Alexander Bublik gives 'honest' speech after losing Hall of Fame Open: 'Put your whole prize money on red'
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Cressy, Cerundolo move up ATP rankings after maiden titles
Argentine Francisco Cerundolo and American Maxime Cressy moved up the latest ATP rankings released Monday after winning their first titles at the weekend.
Maxime Cressy, Francisco Cerundolo move up ATP rankings after maiden titles
Cerundolo, 23, who broke into the Top 100 in February, now moves up nine places to a career-high 30 after winning in Bastad, Sweden. France-born Cressy, 25, jumps eight places to 33rd after winning in Newport on Sunday. The leaders remain unchanged with Russian Daniil Medvedev on top ahead of Germany's Alexander Zverev and Spaniard Rafael Nadal.
Maxime Cressy wins Hall of Fame Open title to bag first ATP title
American Maxime Cressy won his first career ATP title on Sunday by rallying to defeat Kazakhstan's Alexander Bublik 2-6, 6-3, 7-6 (7/3) in the Hall of Fame Open final.
Maxime Cressy and Alexander Bublik advance to ATP Hall of Fame Open final
Cressy, chasing his first ATP crown, reached his third final of the year by defeating compatriot John Isner 6-2, 4-6, 6-3 while Bublik, who won his first ATP title in February at Montpellier, eliminated Australia's Jason Kubler 6-3, 6-2. "I just had to focus on what I could control, my serve," Cressy said. "He definitely played a big level starting in the second set." Bublik, ranked 42nd, and Cressy, ranked a career-best 41st, will meet for the first time in Sunday's final. Cressy, a French-born 25-year-old who competed for his homeland until becoming an American in 2018, blasted 22 aces to dispatch four-time Hall of Fame champion Isner.
Andy Murray ousted by Alexander Bublik at ATP Hall of Fame Open
Andy Murray was knocked out of the ATP Hall of Fame Open, falling to Kazakhstan's Alexander Bublik 7-5, 6-4 in a Friday quarter-final. World number 42 Bublik fired 12 aces against five double faults and won 80% of his first serve points to eliminate the 35-year-old Scotsman in the grass-court event and line up a semi-final clash with Australian Jason Kubler. "It's great to be in the semi-finals again," Bublik said.
ATP roundup: Maxime Cressy, John Isner reach Newport semis
Maxime Cressy and John Isner earned victories Thursday to set up a meeting in the semifinals of the Infosys Hall of Fame Open at Newport, R.I.
Brandon Nakashima upsets Denis Shapovalov to continue American march at Wimbledon
Nakashima became the seventh player from the United States to book a spot in the third round of the grasscourt Grand Slam this year with an eighth spot guaranteed as Maxime Cressy and Jack Sock clash in an all-American battle. Top-ranked American Taylor Fritz, John Isner, Jenson Brooksby, Tommy Paul, Steve Johnson and Frances Tiafoe are the others to have reached that stage -- the most at a Grand Slam since the 1996 U.S. Open and the most at Wimbledon in 27 years. The 20-year-old Nakashima, ranked 56th in the world, hit 22 winners while limiting his unforced errors to 14 to defeat Canadian left-hander Shapovalov. "It felt amazing out there. To play against such a high-level player on one of the biggest stages, it doesn't get much better than that," Nakashima said after his win. "With each match I think my game is progressing in the right direction.