Tennis
Papamicail bowed to Mugurutha
Despina Papamichael withstood pressure from Garbiñe Mugurutha for a set in the 2nd round match at the Pan Pacific Open in Tokyo.
The 29-year-old Greek tennis player struggled in the opening set of the match but suffered a 6-4, 6-2 loss to the former world No. 1 and current No. 12, ending her very fine performance at the WTA 500 in Japan.
The 1st set was particularly hard fought, Papamichail reacting immediately to Mugurutha’s quick break before the Spaniard managed another break in game 5 (3-2). The 28-year-old, who was born in Venezuela, missed two set ball chances on Papamichael’s 5-3 serve and finally ended the set with her own serve after 51 minutes of competitive play.
The second part of the game was more controlled for the Spaniard as she played with more confidence, putting more pressure on Papamichael’s serve and starting with two breaks in a row, keeping the lead until the end without being particularly threatened.
Wank or one of Rybakina-Samsonova will be Mugurutha’s opponent in the quarterfinals. The Spaniard is 53rd in the WTA race for the WTA Finals title holder and defender of 1,300 points. He needs to put on a very strong finish to qualify for Texas.
Source: Tennis24
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Tennis
22-28.12 Schedule and results of matches between Ukrainians and Ukrainians at ITF tournaments
Sport.ua presents the schedule and results of matches of Ukrainian tennis players at the ITF World Tour tournaments from December 15 to 21
men
M15 Antalya (Türkiye – location), Antalya Series
Singles, elimination, first round
- Maxim Khlyvnyuk (Ukraine) – Ibrahim Yego (Kenya) – absent
- Filip Pavic (Kosovo) – Andrey Bilata (Ukraine) – without
Singles, qualifiers, second round
- Maxim Khlyvnyuk (Ukraine) – Stefanos Schinas (Greece, 15) – 23.12, at 10:00 at the latest
- Alexandru Balan (Canada, 6) – Andrey Bilata (Ukraine) – 23.12, 12:30 at the latest
Singles, first round
- TVA – Nikita Bilozertsev (Ukraine, 6) –TVA
- TVA – Ilya Biloborodko (Ukraine) –TVA
- TVA – Alexander Ovcharenko (Ukraine, 2) –TVA
Doubles, first round
- Dillon Beckles (USA) and Alexander Wagner (Austria) – Nikita Bilozertsev (Ukraine) and Alp Horoz (Türkiye) – TVA
- William Mirarchi (Italy) and Daniil Stepanov – Mihai Marinescu (Romania) and Alexander Ovcharenko (Ukraine, 4) –TVA
M15 Monastir (Tunisia – difficult), FTT by Magic Hotel Tours
Singles, elimination, first round
- Kazuki Nishiwaki (Japan, 6) – Arseniy Mironov (Ukraine) – 6:0, 6:0
Women
W15 Antalya (Türkiye – ground), Antalya Series
Singles, elimination, first round
- Anastasia Necule (Romania) – Yaroslava Sribnaya (Ukraine) –TVA
- Arina Yakusheva (Ukraine) – Naz Kaynak (Türkiye) – TVA
- Jamie Collinson (Australia) – Helen Grab (Ukraine) –TVA
- Serafima Vasilyeva (Ukraine) – Öykü Şahbaz (Ukraine) – none
Singles, qualifiers, second round
- Eva Galievskaya (Ukraine, 6) – Honoka Uchiyama (Japan) or Alisa Aksiyanova – TVA
- Serafima Vasilyeva (Ukraine) – Sabina Shaidullina or Ema Garayda (Czech Republic, 14) – TVA
Doubles, first round
- Asylzhan Arystanbekova (Kazakhstan) and Ingkar Dyusebay (Kazakhstan) – Sara Balan (Romania) and Eva Galievskaya (Ukraine) –TVA
- Nanari Katsumi (Romania) and Honoka Uchiyama (Japan) – Helen Grab (Ukraine) and Arina Yakusheva (Ukraine) –TVA
Source: Sport UA
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20-year-old American tennis player Lerner Tien (ATP 28) Became the winner of the ATP 2025 Junior Final Tournament.
The Americans were defeated in the final of the competition held on indoor courts in Jeddah (Saudi Arabia). Alexander Blox (Belgium, ATP 116) 1 hour 1 minute.
Next Generation ATP Finals 2025. Final, December 21
Lerner Tien (AMERICA) [1] –Alexander Blox (Belgium) [2] – 4:3 (7:4), 4:2, 4:1
Tien played in the Next Generation finals for the second time. He lost to João Fonseca in the decisive match in 2024.
Lerner suffered one defeat, losing to Rafael Hodar in the first round of the group stage in Jeddah. He then defeated Blox as well as Martin Landaluse, Nikolay Budkov Kjaer and Nishesh Basavareddy.
Tien becomes the second Youth Finals champion after Brandon Nakashima – Nakashima won the Next Gen award in 2022.
Lerner Thien received $502,250 in prize money for his victory at the Next Gen ATP Finals 2025.
Photo gallery of the award ceremony
Source: Sport UA
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The final match will be held on December 21 ATP Youth Final Tournament 2025 In Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
The Net Gen ATP Finals cup will be played on: Alexander Blocks (Belgium, ATP 116) and Lerner Tien (USA, ATP 28). The starting time of the meeting is 19.00 Kyiv time.
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This will be the first head-to-head meeting between the rivals at Tour level and the third if you take into account the junior competitions (1:1).
The winner of the match will receive the Junior Final award.
Source: Sport UA
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