Tennis Tracker: titles to Ruud, Struff, Fucsovics, Rybakina and Stephens, Berrettini skips Madrid

Tennis Tracker: titles to Ruud, Struff, Fucsovics, Rybakina and Stephens, Berrettini skips Madrid

After an intense week of tennis across Europe, we’ve reached the highlights of Barcelona, ​​Munich, Stuttgart, Bucharest and Rouen on what promises to be an enthralling Sunday.

7.45pm – Matteo Berrettini (28) will not take the field in Madrid. The Roman tennis player has announced his withdrawal from the Spanish Masters 1000, linked to flu. “In the last few days I have been dealing with a flu condition which has now turned into tonsillitis and fever – his words – . After another evaluation today, my doctor advised that it would be risky to try to compete in Madrid. Now my goal It focuses on recovering as quickly as possible and preparing for Rome.” On the red clay of the Foro Italico, Berrettini is expected thanks to a wild card.

Meanwhile, the women’s draw for the Madrid tournament has been drawn. In the “Mutua Madrid Open”, the fifth WTA 1000 of this year, Jasmine Paolini (n.12) will enter the competition directly in the second round against the winner of Zhu-Jimenez Kasintseva: she still ended up in the lower part of the draw, that of Sabalenka. Bronzetti makes her debut against a qualified team, Cocciaretto faces the Polish Linette and Trevisan has to deal with the American Stephens. Errani is in the qualifiers. The draw for the men’s tournament is tomorrow.

5.45pm – In Barcelona the winner was Casper Ruud (25), who defeated Stefanos Tsitsipas (25) 7-5 6-3 to win the eleventh title of his career.

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5.18pm – Sloane Stephens (31) is the WTA champion from Rouen. The 2017 US Open winner beat Magda Linette (32) 6-1, 2-6, 6-2 in a see-saw final.

4.20pm – Marton Fucsovics (32) won the ATP in Bucharest: the Hungarian defeated the Argentine Mariano Navone (23) 6-4 7-5.

3.05pm – First career title for Jan-Lennard Struff (33): the German won the Munich tournament by beating Taylor Fritz (26) 7-5 6-3.

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2.26pm – Third title of the year for Elena Rybakina (24), who easily got the better of Marta Kostyuk (21) in Stuttgart with a clear 6-2, 6-2.

10.27am – Shortly after, Elena Rybakina (24) and Marta Kostyuk (21) will compete in Stuttgart while Taylor Fritz (26) and Jan-Lennard Struff (33) will be against each other in Munich.

10.15am – There are five finals that will keep us busy during the day, including the one in Rouen between Sloane Stephens (31) and Magda Linette (32) which will open today’s programme. The match will start at 12.45pm.

9:00 am – Good morning and welcome to today’s Flashscore tennis coverage!