No. 6 seed Lorenzo Sonego of Italy defeated France’s Benoit Paire 7-5, 6-2 on Monday in the opening round of the BOSS Open in Stuttgart, Germany.
Sonego broke Paire’s serve five times in the day’s only match involving a seeded player at the ATP 250 grass-court tournament.
Germany’s Jan-Lennard Struff outlasted Marcos Giron 7-5, 5-6, 7-6 (8) and Oscar Otte was a 7-6 (2), 7-6 (4) winner against fellow German Daniel Altmaier. France’s Benjamin Botzi defeated Spain’s Feliciano Lopez 6-4, 6-1 and Radu Albot of Moldova eliminated Portugal’s Joao Sousa 6-2, 7-6 (7).
Libema Open
France’s Hugo Gaston rolled to a 6-2, 6-1 victory over South Korea’s Soonwoo Kwon as action got underway in the ATP 250 grass-court event in ‘s-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands.
Gaston had four aces and saved all four break points he faced in the 54-minute match.
Russia’s Daniil Medvedev is the top seed. Italy’s Adrian Mannarino is the defending champion from 2019, the last time the event was held due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
–Field Level Media
On the brink of defeat, Poland’s Iga Swiatek saved three championship points and rallied to win the Muta Madrid Open title with a 7-5, 4-6, 7-6 (7) victory Saturday over…
World No. 2 Jannik Sinner withdrew from his home country’s Internazionali BNL d’Italia on Saturday, citing a hip injury. The tournament begins Wednesday. “It is not easy to write this…
Andrey Rublev posted a 6-4, 6-3 win over Taylor Fritz on Friday to advance to the Mutua Madrid Open championship match. The seventh-seeded Russian recorded five aces and won 82.6…
World No. 2 Jannik Sinner (hip) withdraws from Italian Open
Andrey Rublev, Felix Auger-Aliassime move into Madrid final
Carlos Alcaraz withdraws from Italian Open due to arm injury
Iga Swiatek, Aryna Sabalenka set up 1-2 final at Madrid