ANTWERP/WASHINGTON, October 20, 2024 (by Michael Dickens) Roberto Bautista Agut proved once again that there’s no substitute for experience. Sunday afternoon, playing inspiring tennis before an appreciative audience, the 36-year-old from Castellón de la Plana, Spain won the European Open at […]
ANTWERP/WASHINGTON, October 19, 2024 (by Michael Dickens) Roberto Bautista Agut reached his 23rd ATP Tour final — and first since Adelaide-2 in January 2023 — with a steady, strong and complete semifinal performance over No. 77 Hugo Gaston at the European […]
ANTWERP/WASHINGTON, October 18, 2024 (by Michael Dickens) Roberto Bautista Agut has reached the semifinals of an ATP Tour event in 12 consecutive seasons. The consistency that the quiet, hard-working Spaniard brings to the game is unquestionable. Also, the way the […]
ANTWERP/WASHINGTON, October 17, 2024 (by Michael Dickens) On the tennis court, Zizou Bergs can be best described as part fighter and part entertainer — definitely an athletic, crowd-pleasing showman — who loves to play to his audience. The name “Zizou” […]
ANTWERP/WASHINGTON, October 16, 2024 (by Michael Dickens) Gilles-Arnaud Bailly walked out onto Lotto Arena’s Center Court Wednesday afternoon to a warm welcome from Belgian fans, who flocked to watch one of Belgium’s brightest young tennis stars play at the ATP […]
ANTWERP/WASHINGTON, October 15, 2024 (by Michael Dickens) In his European Open debut, No. 5 seed Jiri Lehecka aimed to be just the second Czech match winner in tournament history after Jiri Vesely in 2018. The two Czechs shared a common […]
ANTWERP/WASHINGTON, October 14, 2024 (by Michael Dickens) Overshadowed by last Thursday’s major announcement of Rafael Nadal‘s pending retirement from professional tennis came news via an interview with French sports daily L’Equipe that 38-year-old Frenchman Richard Gasquet, currently ranked 135th, will […]
STARNBERG, October 14, 2024 The ATP Tour heads to Almaty, Antwerp and Stockholm this week for an indoor hard-court ATP 250 tripleheader. Frances Tiafoe headlines the field at the Almaty Open, where the US-American’s rivals include Alejandro Tabilo and Shanghai […]
ANTWERP/WASHINGTON, October 13, 2024 (by Michael Dickens) The draw ceremony for the European Open, an ATP 250 indoor hard-court event celebrating its ninth edition, took place in Antwerp, Belgium, Saturday evening. Give credit or blame — depending upon your point […]
ANTWERP/WASHINGTON, September 17, 2024 (by Michael Dickens) With five Top 30 players plus charismatic Belgian Zizou Bergs entered, next month’s European Open has high hopes of delivering to its fans another world-class tournament. This year’s ninth edition of the ATP […]
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