Karen Khachanov won his first title since the 2018 Paris Masters.
Alexander Zverev strengthen his chances to return to the ATP Finals.
Leander Paes was one of six player candidates -- and the first Asian man in the player category -- to be nominated for the International Tennis Hall of Fame on Tuesday.
Karen Khachanov and Alexander Zverev captured titles at the Zhuhai Championships and Chengdu Open, respectively, on Tuesday.
After a supremely frustrating year, Maria Sakkari won the biggest title of her career on Saturday. Plus: Jack Draper annoys Andy Murray and Team World wins the Laver Cup.
The 29-year-old achieved the milestone by reaching the final of a Challenger tournament in St Tropez.
Britain's Jamie Murray and New Zealander Michael Venus win their fourth men's doubles title of the season at the Zhuhai Championships.
A foot difference in this final, will it matter?
Alexander Zverev is closing in on a berth to the ATP Finals.
Days after criticizing the WTA's performance-bye system, Elena Rybakina has withdrawn from the Pan Pacific Open, saying she's listening to her body.
The tables have well and truly turned for Team World in the history of the Laver Cup.
After four defeats in the first four editions of the annual team event, John McEnroe’s men backed up their 2022 triumph in London with a resounding 13-2 victory against Team Europe this weekend in Vancouver. Yet team captain McEnroe is already thinking about further success.
“On behalf of Team World, I am proud of these guys,” said the American ATP Tour legend at his team's post-event press conference. “We brought together a great group of some youth and experience, guys that have been here before. Everybody played well. It was an awesome week. We kicked some ass, baby. That's what we did.
“We're already thinking about next year because winning is a whole lot better than losing. We struggled the first couple years, and now we have tasted winning, and it feels good.”
Three members of McEnroe’s six-strong roster had not played a Laver Cup match prior to this...
This week on the ATP Tennis Podcast...
TEAM WORLD CAPTAIN JOHN MCENROE - “This is something that I’ve believed in from the beginning and to me it was a no-brainer… I believe the name Rod Laver is a name we should always use to our advantage.”
TEAM EUROPE CAPTAIN BJORN BORG – “This is the most important week for me every year and to pick the right players for the competition is very important. The important thing is that we need different players, different styles, different personalities to get into the Laver Cup.”
FELIX AUGER-ALIASSIME ON TENNIS IN CANADA – “My dad owns a tennis academy in Quebec City and the interest and number of kids just keeps on growing. I was in the National Tennis Centre in Montreal last week and the gym was full of kids and the courts were full of...
Ben Shelton and Frances Tiafoe put the finishing touches on Team World’s convincing Laver Cup victory Sunday.
The Americans held their nerve to defeat Team Europe’s Hubert Hurkacz and Andrey Rublev 7-6(4), 7-6(5) and secure the Laver Cup 13-2, claiming the event for the second consecutive year. The Vancouver crowd was treated to exciting rallies, with both teams demonstrating quick reflexes and deft touch in the forecourt throughout the one-hour, 37-minute clash.
Shelton and Tiafoe relied on their firepower and were dominant on serve, winning 40 of their 48 first-serve points to clinch the title. A key moment came when Shelton and Tiafoe won three consecutive points from 4/5 in the second-set tie-break to close the match.
On top of the world once more 🏆@BenShelton and...
Ahead of Sunday’s Laver Cup action, Rod Laver answered fan questions on Twitter. The Australian was asked questions related to the past, present and future of tennis.
Who is Laver's favourite young player?
Shelton is the new player on the tour. We're going to see him winning a Slam, he's got one of the biggest serves, a big left-hander, he doesn't make many mistakes. He sees an opening and he goes for it.
— Rod Laver (@rodlaver) September 24, 2023
The 20-year-old Ben Shelton, who is No. 19 in the Pepperstone ATP Rankings, is one of the fastest rising stars in the sport. This time last year, Shelton was World No. 177. The lefty has enjoyed a breakthrough season, with a career-best run coming at his...
Trailing a set and gasping for breath after several lung-busting rallies against Mackenzie
McDonald, Karen Khachanov posed to soak in the Zhuhai applause on Sunday. The competitiveness of his 4-6 6-4 6-4 triumph over McDonald and the crowd’s response
throughout their Huafa Properties Zhuhai Championships quarter-final delighted him.
It is these experiences the World No. 15 in the Pepperstone ATP Rankings missed the most during his absence from the Tour following a semi-final loss to Novak Djokovic at Roland Garros.
“I was missing the energy of the crowd. Here today, it was almost full, and I always enjoy
playing in front of people in full stadiums, so I was really missing it,” Khachanov said. “I am mentally ready. I had a kind of unexpected vacation and now I'm motivated, determined, excited to be back playing and trying to bring on this game again.”
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The top seed will next experience a similar challenge and atmosphere when...
Team World moved to within one win of retaining its Laver Cup title on Saturday night when Felix Auger-Aliassime and Ben Shelton downed Hubert Hurkacz and Gael Monfils to give John McEnroe’s side a 10-2 lead against Team Europe.
After Casper Ruud had given Team Europe its first points earlier on Saturday, Frances Tiafoe responded to regain momentum for Team World. Auger-Aliassime and Shelton’s 7-5, 6-4 victory means Team World need to win one of the remaining four matches on Sunday to lift the trophy for the second consecutive year. Each match on Sunday will be worth three points.
"It is amazing," Shelton said. "When you play with a guy who serves and returns like Felix and is as athletic as him and goes back for the overhead and is as strong as him. It is a fun time out here. We call him Laver Cup Felix because he turns into something special this week. I am happy I got to share the court with him at least once."
Competing in Vancouver, Canadian Auger-...
Is this the week Lorenzo Musetti captures his first trophy of the year?
The 21-year-old Italian advanced to his third tour-level semi-final of the season on Sunday when he moved past Frenchman Arthur Rinderknech 6-3, 6-3 at the Chengdu Open.
The second seed played with flair throughout the one-hour, 28-minute clash, striking 32 winners at the ATP 250 hard-court event. He timed the ball cleanly off both wings and hit an array of acute angles to outmanoeuvre Rinderknech.
"It was a step forward from yesterday," Musetti said. "Yesterday's match gave me a lot of confidence and today I started very well, breaking him immediately and that was the key to my win. A really solid performance from the baseline and I am really happy to be in the semi-finals."
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Musetti, who won two tour-level titles in 2022, will next meet Roman Safiullin. The World No. 55 advanced to his first semi-final of the season after Jordan Thompson was forced to retire after...
Karen Khachanov continued his comeback with a thrilling victory on Sunday at the Huafa Properties Zhuhai Championships.
The top seed was pushed hard by sixth seed Mackenzie McDonald, advancing 4-6, 6-4, 6-4 in two hours and 38 minutes to reach his third tour-level semi-final of the season.
In hot conditions at the Chinese ATP 250 hard-court event, Khachanov recovered from a slow start, increasing his intensity and depth off the ground to improve to 4-0 in his Lexus ATP Head2Head series against the American.
"It was very tough," Khachanov said. "A mental and physical match. I was behind from the beginning and he was leading the match. I had to try to push and bring all the energy to change the momentum and the way the match was going and I think in the second set from 4-4 I was able to push through and win the second set. It gave me extra confidence and in the third set to be more in a leading position towards the end of the match."
...With Team Europe staring down a 0-6 deficit at the Laver Cup, Casper Ruud delivered in what felt like a must-win match against Tommy Paul on Saturday afternoon in Vancouver. Ruud's 7-6(6), 6-2 result put the Europeans on the board and kickstarted the team's efforts to win back the Laver Cup, after they lost it for the first time last season.
The second day-session match took on added significance after Taylor Fritz's 6-2, 7-6(3) win against Andrey Rublev extended Team World's perfect start earlier in the day.
Ruud saved a set point in the first-set tie-break against Paul, ultimately winning the final three points of the set before dominating the second.
"Game on baby!" Ruud said after clinching the win.
"It was a bit of a steal maybe in the tie-break, from 5/6 down. [I hit] a big serve and a couple of big points. That's Laver Cup. Even though World are up 6-2, there have been some close calls. They won the first two or three tie-breaks that we played and...
Aslan Karatsev overcame former World No. 1 Andy Murray once again on Saturday to reach the quarter-finals at the Huafa Properties Zhuhai Championships.
The 30-year-old defeated Murray in the Sydney final in their only previous Lexus ATP Head2Head meeting in January 2022 and ensured he maintained his 100% record against the Scot with a 4-6, 6-3, 6-2 victory at the Chinese ATP 250 hard-court event.
Karatsev was aggressive off both wings throughout the two-hour and 54-minute clash. Murray offered up an increasing number of short balls as the match went on, with Karatsev hitting through the 36-year-old to seal his sixth Top 50 win of the year.
Defending champions Team World will carry a 10-2 lead over Team Europe into the third and final day of this year's Laver Cup in Vancouver.
Britain's Andy Murray loses in three sets to Russian Aslan Karatsev in the last 16 of the Zhuhai Championships in China.
Defending champions Team World win all four matches against Team Europe to dominate day one of the Laver Cup in Canada.
British number two Dan Evans suffers a straight-set defeat by Roman Safiullin in his opening match at the Chengdu Open in China.
Britain's Andy Murray defeats Chinese wildcard Ye Cong Mo to win his opening match of the Zhuhai Championships.
Former British number one Emma Raducanu says she will return to tennis next season after undergoing wrist and ankle surgery in May.
Britain's Harriet Dart loses to Belgium's Greet Minnen and misses out on a place in the quarter-finals at the Guangzhou Open in China.
In 1973, Billie Jean King founded the WTA, fought for equal pay at the US Open and beat Bobby Riggs in the Battle of the Sexes. Half a century later, where does the sport stand when it comes to equity? It's complicated.
Returning to China for the first time in four years, Andy Murray won his first-round match at the Zhuhai Championships on Thursday, beating local wild card Mo Ye Cong 7-5, 6-3.
An auction for one of Roger Federer's match-worn outfits from 2018 Australian Open, his 20th and final Grand Slam title, is up for auction.
Roger Federer expressed interest in "maybe one day" captaining Team Europe in the Laver Cup.
Saudi Arabia's massive investments in golf, soccer and other high-profile events -- what critics call sportswashing -- has ramped up over the past couple of years but has been decades in the making.
Three U.S. senators will introduce a bill Wednesday that would award the Congressional Gold Medal to Billie Jean King.
Kwon Soon-woo smashed his racket and refused to shake his opponent’s hand after a surprise loss at the Asian Games
A South Korean tennis player smashed his racket after losing to a Thai athlete ranked more than 500 places below him at the Asian Games in China on Monday 25 September.
The 29-year-old achieved the milestone by reaching the final of a Challenger tournament in St Tropez.
Aslan Karatsev won 4-6 6-3 6-2
Federer said he hoped to make more time for the sport and not be a ‘stranger’ to the tour
The Scotsman faces a tough test in the last 16 of the Zhuhai Championships.
The Scotsman faces a tough test in the last 16 of the Zhuhai Championships.
The Scot will now face Aslan Karatsev in the last 16
The 20-year-old is recovering from surgery with the hopes of being fit for the start of the 2024 season
The 20-year-old was forced to miss the US Open, French Open and Wimbledon.
It's a strong final four at the ATP stop in Zhuhai.
Alexander Zverev could have to beat Grigor Dimitrov and then Lorenzo Musetti to win Chengdu.
Ben Shelton and Frances Tiafoe look to clinch the Laver Cup on Sunday.
Maria Sakkari get back on top in Mexico.
Team World got the first-ever opening day sweep for a team at the Laver Cup.
Can Maria Sakkari finally pull off that big title win today in Mexico?
A week after the Davis Cup, it's now time for the Laver Cup.
There will be a Top 3 seed against an unseeded American in the Guadalajara final.
Europe hopes to get back on top of the Laver Cup in Canada.
Just three Top 50 players made it to the Guadalajara quarterfinals.
