Leylah Fernandez of Canada was eliminated from the Wuhan Open on Thursday, losing 6-1, 1-6, 6-4 to Latvia’s Jelena Ostapenko. Ostapenko dominated the first set and won the opening game of the second. Fernandez then won six straight games to get back into the match. Ostapenko regained control with a break in a nine-minute game …
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WUHAN — Gabriela Dabrowski of Ottawa and her Brazilian partner Luisa Stefani advanced to the doubles semifinals of the Wuhan Open on Friday with a 7-6 (4), 6-4 win over Mexico’s Giuliana Olmos and Estonia’s Ingrid Neel. The top seeds committed 22 unforced errors and faced nine break points in the match. They saved seven …
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Rafael Jodar became the youngest semifinalist in Shanghai Masters history after beating Casper Ruud on Friday. The 20-year-old Spaniard dropped the first set and then rallied for a 4-6, 6-4, 6-3 victory. It was the fourth straight ATP Masters 1000 match in which Jodar had come back from losing the opening set. Jodar Breaks Ruud …
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Sonay Kartal has reached the semi-finals of the Wuhan Open, a WTA 1000 event, in just her third tournament back from injury. The Briton beat fifth seed Elina Svitolina 6-2 2-6 6-4 and will face former French Open champion Jelena Ostapenko on Saturday for a place in Sunday’s final. Speaking on court, Kartal said: “Despite …
Britain’s Sonay Kartal continued her impressive comeback from long-term injury with a comfortable win over former Wimbledon finalist Jasmine Paolini to reach the Wuhan Open quarter-finals. Kartal, 24, is playing only her third tournament since missing more than six months with a stress fracture in her back, yet she has won five of her seven …
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Daniil Medvedev is back in the Shanghai Masters quarterfinals after beating Stefanos Tsitsipas in the latest chapter of their combustible rivalry. 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 the tournament in three straight years. There was …
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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 come as stars such as Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner have missed long stretches this year due to injury. Alcaraz sat out 4 1/2 months and missed two …
French tennis player Gael Monfils has entered retirement earlier than expected. The 40-year-old had planned to retire at the end of the season, but the sport’s drug-testing organization now lists him among players who have declared themselves retired, with his career officially over from Oct. 5. The former No. 6-ranked player had received a wild …
Iga Swiatek kept her push to qualify for the WTA Finals alive, grinding out a 6-1, 6-4 win over American Ashlyn Krueger on Thursday to reach the quarterfinals of the Wuhan Open. Swiatek also benefited from a loss by Karolina Muchova. Krueger, who entered the main draw as a lucky loser after losing in qualifying, …
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Alexander Zverev said he felt good on court after beating Alex de Minaur 6-4, 6-4 at the Shanghai Masters on Thursday, booking a semifinal meeting with Alejandro Davidovich Fokina. Zverev won 80% of his first serves and saved all five break points he faced. The top-ranked player, who secured the year-end No. 1 ranking earlier …
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