Hannah Klugman secured her place in the second round of the Lexus Wrexham Open with a 6-2 6-2 victory over American Fiona Crawley. The 17-year-old Briton, ranked 341 in the world, won her first-round match in straight sets. Klugman is also competing in the doubles with Daniella Britton. “It was a really good match. I’m …
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Katie Boulter booked her place in the second round of the Japan Open on Tuesday, beating home wildcard Himeno Sakatsume 6-3 6-1 a day after heavy rainfall in Osaka suspended play. The world No 58 completed a dominant win in one hour and 32 minutes. She will next face Swiss player Viktorija Golubic for a …
Iga Swiatek has ended her 2026 season early, calling it “one of the most challenging” of her career, after she withdrew from the Ningbo Open on Tuesday with a thigh injury. The Pole failed to qualify for the end-of-season WTA Finals for the first time since 2019. Shortly after her withdrawal, the 25-year-old announced she …
Elina Svitolina, the Ukrainian tennis star ranked number six in the world, has announced the end of her marriage to French former player Gaël Monfils, citing the emotional impact of the war in her country. The 32-year-old wrote a heartfelt post on Instagram about the effect of the conflict and “what the war has done …
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Alejandro Davidovich Fokina rallied from a set and a break down to beat Rafael Jodar 1-6, 7-6 (5), 6-4 on Sunday and win the Shanghai Masters. The victory gave him his third title of the year and the biggest of his career. The 25th-seeded Spaniard had lost the first five finals of his career, including …
Maja Chwalinska of Poland clinched the first title of her career in her breakthrough year, beating unseeded British player Sonay Kartal 2-6, 6-4, 6-2 to win the Wuhan Open on Sunday in Wuhan, China. The 16th-seeded Chwalinska, the French Open runner-up, gained the momentum in a grueling contest that lasted 2 hours, 43 minutes. She …
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Armenia’s Alina Charaeva, who beat world number one Elena Rybakina at the China Open earlier this month, headlines a field of rising stars at the Wrexham Open, the UK’s largest indoor tennis event, which returns this week. The 24-year-old also beat 2024 Wrexham Open winner Sonay Kartal at the China Open. Xu will not defend …
Sonay Kartal battled past Jelena Ostapenko on Saturday to reach the first WTA 1000 final of her career. The Briton dug deep for a 7-6 (11-9) 7-6 (7-5) victory over Ostapenko. She became only the second British woman to reach a WTA 1000 final. How to watch the final The WTA Wuhan Open final will …
Emma Raducanu will add to her US Open triumph by winning Wimbledon one day, according to former British No 1 Dan Evans, despite her recent injury problems. Raducanu has not competed since June, when she reached the Queen’s Club final before losing to Donna Vekic. The 23-year-old suffered a stress fracture in her lower right …
Alexander Zverev said he “overachieved” at the Shanghai Masters in reaching the semi-finals, as fatigue from a busy competition schedule caught up with him. The world number two will be the first German man to end the year as world number one. The 29-year-old top seed exited in the last four on Saturday, when Spaniard …
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