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April 25th, 2021

Cirstea Upsets Mertens In Istanbul To End 13-Year Title Drought

Sorana Cirstea is back in the win column after 13 years.

Posted by Staff @ 5:36 pm in Istanbul | Comments Off on Cirstea Upsets Mertens In Istanbul To End 13-Year Title Drought

April 21st, 2019

Kuznetsova The Biggest Star In WTA Istanbul Field

Two-time Slam champion Svetlana Kuznetsova continues her comeback this week in Istanbul.

Posted by Staff @ 3:41 pm in Istanbul | Comments Off on Kuznetsova The Biggest Star In WTA Istanbul Field

May 1st, 2016

Grigor Dimitrov Meltdown Gives Diego Schwartzman His First Career ATP Title

Grigor Dimitrov destroyed his racquet defaulting the last game to give Diego Schwartzman his first career title.

Posted by Staff @ 3:28 pm in Istanbul | 3 Comments »

April 30th, 2016

Thiem Out For Another Title In Munich; Almagro, Dimitrov Sunday Favorites Against First-Time Title Hopefuls

Can Diego Schwartzman and Pablo Carreno Busta win their first ATP career titles on Sunday?

Posted by Staff @ 9:47 pm in Estoril, Istanbul, Munich | 69 Comments »

April 29th, 2016

Zverev Knocks Goffin Out Of Munich, Will Face Thiem In SF; Kyrgios Too Strong For Coric In Estoril

Alexander Zverev collides with Dominic Thiem Saturday on the clay in Munich while Nick Kyrgios remains in the hunt for the Estoril title.

Posted by Staff @ 7:20 pm in Estoril, Istanbul, Munich | 15 Comments »

April 28th, 2016

Nick Kyrgios v Borna Coric In Estoril; Juan Martin Del Potro Advances In Munich

So good matches are lined for Friday on quarterfinal day.

Posted by Staff @ 4:54 pm in Estoril, Istanbul, Munich | 5 Comments »

April 24th, 2016

Del Potro Returns at Munich; ATP Previews This Week

No Top 20 players, but Istanbul you do have Bernie “The Tank Engine” Tomic! For at least a round…

Posted by Staff @ 10:11 am in Estoril, Istanbul, Munich, Tennis | 8 Comments »

April 17th, 2016

Radwanska Leads 6 of Top 10 Women at Stuttgart; Istanbul; WTA Previews

Lots of floaters in the draw and tough opening-round match-ups including (1) Radwanska vs. Petkovic, (8) Safarova vs. Pliskova in an all-Czech, (6) Vinci vs. Makarova, (3) Muguruza vs. Lisicki, and (2) Kerber vs. the riser Beck in an all-German…

Posted by Staff @ 11:57 am in Istanbul, Stuttgart, Tennis | Comments Off on Radwanska Leads 6 of Top 10 Women at Stuttgart; Istanbul; WTA Previews