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Murray Reveals Wedding Ring Retrieval Following Mannarino Win

  • Posted: Oct 09, 2021

Former World No. 1 Andy Murray won his first match at the BNP Paribas Open on Friday, overcoming Adrian Mannarino in Indian Wells. However, his biggest revelation came off the court.

The Scot revealed the full story of how he retrieved the wedding ring and shoes he had originally lost after leaving them attached under his car at the hotel. Thankfully for the 34-year-old, he was reunited with both after making a plea on Instagram.

“The day after or the day that we realised they were let’s say misplaced or sort of someone had moved them, I went and I spoke to the lost and found a couple times at the hotel that day,” Murray said in his post-match press conference. “They said they’d found nothing. I spoke to security. They said they found nothing.

“I was like, ‘well, they’re gone’. I was going to file a police report to try to get them back or to increase my chance of getting them back. I went and spoke to the hotel, explained to them what I was going to do. They then decided to take all of my details down, the details of the shoes, ring, took me out to the car park and asked exactly where it was I parked. I asked them if they could look at the cameras.

“About an hour later they turned up. One of the employees at the hotel found them in their lost and found. Thankfully [I] managed to get them back, which was good.”

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Murray admitted though when It came to the ring, this was not the first time he had faced such a scenario.

“There’s been a number of occasions where it’s fallen off my shoe,” Murray said. “Once I was swimming in a swimming pool. When my hands get cold, the ring can slide off. I lost it. Didn’t realise until later in the day.

“My physio went back into the swimming pool. He used to swim, like, at British level. He was under there looking for it. He managed to find it. I’ve almost lost it quite a few times but it always finds its way back to me somehow. Yeah, this time was no different.”

On the court, the World No. 121 cruised past Mannarino to set up a second-round meeting with #NextGenATP Spaniard Carlos Alcaraz.

Murray was pleased with his performance and concentration against the Frenchman, saying: “I think there’s many factors. It may not necessarily be that you’re not concentrating on the match, but it may be concentrating on the wrong things as well. I might be focused on maybe what just happened rather than what’s about to happen.

“I’m trying to be a little bit more present and focus on just every single point. I think tonight I did a good job of that. I did well considering the conditions. I don’t think I played amazing tennis or the best tennis that I can play. But I still won comfortably against a very good player just by knuckling down on every point.”

The Scot is competing in his 10th tour-level event of the season and arrived in California having played back-to-back ATP Tour tournaments in Metz and San Diego. With the number of matches Murray is playing increasing, the 34-year-old is determined to maintain his fitness as he looks to finish the season strongly.

“Physically my body responds well to playing matches,” Murray said. “That’s one of the hardest things about being out, is that you just can’t replicate the intensity of match play. You can do all of the work in the gym, do as much practising as you want, but getting on the match court is different.

“Your body responds differently to that. I don’t know whether it’s due to adrenaline or that will to win, you push your body just that little bit harder, five per cent, 10 per cent extra. Unless you’re out there competing regularly, your body doesn’t get used to that.

“While my body feels good, I want to try to play as much as I can between now and the end of the year to set myself up as best as I can for next season. I don’t want to overplay obviously. I have played quite a few tournaments recently, but I’ve not had any really deep runs. I’ve had enough rest between the events.”

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Anderson Powers Through Indian Wells Opener

  • Posted: Oct 09, 2021

South African former World No. 5 Kevin Anderson has improved his ATP Head2Head record to 3-0 against Australia’s Jordan Thompson after a straight-sets win in the first round of the BNP Paribas Open on Friday.

The three-time Indian Wells quarter-finalist had never dropped a set to the 27-year-old and maintained that record with a 7-5, 6-2 victory in 84 minutes. In his 10th appearance in the California desert Anderson struck 10 aces and dropped only three points on his first serve to set a second-round meeting with 17th seed Lorenzo Sonego.

It was better news for Thompson’s countryman, John Millman, in the following match on Stadium 2. The World No. 58’s mental toughness shone as he withstood 2017 semi-finalist Jack Sock 7-5, 4-6, 6-3 in two hours and 31 minutes.

Millman won 66 per cent of first-serve points, including four aces, and broke five times. He recovered from 1-3 down in the deciding set to reel off the final five games and set a showdown against 10th seed Jannik Sinner.

Earlier, Finland’s Emil Ruusuvuori finished emphatically to deny German Dominik Koepfer in their first-round clash. The 22-year-old saved nine of 11 break points for a 6-7(3), 6-2, 6-0 victory, which set a meeting with 24th seed and Tokyo Olympics silver medallist Karen Khachanov.

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Murray Advances To Alcaraz Showdown In Indian Wells

  • Posted: Oct 09, 2021

If Andy Murray was put off by his stinky-shoe, wedding-ring dilemma from earlier this week in Indian Wells, he certainly did not show it on court Friday evening.

The former World No. 1 eliminated tricky Frenchman Adrian Mannarino 6-3, 6-2 to reach the second round of the BNP Paribas Open. The Scot will next play #NextGenATP star Carlos Alcaraz for a spot in the third round.

“It’s been four years since I was last here. I think it’s one of the best places to play tennis on Tour,” Murray said in his on-court interview. “It’s been a tough road to get back and it was so nice that so many people managed to come out and support today. I really enjoyed it.”

Murray was the talk of social media in recent days, as he enlisted the fans’ help in finding his missing tennis shoes and wedding ring. After retrieving the items, the 34-year-old returned his attention to the tournament, where he beat his lefty opponent in one hour and 24 minutes.

The three-time major champion did not face a break point until the last point of  the match. Mannarino often proves a difficult foe for players with his flat groundstrokes, but Murray never appeared out of his comfort zone.

The wild card flashed his shotmaking abilities on multiple occasions, including one incredible point in the first set that he finished with a perfect backhand lob to the delight of the crowd. He cracked a forehand winner to earn the key break in the second set and then broke for a third time on the night to give himself breathing room.

Murray completed his triumph when Mannarino missed a drop shot. The 2009 Indian Wells finalist then pumped his fist and gave a clap for the California crowd inside Stadium 1.

“I thought my mentality was good tonight. I sort of focussed just on every single point. I don’t know if it felt it inside the stadium, but it was pretty breezy on the court, especially in the first set. Maybe some of the points were not that consistent, but I fought for every single point. That was the goal coming into the match and it got me the win.”

Murray has spoken highly of his next opponent, Alcaraz, who is making his tournament debut. The Scot told ATPTour.com in August that if he had to pick a future World No. 1 from the young players on the ATP Tour, he would select Alcaraz.

“I think [Carlos] Alcaraz is really, really good,” Murray said. “I think he’s got a good chance at it.”

It will be the first ATP Head2Head meeting between the pair, with Murray 16 years older than the 18-year-old.

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Tabilo: From 'Yelling & Crying' To A Roaring Lion

  • Posted: Oct 09, 2021

After Chilean Alejandro Tabilo defeated American Denis Kudla 6-1, 7-6(0) on Friday at the BNP Paribas Open to earn his first main draw win at an ATP Master 1000 event, he jogged over to his team for lengthy embraces. It was an emotional moment for the 24-year-old, who has waited for a moment such as this on one of tennis’ biggest stages.

But it got even more emotional once he left the court and called his father Ricardo, mother Maria and brother Sebastian.

“My dad was just coming back from work. He was watching the whole thing at work. He was in the car so happy. My mom was at home with my brother and they were all yelling and ecstatic,” Tabilo told ATPTour.com. “For me, seeing everything they’ve done for me, I love seeing them happy with my results.”

Family is everything for Tabilo. The No. 184 player in the FedEx ATP Rankings credits his parents, who met in Canada and still live in Toronto, for helping him get to this stage and motivating him daily.

“Jano” first was introduced to tennis earlier than he can remember. As a toddler, he would go with his father and brother to watch them play.

“From what my parents say I was always yelling and crying because I was too young to play,” Tabilo said. “But I remember always going to the club with my brother, waking up early. If the club wasn’t open, we would look for parks around to play in. I remember the struggle, the grind just to practise.”

Tabilo’s earliest memories are driving with his parents to those early-morning practices. His father owns a cleaning company, and often would get home so late that he would immediately wake Alejandro and go straight to practise.

“It was tough for them,” Tabilo said of his parents. “I always saw the sacrifices they made for me, so I’m always going to be thankful. All of this I always do for them. They are the first people I call and they’re always there with me.

“Everything I do is just trying to make them happy, show them that everything they worked for, all the sacrifices they made was worth something. It’s always something that is in the back of my head.”

Tabilo’s journey has not been a simple one. At 13, he moved to an academy in Florida, where he spent nearly a decade. Three years ago, he moved to Santiago.

“Most people are actually surprised that after going from Canada to the U.S. I moved to Chile. Everybody in Chile is like, ‘Why would you come here?’ Most of them say they look to leave Chile,” Tabilo said. “For me it’s been better because growing up with my Chilean family, South America is more about family, it’s more intimate. Everybody took me in really well. Even when I go there, it’s not an academy vibe. It’s like family. It’s like home.”

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The Chilean is a hard worker who plays with a chip on his shoulder. When the lefty serves, you can see a tattoo on his upper arm. There is a lion with bands around it.

“My dad always wanted me to get a tattoo around there, so I wanted to do something a little more symbolic,” Tabilo said. “The bands represent more strength and the lion represents more courage, so it’s something I always want to show on court and be fierce.”

Tabilo will try to show that in the second round in Indian Wells, where he will play Wimbledon finalist Matteo Berrettini. It will be his first match against a Top 10 opponent.

“There’s always hope and I’m coming with confidence,” the qualifier said. “I feel like I can do something.”

For those who watch Tabilo for the first time as he steps on court under the California sun, the 24-year-old does not want them to notice one stroke or physical part of his game. Instead, he hopes they notice his attitude.

“On court I’m always a fighter. I don’t like to lose. I’m always going to be there trying to get every point, every ball back. Like my family, I fight for everything,” Tabilo said. “It’s been tough to get up here, so I don’t take anything for granted.”

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Brooksby Sets Zverev Clash In Indian Wells Debut

  • Posted: Oct 09, 2021

#NextGen ATP American wild card Jenson Brooksby has boosted his chances of qualifying for the Intesa Sanpaolo Next Gen ATP Finals in Milan, following a straight-sets opening-round triumph over Turkish qualifier Cem Ilkel at the BNP Paribas Open on Friday.

In his Indian Wells debut, the 20-year-old scored a 7-6(5), 6-4 win on Stadium 1. At fifth in the ATP Race to Milan, he is next in line to qualify and holds a one-point lead over sixth-placed Lorenzo Musetti, an earlier loser to Albert Ramos-Vinolas on Day 2.

At 26, Ilkel was contesting his first ATP Masters 1000 main draw and stuck with his younger opponent throughout the opening set as neither player surrendered serve. After taking the tie-break on his second set point, Brooksby landed the first break for 3-2 in the second set and sustained the advantage as he prevailed at the one-hour, 44-minute mark. Brooksby dropped just four points on his first serve, won 68 per cent on his second serve and did not face a break point throughout.

He next meets German third seed Alexander Zverev for a place in the round of 32. One of six American men in action on Day 2, Brooksby has enjoyed a breakthrough run since the ATP Tour headed to his home turf after Wimbledon. He reached his maiden tour-level final at Newport in July (l. to Anderson) and defeated Kevin Anderson, Frances Tiafoe, Felix Auger-Aliassime and John Millman without dropping a set to reach the semi-finals in Washington.

Brooksby then made the fourth round at a Grand Slam for the first time where he took a set off World No. 1 Novak Djokovic. He arrived in Indian Wells at a career-high No. 79 in the FedEx ATP Rankings, having started the year at No. 307.

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Karatsev & Rublev Make Strong Start In Indian Wells

  • Posted: Oct 08, 2021

Aslan Karatsev and Andrey Rublev are playing doubles together for just the third time. But on Friday, the powerful Russians showed why they are a formidable duo.

The unseeded pair defeated Australian Alex de Minaur and American Reilly Opelka 6-4, 6-4 to reach the second round of the BNP Paribas Open. Karatsev and Rublev, this year’s Doha champions, are now 5-1 as a duo, and they have not lost a set in any of their victories.

The Russians earned four service breaks and won 44 per cent of their return points against De Minaur and Opelka. They will next play fourth seeds Juan Sebastian Cabal and Robert Farah or Italian Simone Bolelli and Argentine Maximo Gonzalez.

In other action, second seeds Rajeev Ram and Joe Salisbury clawed past Briton Cameron Norrie and Australian Luke Saville 4-6, 6-3, 10-8. This year’s US Open champions had never previously won a match together in Indian Wells.

Singles star Denis Shapovalov and his partner, Indian Rohan Bopanna, also advanced with a 6-1, 2-6, 10-4 victory against reigning Rolex Paris Masters champions Felix Auger-Aliassime and Hubert Hurkacz.

 

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Budge Patty, 1950 Roland Garros & Wimbledon Champion, Dies Aged 97

  • Posted: Oct 08, 2021

Budge Patty, the debonair American who won the 1950 Roland Garros and Wimbledon titles in a 15-year amateur career, has passed away at a hospital in Lausanne, Switzerland, aged 97.

Patty, a serve-volleyer on the court and playboy off it when he settled in Paris after the Second World War, became a fluent French speaker. In 1950, the year he decided to give up smoking, Patty claimed three straight fifth-set triumphs at Roland Garros, culminating in a 6-1, 6-2, 2-6, 5-7, 7-5 final victory over Jaroslav Drobny and he received the warmth of the crowd. A year earlier he had finished as runner-up to fellow American Frank Parker.

One month after his victory on Parisian clay, Patty built a service and return strategy to overcome Frank Sedgman in the Wimbledon final. Having watched Sedgman in Paris and at Queen’s Club, Patty realised that the Australian didn’t like to rush the net and instead preferred to dictate the tempo of the match. Patty warmed up for the Wimbledon final on an outside court with Tony Trabert, barely hitting a ball into the court. But by the time he walked onto Centre Court, the 26-year-old settled quickly and won 6-1, 8-10, 6-2, 6-3.

International Tennis Hall of Fame President Stan Smith said, “Budge Patty was one of the great American players of the 1940s and 50s. Winning over 70 tournament titles is remarkable, and to win Wimbledon and Roland Garros back-to-back is a massive feat. While he competed before my time, I’ve often heard about how beautiful and elegant his game was. He will be remembered as a standout among tennis history’s greatest champions”.


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Born in Fort Smith, Arkansas, the Patty family soon moved to Los Angeles, California. He first played tennis aged nine with his older brother, who nicknamed him ‘Budge’ for his laziness and “failure to budge”, on the courts of the Los Angeles High School and at Queen Anne Park. As a junior, he practised every Saturday at 6am with five-time major singles champion Pauline Betz, who lived nearby.

After Patty won the novice championships of Los Angeles aged 13, Betz heard of a tennis pro called Bill Weissbuch, an assistant to Eleanor Tennant and coach of five-time major singles winner Alice Marble, who was looking to develop a young talent. Betz promoted 13-year-old Patty, who caught the attention of actors Barbara Stanwyck and Robert Taylor, and for the next two years won every tournament he entered. He took lessons with Weissbuch at the Beverly Hills Tennis Club, which was owned and operated by Fred Perry and Ellsworth Vines.

Weissbuch pushed the need to play aggressive tennis, and it was a 6-0, 6-0 loss to Bill Tilden at the club that forced the then 5’4” Patty to ditch his baseline game. Recounting the match in his 1951 autobiography, Tennis My Way, Patty wrote, “Tilden told me at the end, ‘Sonny, you play a pretty good game of tennis, but you will never be any better than you are right now unless you learn to play a little more aggressive type of game. Learn to volley and attack as much as possible. That’s the only way you’ll ever become a champion’.”

Patty won the under-15 US national title in 1939, the under-18 singles and doubles titles in 1941— saving one match point against Vic Seixas in the singles final — and worked on his game the following year, when he retained the title, once he left high school. He’d planned to go to the University of Southern California in 1942, but a few days after enrolling he was called up to the US Army. After six months, he was permitted to leave the camp each day in Salt Lake City to train for three straight weeks in order to win the Utah state championships title. Afterwards, Patty spent two years in Italy with the 12th Air Force Public Relations department and was discharged in January 1946.

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Within four years of first appearing at 1946 Wimbledon, where a number of the Centre Court seats were still roped off because of bomb damage, John Olliff, a former Davis Cup player and tennis correspondent of The Daily Telegraph, adjudged Patty to be the World No. 1 amateur in 1950. To date, Patty is only one of three American men — Don Budge in 1938 and Trabert in 1955 — to have achieved the Roland Garros and Wimbledon title double.

At Wimbledon in 1953, Patty failed to convert six match points on Drobny’s serve in a third-round match that lasted four hours and 20 minutes — a record at the time for the longest continuous tennis match. In doubles, Patty won the 1946 Roland Garros mixed title with Betz and partnered Gardnar Mulloy, who passed away aged 102 in November 2016, to the doubles title at Wimbledon in 1957. He also finished doubles runner-up with Mulloy at the US Championships two months later.

Often criticised for not playing enough on American soil, Patty later worked as a travel agent from his Paris residence (his home since 1948) and had bit parts in movies, before moving into real estate. He married the daughter of a Brazilian engineering magnate, Marcina Maria Sfezzo, his wife of 60 years and they lived in Lausanne, Switzerland. He was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame in 1977, made annual visits to the All England Club, Wimbledon, and continued to play three or four times a week until his late 80s, often using his old wooden frames.

Patty is survived by his wife and their two daughters, Christine and Elaine.

John ‘Budge’ Edward Patty, tennis player, born 11 February 1924, died 3 October 2021.

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Friday Preview: Murray, #NextGenATP Stars Brooksby, Musetti Play In Indian Wells

  • Posted: Oct 08, 2021

Following 48 hours of stress and worry for Andy Murray, it’s down to business for the former World No. 1 at the BNP Paribas Open on Friday, with #NextGenATP stars Lorenzo Musetti, Jenson Brooksby, Brandon Nakashima and Holger Vitus Nodskov Rune also in first-round action.

Reunited with his wedding ring, which he tied to his sweaty shoes and left under his car overnight to air Wednesday, Murray has wriggled out of the bad books with his wife Kim and now has his sights set on beating France’s Adrian Mannarino in the last match on Stadium 1.

In their two previous hard-court meetings, contested in 2015, the same year as Murray married his wife, Kim, and first tied his wedding ring in his shoelaces, the Briton recorded victories at the Western & Southern Open in Cincinnati prior to a five-set tussle at the US Open.

“He is a very tricky player, quite unorthodox and plays differently to most of the guys on Tour,” said wild card Murray, who reached the 2009 final (l. to Nadal) and has a 25-12 match record in Indian Wells. “The majority of players play with heavy topspin and have big, long swings to generate power and spin. He hits very flat off both sides and on the forehand he has probably the shortest swing on Tour. He plays a lot with his timing. His quick lefty serve is difficult as well. It won’t be an easy match.”

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Four #NextGenATP players, who are battling to qualify for the Intesa Sanpaolo Next Gen ATP Finals, the 21-and-under event in Milan from 9-13 November, also feature on day two in Indian Wells. Brooksby (877 points), Musetti (876), Nakashima (661) and Rune (615) are separated by just 262 points in the ATP Race To Milan.

American Brooksby, 20, the next in line to clinch his spot, plays in his first tournament since reaching the US Open fourth round (l. to Djokovic in four sets), and challenges Turkish qualifier Cem Ilkel third on Stadium 1. After two ATP Tour semi-finals in Acapulco and Lyon, Italian Musetti is hoping to rediscover his best form against Spain’s Albert Ramos-Vinolas, aiming to improve upon two wins in his past nine matches.

American Nakashima, who reached his first ATP Tour final in Los Cabos (l. to Norrie) in July and soon cracked the Top 100 of the FedEx ATP Rankings for the first time, plays Bastad finalist Federico Coria of Argentina not before 6pm on Stadium 3. While Danish wild card Rune, a winner of three ATP Challenger Tour titles in 2021, faces American qualifier Ernesto Escobedo second on Stadium 4.

Elsewhere, three-time Indian Wells quarter-finalist Kevin Anderson looks to extend his perfect 2-0 ATP Head2Head record against Jordan Thompson of Australia second on Stadium 2. American wild card Jack Sock, the 2017 semi-finalist (l. to Federer), plays another Australian, John Millman, not before 6pm on Stadium 2.

A number of ATP Tour stars feature in doubles action, notably Italians Matteo Berrettini and Jannik Sinner taking on fifth seeds Kevin Krawietz and Horia Tecau, and Russians Aslan Karatsev and Andrey Rublev challenging Alex de Minaur and Reilly Opelka. Felix Auger-Aliassime and Hubert Hurkacz also play Rohan Bopanna and Denis Shapovalov.

VIEW SCHEDULE — FRIDAY, 8 OCTOBER 2021

STADIUM 1 starts at 11:00 AM
WTA – P. Martic (CRO) vs [2] I. Swiatek (POL)
WTA – M. Kostyuk (UKR) vs [11] S. Halep (ROU)
ATP – [Q] C. Ilkel (TUR) vs J. Brooksby (USA)
WTA – Not Before 6:00 PM – [WC] [17] E. Raducanu (GBR) vs A. Sasnovich (BLR)
ATP – [WC] A. Murray (GBR) vs A. Mannarino (FRA)

STADIUM 2 starts at 11:00 AM
ATP – D. Kudla (USA) vs [Q] A. Tabilo (CHI)
ATP – K. Anderson (RSA) vs J. Thompson (AUS)
WTA – Not Before 3:00 PM – M. Keys (USA) vs [9] A. Pavlyuchenkova (RUS)
ATP – Not Before 6:00 PM – [WC] J. Sock (USA) vs J. Millman (AUS)
WTA – Not Before 8:00 PM – [23] L. Fernandez (CAN) vs A. Cornet (FRA)

STADIUM 3 starts at 11:00 AM
ATP – F. Delbonis (ARG) vs Y. Nishioka (JPN)
WTA – M. Linette (POL) vs [27] V. Azarenka (BLR)
WTA – [8] B. Bencic (SUI) vs S. Rogers (USA)
ATP – Not Before 6:00 PM – F. Coria (ARG) vs B. Nakashima (USA)
ATP – M. Fucsovics (HUN) vs G. Mager (ITA)

STADIUM 4 starts at 11:00 AM
WTA – T. Martincova (CZE) vs [4] E. Svitolina (UKR)
ATP – [WC] H. V. N. Rune (DEN) vs [Q] E. Escobedo (USA)
ATP – A. Ramos-Vinolas (ESP) vs L. Musetti (ITA)
WTA – Not Before 6:00 PM – [7] P. Kvitova (CZE) vs A. Rus (NED)
WTA – S. Stephens (USA) vs [19] J. Pegula (USA)

STADIUM 5 starts at 11:00 AM
ATP – R. Bopanna (IND) / D. Shapovalov (CAN) vs F. Auger-Aliassime (CAN) / H. Hurkacz (POL)
ATP – [5] K. Krawietz (GER) / H. Tecau (ROU) vs M. Berrettini (ITA) / J. Sinner (ITA)
ATP – L. Harris (RSA) / D. Schwartzman (ARG) vs [WC] S. Johnson (USA) / S. Querrey (USA)
ATP – Not Before 6:00 PM – [Q] A. Vukic (AUS) vs P. Andujar (ESP)
ATP – E. Gerasimov (BLR) vs [Q] C. Eubanks (USA)

STADIUM 6 starts at 11:00 AM
WTA – [25] V. Kudermetova (RUS) vs L. Samsonova (RUS)
WTA – S. Hsieh (TPE) vs [24] J. Ostapenko (LAT)
WTA – I. Begu (ROU) vs [31] J. Teichmann (SUI)
WTA – Not Before 6:00 PM – [13] E. Rybakina (KAZ) vs Y. Putintseva (KAZ)
WTA – [4] A. Guarachi (CHI) / D. Krawczyk (USA) vs [SR] H. Watson (GBR) / S. Zheng (CHN)

STADIUM 7 starts at 11:00 AM
ATP] A. Karatsev (RUS) / A. Rublev (RUS) vs A. De Minaur (AUS) / R. Opelka (USA)
ATP] C. Norrie (GBR) / L. Saville (AUS) vs [2] R. Ram (USA) / J. Salisbury (GBR)
ATP] F. Bagnis (ARG) vs [Q] E. Gomez (ECU)
ATP] NB 6:00 PM P. Martinez (ESP) vs [Q] R. Marcora (ITA)

STADIUM 8 starts at 11:00 AM
WTA – [32] S. Cirstea (ROU) vs M. Doi (JPN)
WTA – [14] E. Mertens (BEL) vs [LL] J. Paolini (ITA)
WTA – M. Ninomiya (JPN) / S. Santamaria (USA) vs K. Flipkens (BEL) / S. Sorribes Tormo (ESP)
WTA – Not Before 6:00 PM – [WC] A. Anisimova (USA) / D. Yastremska (UKR) vs [2] S. Hsieh (TPE) / E. Mertens (BEL)
WTA – [1] B. Krejcikova (CZE) / K. Siniakova (CZE) vs V. Golubic (SUI) / J. Teichmann (SUI)

STADIUM 9 starts at 11:00 AM
ATP – D. Koepfer (GER) vs E. Ruusuvuori (FIN)
ATP – J. Struff (GER) vs D. E. Galan (COL)
ATP – R. Bautista Agut (ESP) / A. Davidovich Fokina (ESP) vs S. Gille (BEL) / J. Vliegen (BEL)

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