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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 …

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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 …

Read more “Wuhan Open: Sonay Kartal stuns Belinda Bencic, while Ann Li defeats Aryna Sabalenka”

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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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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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 …

Read more “Świątek beats Frech 6-2, 6-1 to reach the last 16 at the WTA’s Wuhan Open”

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 …

Read more “Zverev defeats Bublik in Shanghai Masters opener, his first match since clinching year-end No. 1”

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 …

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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 …

Read more “Alexander Zverev set to finish the year as world No 1 following Carlos Alcaraz’s defeat”

Carlos Alcaraz was dumped out in the third round of the Shanghai Masters as Zizou Bergs recorded the biggest win of his career. Bergs defeated the second seed 7-5, 7-6 (7-4), recovering to win the second set in a tie-break after failing to serve out the match at 6-5. Alcaraz, who won the Japan Open …

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