Zheng Qinwen won her first title in two years by beating French Open champion Mirra Andreeva 7-5, 6-4 in the China Open final in Beijing on Sunday. Zheng clinched the match with her first match point, serving an ace to Andreeva’s backhand side. She then fell to the court, sobbing with emotion. A painful fall …
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Daniil Medvedev has won his first match since being disqualified at the China Open for hitting a spectator in the eye with a ball he had struck into the stands. Medvedev beat Jan-Lennard Struff 4-6, 6-4, 6-3 in a second-round match on Saturday at the Shanghai Masters, an ATP 1000 event. The win gives Medvedev …
Novak Djokovic suffered a surprise second-round defeat to Hubert Hurkacz at the Shanghai Masters, just three days after winning the China Open in Beijing. The 39-year-old received a first-round bye as the tournament’s 10th seed. Djokovic had ended an 11-month wait for a title when he lifted the 102nd trophy of his career in Beijing, …
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Coco Gauff described the past few days as “draining” after receiving racist abuse online ahead of her fourth-round exit from the China Open. The American revealed she had been subjected to an “insane” volume of racist comments and direct messages following an incident during her third-round victory over 16-year-old Sun Xinran on Monday. China’s Sun …
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