LYON/WASHINGTON, March 6, 2021 (by Michael Dickens) At age 18, Clara Tauson of Denmark is the youngest player in the Open 6ème Sens – Métropole de Lyon draw. However, throughout her marvelous, breakout week in Lyon, France’s third-largest city, she […]
LYON/WASHINGTON, March 5, 2021 (by Michael Dickens) Belgium’s Greet Minnen needed six match points to win her second-round match against No. 8 seed Arantxa Rus of the Netherlands at the Open 6ème Sens – Métropole de Lyon in France’s third-largest city […]
LYON/WASHINGTON, March 4, 2021 (by Michael Dickens) France’s Clara Burel may only be 19 years old, but she’s wise beyond her years. After receiving a wild card and winning a couple of rounds during last year’s Roland Garros, Burel is […]
LYON/WASHINGTON, March 3, 2021 (by Michael Dickens) As one of seven French women playing in this week’s WTA 250 Open 6ème Sens – Métropole de Lyon, in France’s third-largest city, Kristina Mladenovic is standing tall among them. She’s proud of […]
LYON/WASHINGTON, March 2, 2021 (by Michael Dickens) Ekaterina Alexandrova had begun her season in fine form, reaching the semifinals of the Gippsland Trophy in Australia bookended by a couple of third-round performances in Abu Dhabi and the Australian Open. She […]
LYON, June 17, 2019 Just one week after reaching the third round at Roland Garros, Corentin Moutet took the title of the Open Sopra Steria de Lyon. The 20-year-old Frenchman defeated No. 4 seed Elias Ymer of Sweden 6-4, 6-4 […]
LYON, June 18, 2018 Title defence completed for Félix Auger-Aliassime, who retains his trophy at the Open Sopra Steria de Lyon. The 17-year-old Canadian rallied past French qualifier Johan Tatlot 6-7(3), 7-5, 6-2 in Sunday’s singles final of the €64,000 […]
LYON, June 18, 2017 At just 16 years and 10 months, Félix Auger-Aliassime from Canada became the seventh youngest player in history to capture an ATP Challenger title at the €64,000 Open de Sopra Steria in Lyon, France. The World No. […]
LYON, May 27, 2017 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga won his first clay-court crown and his 15th overall ATP World Tour title, lifting the trophy at the Open Parc Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes Lyon. The Frenchman defeated Tomas Berdych from the Czech Republic 7-6, 7-5 in […]
LYON, November 25, 2016 The city of Lyon is going to replace the Open Nice Cote d’Azur, an ATP 250 tournament held one week ahed of the French Open in Paris. The inaugural edition, named “Open Parc Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Lyon”, will be played […]
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