results Finals :

Ladies' Singles : Ashleigh Barty (1) won her 12th WTA tournament in career (second Grand Slam and first Wimbledon), defeating
Karolina Pliskova (8) 6-3, 6-7 (4), 6-3 after 1h 55'

With unrelenting will and intent from the very beginning, Barty exploded into the match, winning the first 14 points and quickly establishing a 4-0 lead, then Pliskova broke her back, but in the very next game she went down 1-5 with Barty serving for the set, the Australian didn' t close the set and the Czech player went 3-5, but the world's N° 1 took the first set 6-3 after 28'; in second set, Pliskova struck two forehand errors and a double fault to hand over the break at 1-1 : down a set and a break, Pliskova never stopped toiling and she finally found her serve and pieced together a series of strong service games, but at 5-5, deuce, Barty demonstrated her supreme athleticism as she retrieved four big Pliskova forehands that would have ended the point against most other players, before drawing out a final forehand error, Barty stood up to serve for her first Wimbledon title, only to find that she did not yet have the nerve, strucking a double fault and two forehand errors and handing over the game : the first true glimpse of weakness emboldened Pliskova, who responded with a brilliant tie-break, in which, from 1-2, she won 5 consecutive points, closing then the set 7-4 after 49'; in the final set Barty shrugged it off immediately, holding serve in the opening game and then taking advantage of a loose, error-strewn service game from Pliskova to establish a 3-0 lead and, despite a series of strong holds from Pliskova, Barty stepped up 45' later to serve for the match for a second time : at 30-30, she dumped a forehand drive volley into the net, history on the verge of repeating itself. But on the break point, Barty produced an exquisite backhand defensive slice off a Pliskova return, which led to a backhand error from Pliskova, Barty never looked back from there, Barty firing an ace down the T and then drawing out one final backhand error to take her first Wimbledon title, kneeling in tears of joy after becoming the first Australian woman to win Wimbledon since her mentor and idol Evonne Goolagong Cawley in 1980.

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Gentlemen's Doubles : Nikola Mektic / Mate Pavic (1) def. Marcel Granollers-Pujol / Horacio Zeballos (4) 6-4, 7-6 (5), 2-6, 7-5

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Ladies' Doubles : Su-Wei Hsieh / Elise Mertens (N° 3) def. Veronika Kudermetova / Elena Vesnina 3-6, 7-5, 9-7

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Mixed Doubles Semifinals : J. Salisbury / H. Dart def. K. Krawietz / K. Peschke (9) 6-2, 4-6, 6-4
N. Skupski / D. Krawczyk (7) def. J. Peers / S. Zhang 3-6, 7-6 (4), 7-5

WTA 250 Hamburg Semifinals : E. G. Ruse (q) def. D. Yastremska (1) 2-6, 6-1, 6-4
A. Petkovic def. J. Niemeier 7-6 (4), 4-6, 7-5

2021 THE CHAMPIONSHIPS - WIMBLEDON - DAY 11 :
Results Semifinals :

Gentlemen's Singles : N. Djokovic (1) def. D. Shapovalov (10) 7-6 (3), 7-5, 7-5
M. Berrettini (7) def. H. Hurkacz (14) 6-3, 6-0, 6-7 (3), 6-4

Ladies' Doubles : S-W. Hsieh / E. Mertens (3) def. S. Aoyama / E. Shibahara (5) 6-4, 1-6, 6-3
V. Kudermetova / E. Vesnina def. C. Doleide / S. Sanders 7-6 (6), 3-6, 7-5

2021 THE CHAMPIONSHIPS - WIMBLEDON - DAY 10 :
Results Semifinals :

Ladies' Singles : A. Barty (1) def. A. Kerber (25) 6-3, 7-6 (3)
Ka. Pliskova (8) def. A. Sabalenka (2) 5-7, 6-4, 6-4

Gentlemen's Doubles : N. Mektic / M. Pavic (1) def. R. Ram / J. Salisbury (6) 7-6 (6), 6-3, 6-7 (2), 7-6 (5)
M. Granollers-Pujol / H. Zeballos (4) def. S. Bolelli / M. Gonzalez 6-4, 6-4, 7-6 (3)

2021 THE CHAMPIONSHIPS - WIMBLEDON - DAY 9 :
Quarter-finals Complete Results

Gentlemen's Singles : N. Djokovic (1) def. M. Fucsovics 6-3, 6-4, 6-4
H. Hurkacz (14) def. R. Federer (6) 6-3, 7-6 (4), 6-0
M. Berrettini (7) def. F. Auger-Aliassime (16) 6-3, 5-7, 7-5, 6-3
D. Shapovalov (10) def. K. Khachanov (25) 6-4, 3-6, 5-7, 6-1, 6-4

2021 THE CHAMPIONSHIPS - WIMBLEDON - DAY 8 :

Gentlemen's Singles Fourth Round : H. Hurkacz (14) def. D. Medvedev (2) 2-6, 7-6 (2), 3-6, 6-3, 6-3

Ladies' Singles Quarter-finals : A. Barty (1) def. A. Tomljanovic 6-1, 6-3
A. Sabalenka (2) def. O. Jabeur (21) 6-4, 6-3
Ka. Pliskova (8) def. V. Golubic 6-2, 6-2
A. Kerber (25) def. K. Muchova (19) 6-2, 6-3

2021 THE CHAMPIONSHIPS - WIMBLEDON - DAY 7 :
Fourth Round Complete Results

Gentlemen's Singles : N. Djokovic (1) def. C. Garin (17) 6-2, 6-4, 6-2
D. Medvedev (2) vs H. Hurkacz (14) 6-2, 6-7 (2), 6-3, 3-4 suspended due to rain and postponed to tomorrow
F. Auger-Aliassime (16) def. A. Zverev (4) 6-4, 7-6 (6), 3-6, 3-6, 6-4
M. Fucsovics def. A. Rublev (5) 6-3, 4-6, 4-6, 6-0, 6-3
R. Federer (6) def. L. Sonego (23) 7-5, 6-4, 6-2
M. Berrettini (7) def. I. Ivashka 6-4, 6-3, 6-1
D. Shapovalov (10) def. R. Bautista-Agut (8) 6-1, 6-3, 7-5
K. Khachanov (25) def. S. Korda 3-6, 6-4, 6-3, 5-7, 10-8

Ladies' Singles : A. Barty (1) def. B. Krejcikova (14) 7-5, 6-3
A. Sabalenka (2) def. E. Rybakina (18) 6-3, 4-6, 6-3
O. Jabeur (21) def. I. Swiatek (7) 5-7, 6-1, 6-1
Ka. Pliskova (8) def. L. Samsonova (wc) 6-2, 6-3
K. Muchova (19) def. P. Badosa Gibert (30) 7-6 (6), 6-4
A. Kerber (25) def. C. Gauff (20) 6-4, 6-4
V. Golubic def. M. Keys (23) 7-6 (3), 6-3
A. Tomljanovic def. E. Raducanu (wc) 6-4, 3-0 ret. (Breathing Issues)

2021 THE CHAMPIONSHIPS - WIMBLEDON - DAY 6 :
Third Round Results :

Gentlemen' s Singles Bottom Half : D. Medvedev (2) def. M. Cilic (32) 6-7 (3), 3-6, 6-3, 6-3, 6-2
A. Zverev (4) def. T. Fritz (31) 6-7 (3), 6-4, 6-4, 7-6 (4)
R. Federer (6) def. C. Norrie (29) 6-4, 6-4, 5-7, 6-4
M. Berrettini (7) def. A. Bedene 6-4, 6-4, 6-4
H. Hurkacz (14) def. A. Bublik 6-3, 6-4, 6-2
F. Auger-Aliassime (16) def. N. Kyrgios 2-6, 6-1 ret. (Abdominal Problem)
L. Sonego (23) def. J. Duckworth 6-3, 6-4, 6-4
I. Ivashka def. J. Thompson 6-4, 6-4, 6-4

Ladies' Singles Top Half : A. Barty (1) def. K. Siniakova 6-3, 7-5
B. Krejcikova (14) def. A. Sevastova 7-6 (1), 3-6, 7-5
K. Muchova (19) def. A. Pavlyuchenkova (16) 7-5, 6-3
C. Gauff (20) def. K. Juvan 6-3, 6-3
A. Kerber (25) def. A. Sasnovich 2-6, 6-0, 6-1
P. Badosa Gibert (30) def. M. Linette 5-7, 6-2, 6-4
A. Tomljanovic def. J. Ostapenko 4-6, 6-4, 6-2
E. Raducanu (wc) def. S. Cirstea 6-3, 7-5

2021 THE CHAMPIONSHIPS - WIMBLEDON - DAY 5 :
Third Round Results

Gentlemen's Singles Top Half : N. Djokovic (1) def. D. Kudla (q) 6-4, 6-3, 7-6 (7)
A. Rublev (5) def. F. Fognini (26) 6-3, 5-7, 6-4, 6-2
R. Bautista-Agut (8) def. D. Koepfer 7-5, 6-1, 7-6 (4)
M. Fucsovics def. D. Schwartzman (9) 6-3, 6-3, 6-7 (6), 6-4
D. Shapovalov (10) def. A. Murray (wc) 6-4, 6-2, 6-2
C. Garin (17) def. P. Martinez 6-4, 6-3, 4-6, 6-4
S. Korda def. D. Evans (22) 6-3, 3-6, 6-3, 6-4
K. Khachanov (25) def. F. Tiafoe 6-3, 6-4, 6-4

Third Round Bottom Half : A. Sabalenka (2) def. M. C. Osorio Serrano (q) 6-0, 6-3
I. Swiatek (7) def. I-C. Begu 6-1, 6-0
Ka. Pliskova (8) def. T. Martincova 6-3, 6-3
O. Jabeur (21) def. G. Muguruza (11) 5-7, 6-3, 6-2
M. Keys (23) def. E. Mertens (13) 7-5, 6-3
E. Rybakina (18) def. S. Rogers 6-1, 6-4
V. Golubic def. M. Brengle 6-2, 6-1
L. Samsonova (wc) def. S. Stephens 6-2, 2-6, 6-4