Emma Raducanu has withdrawn from next week’s Dongfeng Voyah Wuhan Open, the WTA 1000 in China, where she was due to play in qualifying this coming weekend, as her injury woes continue. I think there could potentially be a lot of ‘yes’ people around her, instead of people telling her what she doesn’t want to…
Carlos Alcaraz‘s thrilling 2024 China Open final against Jannik Sinner will live long in the memory. It led to the Spaniard achieving something that no other player in ATP history has managed. Question marks surrounded Alcaraz after his second-round loss at the US Open to Botic van de Zandschulp. He looked burnt out, and many…
Top-seeded Aryna Sabalenka eased past Madison Keys to reach the China Open quarter-finals on Wednesday, and has yet to drop a set at the WTA 1000 in Beijing, while her next opponent, Karolina Muchova made light work of Cristina Bucsa. Sabalenka, the World No 2 from Belarus, advanced to her 10th consecutive Hologic WTA Tour…
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By Tennis Now | @Tennis_Now | Monday, September 30, 2024Photo credit: Cyril Masson The GOAT visited the Great Wall. Novak Djokovic celebrated his return to China with a visit to the Great Wall for his sponsor, Lacoste. More: WADA Appeals Sinner’s Doping Case, Seeks Ban for World No. 1 In what Lacoste called “an unprecedented encounter between two…
This was an exchange in the Tennis Channel commentary booth during the China Open quarterfinals: Mark Petchey – “A few weeks ago they were saying ‘Bu who?’” Paul Annacone – “Now his opponents are saying ‘Bu hoo.’” That pretty much sums up the rapid rise of Bu Yunchaokete, who was relatively unknown on tour heading…
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…
Coco Gauff might have termed the rest of 2024 as an early pre-season, but she’s been playing some of the best tennis she’s played in recent weeks at the 2024 China Open. This was Gauff’s second match at the China Open after she won her opening one with some minor issues. Gauff arrived in China…
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…
US Open champion Aryna Sabalenka takes the court in Beijing on Saturday. Photo by Robert Prange/Getty Images China Open Beijing, ChinaSeptember 25-October 2, 2024Prize Money: ATP $3,720,165 Elite Players Converge at China OpenThe Beijing Olympic Green Tennis Center, built for the 2008 Olympic Games, is the venue for the China Open. In 2011, the centre…
