Qualifier Kacper Žuk completed a successful Polish week in Split
Polish tennis player, Kacper Žuk, is the winner of the third edition of the ATP Challenger Split Open after he defeated Mathias Bourgue in two sets in today's final.
The Polish combination won Split Open on the second attempt
A week ago, Szymon Walkow and Jan Zielinski got stuck in the doubles final, but they still won the ATP Challenger Split Open on the second attempt. This time no one could stop them, not even the French combination in the final match.
Žuk in the finals after three sets, Bourgue needed only one
Kacper Žuk and Mathias Bourgue will face off in tomorrow's 3rd ATP Challenger Split Open final. And while Žuk needed three sets to win against Elias Ymer, one was enough for Bourgue since his compatriot, Quentin Halys, unfortunately, had to hand over the match.
Poljsko slavlje u reprizi finala parova, Francuzi izbacili Amerikance
Szymon Walkow i Jan Zielinski revanširali su se Andreju Golubevu i Aleksandru Nedovjesovu za poraz u prošlotjednom finalu ATP Challengera Split Open te će sutra protiv Gregoirea Barrerea i Albana Olivettija dobiti novu šansu za naslov na Firulama.
French derby in the semifinals, Žuk and Ymer also among the first four
In Saturday's semifinals of this year's second ATP Challenger Split Open, we will watch a clash between two French tennis players, and a Polish-Swedish encounter. The biggest tragedian is Mirza Bašić, who dropped the "break" advantage against Mathias Bourgue in the third set.
Two qualifiers in the quarterfinals, in doubles rematch of last week's final
All quarterfinalists of the individual competition and semifinalists of the doubles have been completed. Two qualifiers are among the quarterfinalists, and the rematch of last week's final awaits us in doubles on Friday.
Poles left Ajduković and Nincević without a chance
Duje Ajduković and Frane Ninčević failed to repeat yesterday's game and go in the semifinals of the 3rd ATP Challenger Split Open. The Polish combination, Walkow / Zielinski, was too strong and left our doubles only four games.
Ajduković and Ninčević are the only Croatian doubles to win, all singles seeds are eliminated
Only one of the four Croatian doubles jumped the first hurdle at the 3rd ATP Challenger Split Open. The Sabanov brothers did not score three match points, Gojo and Serdarušić remained on the set won on Tuesday, Marino Jakić and Karlo Krolo also dropped out, and the only ones to celebrate were Duje Ajduković and Frane Ninčević. In the individual competition, we got the first quarterfinalists.
Serdarušić almost in the quarterfinals
Nino Serdarušić played a great match against Elias Ymer but unfortunately ended his performance in the second round of the 3rd ATP Challenger Split Open with a defeat in three sets. Thus, Croatian tennis was left without a representative in the individual competition.
Gojo and Serdarušić took the set before the rain, match continues on Wednesday
Tuesday brought the first rain problems at the ATP Challenger Split Open so the program was delayed with the start of three hours, and then just before 6 pm it fell again and there was no more talk of continuing the game.
Farewell to Duje Kekez
Nino Serdarušić remained the only Croatian representative in the individual competition of the 3rd ATP Challenger Split Open after Duje Kekez lost to the favored Aleksandar Vukić, regardless the good resistance in the second set.
Serdarušić eliminated the No 5 seed
Nino Serdarušić (ATP 303) took care of the only Croatian victory at the ATP Challenger Split Open on Monday, playing a great match against No 5 seed Kimmer Coppejans (ATP 175).
Kokkinakis and a strong wind stronger than Duje Ajduković
With one victory in three matches, Duje Ajduković said goodbye to this year's Split Open after losing to Thanasije Kokkinakis.
Baron dropped out in the qualifications, but this year's Split Open changed his life
Unfortunately, Božo Barun did not manage to make it through the qualifications to the main tournament of the Split Open. In the second and final round, he was stopped in two sets by Slovak Lukas Klein.
Young Božo Barun is a surprise on the first day of qualifying matches
At the start of the qualifications for the third edition of the ATP Challenger Split Open, the young Croatian tennis player Božo Barun created a sensation by knocking out the No 4 seed Gian Marco Moroni from Italy in a tense match.
Tournament director Ismar Moralić: "The picture from Firula goes all around the world"
After the end of the first week of the ATP Challenger Split Open, its director, Ismar Moralić, did not hide his satisfaction with the work done. Next week, the playing list will be slightly changed, no doubt there is going to be some good tennis.
Blaž Rola won the title at the Split Open
In the fight of two Blaž, both Slovenian, for the trophy at the ATP Challenger Split Open, the victory was taken by the younger, Rola, who reached the fifth title of his career by defeating his friend, Kavčič. Despite the cloudy, windy and cold conditions with light rain in the final, the boys played a quality final.
Split Open 2: Gojo canceled the performance, Kekez got the third invitation
As soon as we found out the finalists of the ATP Challenger Split Open and announced the winners in doubles, the draw for the new Split tournament took place. It starts on Sunday with the qualifying matches.
The title in doubles goes to Kazahstan
The ATP Challenger Split Open concluded with an exciting final in the doubles competition in which Andrej Golubev and Aleksandr Nedovjesov from Kazakhstan won the title.
Slovenian final of the Split Open, Blaž against Blaž
The second edition of the ATP Challenger Split Open will have a Slovenian winner after Blaž Rola and Blaž Kavčič celebrated in Saturday's semifinal matches. Rola eliminated Andrea Collarini in the marathon, while Kavčič made up for the set deficit for the fourth time in the victory over Kacper Žuk.
Two Slovenians in the semifinals, the great Žuk and Collarini are also among the top four
The ATP Challenger Split Open enters the finals. On Friday, we got the semifinalists in the individual competition and the finalists in the doubles tournament. Although only two matches out of a total of six were resolved in the final set, the excitement was not lacking.
Split Open: Borna Gojo will perform next week
The press conference announced the third edition of the ATP Challenger Split Open, which begins on Monday, April 12th. Tournament director, Ismar Moralić, said that this week's tournament, which is still in progress, is going great, and he revealed that three invitations for the main tournament go to our tennis players Borna Gojo, Duje Ajduković and Nino Serdarušić.
The No 2 seeds too strong for the Sabanov brothers
Three matches of Croatian representatives, three defeats. After Duje Ajduković and Nino Serdarušić in singles, the performance at the ATP Challenger Split Open on Thursday ended also for the brothers Ivan and Matej Sabanov in the doubles competition.
Ajduković without a solution against Slovenian Role
Croatian tennis no longer has a representative in the individual competition at the ATP Challenger Split Open. After Nino Serdarušić, in the second round on Thursday, Duje Ajduković said goodbye to the competition, as well.
Nino Serdarušić without a quarterfinal at Firule
Thursday did not start well for Croatian tennis at the ATP Challenger Split Open. In the first match at the Central Court of TC Firule, Nino Serdarušić lost in the second round to Kacper Žuk (ATP 221).
Sabanov brothers in the quarterfinals, Kavčič celebrated after more than three hours
Ivan and Matej Sabanov are the only ones out of four Croatian couples to celebrate in the first round of the ATP Challenger Split Open, and we found out the first four quarterfinalists in the individual competition.
Serdarušić's victory, the No 1 and 2 seeds failed
Nino Serdarušić completed the successful day of the Croatian representatives at the ATP Challenger Split Open by placing in the second round defeating the British Jay Clarke.
A great turnaround for Duje Ajduković!
Duje Ajduković advanced to the second round of the ATP Challenger Split Open, defeating German veteran Dustin Brown 2: 6, 6: 4, 7: 5
Bernard Tomić lost at the very beginning, the No 3 seed dropped out as well
Bernard Tomić, the main star of the ATP Challenger Split Open, was eliminated already in the first round, as well as the third seed, Austrian Sebastian Ofner, who lost 6: 4, 6: 4 to Argentine Andrea Collarini.
Poljičak lost to Vukić in the 1st round
Good knowledge of the terrain at Firule was not of much help for Mili, the eight-year-old Australian was simply too strong.
Croatian representatives defeated in the first round of qualification
The ATP Challenger Split Open started off the Easter qualifier matches for the main event. Unfortunately, all four Croatian representatives were defeated immediately in the first round.
DRAW: No 1 seed Sousa, invitations to Ajduković, Poljička and Serdarušić
Saturday at the Tennis Center Firule was the day of the draw for the main tournament of the ATP Challenger Split Open 2021 in the individual competition, qualifications and doubles competition.
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