A match of the doubles match between the pairs Isner, Kyrgios and Tsitsipas, Rublyov as part of the 2nd day of the Laver Cup.
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Twenty-five-year-old Kontaveit triumphed at Cleveland at the end of August, with a total of three winning tournaments. She lost seven final matches. The title from J&T Banka Ostrava Open earned her a bonus of $ 68,570 (almost 1.5 million crowns).
A year older Sakkari played in the Ostravar Arena the first final of the season, five times before she failed in the semifinals. On Saturday, she defeated the tournament number one Iga Šwiateková from Poland in two sets, but did not add the second title to last year’s success from Rabat.
Kontaveitová, the world thirty, arrived in Ostrava in excellent form. She has not lost a set in the previous four matches, and she came across three players, including Kvitová and Olympic champion Belinda Bencicová.
Even Sakkari didn’t know how to handle her in the final. The Estonian defended well, and as soon as the tournament four eased a little in exchange, an elusive blow came to her half of the court. After two breaks, Kontaveit won the opening set smoothly 6: 2.
The much more balanced second set then lasted for an hour, but in the end the winner was the same. Sakkar tried to change the rhythm of the game, but Kontaveit resisted and almost made no mistakes. At 5: 4, she still hadn’t gotten to the match during the opponent’s service, but the twelfth game was won in a big way with a clean game and she repaid Sakkar’s Olympic defeat from Tokyo.
Europe dominated the Laver Cup
The Laver Cup was also won for the fourth time by European tennis players. The duel with the selection of the world in Boston was decided in the ninth match by the doubles couple German Alexander Zverev, Russian Andrej Rubljov, after which the favorites lead 14: 1. The German-Russian pair defeated American Reilly Opelka 6: 2, 6: 7 and 10: 3 with the Canadian Denis Shapovalov.
Russian Daniil Medvedev, who is in the European selection in the Tennis Laver Cup during the match with Canadian Shapovalov.
Elise Amendola, ČTK / AP
Europeans dominated even without the star trio Novak Djokovic, Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer, who are injured or apologize for fatigue. However, the complete European six in Boston is in the top ten of the world rankings and after Friday it was heading to defend the trophy.
On Saturday, the European tennis players won all four duels, and today the first match was transformed by the Olympic winner Zverev with Rubljov.
“I thought I was one of the worst deblists, I could only play forehands. But it seems that I can also play doubles well,” Rublyov rejoiced. “It was all amazing. It was an honor and a pleasure to be with these boys and with Björn (Borg) and Thomas (Enqvist) in the back,” he mentioned the captain and his assistant.
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The Korean tennis player from Kazakhstan has the premiere title
Korean tennis player Kwon Sun won the tournament in Nur-Sultan and won his first ATP title. In the final, he defeated Australian James Duckworth 7: 6, 6: 3.
Both tennis players played for the title for the first time, reaching the finals as a non-runner. Duckworth reached the premiere final at the age of 29 and as the 65th player in the world rankings he was the favorite, but he lost the lead 6: 3 in the tie-break of the opening set.
Twenty-three-year-old Kwon Sun turned all three sets away and played the next two balls. At the beginning of the second set, he lost the serve, but then his opponent took the service twice. He followed in the footsteps of compatriot I Hjong-tchek, who triumphed in Sydney 18 years ago.
Hurkacz has his fourth title
Polish tennis player Hubert Hurkacz defeated Spanish Spaniard Pablo Carreno 7: 6, 6: 2 in the final of the tournament in Metz and won his fourth career title and third in the season. In a duel of the two highest-stakes players, he confirmed the paper assumptions and in 82 minutes repaid the opponent’s defeat from the first mutual duel in Cincinnati.
Twenty-four-year-old Hurkacz did not lose a hundred in Metz in a whole week. In the final in the opening set, he made up for the loss for a losing serve and the tie-break was clearly 7: 2. The match was then decided by two breaks in the end, from the state 3: 3 he did not let the opponent to anything.
The thirteenth player in the world rankings with the title in France followed up on the January success in Delray Beach and the most valuable March triumph at the Masters in Miami so far. He won the premier title in 2019 in Winston-Salem.
Hurkacz can improve his balance in Metz. In the doubles final, he will play with compatriot Jan Zieliňský against the Monaco-French duo Hugo Nys, Arthur Rinderknech.
| Boston Laver Cup: |
| World Selection – Europe 1:14 |
| Shapovalov – Medvedev 4: 6, 0: 6 |
| Isner, Kyrgios – Tsitsipas, Rublev 7: 6 (10: 8), 3: 6, 4:10 |
| Opelka, Shapovalov – Rubljov, Zverev 2:6 ,7:6 (7:4), 3:10 |
| Men’s Nur-Sultan Tournament (Hard, $ 541,800): |
| Singles – Final: |
| Kwon Sun-u (Korea) – Duckworth (Austr.) 7:6 (8:6), 6:3. |
| Doubles – Final: |
| González, Molteni (1-Mex./Arg.) – Erlich, Vasilevski (Izr./Běl.) 6:1, 6:2. |
| Challenger in Bucharest (clay, subsidy 44 820 euros): |
| Singles – Final: |
| Lehečka (8-CZ) – Horansky (SR) 6: 3, 6: 2. |
| WTA J&T Banka Ostrava Open 2021 Women’s Tournament (hard surface, $ 565,530 grant): |
| Singles – Final |
| Kontaveitova (EST) – Sakkari (4-Greek) 6: 2, 7: 5 |
| Doubles – Final: |
| Mirza, Chang Shui (2-Ind./China) – Christian, Routliffe (3-USA / N. Zél.) 6: 3, 6: 2. |
| Men’s tournament in Metz (hard surface, subsidy 481 270 euros): |
| Singles – Final: |
| Hurkacz (1-Pol.) – Carreno (2-Sp.) 7: 6 (7: 2), 6: 3. |
| Doubles – Final: |
| Hurkacz, Zieliňski (Pol.) – Nys, Rinderknech (Mon./Fr.) 7: 5, 6: 3. |
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