Friday Hall of Fame Open Recap
Day five of the 2025 Hall of Fame Open took place with a staggering 26 matches for a jam-packed, thrilling day at the International Tennis Hall of Fame.
Friday featured many ATP and WTA players competing in multiple matches in the singles and doubles draws to make up for Thursday’s suspended play.
Adrian Mannarino continued his quest for a second career Van Alen Cup. The 37 year-old Frenchman began the day claiming a 6-4, 7-5 victory on Court 1 against American Tyler Zink. Soon after, the No. 4 seed took to Center Court and claimed a come-from-behind victory over Bernard Tomic 4-6, 6-2, 6-1. The win marks Mannarino’s second appearance in the Semifinals at Newport.
“It’s not the first time I am playing two matches in a row today, but you can never expect anything on grass. A lot of tennis but I’m going to do my best to recover to play my game tomorrow,” said Mannarino.
Mannarino takes on fellow countryman Antoine Ghibaudo for their first ATP-level meeting tomorrow on Center Court.
The top women’s seed in Tatjana Maria advanced to the Semifinals over Sayaka Ishii 6-3, 6-1 on Center Court. Maria garnered 61% of total service points across the match lasting just over an hour. Currently ranked No. 45 in the world, the German player nears her career high of No. 42 reached eight years ago.
“Actually it was a really tough match, the score doesn’t say what it actually was. I was happy to come back, but I had to concentrate from the first to the last point,” said Maria. “We love Newport, this has been wonderful.”
The 37 year-old awaits Carol Zhao in the Semifinal.
On the men’s side of the draw, Zachary Svadja completed the upset of the day, taking down No. 1 seed Brandon Holt 4-6, 6-0, 6-1 on Center Court. The 22 year-old American dominated on his service game, claiming a solid 87% of first serve and 79% of second serve points, before posting a decisive 7-5, 6-4 match over Yosuke Wayanuki on Center Court later in the afternoon. He will take on Eliot Spizzirri in the Semifinal tomorrow.
Connecticut native Spizzirri continued his dominant run at Newport, besting Tristan Schoolkate for a ticket into the Hall of Fame Open Semifinal. After being down in the first set, The 2023
ITA National Player of the Year battled back to claim the match in decisive fashion 4-6, 6-4, 6-4 on Court 1.
Cat McNally claimed a pair of decisive victories on the afternoon, knocking two top 10 seeded players out of the draw. The American first defeated No. 8 seed Mariam Bolkwadze, before garnering a 6-3, 0-6, 6-2 match over No. 3 seed Talia Gibson, both on Center Court. McNally enters her fourth tour-level Semifinal in the past two months.
Eli Mandlik took down No. 6 seed Lucrezia Stefanini 6-3, 6-1 to advance into her second consecutive tour-level Semifinal on court No. Mandlik garnered 72% of total service points across the match and won more than 15 return points than her opponent.
In doubles action, American duos in Anna Rogers and Makenna Rogers bested Genie Bouchard and Olivia Lincer 6-4, 6-4 on Court 3, while Eliot Spizzirri and Mac Kiger closed out the day with a 6-7, 7-5, 10-5 result.
For full results of the day, visit HallofFameOpen.com
Day six of the 2025 Hall of Fame Open begins today with the start of the singles and doubles Semifinals. Prior to match play, arena host Blair Henley will conduct a Chat with Champions at 10:30 a.m. Chat with Champions takes place each day on the Ryl Iced Tea Lawn.
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