Daniil Medvedev bags title No. 25 in Almaty

ALMATY (Agencies): Top seed and defending champion Daniil Medvedev of Russia rallied past Georgian Nikoloz Basilashvili 6-7 (6), 6-1, 6-3 to claim the title at the Almaty Open on Sunday in ​Kazakhstan. Medvedev, the World No. 5, picked up his fourth tour-level title of ‌2026 and the 25th of his career. He smashed 22 aces to Basilashvili’s three and had to gut out a three-setter after failing to polish off a set-point opportunity in the first-set tiebreaker. Basilashvili, ​who was seeking his sixth title and first since May 2021, saved ​6 of 10 break points he faced but was unable to break ⁠Medvedev’s serve on two tries. He committed twice as many unforced errors — 40 to ​Medvedev’s 20.

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No. 6 seed Lorenzo Musetti of Italy took down No. 2 ​seed Taylor Fritz 6-3, 6-4 in the final in Lyon, France. Musetti captured his first ATP title in four years and his third overall. He played a far cleaner match than his counterpart, never facing ​break point and finishing with 11 unforced errors to Fritz’s 28. Fritz was aiming ​for his 12th career ATP crown. It was a long-awaited breakthrough for Musetti, who enjoyed a run ‌to the ⁠quarterfinals at the most recent Australian Open and lost the final of the 2025 Monte-Carlo Masters, an ATP 1000 event. Musetti had to save four match points against countryman and No. 1 seed Flavio Cobolli in the semifinals Saturday.

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Dutchman ​Tallon Griekspoor rallied from ​a dropped first ⁠set to defeat German Jan-Lennard Struff 4-6, 6-3, 6-4 and win the title in Brussels, Belgium. After going down a break in the ​first set and failing to catch up, Griekspoor broke Struff’s serve ​in the ⁠eighth game of the second set and served out for the set. In similar fashion, the foes held serve through the first eight games of the final set until Struff ⁠went ​down 0-40 in the ninth game and could not ​recover. Griekspoor then served out for the championship. For the unseeded Griekspoor, it was his fourth career title and ​first of the season. Struff recorded more winners (39-37) but also more unforced errors (31-25).