Tennis in General - Results and Comments

ATP & WTA FINALS OF THE WEEK :

ATP 250 Metz : Hubert Hurkacz (1) won his fourth ATP tournament in career (third ATP 250 and first on hard indoor), defeating
Pablo Carreno Busta (2) 7-6 (2), 6-3

ATP 250 Nur-Sultan : Kwon Soon-woo won his first ATP tournament in career, defeating James Duckworth 7-6 (6), 6-3

WTA 500 Ostrava : Anett Kontaveit won her third WTA tournament in career (first WTA 500 and on hard indoor), defeating
Maria Sakkari (4) 6-2, 7-5

2021 Laver Cup - Results Matchday 2 : S. Tsitsipas (Team Europe) def. N. Kyrgios (Team World) 6-3, 6-4
A. Zverev (Team Europe) def. J. Isner (Team World) 7-6 (5), 6-7 (6), 10-5 (Match Tie-break)
D. Medveved (Team Europe) def. D. Shapovalov (Team World) 6-4, 6-0
A. Rublev / S. Tsitsipas (Team Europe) def. J. Isner / N. Kyrgios (Team World) 6-7 (8), 6-3, 10-4 (Match Tie-break)

After Matchday 2, Team Europe leads 11-1.

NEXT WEEK SCHEDULE :

Sofia (Bulgaria), 27 September - 3 October : "2021 Sofia Open"
Category : ATP Tour 250
Prize Money : € 481.270
Surface : Hard (Indoor)

San Diego (United States), 27 September - 3 October : "2021 San Diego Open"
Category : ATP Tour 250
Prize Money : $ 600.000
Surface : Hard

Chicago (United States), 27 September - 3 October : "2021 Chicago Fall Tennis Classic"
Category : WTA 500
Prize Money : $ 565.530
Surface : Hard

Nur-Sultan (Kazakhstan), 27 September - 3 October : "2021 Astana Open"
Category : WTA 250
Prize Money : $ 235.238
Surface : Hard (Indoor)

ATP & WTA SEMIFINALS OF THE WEEK :

ATP 250 Metz : H. Hurkacz (1) def. P. Gojowczyk 6-4, 7-6 (4)
P. Carreno Busta (2) def. G. Monfils (3) 7-5, 7-6 (8)

ATP 250 Nur-Sultan : J. Duckworth def. I. Ivashka (8) 6-3, 7-6 (4)
S. Kwon def. A. Bublik (2) 3-6, 7-5, 6-3

WTA 500 Ostrava : M. Sakkari (4) def. I. Swiatek (1) 6-4, 7-5
A. Kontaveit def. P. Kvitova (2) 6-0, 6-4

2021 Laver Cup - Results Matchday 1 : C. Ruud (Team Europe) def. R. Opelka (Team World) 6-3, 7-6 (4)
M. Berrettini (Team Europe) def. F. Auger-Aliassime (Team World) 6-7 (3), 7-5, 10-8 (Match Tie-break)
A. Rublev (Team Europe) def. D. Schwartzman (Team World) 4-6, 6-3, 11-9 (Match Tie-break)
J. Isner / D. Shapovalov (Team World) def. A. Zverev / M. Berrettini (Team Europe) 4-6, 7-6 (2), 10-1 (Match Tie-break)

After Matchday 1, Team Europe leads 3-1.

RANKINGS AT SEPTEMBER 20TH :

ATP TOUR (FIRST 15 PLACES) : 1. Novak Djokovic SRB 12.133 points
2. Daniil Medvedev RUS 10.575 points
3. Stefanos Tsitsipas GRE 8.350 points
4. Alexander Zverev GER 7.760 points
5. Andrey Rublev RUS 6.130 points
6. Rafael Nadal ESP 5.815 points
7. Matteo Berrettini ITA 5.173 points
8. Dominic Thiem AUT 4.995 points
9. Roger Federer SUI 3.765 points
10. Casper Ruud NOR 3.440 points
11. Felix Auger-Aliassime CAN 3.368 points
12. Denis Shapovalov CAN 3.310 points
13. Hubert Hurkacz POL 3.128 points
14. Jannik Sinner ITA 2.895 points
15. Diego Schwartzman ARG 2.800 points

WTA TOUR (FIRST 15 PLACES) : 1. Ashleigh Barty AUS 10.075 points
2. Aryna Sabalenka BLR 7.720 points
3. Karolina Pliskova CZE 5.315 points
4. Elina Svitolina UKR 4.860 points
5. (7.) Barbora Krejcikova CZE 4.668 points
6. (8.) Iga Swiatek POL 4.571 points
7. (6.) Sofia Kenin USA 4.413 points
8. (5.) Naomi Osaka JPN 4.326 points
9. Garbine Muguruza ESP 4.135 points
10. Petra Kvitova CZE 4.060 points
11. (12.) Belinda Bencic SUI 3.820 points
12. (13.) Maria Sakkari GRE 3.750 points
13. (14.) Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova RUS 3.285 points
14. (11.) Simona Halep ROU 3.152 points
15. Angelique Kerber GER 3.115 points

WTA FINALS OF THE WEEK :

WTA 250 Luxembourg : Clara Tauson won her second WTA tournament in career (both WTA 250 and on hard indoor), defeating
Jelena Ostapenko (3) 6-3, 4-6, 6-4

WTA 250 Portorose : Jasmine Paolini won her first WTA tournament in career, defeating Alison Riske (3) 7-6 (4), 6-2

NEXT WEEK SCHEDULE :

Metz (France), 20-26 September : "2021 Moselle Open"
Category : ATP Tour 250
Prize Money : $ 481.270
Surface : Hard (Indoor)

Nur-Sultan (Kazakhstan), 20-26 September : "2021 Astana Open"
Category : ATP Tour 250
Prize Money : $ 541.800
Surface : Hard (Indoor)

Boston (United States), 24-26 September : "2021 Laver Cup"
Category : Team Competition
Surface : Hard (Indoor)

Team Europe : Daniil Medvedev (RUS, 2) - Stefanos Tsitsipas (GRE, 3) - Alexander Zverev (GER, 4) - Andrey Rublev (RUS, 5) - Matteo Berrettini (ITA, 7) - Casper Ruud (NOR, 10) - Captain : Bjorn Borg (SWE)

Team World : Felix Auger-Aliassime (CAN, 11) - Denis Shapovalov (CAN, 12) - Diego Schwartzman (ARG, 15) - Reilly Opelka (USA, 19) - John Isner (USA, 22) - Nick Kyrgios (AUS, 95) - Captain : John McEnroe (USA)

Ostrava (Czech Republic), 20-26 September : "2021 J&T Banka Ostrava Open"
Category : WTA 500
Prize Money : $ 565.530
Surface : Hard (Indoor)

WTA SEMIFINALS OF THE WEEK :

WTA 250 Luxembourg : J. Ostapenko (3) def. L. Samsonova (7) 6-1, 7-6 (4)
C. Tauson def. M. Vondrousova (5) 6-4, 2-6, 6-4

WTA 250 Portorose : J. Paolini def. Y. Putintseva (2) 1-6, 6-3, 6-4
A. Riske (3) def. K. Juvan 6-0, 6-4

RANKINGS AT SEPTEMBER 13TH :

ATP TOUR (FIRST 15 PLACES) : 1. Novak Djokovic SRB 12.133 points
2. Daniil Medvedev RUS 10.780 points
3. Stefanos Tsitsipas GRE 8.350 points
4. Alexander Zverev GER 7.760 points
5. (7.) Andrey Rublev RUS 6.130 points
6. (5.) Rafael Nadal ESP 5.815 points
7. (8.) Matteo Berrettini ITA 5.173 points
8. (6.) Dominic Thiem AUT 4.995 points
9. Roger Federer SUI 3.765 points
10. (11.) Casper Ruud NOR 3.440 points
11. (15.) Felix Auger-Aliassime CAN 3.368 points
12. (10.) Denis Shapovalov CAN 3.310 points
13. Hubert Hurkacz POL 3.128 points
14. (16.) Jannik Sinner ITA 2.895 points
15. (14.) Diego Schwartzman ARG 2.800 points

WTA TOUR (FIRST 15 PLACES) : 1. Ashleigh Barty AUS 10.075 points
2. Aryna Sabalenka BLR 7.720 points
3. (4.) Karolina Pliskova CZE 5.310 points
4. (5.) Elina Svitolina UKR 4.860 points
5. (3.) Naomi Osaka JPN 4.796 points
6. (5.) Sofia Kenin USA 4.692 points
7. (9.) Barbora Krejcikova CZE 4.668 points
8. Iga Swiatek POL 4.571 points
9. (10.) Garbine Muguruza ESP 4.380 points
10. (11.) Petra Kvitova CZE 4.060 points
11. (13.) Simona Halep ROU 4.051 points
12. Belinda Bencic SUI 3.820 points
13. (18.) Maria Sakkari GRE 3.750 points
14. (15.) Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova RUS 3.590 points
15. (17.) Angelique Kerber GER 3.245 points

2021 US OPEN - DAY 14 (LAST) :
Results Finals :

Men' s Singles : Daniil Medvedev (2) won his 13th ATP tournament in career (first Grand Slam and sixth on hard), defeating
Novak Djokovic (1) 6-4, 6-4, 6-4 after 2h 16'

As it was human to happen, the start of the match for Djokovic was very nervous : uncertain on serve, unable to find rhythm on the baseline, the Serbian was broken in the opening game with a double fault and three unforced errors, while Medvedev also appearead to be very cautious in the first games, but, on serve, he was absolutely intractable, and, at the rate of two aces per game, he builded his advantage, keeping his five service games, in which he lost just three points (including a double fault) and winning the first set 6-4 after only 37'. The crowd was clearly on the side of Djokovic, encouraging him at every opportunity and the opportunity arrived immediately at the start of second set, with Medvedev, that, in second game, found himself down 0-40 with two unforced errors and a double fault, but the Russian, without giving the slightest hint of tension and running between one point and the other, won five consecutive points and with the usual two aces kept his serve, then the rallies got longer and the games fought : first Djokovic saved a break point at 1-1 with a winning serve, then, in the following game, it was Medvedev to save a break-point, with the Serbian who smashed the racket, taking a well-deserved warning. The turning point of the set came immediately after : a double fault and three unforced errors condemned the Serbian to lose his serve, putting him even more in trouble, because, from that moment on, the Russian scored 11 points in a row on his serve, winning even the second set 6-4 after 90'; in the third set, Medvedev was relentless, going 4-0, then 5-1, when the crowd became a factor, supporting as they have never done before the world's N° 1 : the Russian began to feel the pressure and, on 5-2, committed a double fault on the match-point, then, with another one, he lost for the first time in the match his serve, with Nole approaching on 4-5 and, moved by the great support of the crowd, at the change of court he broke in tears, covered by the towel, as evidence of the moment of great emotion that he was experiencing. This time, Medvedev didn' t get distracted, going immediately 30-0, then 40-15: on the first match-points he committed another double fault, but on the second a winning serve closed the match, inflicting to Novak Djokovic the biggest disappointment of his career, leaving him at 20 Majors along with Federer and Nadal and shattering the Serbian's dream of becoming the third player to complete the Grand Slam (i.e. winning all 4 Grand Slam tournaments in the same season), that remains, in the men's singles, in the hands of Donald Budge and Rod Laver only; the Russian, on the other hand, finally broke the Slam taboo after two Finals lost (one in New York in 2019 and one against Djokovic in February in Australia).

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Women's Doubles : Samantha Stosur / Shuai Zhang (14) def. Cori Gauff / Caty McNally (11) 6-3, 3-6, 6-3

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2021 US OPEN - DAY 13 :
Results Finals :

Women' s Singles : Emma Raducanu (q) won her first WTA tournament in careeer (without losing a single set), defeating
Leylah Annie Fernandez 6-4, 6-3 after 1h 51'

In the first US Open Final between teenagers since 1999, the two players entered the field ready for their strategy, facing each other openly : 14' for the first two games, 23' for the first three; Raducanu broke her opponent on the first attempt, going 2-0 in a 16-point game, but Fernandez immediately broke her back in the very next game, then there were no break-points until the tenth game, when, on 5-4 in her favor, Raducanu increased the pressure, reaching two set-points at 15-40, promptly canceled by her opponent's service, but, shortly thereafter, on the fourth attempt, she won the set after 58 '; in the second set, the Canadian player, thanks to a couple of unforced errors by the British, broke her in the third game, but in the next game, she was immediately broken back, then Raducanu continued to put pressure on her opponent, breaking her again in the sixth game and going 5-2, when Fernandez managed to save three match-points (two of them in a row) before going 3-5: here there was time for a last shred of "drama": on 30-30, Raducanu slipped onto the pitch, peeling her knee as she lost the point. Before serving on the break-point she was allowed to take a Medical Time-Out to heal the injury and, after the 3' break, the British saved a total of two break-points, before closing with an ace, that secure the most incredible Slam victory in the history of women's tennis, the first ever of a qualifier player in the US Open, also becoming, with 18 years, 9 months and 29 days, the youngest winner of a Slam since the 17-year-old Maria Sharapova won Wimbledon in July 2004 and earned 2.040 points (2.000 for the Grand Slam victory and 40 for passing the qualifying), with which she will climb 127 places in the world ranking, finishing at N° 23, while the finalist Fernandez will climb from N° 73 to N° 28, just 8 positions away from Canadian N° 1 Bianca Vanessa Andreescu.

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Mixed Doubles Final : Desirae Krawczyk / Joe Salisbury (2) def. Giuliana Olmos / Marcelo Arevalo 7-5, 6-2

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Boys' Singles : Daniel Rincon (ESP, 3) def. Juncheng Chang (CHN, 1) 6-2, 7-6 (6)

Girls' Singles : Robin Montgomery (USA, 7) def. Kristina Dmitruk (BLR, 6) 6-2, 6-4

Boys' Doubles : Max Westphal (FRA) / Coleman Wong (HKG) def. Viacheslav Bielinskyi (UKR, 8) / Petr Nesterov (BUL, 8) 6-3, 5-7, 10-1 (Super Tie-break)

Girls' Doubles : Ashlyn Krueger / Robin Montgomery (USA, 3) def. Reese Brantmeier / Elvina Kalieva (USA, 8) 5-7, 6-3, 10-4 (Super Tie-break)

NEXT WEEK SCHEDULE :

No ATP tournaments are scheduled for this week

Portorose (Slovenia), 13-19 September : "2021 Slovenia Open"
Category : WTA 250
Prize Money : $ 235.238
Surface : Hard

Kockelscheuer (Luxembourg), 13-19 September : "2021 Luxembourg Open"
Category : WTA 250
Prize Money : $ 235.238
Surface : Hard (Indoor)

2021 US OPEN - DAY 12 :
Results Semifinals :

Men' s Singles : D. Medvedev (2) def. F. Auger-Aliassime (12) 6-4, 7-5, 6-2
N. Djokovic (1) def. A. Zverev (4) 4-6, 6-2, 6-4, 4-6, 6-2

Women' s Doubles : C. Gauff / C. McNally (11) def. G. Dabrowski / L. Stefani (5) 6-6 (1-2) ret. (Right Knee Injury for Stefani)
S. Stosur / S. Zhang (14) def. A. Guarachi / D. Krawczyk (7) 6-2, 7-5

Mixed Doubles : G. Olmos / M. Arevalo def. D. Yastremska / M. Purcell 4-6, 6-4, 10-6 (Super Tie-break)
D. Krawczyk / J. Salisbury (2) def. J. Pegula / A. Krajicek 7-6 (2), 6-4

Men' s Doubles Final : Rajeev Ram / Joe Salisbury (4) def. Jamie Murray / Bruno Soares (7) 3-6, 6-2, 6-2

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2021 US OPEN - DAY 11 :
Semifinals Results :

Women' s Singles : L. A. Fernandez def. A. Sabalenka (2) 7-6 (3), 4-6, 6-4
E. Raducanu (q) def. M. Sakkari (17) 6-1, 6-4

Men' s Doubles : R. Ram / J. Salisbury (4) def. S. Johnson / S. Querrey (wc) 7-6 (5), 6-4
J. Murray / B. Soares (7) def. J. Peers / F. Polasek (8) 6-3, 3-6, 6-4

2021 US OPEN - DAY 10 :
Quarter-finals Top Half Results :

Men' s Singles : N. Djokovic (1) def. M. Berrettini (6) 5-7, 6-2, 6-2, 6-3
A. Zverev (4) def. L. G. Harris 7-6 (6), 6-3, 6-4

Women' s Singles : M. Sakkari (17) def. Ka. Pliskova (4) 6-4, 6-4
E. Raducanu (q) def. B. Bencic (11) 6-3, 6-4

2021 US OPEN - DAY 9 :
Quarter-finals Bottom Half Results :

Men' s Singles : D. Medvedev (2) def. B. Van De Zandschulp (q) 6-3, 6-0, 4-6, 7-5
F. Auger-Aliassime (12) def. C. Alcaraz 6-3, 3-1 ret. (Right Thigh Problem)

Women' s Singles : A. Sabalenka (2) def. B. Krejcikova (8) 6-1, 6-4
L. A. Fernandez def. E. Svitolina (5) 6-3, 3-6, 7-6 (5)

2021 US OPEN - DAY 8 :
Fourth Round Top Half Complete Results :

Men' s Singles : N. Djokovic (1) def. J. Brooksby (wc) 1-6, 6-3, 6-2, 6-2
A. Zverev (4) def. J. Sinner (13) 6-4, 6-4, 7-6 (7)
M. Berrettini (6) def. O. Otte (q) 6-4, 3-6, 6-3, 6-2
L. G. Harris def. R. Opelka (22) 6-7 (6), 6-4, 6-1, 6-3

Women' s Singles : Ka. Pliskova (4) def. A. Pavlyuchenkova (14) 7-5, 6-4
M. Sakkari (17) def. B. V. Andreescu (6) 6-7 (2), 7-6 (6), 6-3
B. Bencic (11) def. I. Swiatek (7) 7-6 (12), 6-3
E. Raducanu (q) def. S. Rogers 6-2, 6-1

2021 US OPEN - DAY 7 :
Fourth Round Bottom Half Complete Results :

Men' s Singles : D. Medvedev (2) def. D. Evans (24) 6-3, 6-4, 6-3
B. Van De Zandschulp (q) def. D. Schwartzman (11) 6-3, 6-4, 5-7, 5-7, 6-1
F. Auger-Aliassime (12) def. F. Tiafoe 4-6, 6-2, 7-6 (6), 6-4
C. Alcaraz def. P. Gojowczyk (q) 5-7, 6-1, 5-7, 6-2, 6-0

Women' s Singles : A. Sabalenka (2) def. E. Mertens (15) 6-4, 6-1
E. Svitolina (5) def. S. Halep (12) 6-3, 6-3
B. Krejcikova (8) def. G. Muguruza (9) 6-3, 7-6 (4)
L. A. Fernandez def. A. Kerber (16) 4-6, 7-6 (5), 6-2

2021 US OPEN - DAY 6 :
Third Round Top Half Complete Results :

Men' s Singles : N. Djokovic (1) def. K. Nishikori 6-7 (4), 6-3, 6-3, 6-2
A. Zverev (4) def. J. Sock (wc) 3-6, 6-2, 6-3, 2-1 ret. (Groin Injury)
M. Berrettini (6) def. I. Ivashka 6-7 (5), 6-2, 6-4, 2-6, 6-3
L. G. Harris def. D. Shapovalov (7) 6-4, 6-4, 6-4
J. Sinner (13) def. G. Monfils (17) 7-6 (1), 6-2, 4-6, 4-6, 6-4
J. Brooksby (wc) def. A. Karatsev (21) 6-2, 3-6, 2-6, 6-3, 6-3
R. Opelka (22) def. N. Basilashvili 7-6 (5), 6-3, 6-4
O. Otte (q) def. A. Seppi 6-3, 6-4, 2-6, 7-5

Women' s Singles : S. Rogers def. A. Barty (1) 6-2, 1-6, 7-6 (5)
Ka. Pliskova (4) def. A. Tomljanovic 6-3, 6-2
B. V. Andreescu (6) def. G. Minnen (LL) 6-1, 6-2
I. Swiatek (7) def. A. Kontaveit (28) 6-3, 4-6, 6-3
M. Sakkari (17) def. P. Kvitova (10) 6-4, 6-3
B. Bencic (11) def. J. Pegula (23) 6-2, 6-4
A. Pavlyuchenkova (14) def. V. Gracheva 6-1, 6-4
E. Raducanu (q) def. S. Sorribes Tormo 6-0, 6-1