World No 6 Coco Gauff advances to China Open 4th round with win over Katie Boulter Playing securely under the roof, Gauff came through a very tight first set, and eased to the finish in a straight-sets win over Boulter, the 26th seed. In a battling performance, Boulter tested the 4th seed, but Gauff managed…
The China Open’s quarter final line up is virtually set with just one match remaining to be completed, and that is the Andrey Rublev clash with Pablo Carrena Busta which was suspended by rain with the Russian leading the Spaniard 2-1. I’m really happy about it – 200 wins is a great number. But I…
Top seed Aryna Sabalenka opened her China Open campaign with a victory over qualifier Mananchaya Sawangkaew. Joining her in the third round were Jasmine Paolini, Zheng Qinwen, and Beatriz Haddad Maia. However, Barbora Krejcikova, defending champion Liudmila Samsonova, and Dayana Yastremska were eliminated. Sabalenka’s win over Sawangkaew was hard-fought, with the Belarusian prevailing 6-4 6-1…
On Friday British No 1 Katie Boulter kicked off her China Open campaign with a convincing win over Taylor Townsend after Zhang Shuai stunned US Open semi-finalist Emma Navarro in straight sets in the 2nd-round, and Jessica Pagula, Coco Gauff and Naomi Osaka as scored wins. Boulter, who was playing her first match since making…
Jannik Sinner, Carlos Alcaraz, and Daniil Medvedev all secured victories in their opening matches at the China Open, an ATP 500 event held at the China National Tennis Centre in Beijing. The first round at any tournament is never easy, and playing against him is very tough. But I am happy about the performance and…
Getty Images The No. 1 seed at the Japan Open is out after one match, as Taylor Fritz lost to Arthur Fils during first-round action on Thursday afternoon. Fils pulled off a 6-4, 3-6, 6-3 upset to book his spot alongside Matteo Berrettini in the last 16. It was not all bad for the American…
The top half of the women’s draw at the China Open in Beijing was completed on Thursday, paving the way for the arrival of the 32 seeds in round 2 on Friday, who now know who their opening opponents are. Britain’s Harriet Dart, though, fell in her opener to Clara Tauson from Denmark, 5-7 6-4…
It was a perfect time for Zhang Shuai to break her unwanted record of 24 consecutive lost matches, in front of a home crowd at the WTA 1000 China Open in Beijing on opening day, Wednesday. On match point? Oh my god, what are you doing Shuai? When I’m sitting, there I told myself, if…
Tokyo and Beijing, ATP 500 level events, get under way this week as players prepare for the Shanghai Masters starting on the 2nd October. The Kinoshita Group Japan Open Tennis Championships in Tokyo, played four first round matches overnight but the draw for the China Open has only just been finalised including qualifiers and results…
The Asian swing heats up in a major way with a pair of ATP 500-point tournaments on the schedule this week. Beijing boasts an especially stacked field, led by Jannik Sinner, Carlos Alcaraz, Daniil Medvedev, and Andrey Rublev. Tokyo isn’t too shabby either; it is home to Taylor Fritz, Hubert Hurkacz, Casper Ruud, and Stefanos…
