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Hannah Klugman booked her place in the second round of the Lexus Wrexham Open with a 6-2 6-2 victory over American Fiona Crawley. The 17-year-old Briton, who is ranked 341 in the world, won her first-round match in straight sets. Klugman is also competing in the doubles with Daniella Britton. “It was a really good …

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Katie Boulter booked her place in the second round of the Japan Open with a 6-3 6-1 victory over home wildcard Himeno Sakatsume, returning a day after heavy rainfall in Osaka suspended play. The world No 58 completed a dominant win in one hour and 32 minutes. She will next face Swiss player Viktorija Golubic …

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Iga Swiatek has ended her 2026 season early, describing it as “one of the most challenging” of her career, after pulling out of the Ningbo Open with a thigh injury. The six-time Grand Slam champion from Poland withdrew on Tuesday and so failed to qualify for the end-of-season WTA Finals for the first time since …

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Elina Svitolina, the Ukrainian tennis star, has announced the end of her marriage to French former player Gaël Monfils, citing the emotional impact of the war in her country. The 32-year-old, ranked number six in the world, wrote a heartfelt post on Instagram about the effect of the conflict and “what the war has done …

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Alejandro Davidovich Fokina rallied from a set and a break down to beat Rafael Jodar 1-6, 7-6 (5), 6-4 in Shanghai on Sunday, winning the Masters title and securing his third trophy of the year and the biggest of his career. The 25th-seeded Spaniard had lost the first five finals of his career, including the …

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Maja Chwalinska of Poland clinched the first title of her career in her breakthrough year, beating unseeded British player Sonay Kartal 2-6, 6-4, 6-2 to win the Wuhan Open on Sunday. The French Open runner-up gained the momentum in a grueling contest lasting 2 hours, 43 minutes. The 16th seed took control when she broke …

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Some of the biggest rising stars in women’s tennis head to the Wrexham Open this week, as the UK’s largest indoor tennis event returns in search of a new champion. Among them is Armenia’s Alina Charaeva, who made headlines by beating world number one Elena Rybakina at the China Open earlier this month. The 24-year-old …

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Sonay Kartal dug deep to beat Jelena Ostapenko 7-6 (11-9) 7-6 (7-5) on Saturday and reach her first-ever WTA 1000 final at the Wuhan Open. The victory makes Kartal only the second British woman to reach a WTA 1000 final. How to watch the final The WTA Wuhan Open final will be shown live on …

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Dan Evans believes Emma Raducanu will add Wimbledon to her US Open triumph, despite her recent injury problems. Raducanu has not competed since June, when she reached the Queen’s Club final and lost to Donna Vekic. The 23-year-old suffered a stress fracture in her lower right leg and missed both Wimbledon and the US Open. …

Read more “Emma Raducanu: Retired Briton Dan Evans forecasts that the former US Open champion “will win Wimbledon” despite injury and fitness concerns”

Alexander Zverev said he “overachieved” at the Shanghai Masters in reaching the semi-finals, as fatigue from a busy competition schedule caught up with the world number two. The 29-year-old top seed went out in the last four on Saturday. Spaniard Alejandro Davidovich Fokina pulled off a surprise 5-7 6-4 6-3 win, only his second in …

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