1:38 PM ET The remarkable parity in the upper reaches of women’s tennis these days has many upsides, one of them being the fall season has become that much more important. For the second consecutive year, the No. 1 ranking could be decided at the WTA Championships in Singapore. The chance of that happening received
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9:02 AM ET Three-time Grand Slam champion Stanislas Wawrinka was knocked out of the second round of the Japan Open after defeat to Denis Shapovalov on Wednesday. World No. 31 Shapovalov, 19, came from a set down to win 4-6, 6-1, 6-4 in what was his first meeting with the former world No. 3. The
2:55 AM ET Associated Press BEIJING — Third-seeded Grigor Dimitrov is out of the Beijing Open, beaten 6-4, 2-6, 6-4 by Dusan Lajovic in the second round Wednesday. At 4-4 in the deciding set, the 55th-ranked Lajovic, helped by a Dimitrov double-fault, broke the Bulgarian’s serve, then won four consecutive points in his next service
11:36 PM ET Associated Press PERTH, Australia — Serena Williams and Roger Federer have committed to play in the Hopman Cup mixed teams event in late December while former Australian Open champion Angelique Kerber and Alexander Zverev will represent Germany. Novak Djokovic a world No. 1 again? Dominic Thiem the spoiler? You might not believe
12:26 PM ET Associated Press BEIJING — Wimbledon champion Angelique Kerber came back from a break down twice in the first set to beat Carla Suarez Navarro 7-6 (4), 6-1 in the second round of the China Open on Tuesday. “The conditions with the shadow on court were not so easy to play in the
9:07 AM ET World No. 1 Simona Halep‘s participation in this month’s WTA Finals was thrown into doubt after a scan on Tuesday revealed she had suffered a herniated disc in her back. French Open champion Halep was injured while training at last week’s Wuhan Open, where she lost in the second round to Slovakia’s
2:56 PM ET Associated Press BELGRADE, Serbia — Novak Djokovic put his career back on track this year, and he credits a mind-cleansing hiking trip with his wife, Jelena, after the French Open for the extraordinary turnaround. The Serbian tennis great went from winning all four Grand Slam tournaments in a row in 2015-16 to
3:40 PM ET The men’s tour is primed to have an excellent fall season — and not a moment too soon. The success of the Laver Cup team competition, the restructuring of Davis Cup for 2019 and plans for a new ATP World Team Cup to launch the year in January are all applying pressure
1:23 PM ET Associated Press BEIJING — US Open champion Naomi Osaka and second-ranked Caroline Wozniacki both advanced to the second round of the China Open on Monday. Top-ranked Simona Halep retired Sunday from her first-round match at the China Open, while Wimbledon champion Angelique Kerber cruised into the second round. The eighth-seeded Osaka beat
5:12 PM ET Associated Press CHENGDU, China — Bernard Tomic upset top-seeded Fabio Fognini 6-1, 3-6, 7-6 (7) to win the Chengdu Open championship on Sunday. The 25-year-old Australian, ranked No. 123 in the world, smashed 12 aces and saved seven of 11 break points he faced to win his first ATP title since Bogota