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ΤΣΙΤΣΙΠΑΣ ΚΑΙ ΧΡΙΣΤΟΦΗ ΣΤΗ ΔΕΥΤΕΡΗ ΘΕΣΗ (video)

  • Posted: Dec 14, 2015

Ο Στέφανος Τσιτσιπάς στα μονά, και η Ελένη Χριστοφή στα διπλά, κατέκτησαν τη δεύτερη θέση στη μεγάλη διοργάνωση Grade A της ITF,  ” Metropolian Orange Bowl 2015 “.

Ο Στέφανος Τσιτσιπάς έχασε τον τίτλο στο tie break(7-5), μετά απο ένα αμφίρροπο αγώνα, με πολλές εναλλαγές συναισθημάτων. Στα δύο σετ που προηγήθηκαν, ο Σέρβος αντίπαλος του, Miomir Kecmanovic πήρε το πρώτο σετ με σκορ 6-3, και ο Στέφανος το δεύτερο σετ με το εντυπωσιακό σκορ 6-2. Στο tie break ο τίτλος χάθηκε στις λεπτομέρειες με τον παράγοντα τύχη να παίζει στην τελευταία μπαλιά.

Η καθοριστική στιγμή για τον τίτλο, αποτυπώνεται στο παρακάτω βίντεο.Ο Kecmanovic σερβίρει ενώ προηγείται με 6-5 στο tie break, ο Στέφανος επιστρέφει τη μπάλα και ανταλλάσσονται άλλες δύο μπαλιές. Αυτό είναι το τένις…

Στον άλλο αγώνα με Ελληνικό ενδιαφέρον, στον τελικό των διπλών, η Ελένη Χριστοφή και η συμπαίκτρια της Anastasia Detiuc, ηττήθηκαν  απο  τις Pranjala Yadlapalli και Tamara Zidansek, με σκορ 6-2, 6-2 και κατέκτησαν τη δεύτερη θέση.

Η γλυκόπικρη γεύση της ήττας στους τελικούς μιας τόσο μεγάλης παγκόσμιας διοργάνωσης δεν μειώνει καθόλου το μέγεθος της επιτυχίας. Ευχόμαστε στους αθλητές μας καλή συνέχεια, τους καμαρώνουμε και τους ευχαριστούμε για τις μεγάλες συγκινήσεις που μας προσφέρουν.

 

 

Sharapova Edges Keys In Los Angeles

Sharapova Edges Keys In Los Angeles

  • Posted: Dec 13, 2015

LOS ANGELES, CA, USA – Maria Sharapova and friends lit up Centre Court at the UCLA Tennis Center on Day 1 of aptly-named exhibition event Maria Sharapova & Friends, presented by Porsche.

The highlight of the day was the hostess herself, Sharapova, taking on American rising star Madison Keys – and the five-time Grand Slam champion and former World No.1 squeaked by, 6-7, 6-1, 11-9.

Sharapova spoke about how excited she was about the new exhibition event. “I’ve been coming here to practice for so many years and felt part of the community here,” she explained. “I wanted to give the tennis fans in Los Angeles something back and support professional tennis in the United States.”

Elsewhere, Mardy Fish outlasted Andy Roddick in a men’s singles match, 7-6, 4-6, 12-10, Keys and Fish beat Roddick and Laura Robson in mixed doubles, 6-4, and, in a celebrity mixed doubles match, the all-female team of Sharapova and Chelsea Handler outdid all-male team Roddick and Will Arnett.

And that’s not all – Sunday’s schedule sees Sloane Stephens face Shelby Rogers, Kei Nishikori play Jack Sock, Sharapova and Nishikori play Robson and Sock, and Sharapova and Handler play another celebrity mixed doubles match. Find out where you can watch it all live on the Tennis Channel.

A part of the proceeds from the weekend will go to the Maria Sharapova Foundation – read more here.

And here are some of the best photos from Maria Sharapova & Friends, all courtesy of Porsche:

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Madison Keys On Split With Davenport

Madison Keys On Split With Davenport

  • Posted: Dec 13, 2015

LOS ANGELES, CA, USA – Madison Keys says the decision to end her partnership with coach Lindsay Davenport was driven by her need for a full-time coach who could commit to tennis’ grueling week-by-week schedule.

Speaking ahead of her appearance at the Maria Sharapova & Friends exhibition on the campus of UCLA on Saturday, Keys confirmed the split was a mutual one.

“I got to a point where at this point of my career I wanted someone to be able to be there every single day and be there at the tournaments,” Keys told WTA Insider. “Lindsay was obviously such a huge help last year. We did so much and she helped me so much. We just kind of went as far as we could. We’re still close and we still talk.”

Davenport’s coaching role grew out of an off-season training block that evolved into something more. But given her family commitments as well as her commentating duties, the three-time Slam champion could not travel with Keys full-time. Had she been able to, Keys said they would still be working together.

“It wasn’t like we had some big blow out fight and we hate each other,” Keys said. “That’s not the case. Obviously we want to still work with each other. She just has so much. Our tennis travel is insane. A mother of one wouldn’t be able to do it. A mother of four who has commentating and all of the other stuff? It just became a lot.”

Keys will go into the 2016 season with former ATP pro Jesse Levine as her full-time coach. Levine reached a career-high ranking of No.69 in 2012 and the two have known each other for years from training at the Evert Tennis Academy in Boca Raton, Florida. The idea for the partnership came from Keys’ agent Max Eisenbud, who used to represent the Canadian.

“He had to flatten out his forehand for me because my arm is going to fall off,” Keys said, laughing. “I can’t hit above my head like Rafa. I’m like, ‘Please stop. I’m not a dude. My arms will fall off my body.'”

As for Davenport, she may not be in Keys’ coaching box, but she’ll always be in her corner. “She’s always said if you ever need anything call me, let me know,” Keys said. “Always there for you.”

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Τσιτσιπάς – This year I’m looking forward to winning this title

  • Posted: Dec 13, 2015

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“I would never expect that I could do it twice,” Tsitsipas said. “Now I’m going for it. Last year, I had many opportunities in the final to win this tournament, but I didn’t use them. This year I’m looking forward to winning this title.”

Με αυτή τη λιτή δήλωση ο Στέφανος Τσιτσιπάς δηλώνει αποφασισμένος να πάρει φέτος τον τίτλο. Είναι κάτι που το πιστεύουν και οι διοργανωτές του τουρνουά, γι αυτό  η φωτογραφία και η δηλώσεις του φιγουράρουν στην πρώτη σελίδα του Metropolia Orange Bowl 2015…

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ΧΡΙΣΤΟΦΗ – DETIUC ΣΤΟΝ ΤΕΛΙΚΟ ΤΩΝ ΔΙΠΛΩΝ

  • Posted: Dec 13, 2015

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Detiuc Anastasia

Η Ελένη Χριστοφή με συμπαίκτρια τη Μολδαβή Anastasia Detiuc, πήραν το εισητήριο για τον τελικό των διπλών του Metropolia Orange Bowl 2015, και ετοιμάζονται να σηκώσουν το χαρακτηριστικό    έπαθλο, που είναι ένα μπωλ γεμάτο  πορτοκάλια. Απόψε νίκησαν τη Ρουμάνα Jaqueline Cristian με συμπαίκτρια την Αμερικανίδα Michaela Gordon, με σκορ 6-4, 7-5.

Στον τελικό θα αντιμετωπίσουν την Ινδή Pranjala Yadlapalli με συμπαίκτρια την Tamara Zidansek απο τη Σλοβενία. Εύχομαστε στην Ελένη και την Anastasia να είναι αύριο οι νικήτριες του τελικού.

 

 

 

Radwanska Dominates In IPTL

Radwanska Dominates In IPTL

  • Posted: Dec 12, 2015

On the International Premier Tennis League’s last night in New Dehli, the four women who nabbed headlines on Friday were equally on song Saturday, as Belinda Bencic, Karolina Pliskova, Agnieszka Radwanska, and Sania Mirza went 4-0 in the two matches played.

First up was Pliskova, who won a 6-4 set of mixed doubles with Dustin Brown; the fire-and-ice pair needed 27 minutes to fend off Kirsten Flipkens and Leander Paes. Bencic, by contrast, needed no time at all to dispatch Flipkens, 6-1, in just under 20 minutes in women’s singles. Pliskova and Bencic’s OUE Singapore Slammers ultimately won an otherwise closely contested 24-22 match against the Legendari Japan Warriors. The Slammers remain in second place overall.

Mirza and Radwanska won by identical scores to their Slammer counterparts. Playing for the Micromax Indian Aces, Mirza and Rohan Bopanna won their mixed doubles set, 6-4, against Kristina Mladenovic and Daniel Nestor. Mladenovic reemerged in women’s singles; despite showing off some of her signature flashy play, dropped a 6-1 set of women’s singles to Radwanska, who ended her WTA season on a high by winning the BNP Paribas WTA Finals Singapore presented by SC Global. In first place overall, the Aces defeated the OBI UAE Royals, 30-19.

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Στον τελικό ο Τσιτσιπάς για δεύτερη συνεχή χρονιά

  • Posted: Dec 12, 2015

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Ο Στέφανος Τσιτσιπάς είναι για δεύτερη συνεχή χρονιά  στον τελικό του Metropolia Orange Bowl. Πήρε μια μεγάλη νίκη απο το νούμερο 2 του ταμπλώ, τον Ούγγρο Mate Valkusz και αύριο θα διεκδικήσει τον τίτλο της διοργάνωσης απο το Σέρβο Miomir Kecmanovic.
Σήμερα ο Στέφανος ξεκίνησε δυνατά με ένα 4-0, και πήρε το πρώτο σετ με σκορ 6-3. Στο δεύτερο σετ ξεκίνησε πάλι με προβάδισμα 2-0, κράτησε τη διαφορά, και πήρε το εισητήριο για το μεγάλο τελικό με το εντυπωσιακό σκορ 6-3, 6-1, δείχνοντας ότι βρίσκεται σε εξαιρετική φόρμα.

Στον αυριανό τελικό ο Στέφανος έχει ένα αντίπαλο που τον κέρδισε την προηγούμενη εβδομάδα στα προημιτελικά του Eddie Herr International Tennis Championship με σκορ 6/2, 7/6 (4).

Στο τένις δεν είναι ασφαλές να γίνονται προβλέψεις, αλλά η εκτίμηση μας είναι ότι αύριο θα έχουμε τη χαρά να δούμε το Στέφανο γραμμένο στη λίστα των νικητών του Metropolia Orange Bowl.

 

Teen Surge Leads 2015 Challenger Storylines

  • Posted: Dec 12, 2015

Teen Surge Leads 2015 Challenger Storylines

ATPWorldTour.com reviews the 2015 ATP Challenger Tour season and its key storylines

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Young Guns Make Their Mark
The ATP’s next generation proved to be a dominant force throughout the 2015 ATP Challenger Tour season, with nine teenagers racking up a total of 13 titles – a significant increase from six winners last year.

The four teenagers in the Top 100 of the Emirates ATP Rankings – Hyeon Chung, Borna Coric, Thanasi Kokkinakis and Alexander Zverev – all hoisted trophies. Chung became just the second Korean to crack the Top 100 with his second of four titles in Savannah in April. Coric dominated on the South American clay of Barranquilla, notching his second career crown, while Kokkinakis prevailed at the prestigious event in Bordeaux for his maiden title. Zverev’s bid for the ATP Star of Tomorrow Award presented by Emirates, as the youngest member of the Top 100, was bolstered with a run to the title on home soil in Heilbronn.

Three American teens – Jared Donaldson, Taylor Fritz and Frances Tiafoe – finished in the year-end Top 200 of the Emirates ATP Rankings, with Donaldson prevailing in Maui in February and Fritz joining an elite club in winning a pair of titles at age 17, in Sacramento and Fairfield. Also, when Fritz defeated Donaldson in the Sacramento final, it marked the first all-teenage title match on the ATP Challenger Tour since 2007. A second such final would follow a month later, with New York’s Noah Rubin turning in the comeback of the year from 3-6, 1-5 down in Charlottesville, topping countryman Tommy Paul.

Read Features: Donaldson | Fritz | Tiafoe | Rubin

In addition, 19-year-olds Elias Ymer and Karen Khachanov tasted Challenger glory in Caltanissetta and Istanbul.

2015 TEEN TITLISTS

Player

Tournament

Age

Taylor Fritz

Sacramento

17 years, 11 months

Taylor Fritz

 Fairfield 17 years, 11 months

Alexander Zverev

 Heilbronn 18 years
Jared Donaldson Maui 18 years, 3 months
Hyeon Chung Burnie 18 years, 8 months
Borna Coric Barranquilla 18 years, 9 months
Hyeon Chung Savannah 18 years, 11 months
Hyeon Chung Busan 18 years, 11 months
Thanasi Kokkinakis Bordeaux 19 years, 1 month
Elias Ymer Caltanissetta 19 years, 2 months
Karen Khachanov Istanbul 19 years, 3 months
Hyeon Chung Kaohsiung 19 years, 4 months
Noah Rubin Charlottesville 19 years, 8 months

Cervantes’ Spellbinding Run
Inigo Cervantes turned in a Challenger campaign for the ages, securing a 50-win, four-title season with an undefeated run at the ATP Challenger Tour Finals. The Spaniard saved two match points in defeating Daniel Munoz-de la Nava for the title, becoming just the third player to claim 50 match wins in a single season. Cervantes entered the Top 100 for the first time with a run to the Montevideo final the week prior and finished with a year-end position of No. 72.

“These numbers show how excellent my year was,” Cervantes said. “Two years ago, I was in a wheelchair without being able to play tennis or walk because of two hip surgeries. Now I have my best ranking. Next year I’ll have even bigger goals and I hope to get better and better.”

The 26 year old won four titles from six finals this year, prevailing in Ostrava, Vicenza, Marburg and the season finale in Sao Paulo, while finishing runner-up in Eskisehir and Montevideo.

Top 100 Takeover
Ten players enjoyed jumps of at least 60 spots into the Top 100 of the Emirates ATP Rankings this year, and all won ATP Challenger Tour titles. Cervantes experienced the biggest leap, soaring 180 spots from a 2014 year-end position of World No. 252 to No. 72. India’s Yuki Bhambri posted a 40-15 season, rising 156 spots to a career-high World No. 88. Cervantes’ countryman Munoz-de la Nava also catapulted from outside the Top 200 to a year-end No. 75 position, behind a 46-18 campaign and a trio of titles. Chung, Kokkinakis, Taro Daniel, Marco Cecchinato and John Millman also made their Top 100 debuts, with 33-year-old Munoz-de la Nava becoming one of the 14 oldest players to do so for the first time in the history of the Emirates ATP Rankings.

Read Munoz-de la Nava feature

Milestone Men
Whoever said that the best things in life come in threes was clearly thinking of the 2015 season on the ATP Challenger Tour. Since its inception in 1978, only Ruben Ramirez Hidalgo had etched his name in the record books as a 300-match winner on the circuit. For more than three years, the Spaniard stood alone. Until now.

On 13 May, Yen Hsun Lu entered the exclusive club with a second-round victory in Seoul. Ten days later, it was Paolo Lorenzi‘s turn to make history with a quarter-final win in Eskisehir (Turkey). The party didn’t stop there, with Lorenzi’s countryman Filippo Volandri breaking through exactly one month later in Milan. All three players were honoured with on-court ceremonies after securing their milestone wins.

Read tributes: Lu | Lorenzi | Volandri

In addition, Lu added to his record title haul with his 22nd Challenger crown at the $125,000 event in Ningbo, China. Dudi Sela also reached a titles milestone with his fourth triumph in Vancouver, adding to crowns in 2005, ‘08 & ‘10. The Israeli is just the fifth player to win at least four titles at a single tournament.

Challengers Honoured In London
The ATP Challenger Tour’s finest had their moment in the spotlight during the Barclays ATP World Tour Finals. Throughout the 2015 season, nine tournaments on the circuit were honoured with 25-year commitment awards and the celebration culminated with a group dinner in London. These events have exemplified a steadfast dedication to growing the game and creating a strong foundation for players to develop their skills at the Challenger level. They are Aptos (U.S.A.), Cherbourg (France), Furth (Germany), Istanbul (Turkey), San Luis Potosi (Mexico), Segovia (Spain), Sevilla (Spain), Tampere (Finland) and Winnetka (U.S.A.).

Tour Tidbits

  • The longest final in ATP Challenger Tour history took place between Somdev Devvarman and Daniel Nguyen in Winnetka. Five rain delays later, Devvarman would capture the title 7-5, 4-6, 7-6(5) at 1:30am after three hours and 31 minutes.
  • Felix Auger Aliassime sent shockwaves around the circuit when the then-14 year old became the first player born in the 2000s to earn a position in the Emirates ATP Rankings, following a successful qualifying run in Drummondville. The Canadian would later become the youngest ever to win a main draw Challenger match with his quarter-final run in Granby. He peaked at World No. 742 – the youngest player to break into the Top 800.
  • A Challenger legend retired in 2015, as American stalwart Michael Russell hung up his racquet following a 17-year career. Iron Mike is Top 10 in match wins and titles on the circuit, owning the eighth-most victories (276) and tied for the eighth-most titles (15).
  • Mikhail Youzhny claimed his first Challenger title in more than 15 years, winning in Eckental, Germany. It was the longest gap between titles in Challenger history, surpassing Michael Chang’s previous record of 14 years, five months.
  • There were two instances of 20-year age gaps between opponents, with the veteran taking both encounters. Ruben Ramirez Hidalgo (37) beat Stefanos Tsitsipas (17) in Mohammedia and Tommy Haas (37) downed Andrey Rublev (17) in Aptos.
  • Three former Top 10 players competed in the Vancouver main draw: Radek Stepanek, Ernests Gulbis and Jurgen Melzer. It was the most since Sunrise 2010, which featured seven former Top 10 players.
  • Six players completed the ATP World Tour-ATP Challenger Tour double in 2015, winning titles on both circuits: Victor Estrella Burgos, Jiri Vesely, Nicolas Mahut, Rajeev Ram, Benoit Paire and Denis Istomin. Vesely was the lone repeat Challenger winner with his title run on home soil in Prostejov.
  • Seven players won a title while saving at least one match point in the final. Tim Smyczek fought off four championship points against Denis Kudla in Tiburon, while Nikoloz Basilashvili saved three in rallying past Andrey Kuznetsov in Scheveningen. Cervantes (ATP Challenger Tour Finals), Rubin (Charlottesville) and Matthew Ebden (Surbiton) each staved off two, and Paire (Mouilleron Le Captif) and Andrej Martin (Padova) one apiece.
  • Stefano Napolitano won 33 consecutive points in a Todi (Italy) qualifying match. Read More
  • Four countries from four different continents claimed double digit titles, with 11 players from the United States combining for 14 titles. Players from Argentina and Spain also lifted 14 trophies each. Australia rounded out the double-digit foursome with 10.
  • Shortest completed final of the year: 48 minutes (Rajeev Ram d. Jason Jung 6-1, 6-2 in Guadalajara, Mexico).
  • Federico Delbonis posted the longest win streak of the season: 17 matches and 28 consecutive sets won, claiming titles in Sarasota, Rome and Milan. Eight players registered win streaks of at least 11 matches.
  • Eight titlists were ranked outside the Top 300, one more than in 2014. At World No. 694, Fritz was the highest-ranked champion when he won his maiden title in Sacramento.
  • Qualifiers won five titles this year. Yasutaka Uchiyama was the lone lucky loser to reach a final (Lexington) and first since 2013.
  • There were 31 champions over the age of 30 and 25 first-time winners on the Challenger circuit in 2015. Twenty-eight titlists prevailed without dropping a set.

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Hingis & Federer To Team Up At Olympics

Hingis & Federer To Team Up At Olympics

  • Posted: Dec 12, 2015

Martina Hingis and Roger Federer, not just Swiss tennis royalty but tennis royalty, period, are planning to play mixed doubles together at the Rio Olympics next summer, Federer tweeted on Friday:

They’re two of the most accomplished players of all time: Hingis is a former No.1 in both singles and doubles with 20 majors to her name – five in singles, 11 in doubles and four in mixed; Federer is a former No.1 in singles with 17 Grand Slam singles titles, the most of all time in the men’s game.

Hingis will be going for her first Olympic medal; Federer has two of them to his name, a gold in doubles in 2008 (alongside Stan Wawrinka) and a silver in singles in 2012 (Andy Murray won the gold).

And they’ve played mixed doubles together before. They were the Swiss team at the Hopman Cup exhibition event in January 2001, almost 15 years ago, and they went 3-1 together – they won all three of their round robin matches easily in straight sets before falling to Jan-Michael Gambill and Monica Seles in a match tie-break in the final, 2-6, 6-4, 7-6(5). They still won the final tie, though, 2-1.

Here’s a pic of a 20-year-old Hingis and 19-year-old Federer holding up that 2001 Hopman Cup trophy:

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