The last remaining seeded player at the WTA’s Japan Open is through to Sunday’s final — Leylah Fernandez defeated 35-year-old Sorana Cîrstea 6-1, 2-6, 6-4. At 4-4 in the deciding set Saturday, Fernandez broke Cîrstea’s serve, then held her own serve in the next game to advance. The fourth-seeded Canadian player will face either Jaqueline…
Aryna Sabalenka extended her unbeaten run at the Wuhan Open to 20 matches with a 6-3, 6-3 victory over Elena Rybakina on Friday, keeping alive her quest for a fourth straight title and setting up a semifinal clash with Jessica Pegula. In the 13th chapter of a rivalry that has played out on the biggest…
French Open winner Coco Gauff was forced to go the distance against Leylah Fernandez before closing out a tight three-setter 6-4, 4-6, 7-5 on Sunday to advance to the third round at the China Open. The defending champion and a firm crowd favourite in Beijing overcame a second-set stumble and then struggled to serve out…
Coco Gauff said her first-round win at the U.S. Open on Tuesday was shaped by a mental battle to trust her revamped serve, as the American third seed worked to overcome old habits during tense moments of her hard-fought victory over Ajla Tomljanovic. Gauff, the 2023 U.S. Open champion, arrived in New York after splitting…
MEN’S DRAW: Is there really a Big Two in men’s tennis? Or is it more a monopoly than a duopoly? After all, if Jannik Sinner had converted any of his three championship points against Carlos Alcaraz in the epic French Open final, he would now hold all four Majors. Alcaraz had defeated his arch-rival five…
Two-time Grand Slam champion Coco Gauff has reportedly shaken up her coaching team days before the U.S. Open, parting ways with coaches Matt Daly and J.C. Faurel. The reigning French Open winner had been working with Daly for a year, during which the 21-year-old won the China Open and WTA Finals 2024. She also went…
MASON, OHIO – AUGUST 15: Aryna Sabalenka in action against Elena Rybakina of Kazakhstan in the quarter-final on Day 9 of the Cincinnati Open at Lindner Family Tennis Center on August 15, 2025 in Mason, Ohio (Photo by Robert Prange/Getty Images) Getty Images When Aryna Sabalenka beat Jessica Pegula in the 2024 U.S. Open final,…
Wimbledon winner Iga Swiatek of Poland advanced to the fourth round of the ATP and WTA Cincinnati Open on Sunday as upcoming opponent Marta Kostyuk was forced to withdraw. The 27th-ranked Ukrainian cited a right wrist injury for the pullout, which came a day after six-time Grand Slam winner Swiatek, seeded third, advanced to the…