5:27 PM ET Associated Press Sebastian Korda and Brandon Nakashima set up an all-American semifinal at the Next Gen ATP Finals by winning their last round-robin matches on Thursday. The 21-year-old Korda, the son of 1998 Australian Open champion Petr Korda, methodically picked apart local favorite Lorenzo Musetti of Italy in a 4-2, 4-3 (4),
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3:10 PM ET Associated Press Romania’s Jaqueline Cristian has advanced to her first WTA final after former world No. 1 Simona Halep pulled out a few hours before their semifinal clash on Thursday, citing a knee injury she sustained in Wednesday’s quarterfinal. Cristian, who is ranked No. 100, is only the fifth “lucky loser” since
1:36 PM ET Associated Press Felix Auger-Aliassime reached the semifinals of an ATP Tour event for the fifth time this season with a 6-4, 6-3 win over Botic de Zandschulp at the Stockholm Open on Thursday. The second-seeded Canadian’s serve was the bedrock of his victory, with Auger-Aliassime hitting 11 aces and winning 27 of
5:57 PM ET Associated Press GUADALAJARA, Mexico — Anett Kontaveit extended her hot streak by defeating second-seeded Barbora Krejcikova 6-3, 6-4, in the opening match at the WTA Finals in Mexico on Wednesday. The eighth-seeded Kontaveit had early breaks in both sets to beat the French Open champion in just 75 minutes for her 11th
4:17 PM ET Associated Press Alison Riske defeated Chinese qualifier Wang Xinyu 6-3, 7-5 on Wednesday to set up an all-American semifinal against Danielle Collins at the Upper Austria Ladies Linz. World No. 73 Riske is going into her second semifinal this year, after reaching the final in Portoroz, Slovenia in September. 1 Related She
6:15 AM ET World No. 2 Daniil Medvedev has indicated he will play at the Australian Open in January as speculation continues to swirl around the availability of champion Novak Djokovic. Medvedev, beaten by Djokovic for the title in February, tweeted a photo of himself holding the runner-up trophy at Melbourne Park with the caption:
4:17 PM ET Associated Press U.S. Open champion Emma Raducanu was knocked out of the Upper Austria Ladies Linz after a 6-1, 6-7 (0), 7-5 defeat to Chinese qualifier Xinyu Wang on Tuesday. The 18-year-old Briton, who was the top seed at a WTA event for the first time, held serve in the opening game
1:29 PM ET Associated Press Favourite Carlos Alcaraz of Spain and Brandon Nakashima of the United States dominated the opening session of the Next Gen Finals on Tuesday. Alcaraz took just 75 minutes to beat Holger Rune of Denmark 4-3 (6) 4-2 4-0, seeing out the group match with a crosscourt volley to take the
5:05 PM ET Associated Press ORLANDO, Fla. — Three-time Paralympic wheelchair tennis champion medalist Nick Taylor has announced his retirement. Taylor, an American who turns 42 this week, won 11 Grand Slam doubles titles with David Wagner — seven at the US Open and four at the Australian Open. At the Paralympic Games, they won
1:07 PM ET Novak Djokovic plans to become a tennis coach once he calls time on his playing career as he has no intention of taking his knowledge “to the grave,” the world No. 1 told Serbian media after clinching the Paris Masters on Sunday Djokovic secured a record-breaking 37th Masters title and his sixth