Tennis in General - Results and Comments

ATP & WTA SEMIFINALS OF THE WEEK :

ATP 500 Rotterdam : S. Tsitsipas (1) def. J. Lehecka (q) 4-6, 6-4, 6-2
F. Auger-Aliassime (3) def. A. Rublev (2) 6-7 (5), 6-4, 6-2

ATP 250 Buenos Aires : C. Ruud (1) def. F. Delbonis (6) 6-3, 6-3
D. Schwartzman (2) def. L. Sonego (3) 7-5, 3-6, 6-2

ATP 250 Dallas : R. Opelka (2) def. J. Isner (3) 7-6 (7), 7-6 (22)
J. Brooksby (4) def. M. Giron (7) 6-4, 6-7 (4), 7-6 (5)

WTA 500 Saint Petersburg : M. Sakkari (1) def. I-C. Begu 6-4, 6-7 (4), 6-4
A. Kontaveit (2) def. J. Ostapenko (7) 6-3, 6-4

RANKINGS AT FEBRUARY 7TH :

ATP TOUR (FIRST 15 PLACES) : 1. Novak Djokovic SRB 10.875 points
2. Daniil Medvedev RUS 9.635 points
3. Alexander Zverev GER 7.865 points
4. Stefanos Tsitsipas GRE 7.145 points
5. Rafael Nadal ESP 6.875 points
6. Matteo Berrettini ITA 5.018 points
7. Andrey Rublev RUS 4.565 points
8. Casper Ruud NOR 4.065 points
9. Felix Auger-Aliassime CAN 3.818 points
10. Jannik Sinner ITA 3.495 points
11. Hubert Hurkacz POL 3.308 points
12. Denis Shapovalov CAN 2.930 points
13. Cameron Norrie GBR 2.865 points
14. (15.) Aslan Karatsev RUS 2.633 points
15. (14.) Diego Schwartzman ARG 2.550 points

WTA TOUR (FIRST 15 PLACES) : 1. Ashleigh Barty AUS 8.330 points
2. Aryna Sabalenka BLR 5.698 points
3. Barbora Krejcikova CZE 5.533 points
4. (5.) Karolina Pliskova CZE 4.452 points
5. (6.) Paula Badosa Gibert ESP 4.429 points
6. (7.) Garbine Muguruza ESP 4.195 points
7. (8.) Maria Sakkari GRE 4.071 points
8. (4.) Iga Swiatek POL 3.986 points
9. Anett Kontaveit EST 3.871 points
10. (11.) Ons Jabeur TUN 3.070 points
11. (10.) Danielle Rose Collins USA 2.971 points
12. Elena Rybakina KAZ 2.705 points
13. Emma Raducanu GBR 2.664 points
14. Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova RUS 2.638 points
15. Elina Svitolina UKR 2.531 points

ATP FINALS OF THE WEEK :

ATP 250 Montpellier : Aleksandr Bublik (6) won his first ATP tournament in career, defeating Alexander Zverev (1, wc) 6-4, 6-3

ATP 250 Pune : Joao Sousa won his fourth ATP tournament in career (all ATP 250 and third on hard indoor), defeating
Emil Ruusuvuori (6) 7-6 (9), 4-6, 6-1

ATP 250 Cordoba : Albert Ramos-Vinolas (6) won his fourth ATP tournament in career (all ATP 250 and on red clay), defeating
Alejandro Tabilo (q) 4-6, 6-3, 6-4

NEXT WEEK SCHEDULE :

Rotterdam (Netherlands), 7-13 February : "2022 ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament"
Category : ATP Tour 500
Prize Money : € 1.349.070
Surface : Hard (Indoor)

Dallas (United States), 7-13 February : "2022 Dallas Open"
Category : ATP Tour 250
Prize Money : $ 792.980
Surface : Hard (Indoor)

Buenos Aires (Argentina), 7-13 February : "2022 Buenos Aires Open"
Category : ATP Tour 250
Prize Money : $ 686.700
Surface : Red Clay

Saint-Petersburg (Russia), 7-13 February : "2022 St. Petersburg Ladies' Trophy"
Category : WTA 500
Prize Money : $ 703.580
Surface : Hard (Indoor)

ATP SEMIFINALS OF THE WEEK :

ATP 250 Montpellier : A. Bublik (6) def. F. Krajinovic (5) 6-4, 6-2
A. Zverev (1, wc) def. M. Ymer 6-1, 6-3

ATP 250 Pune : E. Ruusuvuori (6) def. K. Majchrzak 6-3, 7-6 (0)
J. Sousa def. E. Ymer (q) 5-7, 7-6 (4), 7-5

ATP 250 Cordoba : A. Tabilo (q) def. D. Schwartzman (1) 6-3, 7-6 (6)
A. Ramos-Vinolas (6) def. J. I. Londero (wc) 7-6 (4), 6-4

RANKINGS AT JANUARY 31ST :

ATP TOUR (FIRST 15 PLACES) : 1. Novak Djokovic SRB 11.015 points
2. Daniil Medvedev RUS 10.125 points
3. Alexander Zverev GER 7.780 points
4. Stefanos Tsitsipas GRE 7.170 points
5. Rafael Nadal ESP 6.875 points
6. (7.) Matteo Berrettini ITA 5.278 points
7. (6.) Andrey Rublev RUS 4.830 points
8. Casper Ruud NOR 4.065 points
9. Felix Auger-Aliassime CAN 3.923 points
10. Jannik Sinner ITA 3.705 points
11. Hubert Hurkacz POL 3.336 points
12. (14.) Denis Shapovalov CAN 2.930 points
13. (12.) Cameron Norrie GBR 2.865 points
14. (13.) Diego Schwartzman ARG 2.640 points
15. Aslan Karatsev RUS 2.633 points

WTA TOUR (FIRST 15 PLACES) : 1. Ashleigh Barty AUS 8.331 points
2. Aryna Sabalenka BLR 5.698 points
3. (4.) Barbora Krejcikova CZE 5.533 points
4. (9.) Iga Swiatek POL 4.456 points
5. Karolina Pliskova CZE 4.452 points
6. Paula Badosa Gibert ESP 4.429 points
7. (3.) Garbine Muguruza ESP 4.195 points
8. Maria Sakkari GRE 4.071 points
9. (7.) Anett Kontaveit EST 3.871 points
10. (30.) Danielle Rose Collins USA 3.071 points
11. (10.) Ons Jabeur TUN 3.070 points
12. Elena Rybakina KAZ 2.705 points
13. (18.) Emma Raducanu GBR 2.664 points
14. (11.) Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova RUS 2.638 points
15. (17.) Elina Svitolina UKR 2.531 points

2022 AUSTRALIAN OPEN - DAY 14 (LAST) :

Men' s Singles Final : Rafael Nadal (6) won his 90th ATP tournament in career (21st Grand Slam and second Australian Open), defeating
Daniil Medvedev (2) 2-6, 6-7 (5), 6-4, 6-4, 7-5 after 5h 24'

First set remained balanced for the first 4 games (with Nadal saving 2 break-points in the third game), then Medvedev broke the Spaniard twice in a row, closing the set 6- 2 after 42'; in second set, Nadal recovered, breaking his opponent for the first time in the fourth game and going 4-1, Medvedev didn' t give up, breaking the Majorcan back in seventh game, but Nadal still managed to break the Russian again in the next game, going to serve for the set at 5-3, but, after having failed a set-point, he lost his serve, with Medvedev going 5-5, so the set was decided by the tie-break, in which Nadal went immediately 2-0 the 5-3, but Medvedev, scoring 4 consecutive points, closed the tie-break 7 points to 5 after 1h 24', going 2 sets to 0; the third set (with the Russian saving 1 break-point in the first game and the Spaniard recovering from 0-40 in the sixth game) was kept in balance until the ninth game, when Nadal scored the deciding break, closing the the set 6-4 after 1h 04' and reopening the match; in the fourth set, the Majorcan started better, saving 2 break-points in the second game and taking a break advantage in the third game, the Russian immediately recovered it, but then he lost his service again in the fifth game, with Nadal going first on 4-2, then, after having cancelled 2 consecutive break-points, on 5-3, finally completing the comeback with another 6-4 in 1h 02'; the fifth and decisive set saw Nadal break Maedvedev in the fifth game, moving first to 4-2 and then to 5-3, but, just when he was serving for the title, after going 30-0 , he lost 4 points in a row, so the Russian went 5-5, but in the next game, he was broken again and this time Nadal didn't miss the appointment with history, closing 7-5 at the first match-point and setting the Slam record with 21.

Women's Doubles Final : Barbora Krejcikova / Katerina Siniakova (1) def. Anna Danilina / Beatriz Haddad Maia 6-7 (3), 6-4, 6-4

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NEXT WEEK SCHEDULE :

Còrdoba (Argentina), 31 January - 6 February : "2022 Còrdoba Open"
Category : ATP Tour 250
Prize Money : $ 601.505
Surface : Red Clay

Montpellier (France), 31 January - 6 February : "2022 Open Sud de France"
Category : ATP Tour 250
Prize Money : € 490.990
Surface : Hard (Indoor)

Pune (India), 31 January - 6 February : "2022 Maharashtra Open"
Category : ATP Tour 250
Prize Money : $ 493.875
Surface : Hard

No WTA tournaments are planned for next week.

2022 AUSTRALIAN OPEN - DAY 13 :

Women' s Singles Final : Ashleigh Barty (1) won her 15th WTA tournament in career (third Grand Slam and first Australian Open), defeating
Danielle Rose Collins (27) 6-3, 7-6 (2) after 1h 27'

First set remained in balance until the 3-2 for Barty, when, with a double fault, Collins was broken, with Barty going 5-2 and then closing the set 6-3 after 32'; in the second set, the American freed herself from brakes and fears, immediately flying 3-0 and then, with another break in the sixth game, going to serve for the set on 5-1, but, as soon as the third set began to appear concrete, Collins' fears returned, so the world's N° 1, who never lost a set in the tournament, returned forcefully into the match, breaking two consecutive times her opponent, without even giving her a set-point, so the set was decided by the tie-break, in which Barty, now on the wings of enthusiasm, immediately went 4-0, then 5-1, and closed the match 7-2, becoming the first Australian to triumph in the Australian Open Singles in 44 years (the last was Christine O'Neil in 1978) and the second active tennis player, after Serena Williams, to have won at least one major on all surfaces, after her triumphs on the grass at Wimbledon in 2021 and on the clay court of Roland Garros in 2019, while Collins, in addition to the excellent tournament she played, which gave her the first Grand Slam Final in career, can console herself also with her best ranking : from Monday, she will enter for the first time in the WTA "Top 10", in tenth place.

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Men' s Doubles Final : Thanasi Kokkinakis / Nick Kyrgios def. Matthew Ebden / Max Purcell 7-5, 6-4

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Boys' Singles Final : Bruno Kuzuhara (USA, 1) def. Jakub Mensik (CZE, 4) 7-6 (4), 6-7 (6), 7-5

Girls' Singles Final : Petra Marcinko (CRO, 1) def. Sofia Costoulas (BEL, 8) 7-5, 6-1

2022 AUSTRALIAN OPEN - DAY 12 :

Men' s Singles Semifinals : R. Nadal (6) def. M. Berrettini (7) 6-3, 6-2, 3-6, 6-3
D. Medvedev (2) def. S. Tsitsipas (4) 7-6 (5), 4-6, 6-4, 6-1

Mixed Doubles Final : Kristina Mladenovic / Ivan Dodig (5) def. Jaimee Fourlis / Jason Kubler 6-3, 6-4

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Boys' Doubles Final : Bruno Kuzahara (USA, 2) / Chak Lam Coleman Wong (HKG, 2) def. Alex Michelsen (USA) / Adolfo Daniel Vallejo (PAR) 6-3, 7-6 (3)

Girls' Doubles Final : Clervie Ngounoue (USA, 1) / Diana Shnaider (RUS, 1) def. Kayla Cross / Victoria Mboko (CAN) 6-4, 6-3

2022 AUSTRALIAN OPEN - DAY 11 :
Semfinals Results :

Women' s Singles : A. Barty (1) def. M. Keys 6-1, 6-3
D. R. Collins (27) def. I. Swiatek (7) 6-4, 6-1

Men' s Doubles : M. Ebden / M. Purcell def. R. Ram / J. Salisbury (2) 6-3, 7-6 (9)
T. Kokkinakis / N. Kyrgios def. M. Granollers-Pujol / H. Zeballos (3) 7-6 (4), 6-4

Women' s Doubles : A. Danilina / B. Haddad Maia def. S. Aoyama / E. Shibahara (2) 6-4, 5-7, 6-4
B. Krejcikova / K. Siniakova (1) def. V. Kudermetova / E. Mertens (3) 6-2, 6-3

2022 AUSTRALIAN OPEN - DAY 10 :
Quarter-finals Results :

Men' s Singles Bottom Half : D. Medvedev (2) def. F. Auger-Aliassime (9) 6-7 (4), 3-6, 7-6 (2), 7-5, 6-4
S. Tsitsipas (4) def. J. Sinner (11) 6-3, 6-4, 6-2

Women' s Singles Bottom Half : I. Swiatek (7) def. K. Kanepi 4-6, 7-6 (2), 6-3
D. R. Collins (27) def. A. Cornet 7-5, 6-1

Mixed Doubles Semifinals : K. Mladenovic / I. Dodig (5) def. S. Zhang / J. Peers (2) 1-6, 7-5, 10-2 (Long Tie-break)
J. Fourlis / J. Kubler def. L. Hradecka / G. Escobar 2-6, 7-6 (2), 10-6 (Long Tie-break)

2022 AUSTRALIAN OPEN - DAY 9 :
Quarter-finals Results :

Men' s Singles Top Half : R. Nadal (6) def. D. Shapovalov (14) 6-3, 6-4, 4-6, 3-6, 6-3
M. Berrettini (7) def. G. Monfils (17) 6-4, 6-4, 3-6, 3-6, 6-2

Women' s Singles Top Half : A. Barty (1) def. J. Pegula (21) 6-2, 6-0
M. Keys def. B. Krejcikova (4) 6-3, 6-2

2022 AUSTRALIAN OPEN - DAY 8 :
Fourth Round Results :

Men' s Singles Bottom Half : D. Medvedev (2) def. M. Cressy 6-2, 7-6 (4), 6-7 (4), 7-5
S. Tsitsipas (4) def. T. Fritz (20) 4-6, 6-4, 4-6, 6-3, 6-4
F. Auger-Aliassime (9) def. M. Cilic (27) 2-6, 7-6 (7), 6-2, 7-6 (4)
J. Sinner (11) def. A. De Minaur (32) 7-6 (3), 6-3, 6-4

Women' s Singles Bottom Half : K. Kanepi def. A. Sabalenka (2) 5-7, 6-2, 7-6 (10-7)
I. Swiatek (7) def. S. Cirstea 5-7, 6-3, 6-3
A. Cornet def. S. Halep (14) 6-4, 3-6, 6-4
D. R. Collins (27) def. E. Mertens (19) 4-6, 6-4, 6-4

2022 AUSTRALIAN OPEN - DAY 7 :
Fourth Round Results :

Men' s Singles Top Half : D. Shapovalov (14) def. A. Zverev (3) 6-3, 7-6 (5), 6-3
R. Nadal (6) def. A. Mannarino 7-6 (14), 6-2, 6-2
M. Berrettini (7) def. P. Carreno Busta (19) 7-5, 7-6 (4), 6-4
G. Monfils (17) def. M. Kecmanovic 7-5, 7-6 (4), 6-3

Women' s Singles Top Half : A. Barty (1) def. A. Anisimova 6-4, 6-3
B. Krejcikova (4) def. V. Azarenka (24) 6-2, 6-2
J. Pegula (21) def. M. Sakkari (5) 7-6 (0), 6-3
M. Keys def. P. Badosa Gibert (8) 6-3, 6-1

2022 AUSTRALIAN OPEN - DAY 6 :
Third Round Results :

Men' s Singles Bottom Half : D. Medvedev (2) def. B. Van De Zandschulp 6-4, 6-4, 6-2
S. Tsitsipas (4) def. B. Paire 6-3, 7-5, 6-7 (2), 6-4
M. Cilic (27) def. A. Rublev (5) 7-5, 7-6 (3), 3-6, 6-3
F. Auger-Aliassime (9) def. D. Evans (24) 6-4, 6-1, 6-1
J. Sinner (11) def. T. Daniel (q) 6-4, 1-6, 6-3, 6-1
T. Fritz (20) def. R. Bautista-Agut (15) 6-0, 3-6, 3-6, 6-4, 6-3
A. De Minaur (32) def. P. Andujar 6-4, 6-4, 6-2
M. Cressy def. C. O'Connell (wc) 6-2, 6-7 (6), 6-3, 6-2

Women' s Singles Bottom Half : A. Sabalenka (2) def. M. Vondrousova (31) 4-6, 6-3, 6-1
I. Swiatek (7) def. D. Kasatkina (25) 6-2, 6-3
S. Cirstea def. A. Pavlyuchenkova (10) 6-3, 2-6, 6-2
S. Halep (14) def. D. Kovinic 6-2, 6-1
E. Mertens (19) def. S. Zhang 6-2, 6-2
D. R. Collins (27) def. C. Tauson 4-6, 6-4, 7-5
A. Cornet def. T. Zidansek (29) 4-6, 6-4, 6-2
K. Kanepi def. M. Inglis (wc) 2-6, 6-2, 6-0

2022 AUSTRALIAN OPEN - DAY 5 :
Third Round Results :

Men' s Singles Top Half : A. Zverev (3) def. R. Albot (q) 6-3, 6-4, 6-4
R. Nadal (6) def. K. Khachanov (28) 6-3, 6-2, 3-6, 6-1
M. Berrettini (7) def. C. Alcaraz (31) 6-2, 7-6 (3), 4-6, 2-6, 7-6 (10-5)
D. Shapovalov (14) def. R. Opelka (23) 7-6 (4), 4-6, 6-3, 6-4
G. Monfils (17) def. C. Garin (16) 7-6 (4), 6-1, 6-3
A. Mannarino def. A. Karatsev (18) 7-6 (4), 6-7 (4), 7-5, 6-4
P. Carreno Busta (19) def. S. Korda 6-4, 7-5, 6-7 (6), 6-3
M. Kecmanovic def. L. Sonego (25) 6-4, 6-7 (8), 6-2, 7-5

Women' s Singles Top Half : A. Barty (1) def. C. Giorgi (30) 6-2, 6-3
B. Krejcikova (4) def. J. Ostapenko (26) 2-6, 6-4, 6-4
M. Sakkari (5) def. V. Kudermetova (28) 6-4, 6-1
P. Badosa Gibert (8) def. M. Kostyuk 6-2, 5-7, 6-4
A. Anisimova def. N. Osaka (13) 4-6, 6-3, 7-6 (10-5)
V. Azarenka (24) def. E. Svitolina (15) 6-0, 6-2
J. Pegula (21) def. N. Parrizas Diaz 7-6 (3), 6-2
M. Keys def. Q. Wang 4-6, 6-3, 7-6 (10-2)