German wild card Justin Engel made historical past on the Almaty Open in Kazakhstan when he grew to become the primary participant born in 2007 or later to document an ATP Tour win.
Engel, who turned 17 earlier this month, defeated Coleman Wong 7-5 6-4 to clinch a historic victory on his tour-level debut on the ATP 250 occasion.
“This year has already been so good for me and now this, it is incredible,” Engel stated. “At 17, to be able to win a main draw match is the best feeling I can ever have. I am lost for words.”
In Might, Engel gained his first ITF World Tennis Tour singles title at M15 Villach in Austria. Aged simply 16 years and 231 days. He additionally reached the quarter-finals at an ATP Challenger Tour occasion in Spain earlier in October.
Engel is the third participant born in 2007 to play on the ATP Tour this 12 months.
India’s Manas Dhamne competed in Pune, whereas American Darwin Blanch took to court docket in Miami and Madrid.
Blanch misplaced to Rafael Nadal within the Spanish capital.
Paula Badosa held off Russia’s Diana Shnaider 4-6 6-3 6-3 within the opening spherical of the Ningbo Open, China.
The Spaniard accomplished the victory in two hours and 22 minutes and can face Xiyu Wang within the second spherical.
Two prime seeds withdrew earlier than the beginning of the occasion with French Open and Wimbledon finalist Jasmine Paolini pulling out with a left foot damage, whereas American Emma Navarro withdrew as a consequence of sickness.
On the Japan Open eighth-seeded Elisabetta Cocciaretto wanted a bit of over three hours to defeat French qualifier Jessika Ponchet 6-4 5-7 7-6 (7-3) within the first spherical in Osaka.
Cocciaretto saved 14 of 20 break factors ands transformed six of her 15 break probabilities within the marathon match, establishing a second-round match with Japan’s Aoi Ito. Ito outlasted former Grand Slam champion Sofia Kenin 6-2 3-6 7-5.
Norrie returns to motion after a two-month damage hiatus
Cameron Norrie returns to motion on the BNP Paribas Nordic Open in Stockholm on Tuesday
Britain’s Cameron Norrie returns to motion after selecting up a forearm damage simply days out from the Olympics, which pressured him out of all the North American hard-court swing in addition to the Davis Cup Finals group stage.
Norrie faces Miomir Kecmanovic within the opening spherical of the BNP Paribas Nordic Open in Stockholm on Tuesday.
“It was an interesting period, I think it was a good realisation that it was a good time to rest,” Norrie instructed the ATP Tour.
“After six, seven years on the Tour, I didn’t really miss one week through injury. So, I definitely realised that was amazing. To enjoy time with my girlfriend and be a normal person for a little bit was something I haven’t done for a very long time, maybe since college.
“That was good, for a bit, however then I realised I missed tennis loads, I missed competing, the feelings of successful or dropping. It is a very regular life [when not competing]. I loved it, however I really feel able to compete, able to battle on the court docket.”
What’s coming up on Sky Sports Tennis in October?
- Almaty Open, Kazakhstan – ATP 250 (October 14-20 – Dan Evans in action)
- Stockholm Open, Sweden – ATP 250 (October 14-20 – Cameron Norrie, Jacob Fearnley in action)
- European Open, Antwerp – ATP 250 (October 14-20)
- Japan Open, Osaka – WTA 250 (October 14-20 – Harriet Dart in action)
- Ningbo Open, China – WTA 500 (October 14-20 – Katie Boulter in action)
- Erste Bank Open, Vienna – ATP 500 (October 21-27)
- Swiss Indoors, Basel – ATP 500 (October 21-27)
- Guangzhou Open, China – WTA 250 (October 21-27)
- Toray Pan Pacific Open Tennis, Tokyo – WTA 500 (October 21-27)
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