Our Clients:

Field Level Media - Professional sports content solutions | FLM

Feb 23, 2023 8:37 pm

ATP roundup: Jiri Lehecka upsets Doha top seed Andrey Rublev

Jiri Lehecka of the Czech Republic took down Russian No. 1 seed Andrey Rublev 4-6, 6-4, 6-3 in the quarterfinals of the Qatar ExxonMobil Open on Thursday in Doha.

Rublev, who survived a third-set tiebreaker to beat Dutch opponent Tallon Griekspoor in the previous round, fired 10 aces but couldn’t break Lehecka’s serve in the second or third sets. Lehecka won 14 of 15 total service games despite Rublev holding a 36-26 edge in winners.

Lehecka will face Great Britain’s Andy Murray in the semifinals after Murray rallied past French qualifier Alexandre Muller 4-6, 6-1, 6-2.

No. 2 seed Felix Auger-Aliassime of Canada and No. 3 seed Daniil Medvedev of Russia will square off in the other semifinal. Auger-Aliassime downed No. 7 seed Alejandro Davidovich Fokina 6-4, 7-6 (5) on Thursday while Medvedev battled past Christopher O’Connell of Australia 6-2, 4-6, 7-5.

Open 13 Provence

No. 1 seed Hubert Hurkacz of Poland dropped his first set before rallying past Switzerland’s Leandro Riedi 4-6, 6-3, 6-2 in second-round action at Marseille, France.

Hurkacz fired seven of his 12 aces in the first set but still fell behind. He won all 25 of his first-serve points across the second and third sets and finished 38-for-42 (90.5 percent) for the match. Hurkacz also saved five of six break points.

No. 2 seed Jannik Sinner of Italy withdrew due to illness, allowing French 18-year-old Arthur Fils to advance via walkover. No. 6 seed David Goffin of Belgium also withdrew, citing a left knee injury, and Mikael Ymer of Sweden moved on via walkover.

Third seed Alex de Minaur of Australia beat Swiss qualifier Alexander Ritschard 6-3, 6-3, while fourth seed Grigor Dimitrov of Bulgaria was a 6-3, 6-2 winner over Dutch qualifier Gijs Brouwer.

Rio Open

Top-seeded Carlos Alcaraz of Spain outlasted Italy’s Fabio Fognini 6-7 (5), 6-2, 6-4 in 2 hours, 47 minutes during their second-round match in Rio de Janeiro.

In the quarterfinals, Alcaraz will face Dusan Lajovic, who produced a 6-2, 6-4 win in an all-Serbian matchup against Laslo Djere.

Bernabe Zapata Miralles of Spain upset No. 4 seed Francisco Cerundolo of Argentina 6-1, 4-6, 6-1.

Fellow Argentine Sebastian Baez fared better, as the sixth seed eked past Peru’s Juan Pablo Varillas 7-5, 7-6 (6). Seventh seed Albert Ramos-Vinolas of Spain and qualifier Nicolas Jarry of Chile also advanced.

–Field Level Media

You may also like

Elena Rybakina
Mar 28, 2024 8:27 pm

Elena Rybakina rallies past Victoria Azarenka to reach Miami final

Elena Rybakina of Kazakhstan advanced to her fourth final this season, dispatching Victoria Azarenka of Belarus 6-4, 0-6, 7-6 (2) at the Miami Open on Thursday in Miami Gardens, Fla….

alexander zverev
Mar 28, 2024 8:17 pm

Alexander Zverev sails past Fabian Marozsan to reach Miami semis

Alexander Zverev recorded 20 winners and earned a spot in the Miami Open semifinals with a 6-3, 7-5 victory over Hungarian Fabian Marozsan on Thursday in Miami Gardens, Fla. Zverev…

jannik sinner
Mar 27, 2024 7:41 pm

Jannik Sinner keeps rolling at Miami Open, advances to semifinals

Second-seeded Italian Jannik Sinner continued his push to a third Miami Open final in four years on Wednesday, beating Tomas Machac of the Czech Republic 6-4, 6-2 in the quarterfinals…

More Tennis News

Elena Rybakina
Mar 28, 2024 8:27 pm

Elena Rybakina rallies past Victoria Azarenka to reach Miami final

Elena Rybakina of Kazakhstan advanced to her fourth final this season, dispatching Victoria Azarenka of Belarus 6-4, 0-6, 7-6 (2) at the Miami Open on Thursday in Miami Gardens, Fla….

alexander zverev
Mar 28, 2024 8:17 pm

Alexander Zverev sails past Fabian Marozsan to reach Miami semis

jannik sinner
Mar 27, 2024 7:41 pm

Jannik Sinner keeps rolling at Miami Open, advances to semifinals

Danielle Collins
Mar 27, 2024 5:15 pm

Danielle Collins trounces Caroline Garcia to reach Miami semifinals

Djokovic Ivanisevic
Mar 27, 2024 11:49 am

Novak Djokovic splits with coach Goran Ivanisevic

Read all
fb-post
advertisment
title-icon

Upcoming events

See all odds