Nottingham Open: Katie Boulter beats Heather Watson to reach her first WTA final
Watch the best shots as Katie Boulter beats fellow Briton Heather Watson to reach the Nottingham Open final.
Watch the best shots as Katie Boulter beats fellow Briton Heather Watson to reach the Nottingham Open final.
Katie Boulter beats fellow Briton Heather Watson to reach the Nottingham Open final – her first WTA final.
Watch live coverage of Queen’s as Andy Murray, Cameron Norrie and Dan Evans lead the British charge and follow live streaming of the Birmingham Classic.
Frances Tiafoe advanced to his seventh tour-level final and first on grass on Saturday when he battled past Hungarian qualifier Marton Fucsovics 6-3, 7-6(11) at the BOSS OPEN in Stuttgart.
The American, who did not face a break point in the match, saved six set points in an epic second-set tie-break to book his spot in the championship match after one hour and 37 minutes.
The third seed Tiafoe is chasing his third tour-level title and second of the season this week, having triumphed on clay in Houston in April.
Tiafoe is making his debut in Stuttgart, with his best result on grass prior to this week runs to the quarter-finals at The Queen’s Club in 2018 and 2021. The 25-year-old is up one place to No. 11 in the Pepperstone ATP Live Rankings and will break the Top 10 for the first time if he wins the trophy in Germany.
The 25-year-old will meet fourth seed Hubert Hurkacz or Germany’s Jan-Lennard Struff in Sunday’s final.
Fucsovics, who was aiming to reach his fourth tour-level final, is up 20 spots to No. 66 in the Pepperstone ATP Live Rankings.
Three-time major champion Andy Murray has won 13 of his past 14 Challenger-level matches, including title runs in Aix-en-Provence and last week in Surbiton. The Scot will look to maintain his form Saturday at the Rothesay Open, where he will face third seed Nuno Borges in the semi-finals.
It will be top seed Murray’s first encounter with the Portuguese No. 1, who won the biggest title of his career earlier this season at the Challenger 175 event in Phoenix. Murray and Borges will battle not before 2 p.m. local time Saturday.
In the bottom half of the Nottingham Challenger draw, #NextGenATP Frenchman Arthur Cazaux will meet fifth seed Dominik Koepfer in the last four. The German Koepfer has reached four Challenger finals this year, including his triumph at last month’s Challenger 175 event in Turin, Italy.
Fans can live stream Saturday’s semi-finals in Nottingham by visiting Challenger TV, where all ATP Challenger Tour matches are free to watch live and on demand.
For App Users
To watch Challenger TV on the ATP WTA Live App, navigate to the screen you see when you open the app. On the purple navigation bar at the bottom of the screen, click the “More” button on the far right. The second option down will be “Challenger TV”, where you can select any match from any ATP Challenger Tour event that day.
To view Challenger scores, draws, schedules and more, select “Scores” on the navigation bar on the bottom of your screen. At the top there are two tabs: “ATP Tour & Hologic WTA Tour” and “ATP Challenger & WTA 125”. Select the latter and explore all the Challenger events for the week.
Netflix’s hit tennis docuseries, Break Point, is set to return on 21 June.
With unprecedented behind-the-scenes access with some of the best players on the ATP Tour and the Hologic WTA Tour, the show follows the likes of Nick Kyrgios, Iga Swiatek and more around the world as they try to shine under the spotlight.
The first five episodes of the series were released in January. Before the second half of the season is released, learn more about Netflix’s Break Point.
The players featured in the next five episodes of Break Point are Taylor Fritz, Nick Kyrgios, Ons Jabeur, Aryna Sabalenka, Iga Swiatek, Frances Tiafoe, Ajla Tomljanovic and Stefanos Tsitsipas. Other players included are Felix Auger-Aliassime, Matteo Berrettini, Thanasi Kokkinakis and Maria Sakkari.
Carlos Alcaraz and Anett Kontaveit contribute interviews for the next batch of episodes.
Andy Roddick, Chris Evert, Maria Sharapova, Patrick Mouratoglou, Paul Annacone and Courtney Nguyen make appearances as experts. Ajla Tomljanovic’s father Ratko Tomljanovic, Ons Jabeur’s former agent Thibault Olivier, Taylor Fritz’s coach Michael Russell and Iga Swiatek’s coach Tomasz Wiktorowski also contribute interviews.
Episode 6 – Belonging
Tournament Focus: Wimbledon
Players Featured: Nick Kyrgios, Stefanos Tsitsipas, Ajla Tomljanovic
Episode 7 – Saints and Sinners
Tournament Focus: Wimbledon
Players Featured: Nick Kyrgios, Ons Jabeur
Episode 8 – Fairytale in New York
Tournament Focus: US Open
Players Featured: Ajla Tomljanovic, Taylor Fritz
Episode 9 – Under Pressure
Tournament Focus: US Open
Players Featured: Frances Tiafoe, Iga Swiatek
Episode 10 – One Last Chance
Tournament Focus: Nitto ATP Finals, WTA Finals
Players Featured: Aryan Sabalenka, Taylor Fritz
There are 10 episodes in the first season of the tennis docuseries. The first five episodes were released on 13 January and the next five will be released on 21 June.
Break Point is produced by Box to Box Films, the company behind Formula 1: Drive to Survive and Full Swing. The executive producers are Paul Martin and James Gay-Rees. Kari Lia is the showrunner.
Andy Murray extends his winning run to eight matches as he beats Switzerland’s Dominic Stricker to reach the semi-finals of the Nottingham Open.
Andy Murray passed a stern test from #NextGenATP Swiss Dominic Stricker on Friday to reach the semi-finals at the ATP Challenger Tour 125 event in Nottingham.
The Scot is yet to drop a set this week after defeating Stricker 7-6(2), 7-5 in the Rothesay Open quarter-finals. Murray lost just one point behind his first serve in the opening set to gain an advantage on the 20-year-old. Despite trailing 1-3 in the second set, Murray fought back and earned a decisive break in the 11th game before closing out the match in one hour, 48 minutes.
“Really, really tight match today against one of the best young players in the world,” Murray said in his on-court interview. “He has a really good game, huge shots from the back of the court but also really nice touch up at the net.
“I thought in the first-set tie-break I played really well, came up with some really good passing shots to get me that tie-break. In the second set, I think when I broke back immediately when he went 3-1 up, I think it gave me the momentum back and I felt like I was creating a lot of chances. That’s the best I’ve played across the last two weeks in terms of how I hit the ball and that was really positive.”
The three-time major champion has won 13 of his past 14 Challenger-level matches, including title runs in Aix-en-Provence and last week in Surbiton. The 36-year-old will next face Nuno Borges, who cruised past Japan’s Sho Shimabukuro 6-4, 6-4. Borges earned his biggest career title earlier this season, when he triumphed at the premiere Challenger 175 event in Phoenix.
In other Nottingham action, French qualifier Arthur Cazaux advanced to the semi-finals after ousting Gabriel Diallo 7-6(2), 7-5 and Dominik Koepfer moved past wild card George Loffhagen 7-5, 4-6, 6-3.
The smile says it all 😀
8⃣ wins in a row for @andy_murray, who gets past Stricker 7-6(2), 7-5 to reach the semifinals in Nottingham!#ATPChallenger | @the_LTA pic.twitter.com/ykZWx2x4v5
— ATP Challenger Tour (@ATPChallenger) June 16, 2023
Watch Andy Murray’s best shots as he beats Switzerland’s Dominic Stricker to reach the semi-finals of the Nottingham Open.
The Terra Wortmann Open is one of eight grass-court events on the calendar. Among those in action this year at the ATP 500 will be Daniil Medvedev, Stefanos Tsitsipas, Jannik Sinner, and Nick Kyrgios.
Here’s what you need to know ahead of the German tournament, which is celebrating its 30th anniversary this year:
The ATP 500 event will be held from 19-25 June. The grass-court tournament, established in 1993, will take place at the OWL Arena in Halle, Germany. The tournament director is Ralf Weber.
Alexander Zverev, Andrey Rublev, Medvedev, Tsitsipas, Sinner, and Kyrgios are among the field in Germany.
The Terra Wortmann Open singles draw will be made on Saturday, 17 June at 1 p.m.
* Qualifying: Saturday, 17 June – Sunday, 18 June at 11 a.m.
* Main Draw: Monday, 19 June – Friday, 23 June, starting at Noon. Saturday, 24 June play begins at 2 p.m.
* Doubles Final: Sunday, 25 June, starting after the singles final.
* Singles Final: Sunday, 25 June, start time 2 p.m.
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The prize money for the Terra Wortmann Open is €2,195,175 and the Total Financial Commitment is €2,345,130.
SINGLES
Winner: €410,515 / 500 points
Finalist: €220,880 / 300 points
Semi-finalist: €117,715 / 180 points
Quarter-finalist: €60,145 / 90 points
Round of 16: €32,105 / 45 points
Round of 32: €17,120 / 0 points
DOUBLES (£ per team)
Winner: €134,840 / 500 points
Finalist: €71,910 / 300 points
Semi-finalist: €36,380 / 180 points
Quarter-finalist: €18,190 / 90 points
Round of 16: €9,420 / 0 points
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Hubert Hurkacz won the 2022 Terra Wortmann Open singles title with a 6-1, 6-4 victory against Daniil Medvedev in the championship match (Read More). Marcel Granollers and Horacio Zeballos saved two championship points to lift the doubles trophy in Halle, where they defeated Tim Puetz and Michael Venus 6-4, 6-7(5), 14-12 in the final. (Read More).
Most Titles, Singles: Roger Federer (10)
Most Titles, Doubles: Lukasz Kubot and Marcelo Melo, Raven Klaasen and Rajeev Ram (2)
Oldest Champion: Roger Federer, 37, in 2019
Youngest Champion: Borna Coric, 21, in 2018
Highest-Ranked Champion: No. 1 Roger Federer in 2004-06, 2008
Lowest-Ranked Champion: No. 192 Florian Mayer in 2016
Last Home Champion: Florian Mayer in 2016
Most Match Wins: Roger Federer (69)
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