Nordea Open: Tirante stuns top seed Rublev
Thiago Agustin Tirante edged out Andrey Rublev 7-6 (5), 3-6, 6-4 on Wednesday evening and will play Spaniard Roberto Carballes Baena in the next round
Thiago Tirante – Zuma/Panoramic
Argentinian Thiago Agustin Tirante edged out Russian Andrey Rublev, the top seed, 7-6 (5), 3-6, 6-4 to move into the quarter-finals of the Nordea Open at the Båstads tennisstadion in Bastad on Wednesday evening.
Tirante, ranked No 121, will play Spaniard Roberto Carballes Baena next.
Ahead of his victory, the Argentinian edged out Portuguese qualifier Jaime Faria (3-6, 6-1, 6-4).
Bastad ATP 250, other second-round results (Båstads tennisstadion, clay, EUR 579.320, most recent results first):
- Henrique Rocha vs. Nuno Borges
- Cameron Norrie vs. Rafael Nadal
- Tallon Griekspoor vs. Timofey Skatov
- Sumit Nagal vs. Mariano Navone
- Duje Ajdukovic (Q) beat Pavel Kotov (8): 7-6 (7), 3-6, 6-3
- Roberto Carballes Baena beat Denis Yevseyev (Q): 2-6, 6-3, 6-2
- Thiago Monteiro beat Casper Ruud (2): 6-3, 6-3
People in this post
More tennis news
November 14, 2024
Sinner not stressed by CAS ruling on WADA appeal: “I’m very positive of how it’s going to be”
The Italian is focused solely with on-court matters, ahead of the Court of...
Olly Paton
November 14, 2024
World No 1, Cervara, Russia: Everything you always wanted to know about Daniil Medvedev (but never had time to find out) – updated after 2024 ATP Finals loss
2021 US Open champion Daniil Medvedev is one of only 27 men to...
Tennis Majors
November 14, 2024
Medvedev reflects on trophyless 2024: “6 and a half out of 10 season”
The Russian reflected on his first season without a title since 2017
Olly Paton
November 14, 2024
Players, prize money, dates, tickets: Everything you always wanted to know about the 2024 ATP Finals (but never had time to find out) – updated after Day 5
The season's top eight singles players and doubles teams are in Turin for...
Haresh Ramchandani
November 14, 2024
ATP Finals: Sinner beats Medvedev to knock Russian out of contention, Fritz through
The Russian needed a straight sets win to qualify, and was unable to...
Olly Paton
Your comments