Thiem, Pavlyuchenkova, Larsson and Fucsovics Net Titles Leading into French Open
(May 26, 2018) Dominic Thiem won the Open Parc Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Lyon tournament on Saturday having had to play nine sets in the final three days of the event.
The Austrian beat Frenchman Gilles Simon 3-6, 7-6(1), 6-1 to get his 200th tour-level match victory and win his 10th career ATP World Tour title.
“I’m super happy. I fought really, really hard for this title,” Thiem said. “I’m really happy that I won the title. It’s always something very special. It’s my tenth title, which is a great number.”
Singles – Final
[1] D. Thiem (AUT) d G. Simon (FRA) 36 76(1) 61
Doubles – Final
N. Kyrgios (AUS) / J. Sock (USA) d R. Jebavy (CZE) / M. Middelkoop (NED) 75 26 11-9 – saved 1 MP
Third-seeded Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova captured the Strasbourg International beating Dominika Cibulkova of Slovakia 6-7 (5), 7-6 (3), 7-6 in a marathon 3 hour, 35 minutes.
For the Russian Pavlyuchenkova, this is her first title of the year and 12th career trophy on the WTA Tour.
Internationaux de Strasbourg
May 20-26, 2018
Strasbourg, France
$250,000
RESULTS – MAY 26, 2018
Singles – Final
[3] A. Pavlyuchenkova (RUS) d [5] [WC] D. Cibulkova (SVK) 67(5) 76(3) 76(6)
Doubles – Final
M. Buzarnescu (ROU) / R. Olaru (ROU) d [3] N. Kichenok (UKR) / A. Rodionova (AUS) 75 75
Sweden’s Johanna Larsson, the world No. 97 took home her first WTA trophy in three years to best American Alison Riske, 7-6(4), 6-4 on Saturday for the Nürnberger Versicherungscup crown.
For the Swede, this is her second career title.
NÜRNBERGER Versicherungscup
May 20-26, 2018
Nürnberg, Germany
$250,000
RESULTS – MAY 26, 2018
Singles – Final
J. Larsson (SWE) d A. Riske (USA) 76(4) 64
Doubles – Final
[3] D. Schuurs (NED) / K. Srebotnik (SLO) d [2] K. Flipkens (BEL) / J. Larsson (SWE) 36 63 10-7
Semifinals
[2] K. Flipkens (BEL) / J. Larsson (SWE) d D. Jurak (CRO) / C. Lister (SWE) 64 64
Marton Fucsovics became the first Hungarian in almost forty years to win an ATP World Tour title on Saturday. Fucsovics defeated Peter Gojowczyk 6-2, 6-2 to win the Banque Eric Sturdza Geneva Open, his first main tour title. The last Hungarian to win an ATP World Tour title was Balazs Taroczy at the 1982 Hilversum event.
“I really love Switzerland,” Fucsovics said after the victory. “Last year, I played my first ATP quarter-final in Basel and now I won my first title here, so it’s really special for me. We’ve been working a long time for this. The last two years were very hard for me in my life, but hopefully I will have a very long career after this.”
Singles – Final
M. Fucsovics (HUN) d P. Gojowczyk (GER) 62 62
Doubles – Final
[1] O. Marach (AUT) / M. Pavic (CRO) d [2] I. Dodig (CRO) / R. Ram (USA) 36 76(3) 11-9 – saved 1 MP
