ATP Weekly: Tiafoe wins Halle, Fran Cerundolo seals Queen's title | Draper returns in Eastbourne

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Good afternoon, good evening, good morning, whatever time it is in the world, wherever you are tuning in from. If you are like me, in Germany, or anywhere else in Central Europe, it is approaching quarter to one in the morning, so it has been a long day, full of tennis and full of drama across both the ATP and WTA tours. But we are here to hone in on the ATP tour, having just witnessed Nick and Amanda reprise the last seven days in women's tennis. We are now going to do the same for men's tennis. And we are going to begin with Francisco Cerúndolo, capturing the biggest title of his career at the Queen's Club in London. That is after he beat Tommy Paul in the final. Of course, Tommy Paul, a previous winner of that tournament. And afterwards, Cerúndolo acknowledged his parents in the crowd and he said it's the first time that his father had taken a flight out of Argentina to watch him play. So that was a nice emotional moment. That was a dramatic final as well because Cerúndolo had to come back from a set and a breakdown to win 6-7, 6-4, 6-3 in a fraction over three hours against Tommy Paul. And the championship match summed up the seventh season week in many ways in London where he also had three set wins over Kovacevic, Ferri and Nakashima en route to the title. Of course, Cerúndolo is having a sneaky good year really, having won the 250 in Buenos Aires. His father didn't have to travel too far to watch him play there. And also Cerúndolo did trail by a break against Ferri in the final set. And it was a set and a break back against Nakashima. So it was certainly a comeback week for him in many respects. And he did say in his speech at the end of the match that he couldn't believe it. He said he fought really hard the whole week long and every match was a war. And he thinks he got the reward. I think there's little doubt about that. He did collapse to the ground in understandable joy at the end of his match today, having won that 500 title. As I see a South American sports outfit in front of me, Uruguay equalizer against Cape Verde. Do get your thoughts in the live chat on Tommy Paul's run to the final and Fran Cerundolo's title win. Maybe you also want to reflect on Tiafoe or Taylor Fritz and their exploits in Halle will come to that shortly.
Yeah, just honing in on some of the stats from the final between Cerundolo and Tommy Paul. We will just have a quick look at those. Tommy hit five aces just to the one of Fran Cerundolo, but Fran Cerundolo is also cheeky good across the grass court season. I think he... This is something else I want to look at in terms of the broader picture. Who are the contenders to make the Wimbledon final? I would argue that these two players, in fact, the four players that made the finals of the ATP 500, if all of them or any of them are not in the same half of the draw as Yannick Sinner, I make them a contender to get as far as the Wimbledon final. Let me know your thoughts in the comments section, or of course, you can let me know retrospectively, if you're watching this back. If you're listening to the podcast, then hopefully enjoy. I'm not sure if there's a comment section via the audio section, but nevertheless, you can always give us a follow as a podcast too.