The two main Italian tennis players can record a historic Sunday with their first successes on grass: Sinner in the final in Halle and Musetti at Queen’s.
4.42pm – Jessica Pegula (30) withstood FIVE match points in the third set to come back to overcome Anna Kalinskaya (25) and take the Berlin Open title. The fourth seeded American beat her Russian opponent 6-7, 6-4, 7-6 in a hard-fought match. Nerves got the better of Kalinskaya. For Pegula it was an energetic comeback for her fifth Tour title. She therefore failed to win the double trophy of the Sinner-Kalinskaya pair.
4.38pm – Paul closes the tie-break 10-8 and wins the tournament at Queen’s 6-1 7-6. Ninth US player to win here in London.
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4.24pm – Paul closes at 30 from 40-0. We go to the tie-break.
4.22pm – Musetti closes at 15 e. takes it 6-5.
4.19pm – Musetti manages to break! 5-5
4.17pm – The American serves for the match at 5-4 in the second set.
4.07pm – Meanwhile, he is down 6-1 4-3 after another break in the second set Musetti against Paul.
4.05pm – Murray’s withdrawal from Wimbledon has been deniedATP mess.
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4:00 pm – Sinner closes the tie-break 7-2 and wins the Halle tournament!
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The highlights of the match
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3.54pm – This time too the Pole does not suffer on serve and closes to zero: 6-6, we go to the second tie-break.
3.51pm – Sinner still closes at 15 and leads 6-5 in the second set. Another opportunity to close the match on the Pole’s serve.
3.48pm – Hurkacz doesn’t make a mistake despite Sinner’s excellent responses and closes at 30: 5-5
3.43pm – Sinner still closes at 15, very solid on serve, but commits his first double fault. Now he will be able to attempt to attack the match on the Pole’s serve.
3.40pm – Hurkacz still hesitates at serving and ends up in no man’s land on Sinner’s returns, but still comes out with the first and closes at 40-30: 4-4
3.36pm – Sinner closes at 15 and proves to be more solid than the Pole at serve in this set: 4-3
3.33pm – He attacks Sinner again and Hurkacz seems less solid at serve in this second set. The South Tyrolean leads 40-40 but the Pole manages to close: 3-3.
3.26pm – Sinner closes to zero: 3-2
3.25pm - Sinner goes 0-30 on Hurkacz’s serve but the Pole manages to bring the tie back to parity and closes the game: 2-2.
3.19pm – Sinner closes at 15: 7-6 2-1
3.15pm – Sinner gets two break points but Hurkacz cancels them: 7-6 1-1
3.10pm – Sinner also started the second set well, closing his serve to zero: 7-6 1-0
3.05pm – Sinner wins the tie-break 10-8 and takes home the first set.
2.52pm – Sinner closes to zero: 6-6. We go to the tie-break
2.49pm – Hurkacz closes at 30: 5-6
2.46pm – Sinner ends his innings at zero: 5-5
2.42pm – Sinner goes 30-30 but Hurkacz solves it and closes with an ace: 4-5
2.38pm – Sinner closes at 30 with two aces: 4-4
2.34pm – Hurkacz closes at 15 with serve&volley: 3-4
2.33pm – Meanwhile Murray has decided to withdraw from Wimbledon after yesterday’s problem.
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2.32pm – Sinner also closes to zero: 3-3
2.28pm – The Pole ends the innings scoreless: 2-3
2.26pm – Hurkacz responds and gets a break point at 30-40 which Sinner cancels with a great forehand. Then with an ace and a first he closes the game. Three aces in one game.
2.20pm – Sinner attacks Hurkacz and gets the first break point, but the Pole cancels it with a first break that the South Tyrolean is unable to send back, stopped by the tape. Then with a forehand and an ace he closes the game 1-2.
2.16pm – Sinner responds with a serve to zero: 1-1
2.14pm – Hurkacz closes with an ace at 40-15: 1-0
2.05pm – Jannik Sinner and Hubert Hurkacz took to the court for the final of the ATP 500 tournament in Halle, Germany. The world number 1 is looking for his first success on grass, but it won’t be easy against the Pole who hasn’t lost a set so far and is more dominant on serve than ever.
1.30pm – Italy could score a double in the men’s field in Halle, the ATP 500 grass tournament in Germany. Waiting for Sinner, Andrea Vavassori and Simone Bolelli won the final of the doubles tournament in two sets. The two Italians beat the German pair of Tim Puetz and Kewin Krawietz 7-6(7/3), 7-6(7/5).
12.16pm – Jessica Pegula (30) finished the match quickly, after yesterday’s rain interruption, beating Coco Gauff (20) 7-5, 7-6(2), winning four of the five points played today. She will face Anna Kalinskaya (25) for the title in Berlin later.
08:25 – Here we are on Sunday when Italian tennis could write a new page in its history. Starting off will be Jannik Sinner, who will face the Polish Hubert Hurkacz, world number 9, in the final at 2:00 pm in Halle. An hour later, however, it will be Lorenzo Musetti who will seek glory in London in the clash with the American Tommy Paul, number 13 in the ATP ranking.
