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Carlos Alcaraz stays perfect at ATP Finals with thrilling win over Taylor Fritz | Tennis News

Carlos Alcaraz stays perfect at ATP Finals with thrilling win over Taylor Fritz | Tennis News

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World number one Carlos Alcaraz came under extreme pressure before overcoming American Taylor Fritz 6-7(2) 7-5 6-3 in a thrilling round-robin match at the ATP Finals on Tuesday, leaving the Spaniard on two wins from two. Last year’s finalist Fritz played the tennis of his life, as both men served up the best encounter of the season-ending championships so far, but the American ran out of steam as Alcaraz turned on the style and took the deciding set with ease. Alcaraz and Fritz had won their opening Jimmy Connors Group matches, and the Spaniard looked in real trouble when the American took the opening set in a tiebreak. Alcaraz faced break points in the second set but rallied back to draw level. Story continues below this ad Fritz began to tire, and Alcaraz broke to lead 4-2 in the final set before wrapping up the win in two hours and 48 minutes by serving out to love. “It was pretty tight, I was struggling more than him in the first set,” Alcaraz said. “I wasn’t …

Taylor Fritz overpowers Lorenzo Musetti to start with a win at ATP Finals | Tennis News

Taylor Fritz overpowers Lorenzo Musetti to start with a win at ATP Finals | Tennis News

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Last year’s losing finalist Taylor Fritz beat Italian Lorenzo Musetti 6-3 6-4 in a dominant display by the American to win his opening round-robin match of the ATP Finals in Turin on Monday. Musetti, a late replacement after the withdrawal of seven-times winner Novak Djokovic, began brightly but started to tire despite the backing of a largely partisan crowd at the Inalpi Arena, and Fritz proved unstoppable once his service game got going. The turning point came in the third game when Fritz saved four break points, serving two aces in the process, and then broke Musetti to lead 3-1. The Italian, who won to love in his first service game, faced break points for the rest of the first set. Story continues below this ad “I did a great job early on in the match to serve my way out of trouble and save some break points,” Fritz said. “I’m really happy. I thought I did a lot of things really well.” Musetti, beaten by Djokovic in an almost three-hour final in Athens on …

Race to No.1: ’We shake hands, all is good’ – Jannik Sinner talks about Alcaraz ahead of year-end ATP Finals in Turin. | Tennis News

Race to No.1: ’We shake hands, all is good’ – Jannik Sinner talks about Alcaraz ahead of year-end ATP Finals in Turin. | Tennis News

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The ATP tour reaches its climax this week in Turin with the ATP Finals that started on November 9 and will conclude on the 16th. World’s top eight players will vie for the trophy though the tournament will decide who will end up as No.1 – Sinner or Alcaraz. “With the early exit of Carlos in Paris there are some scenarios, which I follow, but at the same time if he plays really well there is no chance, it doesn’t matter what my result is,” Sinner told reporters on the eve of the tournament. Sinner trails Alcaraz by 1,050 points in the PIF ATP Live Race To Turin and must defend his title to have a shot at finishing year-end No. 1 for the second straight year. Even that might not be enough as if Alcaraz earns 450 points here, he will be the year-end No.1, regardless of what Sinner does. Story continues below this ad The ATP site puts Alcaraz’s to-do list to get that No.1 spot thus: “To do that he can: * …

Novak Djokovic withdraws from ATP Finals due to shoulder injury | Football News

Novak Djokovic withdraws from ATP Finals due to shoulder injury | Football News

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Seven-times ATP Finals champion Novak Djokovic has withdrawn from the season-ending tournament due to a shoulder injury, hours after winning his 101st title at the Hellenic Championship. Finalist Lorenzo Musetti will take his place in Turin, where the ATP Finals begin on Sunday, after Djokovic took almost three hours to beat the Italian 4-6 6-3 7-5. “I was really looking forward to competing in Turin and giving my best,” Djokovic posted on social media. “But after today’s final in Athens, I’m sad to share that I need to withdraw due to an ongoing injury.” Story continues below this ad Djokovic also missed last year’s season-ender with injury, having won his seventh title in 2023. The 38-year-old said he had been dealing with the injury throughout the tournament in Athens. “That’s the reason why I decided not to make a call would I go to Turin or not earlier because I wanted to see how the matches go, how I react,” he told reporters. “After yesterday’s match, I was hoping that it was not going to …

Tennis legend warns Carlos Alcaraz ahead of ATP Finals 2025, makes huge Jannik Sinner claim: ‘Hurdle to overcome’

Tennis legend warns Carlos Alcaraz ahead of ATP Finals 2025, makes huge Jannik Sinner claim: ‘Hurdle to overcome’

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Published on: Nov 07, 2025 05:49 pm IST Carlos Alcaraz has been urged to overcome his weakness in indoor conditions, ahead of the upcoming ATP Finals 2025. Carlos Alcaraz will be in action at the ATP Finals in Turin and will be looking to bounce back to form after his disappointing loss to Cameron Norrie in the opening match at the Paris Masters last week. The Spaniard committed 54 unforced errors in the match. Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner pose with their trophies after the final of mens singles at the US Open 2025.(IMAGN IMAGES via Reuters Connect) Tennis legend Justine Henin assessed Alcaraz’s indoor weakness and felt that he would need to overcome it. Speaking to Eurosport France, she said, “I think there are still some questions for Alcaraz in indoor conditions, even though he seems to have a lot of potential to perform well in those conditions.” “There’s no way around it, it’s still a hurdle to overcome. It’s the end of the season, even though he’s had some time off these last …

‘Really shocked to see…’: Jim Courier on Djokovic, Sinner and other top 20 stars playing in ATP Tournaments before French Open  | Tennis News

‘Really shocked to see…’: Jim Courier on Djokovic, Sinner and other top 20 stars playing in ATP Tournaments before French Open  | Tennis News

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With 13 out of the top 20 players in the world playing in the Geneva Open and Hamburg Open between May 17 to May 24 ahead of the French Open, it would mean that the likes of Novak Djovokic and world number one Jannik Sinner will not be travelling to France at least one week in advance. Four-time Grand Slam winner Jim Courier has criticised the top 20 players’ move ahead of the French Open, which starts May 25 and finds this decision shocking. “With someone like Jannik Sinner there is a lot of insurance at play. For Novak Djokovic, he needs the matches because he has not played, and he is going to try and do what he did last year, which is get two or three matches and maybe try and pull the cord with a little bit of match toughness. But I am really shocked honestly, to see some of the names on here,” Courier told The Tennis Channel. While the Hamburg Open will see the participation of eight players out of …

Manas Dhamne bows out in Francavilla ATP 75 qualifying round

Manas Dhamne bows out in Francavilla ATP 75 qualifying round

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India’s promising tennis talent Manas Dhamne fell short in a nail-biting three-set contest against Italy’s Stefano Travaglia in the second qualifying round of the ATP 75 Francavilla al Mare tournament on Monday. Despite a valiant comeback effort that saw him leading 4-2 with a break in the deciding set, Dhamne ultimately lost 3-6, 7-6(3), 4-6 in an epic battle that lasted 2 hours and 53 minutes. The young Indian had made waves in the first qualifying round with an impressive straight-sets victory over former French Open semi-finalist Marco Cecchinato of Italy, dispatching the experienced home favorite 6-4, 6-4. This notable win set up his encounter with Travaglia, where Dhamne showed fought back by recovering from a set down before cramps derailed his momentum. It was a disappointing day overall for Indian players at the tournament, with several others exiting in the opening qualification round. Siddhant Banthia was unable to overcome Portugal’s Tiago Pereira, losing 4-6, 3-6, while Adil Kalyanpur suffered a more comprehensive defeat against Italy’s Jacopo Berrettini, managing to win just one game in …

Jakub Mensik prevents idol Novak Djokovic from winning 100th title, wins first ATP trophy at Miami Open

Jakub Mensik prevents idol Novak Djokovic from winning 100th title, wins first ATP trophy at Miami Open

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Jakub Mensik prevented Novak Djokovic from winning his 100th title on tour before praising the former World No 1 as someone he idolised when growing up. The Czech Republic teenager, ranked 54th in the world when the Miami Open started, stunned the Serbian 7-6 (4), 7-6 (4) to win his first ATP title on Sunday evening. Mensik’s victory came in the way of Djokovic winning a record seventh title in the Miami Open. In Miami, the 6-foot-4, 19-year-old Mensik showed off his hammer serve which touched speeds of 130 mph. He served 14 aces against Djokovic in the two-hour-three-minute-long finale and was broken only once. “My tennis inspiration is Novak Djokovic. It not for him, I wouldn’t be here,” Mensik had told ATP’s social media channels before the finale. Story continues below this ad After his title, he got the chance to thank Djokovic personally. “You’re the one I idolized when I was young,” Mensik told Djokovic during the presentation ceremony. “I started playing tennis because of you.” Mensik was not even two years old …

Miami Open: Gael Monfils Becomes Second-Oldest Man To Win A Match At ATP Masters 1000

Miami Open: Gael Monfils Becomes Second-Oldest Man To Win A Match At ATP Masters 1000

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Gael Monfils in action© AFP Gael Monfils made history at the Miami Open as he became the second-oldest man to win a match at the ATP Masters 1000 event after Jimmy Connors. ATP No. 1 Club member Connors is the oldest man to win a match in Miami, having done so at 39 in 1992. The 38-year-old Frenchman overcame last year’s quarterfinalist Fabian Marozsan 6-3, 3-6, 6-4 to reach the second round in Florida after one hour and 44 minutes, ATP reports. Monfils struck 38 winners and committed 18 unforced errors to clinch victory and set up a meeting with Jiri Lehecka. “I hit some different angles and showed I could run and anticipate. I made it hard [for him]. I hit with a bit more depth in my shots and did not let him dictate and I think I did well,” Monfils said. Earlier, Alexander Bublik clinched his maiden tour-level win on outdoor courts in 2025. The 27-year-old overcame Sebastian Baez 6-3, 6-4 to record his first victory in Miami since 2022. …

Stefanos Tsitsipas Wins 1st Title In Nearly A Year, To Re-Enter ATP Top 10

Stefanos Tsitsipas Wins 1st Title In Nearly A Year, To Re-Enter ATP Top 10

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Stefanos Tsitsipas won his first title in almost a year and broke a finals hoodoo as he cruised past Felix Auger-Aliassime 6-3, 6-3 in the Dubai final on Saturday. “There is nothing that ensured the win today, it was just pure fighting,” said Tsitsipas after winning in one hour and 28 minutes. The victory ended a losing streak in ATP 500-level finals for the Greek. He has won the season-ending ATP Finals and at the tour’s top-level 1000 events, but had lost all of his previous 11 finals at 500 tournaments. Those defeats included two losses in Dubai — to Roger Federer in 2019 and Novak Djokovic in 2020. “It’s a big relief that I’m able to hold that trophy after the third attempt,” the fourth-seeded Tsitsipas said on court. “It’s something that I had in the back of my mind, and I’m happy to say I accomplished it.” Auger-Aliassime, an unseeded Canadian, had made a strong start to the season, winning tournaments in Adelaide in January and Montpellier in February. “I had …