Fabrice Santoro - Newport
The Frenchie baller worked his magic at the Hall of Fame Championships, "santorizing" Indian wild card Prakash Amritraj 6-3, 7-5 and becoming only the third man to defend his crown in Newport. This title was the sixth for Fabrice, who will be retiring at the end of the season.
Tommy Robredo - Bastad
The Spaniard earned his first title of the season at the Catella Swedish Open when he easily dismissed Czech headcase Tomas Berdych 6-4, 6-1.
Juan Martin del Potro - Stuttgart, Victor Hanescu - Gstaad
Juan Martin and Victor both grabbed the first titles of their career this weekend. The Argentine defeated a resurgent Richard Gasquet 6-4, 7-5 to win the Mercedes Cup and a new white Mercedes-Benz SLK 350. See what good hair can do for your confidence?
Victor became the first Romanian since Ilie Nastase in 1973 to win in Gstaad dismissing Russian Igor Andreev 6-3, 6-4.
Sara Errani - Palermo, Alize Cornet - BudapestBoth lady ballers also secured maiden career titles this weekend. Click here to read more about Sara's unfortunate trophy-biting win. Up-and-coming Frenchie Alize took out unseeded Andreja Klepac 7-6(5) 6-3 and finally won a tournament final after two previous tries this season. To top it off, both women also won the doubles titles at their respective tourneys. Nice week ladies!
(images via Getty, ATP, AP)
Congratulations, Fabrice! I have never seen that guy play an unentertaining match.
ReplyDeleteI think Alize's win will really send her on her way.
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Alize Cornet, 2010 French Open Champion
(Hold on to that for posterity, Rich!)
okey dokey van - it's been noted!
ReplyDeleteI was so happy to see Robredo dismiss Berdych with such ease. Always a pleasure.
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