Frances Tiafoe and Taylor Fritz go way, way back to the juniors.

And back then, big ‘Foe owned Fritz.

But in the pros that has turned around significantly. And if Tiafoe wanted to win his second ATP Tour title, his first in nearly five years, he’s going to have turn that tide. He couldn’t quite do it, although it was close.

And in Astana, you couldn’t ask for a much better final than Djokovic v Tsitsipas (unless of course it was a full three sets of Djokovic v Medvedev, which was a semifinal Saturday). But again (no surprise), Djokovic was just too good.

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Astana Open
Location: Astana, Kazakhstan
Category: ATP 250
Surface: Indoor Hard
Dates: Oct. 3 – 9, 2022
Prize money: $2,054,825
Draws: S32 – D16

Sunday, Oct. 9, 2022
Final results

Singles final

[4/WC] Novak Djokovic (SRB) def [3] Stefanos Tsitsipas (GRE) 63 64

Doubles final 

[2] Nikola Mektic / Mate Pavic (CRO) def. Adrian Mannarino / Fabrice Martin (FRA) 64 62

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Rakuten Japan Open
Location: Tokyo, Japan
Category: ATP 500
Surface: Outdoor Hard
Dates: Oct. 3 – 9, 2022
Prize money: $2,108,110
Draws: S32 – D16

Sunday, Oct. 9, 2022
Final results

Singles final

[3] Taylor Fritz (USA) def [4] Frances Tiafoe (USA) 76 (3) 76 (2)

Doubles final

Mackenzie McDonald (USA) / Marcelo Melo (BRA) def [3] Rafael Matos (BRA) / David Vega Hernandez (ESP) 64 36 [10-4]

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