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…
Japan’s Naomi Osaka reacts after beating Netherlands’ Suzan Lamens in their women’s singles match at the Japan Open tennis tournament in Osaka on October 15, 2025. (Photo by PAUL MILLER / AFP) (Photo by PAUL MILLER/AFP via Getty Images) AFP via Getty Images Former world No. 1 Naomi Osaka pulled out of Friday’s quarterfinals at…
NEW YORK, NEW YORK – SEPTEMBER 07: Aryna Sabalenka of Belarus reacts against Jessica Pegula of the United States during their Women’s Singles Final match on Day Thirteen of the 2024 US Open at USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center on September 07, 2024 in the Flushing neighborhood of the Queens borough of New…
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…
WTA Montreal tournament champion Victoria Mboko and beaten finalist Naomi Osaka officially withdrew on Friday from the ATP-WTA Cincinnati Open in decisions openly telegraphed after their Thursday night final in Canada. Mboko, the 18-year-old Canadian who electrified Montreal with her run to a first WTA title, cited the wrist injury she suffered in the semi-finals while…
The Canadian Open, a WTA 1000 event, is Victoria Mboko’s first tour title. (Photo by Minas Panagiotakis/Getty Images) Getty Images Dropping the racquet in disbelief, collapsing to her knees with hands over her face, Victoria Mboko could hardly believe the fairytale had come true. Fighting her way back into the match from a set down,…
Naomi Osaka powered into her first Canadian Open semifinal, beating No. 10 seed Elina Svitolina 6-2, 6-2 on Tuesday night. Osaka advanced to face No. 16 seed Clara Tauson, who eliminated sixth-seeded Madison Keys 6-1, 6-4 in the first quarterfinal of the night. Osaka, the four-time Grand Slam champion who reached No. 1 in the…
Wimbledon champion Iga Swiatek became the latest seed to fall at the WTA Canadian Open on Sunday, stunned 7-6 (7/1), 6-3 by 19th-ranked Dane Clara Tauson in the fourth round. Swiatek, ranked third in the world and seeded second in Montreal, followed top-seeded Coco Gauff, third-seeded two-time defending champion Jessica Pegula and fourth-seeded Mirra Andreeva…