Tag: Alexander Bublik

  • Sports News in Digest: Fitness and a cool master key for Rune, who endures in Rome and Paris

    How strong is Holger Rune really? Not in terms of tennis skills. Denmark’s just-turned-20-year-old tennis star deserves a place among the world’s best. But how physically strong? Perhaps it is a strange doubt to look at a young man bursting with energy and fighting spirit, who has been a breath of fresh air for the…

  • ATP Summary: Andy Murray notes easy win in Doha

    ATP Summary: Andy Murray notes easy win in Doha

    In the draw as a wild card, Andy Murray of Great Britain beat Japan’s Taro Daniel 6-2, 6-2 on Tuesday in the first round of the Qatar ExxonMobil Open on Monday in Doha, Qatar. Murray won 25 of 28 first-hand points (89 percent), hit four aces and broke Daniels’ serve five of 11 times. He…

  • ATP roundup: Alexander Zverev rolls into the semifinals in Montpellier

    ATP roundup: Alexander Zverev rolls into the semifinals in Montpellier

    Top-seeded Alexander Zverev of Germany needed just 50 minutes on Friday to complete a 6-1, 6-0 victory over France’s Adrian Mannarino to reach the semi-finals of the Open Sud de France in Montpellier. Zverev had an 8-0 edge in aces in the easy quarter-final victory. He will next face Sweden’s Mikael Ymer, who knocked out…

  • Norwegian Ruud on his way to the top of world tennis

    Norwegian Ruud on his way to the top of world tennis

    Norway is about to produce a world-class player. Yes, that’s actually true. His name is Casper Ruud and he is now in his third semifinal in a big tournament during the spring gravel season. On his way to the semi-finals of Madrid’s big ATP tournament, he has beaten world number five Stefanos Tsitsipas. Late on…