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Tsitsipas denies Auger-Aliassime third title in 2025
Stefanos Tsitsipas defeated Canadian Félix Auger-Aliassime 6-3, 6-3 to win the Dubai Tennis Championships, denying the Montreal native what would have been his third ATP title of 2025.
It’s the first title of the season for the 26-year-old native of Greece, who will make his way back into the Top 10 after claiming the 500-level event. Tsitsipas had been struggling through a slow start to the season, having lost in the first round in Doha and at the Australian Open.
Despite the loss, Auger-Aliassime will jump to No. 18 on the ATP Tour, his first time in the Top 20 since Oct. 2024. The 24-year-old entered Saturday leading the ATP tour with 16 wins this season.
Elsewhere on the ATP tour, Tomas Mahac claimed the first tour-level title of his career, defeating Alejandro Davidovich Fokina 7-6 (6), 6-2 to win the Mexican Open. The 24-year-old will make his Top-20 debut thanks to the victory.
Canadian Denis Shapovalov reached the semis in Acapulco but fell to Davidovich Fokina 7-6 (3), 7-6 (1) in a heartbreaking semifinal loss.
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Pegula wins her first title of the season
American Jessica Pegula won her first title of the 2025 season, defeating McCartney Kessler 7-5, 6-2 in the final of the ATX Open in Austin.
It’s the seventh career title for the world No. 4 and first since winning the National Bank Open last August in Toronto. Pegula had previously lost three finals in a row, once this season to Madison Keys in Adelaide, and twice to world No. 1 Aryna Sabalenka last year at the US Open and in Cincinnati.
Top-seeded Emma Navarro cruised to her first title of the year, defeating qualifier Emiliana Arango 6-0, 6-0 in the final of the Mérida Open. It’s the first 500-level tournament win for the American and second title of her career after she claimed the WTA 250 Hobart International last year.
Navarro did not drop a set throughout the tournament and became the fifth player since 2000 to win a WTA final without losing a game, joining Iga Swiatek (Rome 2021), Simona Halep (Bucharest 2016), Agnieszka Radwanska (Sydney 2013), and Marion Bartoli (Quebec 2006).
Navarro climbs to No. 8 in the world following the win.
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All winners from last week:
ATP 500 Dubai
- Men’s Singles: Stefanos Tsitsipas *(1/12) d. Félix Auger-Aliassime
- Men’s Doubles: Yuki Bhambri/Alexei Popyrin
ATP 500 Acapulco
- Men’s Singles: Tomas Mahac *(1/1) d. Alejandro Davidovich Fokina
- Men’s Doubles: Christian Harrison/Evan King
WTA 500 Mérida
- Women’s Singles: Emma Navarro *(1 /2) d. Emiliana Arango
- Women’s Doubles: Mayar Sherif/Katarzyna Piter
WTA 250 Austin
- Women’s Singles: Jessica Pegula *(1/7) d. McCartney Kessler
- Women’s Doubles: Yue Yuan/Anna Blinkova
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