Bautista Agut, Goffin occupy top seeding positions at ATP 250
In his first ATP Tour event in four months, Andy Murray has landed in a packed section of the Open Sud de France draw in Montpellier.
Making his first tour-level appearance since last October’s bett1HULKS Indoors in Cologne, the former World No. 1 will open his campaign against Belarusian Egor Gerasimov. Murray will aim to build on a strong start to his 2021 season in Montpellier, following his run to the Biella Challenger Indoor 1 final last week (l. to Marchenko).
The British wild card will compete in the third quarter of the ATP 250 draw, which features the only two players competing in Montpellier to have already lifted an ATP Tour title this year. Murray could meet Great Ocean Road Open champion Jannik Sinner in the second round, with Delray Beach Open by VITACOST.com champion Hubert Hurkacz a potential quarter-final opponent.
Iranian taekwondo team to compete at Sofia Open Saturday, 13 February 2021
Iranian taekwondo players are scheduled to travel to Bulgaria to compete at the Sofia Taekwondo Open in March - their first international event for more than a year.
The Sofia Open is scheduled to take place on March 6 and 7, with the Iranian team slated to travel to the Bulgarian capital on March 4, according to the Iranian
Mehr News Agency.
This event currently has 117 athletes from 12 countries registered to take part.
Bulgaria s national taekwondo team is coached by an Iranian, Farzad Zolghadri, the close links have been established been the two nations taekwondo programmes.
Sinner adds to last year s Sofia crown
Jannik Sinner extended his winning streak to 10 matches on Sunday to capture his second ATP Tour title at the Great Ocean Road Open in Melbourne.
The fourth seed battled past fellow Italian Stefano Travaglia7-6(4), 6-4 in two hours and nine minutes. Sinner, who is currently No. 36 in the FedEx ATP Rankings, captured his first ATP Tour title at the Sofia Open (d. Pospisil) in November 2020. There have been very great moments from last year, which obviously I take with me, said Sinner. But this is not only about winning. Sometimes losing matches, important matches can help you maybe even more, especially when you are young.
Russians Daniil Medvedev and Andrey Rublev capped a dominating week with straight sets victories against Italy to win the ATP Cup in Melbourne on Sund.
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