Roger Federer Moves Back up to No. 1, Barty, Gasquet and Krunic Claim Titles
(June 17, 2018) Roger Federer again took off the clay season this year and won the Mercedes Cup in his first outing back on the tennis tour. Federer, who moved up to the No. 1 ranking by virtue of reaching the Stuttgart final, defeated Milos Raonic the No. 7 seed 6-4, 7-6(3). The 20-time major champion now has a 16-match win streak on grass, going back to Wimbledon and Halle last year.
“I’m really happy. I thought it was a good final from my side. I think I played very well throughout the tournament, actually, having not played for a while. It’s a great comeback for me,” Federer said after the win. “Maybe I was a little bit better on the bigger points. Of course I’m so happy to have won here, finally, in Stuttgart.”
Next stop for the Swiss will be the Gerry Weber Open in Halle Germany, where he will be looking for his tenth trophy there.
Singles – Final
[1] R. Federer (SUI) d [7] M. Raonic (CAN) 64 76(3)
Doubles – Final
[WC] P. Petzschner (GER) / T. Puetz (GER) d R. Lindstedt (SWE) / M. Matkowski (POL) 76(5) 63
No.1 seed Ashleigh Barty defeated Johanna Konta to win her second trophy of her WTA Singles career by claiming the Nottingham title.
No.3 seeds Alicja Rosolska and Abigail Spears won their first WTA doubles title as a team.
Nature Valley Open
June 11-17, 2018
Nottingham, Great Britain
Singles – Final
[1] A. Barty (AUS) d [4] J. Konta (GBR) 63 36 64
Doubles – Final
[3] A. Rosolska (POL) / A. Spears (USA) d M. Buzarnescu (ROU) / H. Watson (GBR) 63 76(5)
In an all-French final, Richard Gasquet beat Jeremy Chardy 6-3, 7-6(5) on Sunday to win the Libema Open. This was Gasquet’s 15th career ATP World Tour title, first since 2016.
“It is great to win a title again,” said Gasquet. “It is very tough to win on the ATP World Tour… I am very happy to win here. It is a great tournament and I am very proud about [winning] it.”
Singles – Final
[2] R. Gasquet (FRA) d J. Chardy (FRA) 63 76(5)
Doubles – Final
[3] D. Inglot (GBR) / F. Skugor (CRO) d [2] R. Klaasen (RSA) / M. Venus (NZL) 76(3) 75
In the women’s event, Aleksandra Krunic her first WTA title in her second career tour-level final defeating Kirsten Flipkens 6-7(0), 7-5, 6-1. The Serbian No.1 had her second Top 20 win of the season over No.16 CoCo Vandeweghe, a two-time champion at ‘s-Hertogenbosch in the semifinals
Krunic becomes the first Serbian to win a WTA singles title since Jelena Jankovic in 2015 Krunic also becomes the second first-time title winner in 2018, after Naomi Osaka lifted the BNP Paribas Open (Indian Wells) trophy in March.
Singles – Final
[7] A. Krunic (SRB) d K. Flipkens (BEL) 67(0) 75 61
