Two-time major singles finalist Jasmine Paolini vowed Monday to “fight until the last ball” as she hopes to guide Italy to a second consecutive Billie Jean King Cup title this week in Shenzhen. The Italians are looking to become the first country to successfully defend their crown in the women’s team competition since the Czech…
Defending champion Magdalena Frech was sent packing from the Guadalajara Open after a 7-5, 6-4 quarterfinal defeat by 19-year-old Czech Nikola Bartunkova on Friday, while German sixth seed Tatjana Maria was knocked out by Elsa Jacquemot. Bartunkova secured the win over Polish fourth seed Frech, who won the WTA 500 hardcourt tournament last year by…
The International Tennis Federation (ITF) on Thursday appointed Tie Break Tens (TB10) as its official partner in short-format tennis, with the format set to be integrated into the governing body’s Junior Tennis Initiative (JTI) programme. Tie Break Tens is a format of tennis which is played in 10-point tiebreak matches, without games or sets, with…
A Davis Cup World Group I tie between Canada and Israel will be played in a closed venue without spectators this weekend in Halifax, Nova Scotia, due to escalating safety concerns, Tennis Canada said on Tuesday. Tennis Canada, which decided in consultation with the International Tennis Federation, said intelligence from local authorities and national security…
“I know I played a lot of times against him. I really want revenge,” said Carlos Alcaraz before he overwhelmed Novak Djokovic 6-4, 7-6(4), 6-2 in the U.S. Open semifinals. The GOAT had beaten Alcaraz at the Paris Olympics and again at the Australian Open in January, but avenging those setbacks was small potatoes now…
Britain’s Jack Draper has called time on his season after an arm injury that also forced him to withdraw from the U.S. Open, he said on Monday. Fifth seed Draper pulled out of the tournament before his second-round meeting with Zizou Bergs in late August after first overcoming Argentine qualifier Federico Agustin Gomez. Draper’s appearance…
Jerome Kym, who qualified and reached the third round of the US Open, will spearhead the Swiss team against India in the Davis Cup World Group-1 tie to be played on an indoor hard court in Biel on September 12 and 13. The 22-year-old Jerome was ranked a career-best 123 in May this year, but…
Carlos Alcaraz ended the reign of Jannik Sinner with a 6-2, 3-6, 6-1, 6-4 win to claim the U.S. Open title on Sunday and tighten his grip on the era-defining rivalry between the torch-bearers of the men’s game. In a perfect echo of the triumph that first propelled him to the number one spot in…
YEAR WINNER RUNNER-UP SCORE 2025 Carlos Alcaraz (Spain) Jannik Sinner (Italy) 6–2, 3–6, 6–1, 6–4 2024 Jannik Sinner (Italy) Taylor Fritz (USA) 6–3, 6–4, 7–5 2023 Novak Djokovic (Serbia) Daniil Medvedev (Russia) 6–3, 7–6(5), 6–3 2022 Carlos Alcaraz (Spain) Casper Ruud (Norway) 6–4, 2–6, 7–6(1), 6–3 2021 Daniil Medvedev (Russia) Novak Djokovic (Serbia) 6–4, 6–4,…
Aryna Sabalenka retained her U.S. Open crown with a 6-3, 7-6(3) win over American eighth seed Amanda Anisimova in the U.S. Open women’s final on Saturday, underlining her claim as the modern queen of the hardcourt. The Belarusian has not missed a hardcourt Major final since 2022 and her latest trophy brings her Grand Slam…