Mayar Sherif Creates History For Egypt With First Title, Novak Djokovic Continues To Roll

Mayar Sherif won her first title beating Maria Sakkari at the Parma Ladies Open becoming the first Egyptian to win a WTA title. The loss must sting for Sakkari and raise questions about her ability to win big matches.

Barbora Krejcikova beat hometown favorite Anett Kontaveit to win the inaugural Tallinn Open. This was Krejcikova’s fourth WTA title.

There’s another Swiss making the news this week. Marc-Andrea Huesler beat Holger Rune to win the Sofia title. He will rise to 64 in the rankings on Monday. He is the first Swiss to win an ATP title since Roger Federer won in Basel in 2019.

Yoshihito Nishioka won the Korea Open beating Denis Shapovalov in straight sets.

Novak Djokovic easily won the title in Tel Aviv beating Marin Cilic in the final. Djokovic looked in great form all week and did not lose a set in the tournament. With this title, Djokovic has won a title on all three surfaces this year (Rome on clay, Wimbledon on grass, and Tel Aviv on hard courts).

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Anett Kontaveit And Kaia Kanepi Play Historic All-Estonian Semifinal At Tallinn Open

The Tallinn Open in Estonia got an all-Estonian semi-final featuring Kaia Kanepi and Anett Kontaveit. It was a great moment for a small country with just 1.3 million people. Even the Prime Minister of Estonia Kaja Kallas was there for the coin toss.

Kontaveit won the match in straight sets but the results didn’t matter as Kontaveit said after the match.

Anett Kontaveit is the highest-ranked Estonian player in history. She was ranked world number 2 earlier this year. Kaia Kanepi reached a peak ranking of world number 15 in 2012. She has reached the quarterfinals at all four grand slams.

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