2025 Tennis thread

[Karl]

Originally Posted by dash_pinched

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Valentin Vacherot who needed a withdrawal from another player to even get into qualifying for the Shanghai Masters wins the tourney beating his cousin Arthur Rinderknech in three sets. Incredible story.

[GirlySports]

Now 40th in the world

From 263 points to 1283.

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Gabriel won his opening round match at the Almaty Open in Kazakhstan and will next face James Duckworth.

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1-1 for the Canadian women in Japan last night as Leylah won her match in straight sets over Hailey Baptiste while Bianca lost in three sets to Viktorija Golubic.

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Forgot to mention that Victoria Mboko lost to Dayana Yastremska in straight sets 6-3 7-6. Vicky going through a tough stretch at the moment along with the fact that she is now a known commodity, she can't sneak up on any players anymore.

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Joao Fonseca was up a break in each of the first two sets facing BVDZ in Brussels and ended up losing the match in straight sets. It has been a rough end of the season for the young Brazilian, but the key word is young, these tough lessons will pay dividends down the road.

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Tough loss for Gabe earlier today in Almaty as he loses a close three setter to James Duckworth 6-7 7-6 4-6 despite hitting 22 aces in the match. He made the final last year thus he's losing significant ranking points as a result (live rankings has him at #41)

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Shapo made it a lot more difficult for himself, but prevailed in three sets over Bjorn Borg's son Leo in Stockholm. He will take on the winner of Jacob Fearnley vs. Elias Ymer on Friday.

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Also, it's not a ZED, but anytime Zverev loses, it's a good day...

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