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☆ ATP roundup: Top seed Holger Rune squeaks into Basel semis
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-27 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

1 seed Holger Rune of Denmark got past Argentina's Tomas Martin Etcheverry 6-1, 3-6, 7-6 (6) Friday to reach the semifinals of the Swiss Indoors Basel. But on the 13th point, Rune hit a dead netcord for a flukey, if fortunate, point. Hurkacz rallied past Dutch opponent Tallon Griekspoor 6-7 (6), 6-4, 6-4, while Humbert beat Swiss wild card Dominic Stricker 6-4, 2-6, 6-2. 1 seed Daniil Medvedev of Russia needing three sets to beat countryman and eighth seed Karen Khachanov 6-3, 3-6, 6-3 in the quarters. 2 seed Jannik Sinner of Italy won 32 of 38 first-service points (84.2 percent) to beat seventh-seeded American Frances Tiafoe 6-3, 6-4.

Persons: Holger Rune, Denmark, Argentina's Tomas Martin Etcheverry, Rune, Felix Auger, Alexander Shevchenko, Hubert Hurkacz, Ugo Humbert of France, Hurkacz, Tallon Griekspoor, Humbert, Dominic Stricker, Daniil Medvedev, Karen Khachanov, Medvedev, Stefanos Tsitsipas, Croatia's, Italy, Frances Tiafoe, Andrey Rublev, Alexander Zverev Organizations: Swiss Indoors Basel, Russian, Swiss, Erste Bank, Thomson Locations: Canadian, Poland, Vienna

☆ ATP Roundup: Daniil Medvedev advances to quarters in China
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-30 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

[1/5] Tennis - ATP 500 - China Open - National Tennis Center, Beijing, China - September 29, 2023. With the victory, Medvedev won his 40th hard-court match of the season, which leads the tour. When Medvedev meets Ugo Humbert of France in the quarterfinals, it will be Medvedev's 13th quarters match in 18 tournaments this year. Humbert upset another Russian, fifth-seeded Andrey Rublev, 5-7, 6-3, 7-6 (3). Also advancing Saturday was Nicolas Jarry of Chile, who defeated Italian Matteo Arnaldi 6-7 (4), 7-6 (4), 6-3.

Persons: Daniil Medvedev, Tommy Paul of, Florence, Australian Alex de Minaur, Medvedev, de Minaur, Ugo Humbert of France, Humbert, Andrey Rublev, Nicolas Jarry of, Matteo Arnaldi, Alexander Zverev of, Alejandro Davidovich Fokina, Dominic Thiem, Marcos, Thiem, Austrian Sebastian Ofner, Ofner, Alexander Bublik, Tallon Griekspoor, Japan's Sho Shimabukuro, Griekspoor, Sebastian Korda, Nuno Borges Organizations: China, National Tennis Center, U.S, REUTERS, Astana, Marcos Giron, Austrian, Thomson Locations: Beijing, China, Russia, Australian, Nicolas Jarry of Chile, Alexander Zverev of Germany, Spain, Kazakhstan, Netherlands, Portugal

☆ ATP roundup: Jannik Sinner reaches quarters in Netherlands
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-14 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

[1/3] Tennis - French Open - Roland Garros, Paris, France - June 1, 2023 Italy's Jannik Sinner in action during his second round match against Germany's Daniel Altmaier REUTERS/Lisi Niesner/File PhotoJune 14 - No. 2 seed Jannik Sinner defeated Alexander Bublik of Kazakhstan 6-4, 6-2 on Wednesday to advance to the quarterfinals at the Libema Open in 's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands. 3 seed, lost to American Mackenzie McDonald 6-4, 6-4, and Emil Ruusuvuori of Finland, defeated No. Sonego's fellow Italian, sixth-seeded Lorenzo Musetti, had no trouble against Gregoire Barrere of France in a 6-3, 6-3 win. 3 seed Frances Tiafoe, who saved all three break points in a 7-6 (2), 6-4 defeat of Jiri Lehecka of the Czech Republic.

Persons: Roland Garros, Germany's Daniel Altmaier, Lisi Niesner, Jannik Sinner, Alexander Bublik, Borna Coric, Mackenzie McDonald, Emil Ruusuvuori, Ugo Humbert of France, Rinky, Marc, Andrea Huesler, Hubert Hurkacz of, Japan's Yosuke, Hurkacz, he'll, Christopher O'Connell of Australia, Lorenzo Sonego, Sonego's, Lorenzo Musetti, Gregoire Barrere of, Musetti, Frances Tiafoe, Jiri Lehecka Organizations: Thomson Locations: Paris, France, Kazakhstan, Netherlands, Finland, Switzerland, Hubert Hurkacz of Poland, Stuttgart, Germany, Watanuki, Gregoire Barrere of France, Czech Republic

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