Jiri Vesely News

Rublev, probably enjoying the month of his life having won two titles in Marseille before reaching the final, ended the dream run by Czech Republic's Vesely with an easy win in 80 minutes in the ATP 500 tournament on Saturday.  

Novak Djokovic spent a record 361 weeks atop the rankings and won eight tour-level titles, including three Grand Slams, since regaining his top-ranked status in February, 2020.

 It turned out to be a day of upsets at the Tata Open Maharashtra as Kamil Majchrzak knocked out second seed Lorenzo Musetti while defending champion Jiri Vesely also exited along with two more seeded players here on Friday.

It happened during the final set of the match, which was won by Vesely 7-6 (5), 3-6, 5-7.

In the fourth set, Tsonga survived three break points in game six and broke again five games later to win the rubber.

The reigning champion had not lost in 22 Masters 1000 matches since going down in the 2015 Cincinnati final.

In a breakthrough year, Safarova lost to Serena Williams at the French Open before catching the infection.

Yuki Bhambri avenged his Davis Cup defeat against Jiri Vesely by pipping the Czech Republic's world number 40 in straight sets, breezing into the final of the ATP Challenger event, here on Saturday.

World No.40 tennis player Jiri Vesely’s straight sets win over Yuki Bhambri helped Czech Republic beat India 3-1 in the Davis Cup World Group Playoff at the Delhi Lawn Tennis Association (DLTA) complex here on Sunday.