Welcome to the Monday tennis -Triefing, where are the stories behind the stories from the past week explained on Court.
This week the Mercurial player on the boys's tour did what he can best, an American shuffle at the highest of the rating of girls, and a dilemma of a Wimbledon champion revealed the sensitive balance of tennis planning.
An vital milestone for Jessica Pegula?
The American trio directly below the highest of the tennis rating of girls was redesigned this week when Jessica Pegula Coco Gauff won the winning of the WTA 500 title in Charleston ahead of Coco Gais. Pegula, the Sofia Kenin with 6: 3, 7: 5 defeated after he was 1: 5 within the second set of 1: 5, is now number 3 on this planet and corresponds to her profession high rating.
With a big gap between the American and the world No. 2 IGA świątek and one other big gap between Gauff and Madison Keys on this planet, it could look as if Pegula's first sound court title is critical than the close dispute between the world No. 3 and the world No. 4, with only 38 points that separate them.
But Pegula, who missed the Lehm Court swing of last yr with injury, is now entering the 2 WTA 1,000 in Rome and Madrid after which the French Open in Paris without points to defend them, and gave her a free hit for the following few months. With most victories on the WTA tour this season (25) she’s going to switch to the surface crossing in front of the world No. 1 Aryna Sabalenka, which has 23.
Since Gauff defended over 1,200 points and świątek for 4,195 on the hook, Pegula could climb even higher without having to win the red dirt.
Who can explain the Enigma or the Botische van de Zandschulp?
Is there a more fascinating player on the ATP tour than this Dutchman?
The Mercurial van de Zandschulp has turn out to be the tennis master of the unexpected and wins when it stands in line to lose and apart if there is outwardly no reason to accomplish that.
Van de Zandschulp beat Carlos Alcaraz on the US Open in Straight sets, Rafael Nadal's profession ended with a Davis Cup in Spain and defeated Novak Djokovic with Indian Wells (including a 6-1 hammer of 1 last set) up to now eight months. All of those victories were achieved with hardly any nerve flickers – remarkable for a player with a story of kinking. He served 3 times against Holger Rune within the Munich final in 2023 and had a complete of 4 championship points, but he lost.
A bit greater than a yr later, in May 2024, Van de Zandschulp said that he had turn out to be so disillusioned with tennis that he was considering retirement. Instead, he beat three of the very best players within the recent history on a few of the best stages in sport and remained calm under pressure as if he had a knock in an area club.
How would van de Zandschulp be measured in the primary round of the Bucharest Open ATP 250-and the bottom rung against Richard Gasquet, the 38-year-old Frenchman, who will retire after this yr's French Open?
He led from a set and two breaks and had a match point for his surcharge for a 6-4, 6-4 victory. But he missed it and lost 6-1 in determination and looked as neutral as he had done to beat a few of the very best.
How did American men player reach a milestone in Houston?
With an easy put-away, Alex Michelsen secured a three-set victory over the French veteran Adrian Mannarino to achieve the open quarter-finals from Houston. A quite inconspicuous moment and for themselves, but along with his victory on April 3, Michelsen ensured that every one eight quarter -finalists can be Americans. It was the primary time that because the Prudential Bache Securities Classic in Orlando, Florida, took place at an ATP tour event in 1991.
Andre Agassi won the tournament while Pete Sampras lost within the semi -finals. These two plus Jim Courier began to dominate sport shortly afterwards. Will the alumni of Houston 2025 do something similar?
It appears like a giant route, but in Michelsen, a 20-year-old Californian, you’ve got one in all the Breakout stars of this yr. After Michelsen has reached the fourth round of the Australian Open, he’s a couple of hundred rating points outside the highest 30 on this planet and has an excellent future.
Frances Tiafoe and Tommy Paul are founded by the opposite quarter-finalists, while Colton Smith, 22, Brandon Nakashima (23) and Aleksandar Kovacevic (26) are a bit of further within the tennis food chain. The 28 -year -old Christopher Eubanks not recorded after his breakthrough in 2023.
The 24 -year -old Jenson Brooksby began the week as probably the most lower of all of them in 507, and has rebuilt his rating after a doping ban. He saved five match points in qualifying and his essential games on the solution to the ultimate, where he drove past Tiafoe after his first touring title and 335 places within the rating rose in the method.
American tennis fans will hope that the event for not less than one in all these eight quarter-finalists will offer a springboard for the Clay Court season.
Brooksby followed an in depth game with a comparatively routine victory in the ultimate. (Leslie Plaza Johnson / Icon Sportswire about Associated Press)
What is the national pride price?
The Billie Jean King Cup is the main target of the tennis of girls from April tenth to thirteenth with the last risk of qualification for the international team event. Two of the headliners who’re planned to be planned from Poland and Great Britain Emma Raducanu-explained that they’d not represent their countries last week, and each quoted the necessity to wait one outside of the week of their schedule.
Elena Rybakina, the 2022 Wimbledon champion, who modified from Russia to represent Kazakhstan, will travel to Melbourne to represent the country against Australia and Colombia. In 2017, she became a citizen of Kazakhstan in return for financial support from the country's tennis association, which has been classified into real sports power in an actual sports power in an actual sports power since 2007 by billionaire company and Philanthr opera Bulat Utemuratov, which was transformed a rustic with a bit of preexistic tennis infrastructure.
For Rybakina, this implies a visit to Australia – and the WTA 500 in Stuttgart, Germany, which begins on April 14th. Rybakina is the defending champion there and can lose 500 points by not playing. It can proceed to fall if other players do well. If Kazakhstan undergo, it could actually be less vital – but it surely is a very good demonstration of the button and tightening the tennis competition.
Shot of the week
Or possibly month or possibly even yr by Ryan Seggerman in Houston.
Incredible
– Fayez Sarofim & Co. Us Clay (@Mensclaycourt) April 5, 2025
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The winners of the week
ATP:
Flavio Cobolli (3) def. Sebastian Baez (1) 6-4, 6-4 to win that Tyriac open (250) in Bucharest, Romania. It is the Italian's first ATP tour title. Luciano Darderi (7) def. Tallon Griekspoor (1) 7-6 (3), 7-6 (4) to win that Hassan Grand Prix II. (250) in Marrakech, Morroco. It is the Italian's second ATP tour title. Jenson Brooksby (Q) def. Frances Tiafoe (2) 6-4, 6-2 to win them US -Clay Court Championship (250) in Houston. It is the American's first ATP tour title.
WTA:
Jessica Pegula (1) def. Sofia Kenin 6-3, 7-5 to win that Charleston open (500) in Charleston, SC, it’s the American's first WTA touring title. Camila Osorio (2) def. Katarzyna Kawa (Q) 6-3, 6-3 to win them Cup Colsanitas (250) in Bogotá, Colombia. Osorio has now won the event 3 times.
On the advance across the board
Jessica Pegula After her victory in South Carolina, a spot from No. 4 moved to third place. Jenson Brooksby After his victory in Texas, 335 places rose from No. 507 to No. 172. Sofia Kenin Give the highest 40 again after you’ve got risen 10 places from No. 44 to No. 34.
Matteo Berrettini If seven locations from No. 27 to No. 34 and gave up the highest 32 spot that saw him sowing it during large events. Mary Sabbath Drops 18 places from No. 64 to No. 82. Fabio Fognini Falls 14 stains from No. 99 to No. 113.
Come up
ATP
monte Carlo, Monaco: Monte Carlo Masters (1,000) with Alexander Zverev, Carlos Alcaraz, Novak Djokovic, Jack Draper.
UK: Sky Sports; USA: tennis channel 
ITF
Vernen places: Billie Jean King Cup qualification With Elena Rybakina, Victoria Mboko, Elina Svitolina, Danielle Collins.
UK: Sky Sports; US:
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