6:31 AM ET Denis Shapovalov lost his first match of the 2019 tennis season as Joao Sousa came from a set down to advance to the second round of the ASB Classic in Auckland. The Canadian No. 7 seed, who enjoyed a breakthrough year in 2018, looked comfortable as he broke Sousa twice to win
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9:56 PM ET Associated Press SYDNEY — Sydney is set to host the finals of the inaugural ATP Cup men’s team competition next January in an overhaul of the Australian swing for men’s tennis ahead of the season-opening Grand Slam tournament. Kei Nishikori has finally snapped a title drought that stretched 52 tournaments, nine finals
7:26 AM ET Kei Nishikori has finally snapped a title drought that stretched 52 tournaments, nine finals defeats and nearly three years. The Japanese world No.9 got the monkey off his back in a 6-4 3-6 6-2 defeat of impressive 22-year-old Daniil Medvedev in Sunday night’s Brisbane International final. Kei Nishikori with the Brisbane International
5:14 AM ET Karolina Pliskova has won her second Brisbane International, overrunning Lesia Tsurenko 4-6 7-5 6-2 after being just two points from defeat. A courtside pump-up from Australian coach Rennae Stubbs revived Pliskova, who won 13 straight points as Tsurenko went from serving for the championship to trailing in the decider in the blink
9:34 PM ET Associated Press SYDNEY — No. 1-ranked Simona Halep returns to competitive tennis this week at the Sydney International unsure if her back injury has fully healed. It will be the first time Halep has played since the French Open champion ended her season in October due to a herniated disk in her
1:42 PM ET Associated Press DOHA, Qatar — Roberto Bautista Agut didn’t waste his win over Novak Djokovic as he won the Qatar Open by beating Tomas Berdych 6-4, 3-6, 6-3 in the final on Saturday. Spain’s Roberto Bautista Agut reacts after winning against Czech Republic’s Tomas Berdych during the ATP Qatar Open final. Photo by
6:28 AM ET Associated Press SHENZHEN, China — Aryna Sabalenka got a confidence boost for the upcoming Australian Open after beating Alison Riske 4-6, 7-6 (2), 6-3 in the Shenzhen Open final on Saturday. “To start the season with a title, it gives you more belief in yourself, and hopefully I can do well at
11:39 PM ET World No.27 Lesia Tsurenko has recorded a convincing upset victory over an out-of-sorts Naomi Osaka to reach the Brisbane International final. Japanese second seed Osaka, the US Open champion, suffered the 6-2 6-4 loss at Pat Rafter Arena on Saturday. Ukranian Tsurenko will play former champion Karolina Pliskova or 34th ranked Donna
7:45 AM ET World No. 34 Donna Vekic has steamrolled 2018 runner-up Aliaksandra Sasnovich to reach the Brisbane International semifinals. The 22-year-old Croatian won 6-2 6-0 on Friday at Pat Rafter Arena, accounting for top seed Elina Svitolina’s second-round conqueror in less than an hour. Vekic started strongly in taking a 4-0 lead in the
1:45 AM ET Tennis legend Ken Rosewall fears an underdone Nick Kyrgios looms as Australian Open fodder if the mercury rises as usual for the summer grand slam in Melbourne. Kyrgios barely picked up a racquet last month, preferring to spend his off-season playing basketball before a Christmas-time spider bite further restricted his court time