MUNICH (AP) — Diego Dedura-Palomero made his mark on tennis in more than one way Tuesday, April 15. Germany's Dedura-Palomero plays Canada's Denis Shapovalov during the first round of the Munich tennis tournament, in Munich, Germany, Tuesday, April, 15. (Tom Weller/dpa via AP) The 17-year-old...
Francis Casey Alcantara and Thai partner Pruchya Isaro fell short in their title bid at the Bahrain Ministry of Interior Tennis Challenger after yielding into the quarterfinals on Friday, Feb. 14. Pruchya Isaro, left, and Francis Casey Alcantara. (File Photo/Francis Casey Alcantara) The unseeded...
Francis Casey Alcantara and Thai partner Pruchya Isaro stunned their seeded rivals on Wednesday, Feb. 12, to barge into the quarterfinals of the Bahrain Ministry of Interior Tennis Challenger in Manama, Bahrain. Francis Casey Alcantara, right, with Thai partner Pruchya Isaro. (File Photo from...
Francis Casey Alcantara and his Thai partner Pruchya Isara yielded to unseeded Japanese Shintaro Mochizuki and Kaito Uesugi, 5-7, 4-6, in the quarterfinal round of the ATP Challenger Chennai Open in India Thursday, Feb. 6. Alcantara and Isaro put up a gallant fight in their 1-hour and...
Francis Casey Alcantara and his Thai partner Pruchya Isaro overcame a sluggish second set and pulled off a hard-earned 6-3, 4-6, 10-7 win over Timofey Skatov and Alexey Zakharov to advance to the quarterfinal round of the ATP Challenger Chennai Open in India Wednesday, Feb. 5. Coming in as the...
Alex Eala returns to action on Monday, Feb. 3, when she competes in the L&T Mumbai Open in India. File Photo/Alex Eala Facebook The unseeded Eala is scheduled to face Japanese Sara Saito in the first round of the Women’s Tennis Association (WTA)125 event that offers a total cash purse of...
Francis Casey Alcantara and Czech partner Zdenek Kolar escaped a close second set before outplaying wildcard pair Maximus Jones and Wishaya Trongcharoenchaikul, 6-3, 7-6 (7), in the opening round of the Bangkok Open 3 Challenger tournament in Thailand on Wednesday, Jan. 15. File Photo Francis Casey...
Philippines’ top doubles player Francis Casey Alcantara tries his luck in the Challenger Tour once again when he competes in the Bangkok 3 Open in Thailand this week. The 32-year-old Alcantara is joining forces with a different partner this time in Zdenek Kolar of Czechia in his bid for a...
Francis Casey Alcantara and American partner Evan King came up short in their campaign in the Bangkok Open 2 Challenger after yielding in the quarterfinals on Thursday, Jan. 9, in Thailand. File Photo: Francis Casey Alcantara Facebook The unseeded pair rose from an opening-set hiccup but failed to...
Francis Casey Alcantara and American Evan King survived the tough plays of Indian duo Niki Kalinyanda Poonacha and Saketh Myeni, 6-4, 4-6, 10-8, to advance to the quarterfinals of the Bangkok Open 2 in Thailand on Wednesday, Jan. 8. File Photo: Francis Casey Alcantara Facebook The unseeded pair...
TURIN, Italy (AP) — Sleepless nights. Constant thoughts of what went wrong — and how it could have been prevented. Jannik Sinner opened up about his ongoing doping case after beating U.S. Open runner-up Taylor Fritz, 6-4, 6-4, on Sunday, Nov. 17, for the ATP Finals trophy before his home fans....
MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay (AP) — Former Uruguay striker Diego Forlán will make his professional tennis debut next month when he plays doubles at an ATP Challenger tournament. Former Uruguay striker Diego Forlán (AP) The 45-year-old Forlán will play with Argentina’s Federico Coria at the clay...
