Leylah Fernandez tops hometown favourite in 1st round of German tennis event

The Canadian Press

· Posted: Jun 22, 2025 12:45 PM EDT | Last Updated: 7 hours ago

Canada's Leylah Fernandez defeated Germany's Tatjana Maria 6-0, 7-6 (1) connected Sunday successful the opening circular of the Bad Homburg Open.

Fernandez of Laval, Que., had 3 aces to 1 treble responsibility and won 61 per cent of her first-serve points.

The 22-year-old besides broke connected each 4 of her chances successful the match.

Despite Maria's large propulsion successful the 2nd set, looking to widen the lucifer to a third, Fernandez cruised successful the tiebreaker, 7-1, to instrumentality the victory.

Maria had 4 aces, 2 treble faults and won 67 per cent of her first-serve points.

The 37-year-old broke connected her lone accidental of the contest.

Alcaraz a champion in Wimbledon tune-up

Carlos Alcaraz showed helium volition beryllium the antheral to bushed astatine Wimbledon again aft defeating Jiri Lehecka successful the last astatine Queen's Club connected Sunday successful London.

The top-seeded Spaniard replicated his debut triumph connected the writer courts of westbound London successful 2023 with a 7-5, 6-7 (5), 6-2 victory.

It was an 18th-straight lucifer triumph for Alcaraz, successful his 5th consecutive final, following his rubric successes successful Rome and astatine the French Open.

Lehecka had knocked retired location anticipation Jack Draper connected Saturday to go the archetypal Czech finalist since Ivan Lendl won the rubric successful 1990.

The 23-year-old Lehecka played his portion successful a high-quality last with immoderate immense serves and almighty crushed strokes, forcing the lucifer to a decider via a tiebreaker.

But Alcaraz, the defending Wimbledon champion, did not look a azygous interruption constituent and slammed down 18 aces connected his mode to a 21st vocation title, and 2nd astatine Queen's.

Wimbledon starts June 30.

Bublik beats Medvedev to triumph Halle Open

Alexander Bublik yet defeated Daniil Medvedev 6-3, 7-6 (4) connected Sunday to triumph the Halle Open for the 2nd clip successful Germany.

It was his archetypal triumph successful 7 matches with Medvedev.

"Daniil, I've been cursed to play you everlastingly and ne'er won a acceptable successful my life, but contiguous I'm blessed to get through, and I privation you — you're a large champion — I privation you a batch of success," Bublik told his hostile afterward. "I mean, to win, to bushed you here, it's a privilege for me."

The Kazakhstan player, who besides won the grass-court tourney successful 2023, is conscionable the 3rd subordinate to assertion the rubric much than erstwhile aft three-time victor Yevgeny Kafelnikov and 10-time champion Roger Federer.

Bublik made a beardown commencement and enactment unneurotic a 12-point winning streak successful the archetypal set. The 2nd was not rather arsenic fluid with 5 double-faults, but Medvedev produced consecutive backhand errors successful the tiebreaker and Bublik seized his accidental to wrapper up the lucifer successful 81 minutes.

Bublik, who defeated top-ranked Jannik Sinner successful the 2nd round, dedicated the rubric to his woman and son, who were absent due to the fact that of illness.

Medvedev, who saw disconnected location favourite Alexander Zverev successful the semifinals, was playing his archetypal last since losing to Carlos Alcaraz astatine Indian Wells successful March 2024.