Tennis

Associated Press Oct 11, 2023, 09:33 AM ET SHANGHAI — Grigor Dimitrov upset second-ranked Carlos Alcaraz 5-7, 6-2, 6-4 to reach the quarterfinals at the Shanghai Masters on Wednesday. Dimitrov, who hadn’t beaten the former world No. 1 in their three previous meetings, was crisp from both wings and used his backhand drop shot to

Associated Press Oct 11, 2023, 10:15 AM ET ZHENGZHOU, China — Local favorite Zheng Qinwen beat top-seeded Maria Sakkari 7-6 (2), 6-3 to advance to the quarterfinals of the Zhengzhou Open on Wednesday. Zheng, ranked No. 24, will next play Anhelina Kalinina, who earlier defeated qualifier Vera Zvonareva 7-5, 6-1. Jasmine Paolini saved four match

Associated Press Oct 10, 2023, 10:25 PM ET MELBOURNE, Australia — Three former Australian Open champions — Naomi Osaka, Caroline Wozniacki and Angelique Kerber — are set to return to Melbourne Park in January following maternity leave, joined by 2022 winner Rafael Nadal and hometown favorite Nick Kyrgios. Australian Open tournament director Craig Tiley told

Associated Press Oct 10, 2023, 03:43 PM ET MASON, Ohio — The nation’s longest-running tennis tournament is staying in Cincinnati. Amid speculation the tournament would move, Beemok Capital announced Tuesday that the Western & Southern Open will be played just outside of Cincinnati for another 25 years. “The passion and commitment of this community to

Associated Press Oct 10, 2023, 12:00 PM ET SEOUL, South Korea — Second-seeded Jelena Ostapenko was eliminated from the Korea Open in the first round by wild card Dayeon Back 3-6, 6-1, 7-6 (4) on Tuesday. In her third tour-level tournament appearance, all of which have been at the Korea Open in her home country,

D’Arcy Maine, ESPN.com Oct 9, 2023, 09:42 AM ET After failing to defend her title at the US Open with a fourth-round loss last month, then subsequently dropping to the No. 2 ranking after a 75-week reign on top, it was unclear what was next for Iga Swiatek. While several of her peers in recent

Associated Press Oct 9, 2023, 12:29 PM ET LONDON — US Open champion Coco Gauff was left off the American team for the Billie Jean King Cup finals Monday, while second-ranked Iga Swiatek of Poland is skipping the event for the second year in a row. Gauff and Jessica Pegula, the two highest-ranked American players,

Associated Press Oct 9, 2023, 11:02 AM ET SEOUL — Third-seeded Ekaterina Alexandrova advanced to the second round of the Korea Open by beating Mai Hontama 6-3, 6-1 on Monday. The 22nd-ranked Russian will next play Yanina Wickmayer, who defeated Liang en-Shou 6-3, 6-4. Also, Claire Liu of the United States beat Ku Yeon-woo 6-3,

Associated Press Oct 9, 2023, 11:29 AM ET SHANGHAI — Carlos Alcaraz had to rally from a break down in the first set to beat 30th-seeded Daniel Evans 7-6 (1), 6-4 Monday and advance to the fourth round of the Shanghai Masters. In the second set, the Spaniard committed only two unforced errors. “It was

Associated Press Oct 8, 2023, 10:06 AM ET BEIJING — Second-ranked Iga Swiatek won the China Open final with a near-perfect 6-2, 6-2 victory over Liudmila Samsonova on Sunday, for her tour-leading fifth title of the season. Swiatek’s triumph, in her first visit to China, was her 16th career title and adds to her impressive

Associated Press Oct 7, 2023, 06:04 AM ET BEIJING — Second-ranked Iga Swiatek ended Coco Gauff‘s 16-match winning streak as she advanced to the China Open final with a dominant 6-2, 6-3 victory over the US Open champion on Saturday. It was the 19-year-old Gauff’s first loss since the quarterfinals in Montreal, a span that

Associated Press Oct 6, 2023, 06:46 AM ET BEIJING — Second-seeded Iga Swiatek advanced to the semifinals of the China Open by defeating No.9 Caroline Garcia 6-7 (8), 7-6 (5), 6-1 in a tense match on Friday. Garcia took the first set but Swiatek struck back early in the second, taking a 4-1 lead before

Associated Press Oct 5, 2023, 07:28 AM ET BEIJING — Coco Gauff saved four set points before beating 16th-seeded Veronika Kudermetova 7-6 (5), 6-2 on Thursday in the third round of the China Open. The victory extended the third-ranked American’s winning streak to 15 matches, a span that includes the Cincinnati title and her US

Associated Press Oct 4, 2023, 12:25 PM ET SHANGHAI — Australian tennis player Marc Polmans has apologized for hitting a ball into the face of the chair umpire during final round qualifying at the Shanghai Masters, which led to him being immediately disqualified. Polmans, ranked 140th, had match point against Italy’s Stefano Napolitano in the

Oct 4, 2023, 10:22 AM ET BEIJING — Jannik Sinner produced a determined display to win his third title of the year and ninth overall with a 7-6 (2), 7-6 (2) victory over second-seeded Daniil Medvedev in the final of the China Open on Wednesday. Sinner came into the clash having lost to Medvedev in

Associated Press Oct 4, 2023, 08:09 AM ET BEIJING — Second-ranked Iga Swiatek dropped only two games and advanced to the quarterfinals of the China Open by beating Magda Linette 6-1, 6-1 on Wednesday. Swiatek will play in her 14th quarterfinal of 2023. She will next face either ninth-seeded Caroline Garcia or Anhelina Kalinina on

Associated Press Oct 3, 2023, 05:19 PM ET SHANGHAI — Australian tennis player Marc Polmans has been defaulted from the final round of qualifying at the Shanghai Masters after hitting the ball into the face of the chair umpire. Polmans, ranked 140th, was leading Italy’s Stefano Napolitano 7-6 (3) and the score was 6-6 (6-5)

Oct 3, 2023, 07:42 AM ET Iga Swiatek has given her backing to the reintroduction of performance byes during the WTA’s Asian swing of events, saying it allowed players who reach the semi-finals of a tournament to rest and prepare for the next one. Under the rule, Jessica Pegula, Maria Sakkari, Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova and Veronika