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Tauson vs Tomljanovic — top seed meets an old thorn

Preview · Vanda Pharmaceuticals Athens Open · Round of 32 · Hard (outdoor) · Monday, 13 July 2026 Clara Tauson arrives in Athens as the tournament's No. 1 seed, but her opening assignment is anything but comfortable. Ajla Tomljanovic has had the Dane's number for years, and a fresh straight-

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Masarova vs Monnet — a qualifier chasing a scalp

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Linette vs Hontama — seeded steadiness against a rising ITF grinder

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Sakkari vs Kudermetova — a homecoming under the Athens lights

Preview · Athens Open · Round 1 · Hard · Monday, 13 July 2026 Maria Sakkari's return to the WTA Tour's first event on Greek soil in 35 years is the emotional centrepiece of the opening days in Athens, and it comes with a first-round assignment against Polina Kudermetova,

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Krejcikova vs Tomova — a Grand Slam champion chasing momentum

Preview · Athens Open · Round 1 · Hard · Monday, 13 July 2026 Barbora Krejcikova, seeded third at the inaugural Athens Open, opens her campaign against Bulgaria's Viktoriya Tomova in a first-round tie that looks straightforward on paper but carries real context underneath. The Czech is a former Grand Slam

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Parks vs Grammatikopoulou — power against a home wild card

Preview · Athens Open · Round 1 · Hard · Monday, 13 July 2026 Alycia Parks steps onto the hard courts of the new Athens Open as the clearly higher-ranked player in this first-round tie, facing Greek wild card Valentini Grammatikopoulou in what should be one of the more one-sided pairings

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Sasnovich vs Blinkova — old rivalry renewed on Athens hard courts

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Kopriva vs Prizmic — the seed against the home hope

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Van Assche vs Lajovic — a fitness test as much as a tennis one

Preview · Plava Laguna Croatia Open Umag (ATP 250) · Round of 32 · Clay · Monday, 13 July 2026 Wimbledon is barely a fortnight in the rear-view mirror and the tour has already swapped grass for the red clay of Umag, where Luca Van Assche opens against the vastly more experienced Dusan

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Trungelliti vs Jacquet — the late bloomer meets the qualifier

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Dzumhur vs Rocha — experience against the rising Portuguese

Preview · Plava Laguna Croatia Open Umag (ATP 250) · Round of 32 · Clay · Monday, 13 July 2026 Damir Dzumhur and Henrique Rocha meet in Umag in a matchup that pairs a well-travelled veteran against one of the form players on the Challenger and ATP circuit this year. The Bosnian, ranked

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Munar vs Stricker — the seed against the wild card at home

Preview · EFG Swiss Open Gstaad (ATP 250) · Round 1 · Clay · Monday, 13 July 2026 Jaume Munar opens his clay swing in the Alps as the eighth seed in Gstaad, and he draws a tricky assignment against a wild card who knows the grounds better than anyone else in the draw.