Chicago Tennis Racketeer

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Extended Team Muguruza poses after Garbiñe Muguruza 🇪🇸 wins the WTA Chicago 500 championship. Muguruza expressed her excitement that family members that don't always get to see her play were in attendance for the final today.

[Mike Cation @MikeCTennis]

Schedule is now 11am for the resumption, and not before 1pm for the final, but that could be pushed back slightly depending on the outcome of the semi.

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Chicago Challenger semi third set between Shang Juncheng 🇨🇳 and Alex Michelsen 🇺🇸 suspended at 2-2 due to darkness. To be concluded Sunday. Incidentally, the air was very nice earlier this afternoon, but the smell of wildfire smoke is now thick in the air. #ChicagoChallenger

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Alex Michelsen 🇺🇸 snags the second set from Shang Juncheng 🇨🇳 7-5 in Chicago. Headed to a third set in this Challenger semi as the hazy sun approaches the tree line.

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These Chicago Challenger tennis clocks are nice and all but they make for a deeply unsatisfying big zoom onto the 1:00 match time #ChicagoChallenger

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Fun set one in the second semi at the Chicago Challenger, but really strong play from Shang Juncheng 🇨🇳 throughout proves sufficient to grab set one over Alex Michelsen 🇺🇸 6-4. #ChicagoChallenger

[Mike Cation @MikeCTennis]

Time to go for this one. Michelsen picked up his first Challenger MD win in Tiburon over Shang last fall. Tons on the line this evening.

Stream Chicago at:
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Big Chicago congrats to #Wimbledon champ Markéta Vondrousova 🇨🇿! She brought plenty of thrills to Chicago a couple years ago including a trip to the semis at the 500. Amazing all-time achievement earlier today!

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Markéta Vondroušová 🇨🇿 wins a real up-and-down two and a half hour three-setter over #10 Danielle Collins 🇺🇸 6-7(4) 6-0 6-7(3) to reach the semifinals in Chicago.

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Yuta Shimizu 🇯🇵 survives a set point opportunity for Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard 🇫🇷 to take the match in the first Chicago Challenger semifinal 7-6 7-6.

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Smokin' aces aplenty thus far for Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard 🇫🇷 in this Chicago Challenger semi. On serve in the second. Yuta Shimizu 🇯🇵 nabbed set one in a tiebreak.

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First set goes to Yuta Shimizu 🇯🇵 in a closely fought tiebreak with Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard 🇫🇷 in the first semi at the Chicago Challenger.

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A mischievous breeze (putting it somewhat mildly) has popped up in Chicago at the Challenger as the first set heads to a tiebreak between Shimizu and Mpetshi Perricard.

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Hard to see these circling seagulls as anything but menacing after the poop delay they mercilessly unleashed earlier in the week 🐦🐦💩 @MikeCTennis

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The break failed to materialize for Yuta Shimizu 🇯🇵 midway through this Chicago Challenger semi against Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard 🇫🇷. Hoping the rain clouds fail to materialize, too.

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@MikeCTennis This little pesky on again, off again shower has been quite the little troll... Begone already!

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Ben Shelton in the Australian Open quarterfinals tonight (US time)? Absolutely love seeing his success! What a ride.

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Very cool to see Ben Shelton going for the title at the Chicago ATP Challenger a few months after seeing him win the NCAA title in Champaign! Third set about to begin with Roman Safiullin.

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Appreciated the really thoughtful and kind words Ben Shelton had for the @xstennisvillage, Ald. Pat Dowell and Kamau Murray and what they've done for the community and for tennis in Chicago. To back up what Kamau noted: tours, time for a permanent stop (or two) at this facility!

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Congrats to Roman Safiullin, Chicago Men's Challenger champion in three sets over Ben Shelton 6-3 4-6 7-5

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Very cool to see Ben Shelton going for the title at the Chicago ATP Challenger a few months after seeing him win the NCAA title in Champaign! Third set about to begin with Roman Safiullin.

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Tentative schedule for Chicago ATP 80k tennis tournament in August 2022 (from an email sent by organizers)

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Tennis is BACK in Chicago! ATP men's 80k challenger tournament August 7 through August 14 at XS Tennis Village!

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Tickets for ATP 80k Chicago: https://t.co/TCdsjJFRAG