Jack Draper found himself embroiled in a two-hour battle with Tomas Machac but found the extra energy to defeat his Czech opponent and reach the semi-finals of the Erste Bank Open in Vienna, Austria where he will be challenged for a place in the title round by Lorenzo Musetti who produced the upset of the…
With the early retirement of the 2nd seed, Bianca Andreescu joins Leylah Fernandez in the WTA 500 quarter-finals in Tokyo, while Wang Xiyu survived a scare to keep her title defence in tact in Guangzhou. I’ve found myself in a similar situation countless times, and it’s truly the worst feeling imaginable. I genuinely wish her…
Play continues in Tokyo and Guangzhou on Day 2 of this week’s WTA 500 and WTA 250 events… Tokyo | WTA 500 Toray Pan Pacific Open Britain’s 15-year old Mika Stojsavljevic was denied her first WTA Tour win after an agonising 6-4 6-7(9) 7-6(6) loss to Japan’s Moyuka Uchijima in the 1st-round of the Pan…
Canadian hopes on the WTA Tour, Bianca Andreescu and Leylah Fernandez, made it through to the second round at the 2024 Japan Open in Tokyo. Andreescu struggled a lot in recent weeks. After the Paris Olympics, where she won her first-round match against Clara Tauson before losing to Donna Vekic, the Canadian lost five consecutive…
By Richard Pagliaro |@Tennis_Now | Thursday, October 17, 2024Photo credit: AP Daniil Medvedev and Taylor Fritz have both stepped out of Vienna, while Kei Nishikori has entered the field for next week’s Erste Bank Open. Former US Open finalist Nishikori accepted a wild card into Vienna. More: Rafael Nadal Announces Retirement from Tennis Former world…
Thursday saw Paula Badosa stop Zhang Shuai’s fairytale run in front of a raucous home crowd to reach the China Open semi-finals, where she will meet Coco Gauff, who needed 3 sets to get past qualifier Yulia Starodubtseva. Badosa, the No 15 seed from Spain, survived a stern second-set test from Zhang, the Chinese wild-card…
Simona Halep’s elation at winning her first match on the WTA Tour since her doping suspension in 2022 was lifted, at the Prudential Hong Kong 125 Open on Thursday, was short-lived as she fell in round 2 to 7th seed Anna Blinkova. It was a pleasure to play here. It’s the first victory in two…
The blockbuster contest between 4th-seeded Coco Gauff and Naomi Osaka promised to be the match of the China Open, but, at a set all, the encounter ended in anti-climax as a back injury forced the Japanese former World No 1 to retire. I wasn’t sure if it was her hip or back, I just knew…
Carlos Alcaraz reached the 2024 China Open final after he was able to overpower Daniil Medvedev in the semi-final match. The Spanish player hasn’t reached a final since playing for the Olympic gold medal against Novak Djokovic at Roland Garros. After his loss, which was devastating, some analysts suggested that it might have taken a…
It hasn’t been a good day for the Tokyo Open seeds with three big names going out, namely the former champion and this year’s top seed, Taylor Fritz plus Stefanos Tsitsipas and Frances Tiafoe. I have a lot of confidence. Being here and knowing the situations I have come through in this exact stadium, in…
