Verdasco showed no mercy to young Bulgarian prodigy
Fernando Verdasco eased into the second round at Sofia Open 2019. The Spaniard showed no mercy to his young Bulgarian rival Aleksandar Lazarov and won 6:2, 6:1 in just 51 minutes. Lazarov was the last Bulgarian in the single draw after winning...
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Defending champ Basic stunned in the first round
The defending Sofia Open champion Mirza Basic left this year edition early in the first round. The Bosnian was defeated by Martin Klizan 0:6, 6:3, 2:6 in 1 hour and 14 minutes. Basic entered the match awfully as allowed Klizan to take the set for...
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David Massey: Bulgarian fans have a great chance to watch future world No1
ATP Executive Vice president David Massey and ATP Board of Directors Member Herwig Straka are amongst the VIP guests of Sofia Open 2019. They met the Bulgarian Tennis Federation President Stefan Tsvetkov and highly evaluated the organization of...
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Khachanov staged a kid’s clinic, part of the “Tennis – a sport for all” program
Top-seeded Karen Khachanov is the new favorite for the Bulgarian kids. He found some time in his busy schedule and staged a kid’s clinic in “Arena Armeec” with local future young stars, who are part of the initiative “Tennis – a sport for all”...
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Confident Monfils eases into second round
Gael Monfils came up with an impressive performance in his first Sofia Open 2019 match to outclass his Serbian rival Viktor Troicki 6:3, 6:4 in less than an hour. Monfils made one break in each set and was stable in his serving games, hitting 9...
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Doubles top seeded stunned in the first round
Dennis Molchanov and Igor Zelenay surprised the top-seeded Jean-Julien Rojer and Horia Tecau at Sofia Open 2019 doubles tournament defeating them 6:4, 7:6 (7). The match lasted 77 minutes. Next the Slovak and Ukrainian will face Cheng-Peng Hsieh...
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Haase was too strong for the local favorite Kuzmanov
Experienced Robin Haase seemed too strong for one of the local favorites – Dimitar Kuzmanov. The Dutch defeated second best ranked Bulgarian 2:6, 4:6 in an hour and 14 minutes. It was their second match in first round at Sofia Open after 2017...
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Three Germans march in second round
Three Germans marched in the Sofia Open 2019 second round. Qualifier Daniel Brands shocked 5th seeded Nikoloz Bashilasvili 7:6 (7), 7:5 for half and an hour. This is third win in a row for the world No 180. Basilashvili played in the semis in...
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