Jelena Ostapenko of Latvia eliminated Canada’s Leylah Fernandez from the Wuhan Open on Thursday, winning 6-1, 1-6, 6-4. Ostapenko dominated the first set and won the opening game of the second. Fernandez then reeled off six straight games to get back into the match. Ostapenko Closes It Out Ostapenko regained control in the third set …
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Gabriela Dabrowski of Ottawa and her Brazilian partner Luisa Stefani advanced to the doubles semifinals of the Wuhan Open on Friday with a 7-6 (4), 6-4 win over Mexico’s Giuliana Olmos and Estonia’s Ingrid Neel. The top seeds committed 22 unforced errors and faced nine break points in the match. They saved seven of those …
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Rafael Jodar became the youngest semifinalist in Shanghai Masters history after beating Casper Ruud on Friday, rallying from a set down to win 4-6, 6-4, 6-3. The 20-year-old Spaniard lost the opening set but recovered to secure victory. It was the fourth straight match at the ATP Masters 1000 event in which Jodar had come …
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Sonay Kartal has reached the semi-finals of the Wuhan Open, a WTA 1000 event, in just her third tournament back from injury. The British player will face former French Open champion Jelena Ostapenko on Saturday, with the winner earning a place in Sunday’s final. Kartal continued her impressive form by beating fifth seed Elina Svitolina …
Sonay Kartal continued her impressive comeback from long-term injury on Thursday, beating former Wimbledon finalist Jasmine Paolini 6-2 6-0 to reach the quarter-finals of the Wuhan Open. It is only her third tournament since a six-month absence. Kartal, 24, missed more than six months with a stress fracture in her back, but she has won …
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Daniil Medvedev is back in the Shanghai Masters quarter-finals after beating Stefanos Tsitsipas in the latest chapter of their combustible rivalry. There was little drama this time. The fifth-seeded Medvedev won 6-4, 7-5 and became only the fourth player, after Roger Federer, Novak Djokovic and Andy Murray, to reach the last eight of this tournament …
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The ATP Tour is proposing rule changes that it says will “reduce the pressure to overplay and help players manage the demands of the season.” The proposals follow long injury layoffs this year for two of the sport’s biggest stars, Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner. Alcaraz sat out four and a half months and missed …
French tennis player Gael Monfils has entered retirement, earlier than he had expected. The 40-year-old had planned to retire at the end of the season. The sport’s drug-testing organisation, the International Tennis Integrity Agency, now lists him among players who have declared themselves retired, with his career officially over from 5 October. The former No. …
Iga Swiatek kept up her push to qualify for the WTA Finals, grinding out a 6-1, 6-4 win over American Ashlyn Krueger on Thursday to reach the quarterfinals of the Wuhan Open. Her victory also capitalised on a defeat for Karolina Muchova. Krueger, who entered the draw as a lucky loser after losing in qualifying, …
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Top-ranked Alexander Zverev beat Alex de Minaur 6-4, 6-4 at the Shanghai Masters on Thursday to set up a semi-final meeting with Alejandro Davidovich Fokina. Zverev won 80% of his first serves and saved all five break points he faced. He said he felt good on court. “I felt both of us were playing really, …
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