12:42 PM ET Associated Press BEIJING — Unseeded Aleksandra Krunic made a remarkable comeback to oust sixth-seeded Elina Svitolina in the first round of the China Open on Saturday. Krunic dropped the first nine games of the match and was down 4-1 in the second set before prevailing 0-6, 6-4, 7-6 (4). In another stunner,
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12:03 PM ET Associated Press WUHAN, China — Aryna Sabalenka beat Anett Kontaveit of Estonia 6-3, 6-3 to win the Wuhan Open title Saturday. Sabalenka capitalized on her superior service game in their first meeting, winning 78 percent of first-serve points without facing a break point. “You’re always nervous before the final because it’s different,”
11:50 AM ET Associated Press CHENGDU, China — Top-seeded Fabio Fognini reached his fourth ATP final of the year when he beat Taylor Fritz of the United States 6-7 (5), 6-0, 6-3 at the Chengdu Open on Saturday. If Fognini beats Australian qualifier Bernard Tomic in the final Sunday, he will become the first Italian
Sep 29, 2018 Pierre-Hugues Herbert will face Yoshihito Nishioka in an unlikely Shenzhen Open final after the pair secured respective victories over Alex De Minaur and Fernando Verdasco in the semifinals. World No. 171 Nishioka defeated No.5 seed Verdasco despite losing the first set, coming back to win the decisive third-set tiebreak and seal a
10:48 AM ET Andy Murray was defeated by Fernando Verdasco for the second consecutive tournament after the Spaniard won their Shenzhen Open quarterfinal 6-4, 6-4 on Friday. World No. 28 Verdasco, who beat Murray in four sets in the second round of the US Open in August, was the comfortable winner in China and didn’t
5:59 PM ET Andy Murray has decided to end his season after his revival at the Shenzhen Open was halted in straight sets by Fernando Verdasco in the quarterfinals on Friday, according to British media reports. Britain’s former world No. 1 had made decent strides with two previous wins this week as he continued to
1:44 PM ET Jim Courier’s resignation as captain of the U.S. Davis Cup team doesn’t just mark the end of an eight-year tenure. It’s also a missed opportunity to take advantage of the competition’s new, streamlined format in 2019 and snag the title for the Americans for the first time in 12 years. It’s a
1:49 PM ET Associated Press WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. — Jim Courier is finished as captain of the U.S. Davis Cup team after eight years in the job. Madrid has been selected to host the first two revamped Davis Cup finals in 2019 and 2020, the International Tennis Federation (ITF) announced on Thursday. The U.S. Tennis
12:09 PM ET Vera Lapko became the last remaining seed to fall at the Tashkent Open as she was defeated by Mona Barthel in Uzbekistan. The No. 2 seed lost in straight sets 6-3, 7-5 to crash out in the quarterfinal stage while Barthel progressed to her first semifinal since February. “It feels great to
1:08 PM ET Associated Press WUHAN, China — Ashleigh Barty and Wang Qiang both reached the semifinals at the Wuhan Open on Thursday. Ashleigh Barty won four of the last five games on Thursday to reach the semifinals of the Wuhan Open. Photo by NICOLAS ASFOURI / AFP)NICOLAS ASFOURI/AFP/Getty Images Barty, last year’s runner-up, won four