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Some tennis fans wonder why top players, who complain about how crowded the sport’s calendar is, would add an in-season exhibition like the Six Kings Slam, which starts Wednesday in Saudi Arabia, to their schedule. Taylor Fritz can think of millions of reasons. Well, $6 million, to be precise. “I’d love for them to show…
World number one Carlos Alcaraz said Tuesday he was pulling out of this week’s Shanghai Masters because of “physical issues”, shortly after winning the Japan Open. The Spaniard hurt his ankle in his opening match in Tokyo but shrugged off the issue to beat American Taylor Fritz 6-4, 6-4 in the final in the Japanese…
A tenacious Iga Swiatek battled back from the brink of defeat to capture the Korea Open title on Sunday, surviving a fright in the first set before taming Russian Ekaterina Alexandrova 1-6, 7-6(3), 7-5. Swiatek, who cruised through her first three matches in Seoul, looked out of sorts in the opening two sets, committing several…
Elina Svitolina sealed Ukraine’s berth in the Billie Jean King Cup Finals for the first time with a 2-1 win over Switzerland, as Britain and Spain also advanced on Saturday. The three countries join host China, defending champion Italy and Kazakhstan in the eight-team Finals in Shenzhen from September 16-21. Svitolina beat Jil Teichmann 6-4,…
Australian Open champion Madison Keys and four-time Grand Slam winner Naomi Osaka will feature when women’s tennis returns to Queen’s Club for the first time since 1973 with a WTA 500 event in June, the Lawn Tennis Association (LTA) said on Tuesday. British number one Katie Boulter, former U.S. Open winner Emma Raducanu and Eastbourne…
Serbia’s Miomir Kecmanovic saved two match points on the way to a gritty 3-6, 6-1, 7-5 victory over Spain’s Alejandro Davidovich Fokina on Sunday to capture his second career ATP title at Delray Beach, Florida. Down a break at 5-2 in the third set, Serbia’s Kecmanovic fought off a pair of match points against his…
Three-time defending champion Iga Swiatek advanced to the semifinals of the WTA Qatar Open on Thursday with a straight-sets win over last year’s runner-up Elena Rybakina. Second-seed Swiatek staved off a fightback from the fifth-seeded Kazakh in the second set to win through 6-2, 7-5. Ekaterina Alexandrova continued her impressive form against sixth-seed Jessica Pegula 4-6,…
Coco Gauff and Taylor Fritz powered the U.S., tournament winner two years ago, into the semifinals of the United Cup mixed teams tennis event on Wednesday. In the first singles match in Perth, Gauff got the ball rolling for her team with a gritty 7-6 (4), 6-2 win over Zhang Shuai. Fritz then made sure…
