Monday 26 February 2018

Tiafoe wins first title at Delray Beach

Karen Khachanov (9) upset Lucas Pouille 7-5 3-6 7-5 in the final of the Open 13 Provence held in Marseille.

Once as high as 29 in the world, the Russian began the tournament ranked 47.

However wins over the fourth seed Tomas Berdych and Pouille boosted him to 41.

In Rio de Janeiro, Diego Schwartzman (6) defeated Fernando Verdasco (8) 6-2 6-3 to capture the Rio Open Presented by Claro, his second career title.

Schwartzman now is 19 in the world, a jump of four places from his previous career high ranking.

Delray Beach hosted the Delray Beach Open, and in an all unseeded final it was 20 year old wildcard Frances Tiafoe who triumphed, defeating Peter Gojowczyk 6-1 6-4.

It was the young Americans first title, and took his career earnings over the million USD mark.

Additionally his ranking jumped 30 spots to 61, just one off his career high.

Gojowczyk moved up 13 places to his new career high of 51.

Budapest saw another unseeded success, with Dominika Cibulkova (1) falling to Alison Van Uytvanck 6-3 3-6 7-5 in the final of the Hungarian Ladies Open.

This was Alison’s second title, following her win in Canada last September.

Her ranking improved by 30 places to 50 in the world, 9 short of her career high.

This week, the men will compete in:

Dubai: Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships (ATP 500)

Acapulco: Abierto Mexicano TELCEL presentado por HSBC (ATP 500)

São Paulo: Brasil Open (ATP 250)

The women have one tournament:

Acapulco: Abierto Mexicano TELCEL presentado por HSBC (WTA International)

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