Wu Yibing of China hits a return to Jaume Munar of Spain during their BNP Paribas Open first-round match at the Indian Well Tennis Garden in Indian Wells, California. Wild-card entry Wu, whose title at Dallas last month made him the first Chinese player to win an ATP singles trophy, prevailed 6-7, 6-0, 7-6 against the Spaniard. Hot on the …
Top seed Casper Ruud of Norway suffered a shock defeat to Spain’s Jaume Munar in the first round of the ATP Japan Open on Tuesday. In other matches, South Korea’s Kwon Soon Woo produced another upset by eliminating sixth seed Alex de Minaur of Australia 6-3, 6-2. reports Xinhua. Fifth seed Nick Kyrgios of Australia breezed past Chun Hsin Tseng …
Sebastian Korda is into his first clay-court semi-final. Sebastian Korda beat eighth-seeded Yoshihito Nishioka 6-3, 6-3 on Thursday to set up an all-American semi-final against Tommy Paul at the Emilia-Romagna Open. “But it’s my first semifinal on clay and I’m super happy.” Korda next faces the sixth-seeded Paul, who eased past fourth-seeded Jan-Lennard Struff 6-2, 6-4. He’s been playing great, …
With the coronavirus outbreak forcing a suspension of tennis tours since March, players have some time on their hands to widen their horizons. With tennis players starting their professional career at the age of 18, most of them don’t go through a formal education system. Even if it’s just dedicating one hour a day, it is great value and can …
Ranked 343 a year ago, Spain’s Jaume Munar is now in the Next Gen Finals. Here’s an interactive timeline of his career so far: How Jaume Munar qualified Along with fellow Next Gen player Stefanos Tsitsipas, Munar played in the most tournaments — 29 — among the Next Gen players. Munar nearly didn’t make it to the top eight in …