Zverev, Paire, Putintseva and Yastremska Take Titles Leading into French Open
(May 25, 2019) On Saturday German Alexander Zverev, Frenchman Benoit Paire, Yulia Putintseva of Kazakhstan and the Ukraine’s Dayana Yastremska won titles leading into the second major tournament of the year, the French Open.
Zverev, who was the top seed at the Geveva Open saved a pair of match points to beat No. 75 in the world Chilean Nicolas Jarry 6-3, 3-6, 7-6(8) in a match twice interrupted by rain.
“It was a very tough match. He was playing aggressively, serving big and hitting everything he could,” said Zverev. “I thought I was in control until the rain came, but I’m happy to find a way. I felt it could have gone either way.”
For the world No. 5 Zverev, it’s his first title of the year, the first since he won the ATP Tour Year-End title last Fall in London. He now has 11 career titles on the tennis tour. Next stop will be Roland Garros, where he’ll play John Millman of Australia in the first round. Jarry will face 8th seed Juan Martin del Potro in the first round.
Singles – Final
[1] A. Zverev (GER) d N. Jarry (CHI) 63 36 76(8)
Doubles – Final
[1] O. Marach (AUT) / M. Pavic (CRO) d M. Ebden (AUS) / R. Lindstedt (SWE) 64 64
Benoit Paire won his third ATP Tour title on Saturday, defeating fourth seed, Canadian teen Felix Auger-Aliassime 6-4, 6-3 to win the Open Parc Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Lyon trophy.
“I started the season a little bit bad with some injuries… so it was not easy at the beginning,” the No. 51st-ranked Paire said after the match. “But I feel much better now. I feel good on court, I feel very confident. When you feel confident, you can win a lot of matches against good players.”
“I expect a lot for Roland Garros now,” said Paire. He’ll face Marius Copil in the first round of Roland Garros.
″(I want to) win a lot of matches. If physically I feel 100 percent, I hope I can go to the second week because for a Slam it would be my first time in Paris, so that’s my goal.”
Auger-Aliassime, ranked 28th in the world will be his quest for a French Open title against Jordan Thompson of Australia.
No. 1 seed Yulia Putintseva won her first singles title on the WTA tour when she defeated Slovenia’s Tamara Zidansek 4-6, 6-4, 6-2 to win the Nuremberg Cup. She was a finalist in two other tournaments – St. Petersburg in 2017 and Guangzhou in 2018.
Although born in Moscow, the world No. 39 represents Kazakhstan.
The 68th-ranked Zidansek was playing in her first final.
Putintseva will open Roland Garros against Sweden’s Rebecca Peterson, while Zidansek battles 20th seed Elise Mertens.
Singles – Final
[1] Y. Putintseva (KAZ) d T. Zidansek (SLO) 46 64 62
Doubles – Final
[1] G. Dabrowski (CAN) / Y. Xu (CHN) d S. Fichman (CAN) / N. Melichar (USA) 46 76(5) 10-5
Dayana Yastremska saved a match point to beat fourth seed Caroline Garcia of France 6-4, 5-7, 7-6(3) for the Strasbourg title, just short of three hours.
Yastremska wins her third career WTA title and second trophy of 2019. Garcia won the title back in 2016.
The world No. 42, Yastremska will play Carla Suarez Navarro to open Roland Garros.
Garcia, the 24th seed in Paris will open against Mona Barthel.
[6] D. Yastremska (UKR) d [4] C. Garcia (FRA) 64 57 76(3) – saved one match point
Doubles – Final
[Alt] D. Gavrilova (AUS) / E. Perez (AUS) d Y. Duan (CHN) / X. Han (CHN) 64 63
