Russia’s Andrey Rublev avenged final week’s loss to Felix Auger-Aliassime, defeating the Canadian 7-5, 7-6 (4) to win the championship of the Open 13 Provence on Sunday in Marseille, France.
It was the primary ATP Tour win for the second-seeded Rublev since March 2021 and his ninth general. The 24-year-old has thrived within the finals of indoor hard-court tournaments, shifting to 5-0.
Rublev battled again from an early break within the first set in opposition to Auger-Aliassime, the No. 3 seed. Within the second set, Rublev did not serve for the win main 5-4 after which needed to struggle off a set level within the twelfth sport to power a tiebreaker within the match, which lasted one hour, 57 minutes.
Auger-Aliassime beat Rublev final week within the semifinals en path to profitable his first title at Rotterdam. Rublev, No. 7 on this planet, improved to 3-1 in his profession in opposition to Auger-Aliassime, ranked No. 9.
Rio Open
Seventh-seeded Spaniard Carlos Alcaraz rolled to a 6-4, 6-2 victory over third-seeded Diego Schwartzman to win the Rio Open in Rio de Janeiro.
Alcaraz wanted simply 87 minutes to knock off the Argentine standout and declare his second profession title. The 18-year-old additionally grew to become the youngest to win an ATP 500 occasion because the degree created in 2009.
Alcaraz transformed 5 of six break factors within the match. He additionally received 76.5 % of his first-serve factors (26 of 34) in comparison with 48.4 % from Schwartzman (15 of 31).
Delray Seaside Open
High-seeded Cameron Norrie transformed 86 % of his first-serve factors whereas posting a 7-6 (1), 7-6 (4) victory over second-seeded Reilly Opelka to win the Delray Seaside Open in Florida.
The Brit posted seven aces whereas notching his third profession victory. He outperformed the American in each tiebreaks en path to the win.
Opelka delivered 25 aces and saved all 5 break factors he confronted. However he received simply 13 of 71 service return factors (18.3 %).
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