VIDEO SHOWS: HIGHLIGHTS OF 2025 EUROPEAN OPEN MEN' SINGLES FINAL BETWEEN JIRI LEHECKA AND FELIX AUGER-ALIASSIME SHOTLIST AND SCRIPT TO FOLLOW SHOWS: BRUSSELS, BELGIUM (OCTOBER 19, 2025) (ATP MEDIA/ IMG – see restrictions before use) FELIX AUGER-ALIASSIME BEATS JIRI LEHECKA 7-6(2) 6-7(6) 6-2
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VIDEO SHOWS: HIGHLIGHTS OF THE CLOSING STAGES OF THE WRC CENTRAL EUROPEAN RALLY WON BY KALLE ROVANPERA, TOYOTA SECURE FIFTH STRAIGHT WRC MANUFACTURERS' TITLE RESENDING WITH COMPLETE SCRIPT SHOWS: VARIOUS, AUSTRIA AND GERMANY (OCTOBER 19, 2025) (WRC PROMOTER GMBH – see restrictions before use) 1. KALLE ROVANPERA #69 (TOYOTA GAZOO RACING) ON ROAD 2. VARIOUS SEBASTIEN OGIER #17 (TOYOTA GAZOO RACING) ON ROAD (3 SHOTS) 3. VARIOUS OTT TANAK #8 (HYUNDAI SHELL MOBIS) ON ROAD (3 SHOTS) 4. VARIOUS ELFYN EVANS #33 (TOYOTA GAZOO RACING) ON ROAD (3 SHOTS) 5. VARIOUS ROVANPERA ON ROAD (4 SHOTS) 6. ROVANPERA STOPS AT THE FINISH OF STAGE 7. TOYOTA TEAM APPLAUDING 8. ROVANPERA AND CO-DRIVER JONNE HALTTUNEN CLIMB OUT OF CAR ONTO ROOF AND WAVE TO CROWD 9. AERIAL OF ROVANPERA AND HALTTUNEN ON CAR SURROUNDED BY SPECTATORS 10. (SOUNDBITE) (English) KALLE ROVANPERA SPEAKING AFTER HIS WIN, SAYING: "Great to be back on tarmac again, a really good weekend. Obviously the pace what we did with Seb (Ogier) I think we were pretty fast compared to everybody else so we did a proper job. Huge congratulations to everybody in the workshop and in the races, the team title is again here. Clearly the best team dominating so we are as a team super good so thank you everybody." 11. VARIOUS TOYOTA TEAM ON PODIUM WITH CHAMPAGNE CELEBRATING WINNING THE MANUFACTURERS' TITLE STORY: Kalle Rovanpera won the Rally of Central Europe on Sunday (October 19) as Toyota sealed the manufacturers' world championship for the fifth year in a row. The double world champion's third win of his last season before switching to circuit racing left the Finn second overall in the championship, level on points with teammate Sebastien Ogier and 13 behind Elfyn Evans who reclaimed the overall lead. "The drivers’ championship still won’t be easy but we have at least increased our chances with this result and we will try to continue like this on the next rally in Japan," said Rovanpera. Evans had been two points behind Ogier going into the weekend on the asphalt roads of Germany, Czech Republic and Austria. The Welsh driver finished second on Sunday, 43.7 seconds behind, with Hyundai's Ott Tanak third. Evans now has 247 points to Ogier and Rovanpera on 234 with Tanak on 197. Toyota have 632 to Hyundai's 464 with two rounds remaining in Japan and Saudi Arabia. "For me it maybe wasn’t quite the weekend we really hoped for. I think we should have had the potential to do more, so I’m a bit frustrated," said Evans as he celebrated the team's achievement. The title was a ninth for Toyota, one short of the record held by Lancia. The Japanese marque has won 11 of 12 rallies so far this season. Toyota's Takamoto Katsuta was fourth on Sunday ahead of Hyundai's Adrien Fourmaux and Toyota's Sami Pajari. Ogier, who crashed into a tree on Saturday while leading, won every stage on Sunday including the final power stage to salvage a maximum 10 points, with Evans second and Rovanpera third. Hyundai's reigning champion Thierry Neuville crashed into a bridge on stage 15. "(Co-driver) Martijn (Wydaeghe) and I had quite a big hit this morning," said the Belgian, who was unhurt, after hospital checks. The stage was cancelled after the impact, with the car blocking the road. "Everything was normal, and then I made a mistake just before the bridge. It was our mistake, we were too optimistic with a pace note and understeered into the bridge barriers." (Production: Annette Thornton)
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VIDEO SHOWS: HIGHLIGHTS OF THE CLOSING STAGES OF THE WRC CENTRAL EUROPEAN RALLY WON BY KALLE ROVANPERA, TOYOTA SECURE FIFTH STRAIGHT WRC MANUFACTURERS' TITLE RESENDING WITH COMPLETE SCRIPT SHOWS: VARIOUS, AUSTRIA AND GERMANY (OCTOBER 19, 2025) (WRC PROMOTER GMBH – see restrictions before use) 1. KALLE ROVANPERA #69 (TOYOTA GAZOO RACING) ON ROAD 2. VARIOUS SEBASTIEN OGIER #17 (TOYOTA GAZOO RACING) ON ROAD (3 SHOTS) 3. VARIOUS OTT TANAK #8 (HYUNDAI SHELL MOBIS) ON ROAD (3 SHOTS) 4. VARIOUS ELFYN EVANS #33 (TOYOTA GAZOO RACING) ON ROAD (3 SHOTS) 5. VARIOUS ROVANPERA ON ROAD (4 SHOTS) 6. ROVANPERA STOPS AT THE FINISH OF STAGE 7. TOYOTA TEAM APPLAUDING 8. ROVANPERA AND CO-DRIVER JONNE HALTTUNEN CLIMB OUT OF CAR ONTO ROOF AND WAVE TO CROWD 9. AERIAL OF ROVANPERA AND HALTTUNEN ON CAR SURROUNDED BY SPECTATORS 10. (SOUNDBITE) (English) KALLE ROVANPERA SPEAKING AFTER HIS WIN, SAYING: "Great to be back on tarmac again, a really good weekend. Obviously the pace what we did with Seb (Ogier) I think we were pretty fast compared to everybody else so we did a proper job. Huge congratulations to everybody in the workshop and in the races, the team title is again here. Clearly the best team dominating so we are as a team super good so thank you everybody." 11. VARIOUS TOYOTA TEAM ON PODIUM WITH CHAMPAGNE CELEBRATING WINNING THE MANUFACTURERS' TITLE STORY: Kalle Rovanpera won the Rally of Central Europe on Sunday (October 19) as Toyota sealed the manufacturers' world championship for the fifth year in a row. The double world champion's third win of his last season before switching to circuit racing left the Finn second overall in the championship, level on points with teammate Sebastien Ogier and 13 behind Elfyn Evans who reclaimed the overall lead. "The drivers’ championship still won’t be easy but we have at least increased our chances with this result and we will try to continue like this on the next rally in Japan," said Rovanpera. Evans had been two points behind Ogier going into the weekend on the asphalt roads of Germany, Czech Republic and Austria. The Welsh driver finished second on Sunday, 43.7 seconds behind, with Hyundai's Ott Tanak third. Evans now has 247 points to Ogier and Rovanpera on 234 with Tanak on 197. Toyota have 632 to Hyundai's 464 with two rounds remaining in Japan and Saudi Arabia. "For me it maybe wasn’t quite the weekend we really hoped for. I think we should have had the potential to do more, so I’m a bit frustrated," said Evans as he celebrated the team's achievement. The title was a ninth for Toyota, one short of the record held by Lancia. The Japanese marque has won 11 of 12 rallies so far this season. Toyota's Takamoto Katsuta was fourth on Sunday ahead of Hyundai's Adrien Fourmaux and Toyota's Sami Pajari. Ogier, who crashed into a tree on Saturday while leading, won every stage on Sunday including the final power stage to salvage a maximum 10 points, with Evans second and Rovanpera third. Hyundai's reigning champion Thierry Neuville crashed into a bridge on stage 15. "(Co-driver) Martijn (Wydaeghe) and I had quite a big hit this morning," said the Belgian, who was unhurt, after hospital checks. The stage was cancelled after the impact, with the car blocking the road. "Everything was normal, and then I made a mistake just before the bridge. It was our mistake, we were too optimistic with a pace note and understeered into the bridge barriers." (Production: Annette Thornton)
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VIDEO SHOWS: HIGHLIGHTS OF 2025 EUROPEAN OPEN MEN' SINGLES FINAL BETWEEN JIRI LEHECKA AND FELIX AUGER-ALIASSIME SHOTLIST AND SCRIPT TO FOLLOW SHOWS: BRUSSELS, BELGIUM (OCTOBER 19, 2025) (ATP MEDIA/ IMG – see restrictions before use) FELIX AUGER-ALIASSIME BEATS JIRI LEHECKA 7-6(2) 6-7(6) 6-2
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VIDEO SHOWS: HIGHLIGHTS OF 2025 EUROPEAN OPEN MEN' SINGLES FINAL BETWEEN JIRI LEHECKA AND FELIX AUGER-ALIASSIME RESENDING WITH COMPLETE SCRIPT SHOWS: BRUSSELS, BELGIUM (OCTOBER 19, 2025) (ATP MEDIA/ IMG – See restrictions before use) FELIX AUGER-ALIASSIME BEATS JIRI LEHECKA 7-6(2) 6-7(6) 6-2 1. AUGER-ALIASSIME WALKS ON TO COURT/ PAN ALONG BANNERS OF PREVIOUS WINNERS FIRST SET 2. AUGER-ALIASSIME SAVES BREAK POINT AFTER LEHECKA PUT RETURN WIDE 3. LEHECKA WINS POINT WITH FOREHAND DOWN THE LINE 4. LEHECKA'S RETURN IS LONG AND AUGER-ALIASSIME WINS FIRST SET TIEBREAKER SECOND SET 5. LEHECKA WINS LONG RALLY WITH BACKHAND DOWN THE LINE 6. LEHECKA MAKES GREAT SERVE TO SAVE MATCH POINT IN TIEBREAKER 7. AUGER-ALIASSIME HITS LONG AS LEHECKA WINS SECOND SET THIRD SET 8. AUGER-ALIASSIME WINS BREAK POINT WITH A BACKHAND FROM BACK OF COURT THAT LEHECKA CANNOT RETURN 9. AUGER-ALIASSIME HITS FOREHAND DOWN THE LINE AND LEHECKA CANNOT RETURN IT/ AUGER-ALIASSIME CELEBRATES WINNING MATCH/ PLAYERS SHAKE HANDS BRUSSELS, BELGIUM (OCTOBER 19, 2025) (ATP MEDIA/ IMG – Editorial use only. No Monetisation. No resales.) 10. (SOUNDBITE) (English) 2025 EUROPEAN OPEN CHAMPION, FELIX AUGER-ALIASSIME, ON WINNING THE TOURNAMENT, SAYING: "Yeah, it feels great. It's a final, so both players, you give everything, you put everything on the line. So, I felt that both, we were extremely focused from the beginning. High level for two sets, and then, you don't know how things can go, obviously in a tennis match, but obviously I'm glad." BRUSSELS, BELGIUM (OCTOBER 19, 2025) (ATP MEDIA/ IMG – see restrictions before use) 11. VARIOUS OF AUGER-ALIASSIME WITH THE TROPHY STORY: Canada's Felix Auger-Aliassime is closing in on a place in the ATP Tour's season finale after winning the European Open in Brussels on Sunday (October 19). Auger-Aliassime has already won this tournament and he took the first set against the Czech Republic's Jiri Lehecka in a tiebreaker. Lehecka hit back in the second, managing to save a match point before closing out a tiebreaker of his own. Auger-Aliassime has had a dip in form during the middle of the season despite winning tournaments in Adelaide and Montpellier early on but he is timing his run to the Race for Turin tournament by jumping up to ninth in the rankings. He will need to continue those performances if he is to make it into the top eight before the climax to the season in Italy next month. (Production: Simon Ormiston)
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VIDEO SHOWS: HIGHLIGHTS OF THE CLOSING STAGES OF THE WRC CENTRAL EUROPEAN RALLY WON BY KALLE ROVANPERA, TOYOTA SECURE FIFTH STRAIGHT WRC MANUFACTURERS' TITLE RESENDING WITH COMPLETE SCRIPT SHOWS: VARIOUS, AUSTRIA AND GERMANY (OCTOBER 19, 2025) (WRC PROMOTER GMBH – see restrictions before use) 1. KALLE ROVANPERA #69 (TOYOTA GAZOO RACING) ON ROAD 2. VARIOUS SEBASTIEN OGIER #17 (TOYOTA GAZOO RACING) ON ROAD (3 SHOTS) 3. VARIOUS OTT TANAK #8 (HYUNDAI SHELL MOBIS) ON ROAD (3 SHOTS) 4. VARIOUS ELFYN EVANS #33 (TOYOTA GAZOO RACING) ON ROAD (3 SHOTS) 5. VARIOUS ROVANPERA ON ROAD (4 SHOTS) 6. ROVANPERA STOPS AT THE FINISH OF STAGE 7. TOYOTA TEAM APPLAUDING 8. ROVANPERA AND CO-DRIVER JONNE HALTTUNEN CLIMB OUT OF CAR ONTO ROOF AND WAVE TO CROWD 9. AERIAL OF ROVANPERA AND HALTTUNEN ON CAR SURROUNDED BY SPECTATORS 10. (SOUNDBITE) (English) KALLE ROVANPERA SPEAKING AFTER HIS WIN, SAYING: "Great to be back on tarmac again, a really good weekend. Obviously the pace what we did with Seb (Ogier) I think we were pretty fast compared to everybody else so we did a proper job. Huge congratulations to everybody in the workshop and in the races, the team title is again here. Clearly the best team dominating so we are as a team super good so thank you everybody." 11. VARIOUS TOYOTA TEAM ON PODIUM WITH CHAMPAGNE CELEBRATING WINNING THE MANUFACTURERS' TITLE STORY: Kalle Rovanpera won the Rally of Central Europe on Sunday (October 19) as Toyota sealed the manufacturers' world championship for the fifth year in a row. The double world champion's third win of his last season before switching to circuit racing left the Finn second overall in the championship, level on points with teammate Sebastien Ogier and 13 behind Elfyn Evans who reclaimed the overall lead. "The drivers’ championship still won’t be easy but we have at least increased our chances with this result and we will try to continue like this on the next rally in Japan," said Rovanpera. Evans had been two points behind Ogier going into the weekend on the asphalt roads of Germany, Czech Republic and Austria. The Welsh driver finished second on Sunday, 43.7 seconds behind, with Hyundai's Ott Tanak third. Evans now has 247 points to Ogier and Rovanpera on 234 with Tanak on 197. Toyota have 632 to Hyundai's 464 with two rounds remaining in Japan and Saudi Arabia. "For me it maybe wasn’t quite the weekend we really hoped for. I think we should have had the potential to do more, so I’m a bit frustrated," said Evans as he celebrated the team's achievement. The title was a ninth for Toyota, one short of the record held by Lancia. The Japanese marque has won 11 of 12 rallies so far this season. Toyota's Takamoto Katsuta was fourth on Sunday ahead of Hyundai's Adrien Fourmaux and Toyota's Sami Pajari. Ogier, who crashed into a tree on Saturday while leading, won every stage on Sunday including the final power stage to salvage a maximum 10 points, with Evans second and Rovanpera third. Hyundai's reigning champion Thierry Neuville crashed into a bridge on stage 15. "(Co-driver) Martijn (Wydaeghe) and I had quite a big hit this morning," said the Belgian, who was unhurt, after hospital checks. The stage was cancelled after the impact, with the car blocking the road. "Everything was normal, and then I made a mistake just before the bridge. It was our mistake, we were too optimistic with a pace note and understeered into the bridge barriers." (Production: Annette Thornton)
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VIDEO SHOWS: HIGHLIGHTS OF 2025 EUROPEAN OPEN MEN' SINGLES FINAL BETWEEN JIRI LEHECKA AND FELIX AUGER-ALIASSIME SHOTLIST AND SCRIPT TO FOLLOW SHOWS: BRUSSELS, BELGIUM (OCTOBER 19, 2025) (ATP MEDIA/ IMG – see restrictions before use) FELIX AUGER-ALIASSIME BEATS JIRI LEHECKA 7-6(2) 6-7(6) 6-2
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VIDEO SHOWS: HIGHLIGHTS OF 2025 EUROPEAN OPEN MEN' SINGLES FINAL BETWEEN JIRI LEHECKA AND FELIX AUGER-ALIASSIME SHOTLIST AND SCRIPT TO FOLLOW SHOWS: BRUSSELS, BELGIUM (OCTOBER 19, 2025) (ATP MEDIA/ IMG – see restrictions before use) FELIX AUGER-ALIASSIME BEATS JIRI LEHECKA 7-6(2) 6-7(6) 6-2
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VIDEO SHOWS: ATP 250 NORDIC OPEN FINAL HIGHLIGHTS SHOTLIST AND SCRIPT TO FOLLOW SHOWS: STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN (OCTOBER 18, 2025) (ATP MEDIA/IMG – See restrictions before use) CASPER RUUD BEATS UGO HUMBERT 6-2 6-3
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VIDEO SHOWS: HIGHLIGHTS OF ELENA RYBAKINA V EKATERINA ALEXANDROVA FINAL AT THE WTA 500 NINGBO OPEN RESENDING WITH COMPLETE SHOTLIST SHOWS: NINGBO, CHINA (OCTOBER 19, 2025) (WTA/DAZN – See restrictions) ELENA RYBAKINA (WHITE DRESS) V EKATERINA ALEXANDROVA (BLACK TOP AND SKIRT) 1. COIN TOSS FIRST SET 2. RYBAKINA HITS A BACKHAND VOLLEY WINNER 3. ALEXANDROVA WITH A FOREHAND WINNER 4. SET POINT – ALEXANDROVA TAKES SET 6-3 WITH A FOREHAND WINNER SECOND SET 5. RYBAKINA WITH A FOREHAND WINNER 6. SET POINT – RYBAKINA TAKES SET 6-0 AS ALEXANDROVA GOES LONG WITH A FOREHAND THIRD SET 7. RYBAKINA WITH A FOREHAND WINNER 8. RALLY ENDS WITH AN ALEXANDROVA BACKHAND WINNER 9. CHAMPIONSHIP POINT – ALEXANDROVA GOES WIDE WITH A FOREHAND, RYBAKINA WINS 3-6 6-0 6-2 10. PLAYERS SHAKING HANDS, SHAKING HANDS WITH UMPIRE 11. RYBAKINA TAKING APPLAUSE 12. CROWD 13. VARIOUS OF RYBAKINA WITH TROPHY STORY: Elena Rybakina rallied from a set down to beat Russian fourth seed Ekaterina Alexandrova 3-6 6-0 6-2 and win the Ningbo Open title on Sunday (October 19), as her late surge to reach next month's WTA Finals gained momentum. A 10th career title for Rybakina means the Kazakh only has to reach the semi-finals of the Pan Pacific Open in Tokyo this week to seal the last qualifying spot for the season finale at the expense of Russian teenager Mirra Andreeva. Others who have qualified for the WTA Finals, to be held in the Saudi Arabian capital of Riyadh from November 1-8, are Aryna Sabalenka, Iga Swiatek, Coco Gauff, Amanda Anisimova, Jessica Pegula, Madison Keys and Jasmine Paolini. Alexandrova made a flying start, racing 4-1 ahead as Rybakina struggled to rein in the errors and mix up her game, before the 30-year-old comfortably took the first set with a powerful forehand winner. Desperate to prevent a fourth straight defeat by Alexandrova on hardcourts, Russian-born Rybakina came out firing in the next set, hitting a crosscourt winner to consolidate an early break and lay the platform to level the match. World number nine Rybakina cranked up the intensity from the baseline in the deciding set, but it was a foray to the net that earned the 26-year-old another early break, and she went on to claim her second trophy of the season. (Production: Suramya Kaushik)
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