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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Alexander Zverev beat Alexander Bublik 7-6 (6), 4-6, 7-6 (1) to reach the quarterfinals of the Shanghai Masters on Tuesday, in his first match since securing the year-end No. 1 ranking. Zverev saved three set points in the first-set tiebreaker and beat Bublik for only the second time in five career meetings. Zverev reflects on …
Top-seeded Aryna Sabalenka saved nine match points before losing in three sets to Ann Li at the Wuhan Open on Wednesday, in a dramatic last-32 match that saw the four-time major winner require treatment on her taped-up right knee. Li came from 4-2 down in the second set to beat Sabalenka, a three-time champion in …
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Felix Auger-Aliassime is out of the Shanghai Masters after suffering a knee injury, forcing the Canadian to retire from his fourth-round match against Norway’s Casper Ruud. The fifth-ranked Montrealer appeared to injure his knee early in the match. He received treatment before deciding he could not continue. He trailed 5-2 in the opening set when …
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Sonay Kartal upset ninth seed Belinda Bencic to continue her post-injury momentum at the Wuhan Open. The Briton, who reached a career-high ranking of 44 last year, has slipped to 170th in the world after a six-month injury absence. Having returned to action for Great Britain at last month’s Billie Jean King Cup Finals, the …
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Britain’s Sonay Kartal upset ninth seed Belinda Bencic 6-0 7-5 as she continued to build momentum after injury at the Wuhan Open. The win over the Swiss world number 12, a Wimbledon semi-finalist last year, was the second biggest victory of Kartal’s career by ranking. Kartal reached a career-high ranking of 44 last year but …
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Alexander Zverev is guaranteed to finish the 2026 season as world number one after Carlos Alcaraz’s surprise defeat in the Shanghai Masters. The German was on course to climb above current world number one Jannik Sinner, who has been ruled out for the rest of the year with a knee injury. Alcaraz still had a …
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Around 100 influencers and content creators have been granted accreditation for the US Open in New York, double the number from last year. Their presence has sparked debate over how to bring tennis to a new audience while respecting the sport’s etiquette. Tennis has many unwritten rules. Players apologise after winning a point from a …
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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