Shelton subdues Wawrinka 7-6, 7-5 to reach quarters at the Swiss Indoors Basel Ben Shelton from the United States is on the prowl for his second title of the season having triumphed on the dirt in Houston (d. Tiafoe) in April. Unable to defend his title in Tokyo, his ranking dropped from a career-high of thirteen…
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…
Stan Wawrinka, at 39 years of age, has become the oldest player to reach the last eight of the Nordic Open in Stockholm, Sweden when he defeated Alejandro Davidovic Fokina 6-4 3-6 7-5 after battling with the Spaniard for two-hours and 12-minutes. “I’m super happy to get through this match; it was a tough opponent…
The U.S. men’s national team will face Jamaica in the CONCACAF Nations League quarterfinals. Steve McLaren’s squad will oppose the USMNT in the final eight of the annual competition, CONCACAF announced Wednesday. The two-legged series will begin in Kingston, Jamaica on Nov. 14 before second leg play occurs at CITYPARK in St. Louis, Missouri on…
The United States Men’s National Team’s loss to Mexico last night in a friendly in Guadalajara helped determine who their opponent would be in the Concacaf Nations League knockout stage. Today, Concacaf released their October rankings, and the USMNT remained at third in the regional table behind Mexico and Canada. That confirmed that the United…
David Goffin is turning back the clock at the Rolex Shanghai Masters. Prior to this fortnight, Goffin had not reached the quarterfinals of a Masters 1000 event since Monte-Carlo in 2021, had not even advanced to a fourth round at this level since Madrid in 2022, and had lost in qualifying at three straight Masters…
Novak Djokovic will take on Czechia teenager Jakub Mensik on Friday for a spot in the Shanghai semifinals and a chance at his first Masters title of the year. Novak Djokovic won the Olympic gold medal, made the final of Wimbledon, and sits at No. 4 in the world–a success by almost every standard. But…
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 and Karen Khachanov will be going head-to-head for the fourth time in their careers when they clash in the quarterfinals of the China Open on Monday. Unsurprisingly, Alcaraz has won all three of their previous encounters–and it hasn’t been close. The third-ranked Spaniard rolled 6-1, 6-4, 6-4 at the 2022 French Open, 6-0,…
