Swiss Henri Laaksonen won the match of the day at the J. Safra Sarasin Swiss Open Gstaad on Wednesday in a three-hour comeback victory over two-time former champion Thomaz Bellucci.

Laaksonen first held a match point opportunity at 5-4 in the second set, when Bellucci served at 30/40. Bellucci recovered and went on to take a 5-2 lead in the decider, but the Brazilian won just four points in the next five games as World No. 95 Laaksonen wrapped up a memorable 7-6(2), 6-7(4), 7-5 win. Bellucci captured the Gstaad title in 2009 as a qualifier (d. Becker) and in 2012 (d. Tipsarevic).

Earlier in the day, Roberto Bautista Agut lost just nine of his service points in a 6-4, 6-3 second-round victory over French qualifier Gleb Sakharov in 84 minutes. The second-seeded Spaniard will next face Denis Istomin, who hit 11 aces and lost only four of his service points in a 40-minute 6-3, 6-1 victory.

Sixth seed and 2013, 2016 runner-up Robin Haase did not face a break point in a 7-5, 7-5 win over Thiago Monteiro in just over 90 minutes. He now awaits the winner of top seed David Goffin, the 2015 finalist, or Radu Albot in the last eight. Albot defeated 2013 champion and former World No. 8 Mikhail Youzhny on Tuesday.

Paolo Lorenzi endured a tense wait for a place in the second round. The fifth seed, who reached last week’s Plava Laguna Croatia Open Umag final (l. to Rublev) beat Marco Chiudinelli 7-6(2), 6-2. Lorenzi failed to convert three set points opportunities at 5-2, two at 5-4, but finally sealed his sixth set point chance in the tie-break. The Italian will next challenge Ernests Gulbis, who knocked out qualifier Daniel Brands 6-4, 6-4 in 82 minutes.

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Malek Jaziri will not forget his opening-round fight-back at the BB&T Atlanta Open in a hurry. The Tunisian saved an astonishing eight match points to deny last year’s semi-finalist, home favourite Reilly Opelka, on Tuesday.

Jaziri had defeated the #NextGenATP player in their only prior meeting in Washington last season but it took three tie-breaks. On Tuesday, the 33 year old would again eke out a tie-break against the 6’11” American and what a turning point it proved.

Jaziri hung in to fend off four match points on serve at 5-6 in the second set and a further four match points at 6/7, 7/8, 8/9 and 13/14 in the tie-break. He would concede just one game in the final set as he ran away with a 5-7, 7-6(14), 6-1 result.

Jaziri withstood 26 aces from the 19 year old and was constantly under the pump on his own serve as he fought off 12 of 14 break points. It sets a second-round meeting with 20-year-old American Tommy Paul.

In an all-American #NextGenATP showdown, 21 year old wild card Christopher Eubanks landed his maiden ATP World Tour match win when he surprised Taylor Fritz 7-6(5), 6-4. Eubanks’ 11 aces and conversion on his sole break-point opportunity paved his way to a second-round meeting with eighth seed Jared Donaldson.

“Being able to play in the tournament in my hometown is already difficult to put into words, but to be able to come out and win in front of the crowd it’s beyond comprehension,” Eubanks said. “I like to impose my will no matter who I’m playing so that was the game plan going in. I think I did a really good job of that.”

Eubanks said players always said that they expected to win no matter who they stepped on to the court against. He chose to take a different approach, however.

“I try to expect to play as well as I can play and be able to live with that result, so if I play well and it still goes the other way I have nothing to hang my head about it,” he said. “It also shows me what I need to improve if I play well and I don’t win.”

Australian John Millman was contesting just his third main draw match of the season on Tuesday, having missed the first four months of the year with a torn tendon in his groin. The 28 year old posted his most promising result since his return with a 5-7, 6-4, 7-6(5) opening-round victory over #NextGenATP American player, Frances Tiafoe.

Tiafoe broke to serve for the match at 6-5 in the deciding set but could not close it out. Millman’s win books a second-round clash with No. 4 seed Ryan Harrison.

Fifth-seeded Brit Kyle Edmund got his BB&T Atlanta Open debut off to a solid start with a 6-3, 7-5 win over 2015 runner-up Marcos Baghdatis. In an all-American encounter, sixth seed Donald Young joined Edmund in the second round after a 6-4, 6-2 triumph over qualifier Tim Smyczek. He saved all five break points faced and will next meet Slovak Lukas Lacko.

Vasek Pospisil booked a second-round meeting with second seed and last week’s Dell Technologies Hall of Fame Open champion John Isner. The Canadian ground out a 7-5, 4-6, 7-6(3) victory against American Bjorn Fratangelo.

Moldovan Radu Albot grit his teeth on Tuesday to knock out 2013 champion Mikhail Youzhny at the J. Safra Sarasin Swiss Open Gstaad. Albot came within two points of losing at 6/6 in the second set tie-break against the former World No. 8, but held his nerve to win 4-6, 7-6(6), 7-5 in two hours and 52 minutes for a second-round clash against top seed and 2015 finalist David Goffin.

Elsewhere, eighth-seeded Portuguese Joao Sousa lost just one of his first service points (23/24) to defeat Santiago Giraldo of Colombia 6-3, 6-3 and will next challenge 2009 and 2012 titlist Thomaz Bellucci of Brazil or Swiss Henri Laaksonen.

Two days on from reaching his eighth ATP World Tour final (3-8 record) at the SkiStar Swedish Open, Alexandr Dolgopolov ran out of gas. Brazilian Thiago Monteiro struck 14 aces and saved seven of nine break points in a 7-6(5), 3-6, 6-3 win over two hours and 52 minutes.

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The ATP and ATP Media, the broadcast arm of the ATP World Tour, today jointly announce the launch of their own digital radio channel, ATP Tennis Radio – a live, free-to-air audio platform for tennis fans to enjoy worldwide. The bespoke, 24/7 digital radio offering is hosted by Gigi Salmon, joined by a team of some of the most globally acclaimed tennis commentators and experts.

Having successfully soft-launched at the Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters earlier this year, ATP Tennis Radio will feature live coverage and bespoke radio commentary from the upcoming Coupe Rogers in Montreal. It will also broadcast all the ATP World Tour Masters 1000 tournaments, the Next Gen ATP Finals and the Nitto ATP Finals, as well as the singles finals from the ATP World Tour 500 tournaments (including the upcoming German Tennis Championships and the Citi Open in Washington D.C.).

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Available 24 hours a day, 365 days a year; ATP Tennis Radio is easily accessible through TuneIn Radio’s website, mobile and car apps, ATPWorldTour.com and individual tournament websites as well as 200 connected devices such as Sonos, Amazon Echo and Google Home. ATP Tennis Radio’s digital availability on an array of devices means it is available to listeners wherever they may be – on the move via a mobile phone, in the car or at home.

ATP Tennis Radio provides listeners with an all-encompassing audio experience that includes on-site reporting, player interviews, special features, highlights and regular news bulletins. A weekly Monday podcast featuring exclusive interviews, features and the best of the week’s action is available to stream or download from the iTunes store, Apple podcast app and the TuneIn Radio website and mobile apps (available on IOS and Android devices).

With ATP Media’s television coverage of the ATP World Tour being consumed by 195 territories worldwide, ATP Tennis Radio enables the ATP World Tour to become even more accessible than ever before.

As the reach of digital radio is reportedly increasing globally by 16 per cent year on year and with the US experiencing 170 million online audio listeners every week, ATP Media’s newest digital offering is expected to significantly build on the 1 billion annual global audience the ATP World Tour currently receives.

Stuart Watts, ATP Media Chief Operating Officer, commented: “The launch of ATP Tennis Radio is another major step in making the ATP World Tour the most innovative sports broadcast offering in the world. With live radio making up 74 per cent of all audio consumption now is the perfect time to introduce this new digital audio offering to our broadcast operation, ensuring it is available on the latest and most popular mobile and connected devices. Not only will ATP Tennis Radio make the ATP World Tour even more accessible for our current audiences, but it will allow us to promote the ATP World Tour through a completely new broadcast medium and further broaden its appeal across new, younger audiences.”

Russia’s Andrey Kuznetsov capitalised on Pablo Cuevas’ lack of match practice over the past six weeks to knock out last year’s runner-up on Tuesday at the German Tennis Championships 2017.

Kuznetsov, who advanced to last week’s SkiStar Swedish Open semi-finals (l. to Dolgopolov), fought all the way to beat the second-seeded Uruguayan 3-6, 7-5, 6-4 in two hours and four minutes for a place in the second round against Florian Mayer of Germany. Cuevas, who struck 10 aces, has recently overcome a right knee injury.

“I knew it wasn’t going to be an easy match against Pablo, a very good player on clay courts,” said Kuznetsov. “I’m very happy that I didn’t give up, because after the first set I was a little unlucky. I continued to fight and I’m happy about the way I played. I knew I had to be aggressive as his serve is very good. I waited for my chances, especially in the third set until 5-4, when he hit three or four second serves.”

Third seed and #NextGenATP Karen Khachanov, the leading Russian at No. 32 in the Emirates ATP Rankings, recorded his 20th match win of the year on his Hamburg debut with a 6-4, 6-3 win over German qualifier Rudolf Molleker in 70 minutes. He will next play Aljaz Bedene or lucky loser Jose Hernandez-Fernandez, who replaced Rogerio Dutra Silva, who pulled out with a right leg injury.

Wild card Tommy Haas, appearing at his hometown tournament for the first time since 2013 and 20 years since he made his debut, fell to Argentinean Nicolas Kicker 7-5, 6-2 in 86 minutes. Haas, 39, lost in the 2012 final to Juan Monaco, who retired in May this year. Kicker now faces fifth seed Benoit Paire.

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