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Hindustan Times
15-06-2025
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BOSS Open final: Taylor Fritz defeats Alexander Zverev at Stuttgart
Taylor Fritz defeated Alexander Zverev at the Stuttgart Open 2025, also called the BOSS Open. Fritz won the first set 6-3, before play was suspended for a bit due to bad weather. The game resumed, Fritz winning the second set 7-6. This is his ninth ATP title. The Stuttgart Open is one of the most important tournaments for players preparing for Wimbledon. The Grand Slam is the only one played on grass so the court at the BOSS Open is a chance for players to get their bearings before Wimbledon. Zverev defeated American player Ben Shelton7-6(8), 7-6(1) in the semi-finals. The top-seeded German struck 36 winners and did not face a break point in the game. As per ATP, Alexander Zverev is in his third tour-level final on grass after he reached the stage in 2016 and 2017 at Halle. The German reached the final of the Australian Open this year. This was followed by opening-round defeats in Monte-Carlo and Indian Wells. Zverev bounced back in March, claiming his first title of the season in Munich. For Zverev, a title at Stuttgart would have made him the first German to win the tournament since 1991. Also read: 'She was disruptive…': Australian Open boss defends Alexander Zverev after heckler serves domestic abuse reminder As for Fritz, the American defeated Felix Auger-Aliassime 6-4, 7-6(5) on Saturday to reach the BOSS Open final. The American player is more comfortable on grass, with three titles in Eastbourne (2019, 2022, 2024) to show for it., Fritz has also got the better of Zverev in their past four meetings. This includes the Nitto ATP semi-finals last year. The winner of the singles final will get €114,335/ 250 points. The runner-up will receive 66,695 / 165 points. Till date, Rafael Nadal is the most successful player at the BOSS Open, having won three titles before he hung his boots. The Stuttgart Open is called BOSS Open as the tournament has been sponsored by Hugo Boss since 2022. Tennis tournaments are called open since both amateur and professional players can participate in the contest. The singles winner gets a prize money of $3,600,000. Fans in the United States can watch the BOSS Open on Tennis TV.
Reuters
13-06-2025
- Sport
- Reuters
ATP roundup: Reilly Opelka bags upset in Netherlands
June 13 - Reilly Opelka hammered 24 aces and knocked off top-seeded Daniil Medvedev of Russia 7-6 (5), 7-6 (5) on Friday to advance to the Libema Open semifinals in 's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands. Medvedev built a 4-1 lead in the second-set tiebreak before self-destructing with three consecutive double faults to finish the one-hour, 36-minute match. Opelka will face unseeded Belgian Zizou Bergs, who held off Estonian Mark Lajal 7-6 (2), 7-6 (4). The other grass-court semifinal pits No. 2 seed Ugo Humbert of France against Canada's Gabriel Diallo. Humbert needed only 67 minutes to complete a 6-1, 6-4 win over Portugal's Nuno Borges, while Diallo reached his second ATP Tour semifinal with a 7-6 (6), 6-4 upset of third-seeded Russian Karen Khachanov. BOSS Open Led by No. 1 Alexander Zverev, the top four seeds advanced to the semifinals with straight-sets wins in the quarterfinals in Stuttgart, Germany. Home favorite Zverev saved both break points he faced in a 7-5, 6-4 win against Brandon Nakashima and moved on to face No. 3 seed Ben Shelton, a 6-4, 6-4 winner over Czech Jiri Lehecka. Shelton fired 18 aces and guaranteed a spot in the top 10 for the first time in Monday's rankings with the victory. Shelton's fellow American, No. 2 Taylor Fritz, will meet No. 4 Felix Auger-Aliassime of Canada in the other semifinal. Fritz fired 12 aces in a 6-3, 6-4 victory over Hungary's Marton Fucsovics, while Auger-Aliassime ended 17-year-old German Justin Engel's memorable run with a 7-6 (3), 6-3 victory. --Field Level Media
Yahoo
13-06-2025
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- Yahoo
Zverev into Stuttgart semis, Auger-Aliassime stops teenager Engel
German tennis player Alexander Zverev in action against USA's Brandon Nakashima at their quarter-final tennis match during day five of the BOSS Open tennis tournament. Marijan Murat/dpa Top seed Alexander Zverev reached the Stuttgart Open semi-finals on Friday, and so did Felix Auger-Aliassime by stopping German teenager Justin Engel. Zverev defeated American Brandon Nakashima 7-5, 6-4 in one and a half hours. His next opponent will be either another American in Ben Shelton or Czech Republic's Jiri Lehecka. Advertisement "It was a good match for the second one on grass court. Today's level was better than yesterday," he said referring to his last 16 game against Corentin Moutet on Thursday. "I'm happy to have served the way I did," he added. Auger-Aliassime beat the 17-year-old Engel 7-6 (7-3), 6-3. The two traded breaks midway through the first set, and Canada's Auger-Aliassime then won the final three games for victory in 1:38 hours which he clinched with his 18th ace. He next faces second seed Taylor Fritz, who broke Hungary's Marton Fucsovics once in each set and fired 14 aces en route to a 6-3, 6-4 quarter-final victory in 1 hour 15 minutes. Advertisement Wildcard entry Engel, who is ranked 281st, was playing his first career quarter-final on the ATP Tour. At age 17 he was the youngest player in the last eight of a grass court tournament since Boris Becker's run to his first Wimbledon title 40 years ago in 1985. "My takeaway is that I can keep up with the top guys and that the hard training is paying off. Now I'll just keep going," Engel said. The Stuttgart Open is one of tune-up tournaments for Wimbledon, which starts on June 30. German tennis player Alexander Zverev in action against USA's Brandon Nakashima at their quarter-final tennis match during day five of the BOSS Open tennis tournament. Marijan Murat/dpa
Reuters
12-06-2025
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- Reuters
ATP roundup: Alexander Zverev reaches Stuttgart quarterfinals
June 12 - Top-seeded home favorite Alexander Zverev moved into the BOSS Open quarterfinals with a 6-2, 7-6 (7) win over Frenchman Corentin Moutet on Thursday in Stuttgart, Germany. Zverev saved a set point trailing 6-5 in the tiebreak before moving on to face No. 6 seed Brandon Nakashima, who never faced a break point in a 7-6 (5), 6-3 defeat of fellow American Learner Tien. Zverev's countryman, 17-year-old Justin Engel, joined him in the final eight with a 6-4, 6-4 win against No. 7 seed Alex Michelsen. Engel, competing in his first tour-level event on grass, will next face fourth-seeded Canadian Felix Auger-Aliassime. The two-time Stuttgart finalist defeated France's Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard 6-4, 6-4. Libema Open No. 1 seed Daniil Medvedev of Russia advanced to the quarterfinals in 's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands, with a 7-6 (6), 6-4 against Frenchman Adrian Mannarino. Medvedev saved two set points in the first-set tiebreak and trailed 4-3 in the second set before moving on to face Reilly Opelka, a 7-6 (5), 6-3 winner against Chile's Nicolas Jarry. No. 2 seed Ugo Humbert of France beat Britain's Daniel Evans 7-5, 6-3 but other top seeds were not as fortunate. Belgium's Zizou Bergs bounced No. 4 Alexei Popyrin of Australia 6-7 (3), 6-2, 7-6 (3) and Estonian qualifier Mark Lajal won in a walkover against No. 5 Hubert Hurkacz of Poland, who is dealing with a back injury. --Field Level Media
Reuters
11-06-2025
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- Reuters
ATP roundup: Fritz, Shelton reach Stuttgart quarterfinals
June 11 - No. 2 seed Taylor Fritz and fellow American and No. 3 seed Ben Shelton won in straight sets Wednesday to reach the quarterfinals of the BOSS Open in Stuttgart, Germany. Fritz struck 12 aces and recorded the only service break of the match in a 6-3, 7-6 (6) win against Quentin Halys of France. Up next is Hungarian Marton Fucsovics, a 7-6 (4), 6-3 winner over Frenchman Arthur Rinderknech. Shelton saved four break points in the second set before closing out a 7-6 (4), 7-5 win over France's Pierre-Hugues Herbert. His opponent in the final eight will be eighth-seeded Czech Jiri Lehecka, who posted a 6-4, 7-5 win against Germany's Jan-Lennard Struff. Libema Open Fifth-seeded Hubert Hurkacz of Poland overcame a mid-match back injury to defeat Spain's Roberto Bautista Agut 7-6 (2), 6-4 in 's-Hertogenbosch, the Netherlands. Hurkacz fired 16 aces and won 90 percent of the points on his first serve but needed a medical timeout during the second set. His second-round opponent will be Estonian qualifier and World No. 195 Mark Lajal, who registered a 6-2, 6-4 upset of Serbia's Laslo Djere. No. 3 seed Karen Khachanov of Russia outlasted Mackenzie McDonald 6-3, 5-7, 7-6 (4). Canada's Gabriel Diallo saved two match points in a 4-6, 6-1, 7-5 upset of No. 6 Jordan Thompson of Australia. Britain's Daniel Evans and France's Adrian Mannarino also advanced. --Field Level Media
