11:44 AM ET No. 8 seed Ekaterina Alexandrova is through to the semifinals of the Linz Open in Austria after beating Germany’s Laura Siegemund on Thursday. Alexandrova, 24, edged Siegemund 7-6(1), 2-6, 6-4 in a closely fought contest that saw five broken serves during a tense final set. The Russian will be looking to go

11:44 AM ET Top seed Kiki Bertens will face American teenager Coco Gauff in the Linz Open quarterfinals on Friday. The Dutchwoman beat Alison Van Uytvanck of Belgium 4-6, 6-3, 6-3, on Thursday, while no. 8 seed Ekaterina Alexandrova got through to the quarterfinals after beating Germany’s Laura Siegemund in Austria. Ekaterina Alexandrova, 24, edged

9:12 AM ET Associated Press TOKYO — Two-time Grand Slam champion Naomi Osaka says she intends to represent Japan at next year’s Tokyo Olympics. Osaka, who plays under a Japanese flag in WTA events and the Fed Cup, told national broadcaster NHK that she has started proceedings to choose Japanese citizenship. She holds dual nationality

7:04 AM ET Associated Press SHANGHAI — John Isner served his 1,000th ace of the season but it wasn’t enough to stop defending champion Novak Djokovic from moving into the Shanghai Masters quarterfinals with a 7-5, 6-3 win on Thursday. Top-seeded Djokovic is on a 24-0 sets winning streak in Asia dating back to last

4:33 PM ET Associated Press SHANGHAI — Novak Djokovic opened his title defense at the Shanghai Masters by beating Denis Shapovalov 6-3, 6-3 on Wednesday to reach the third round. Djokovic, who had a bye into the second round, improved his career record against the Canadian player to 3-0 and has won 22 straight sets

2:04 PM ET Associated Press MADRID — Andres Gimeno, the Spanish tennis player who was the oldest man to win the French Open in the professional era, has died. He was 82. The Spanish tennis federation says Gimeno died Wednesday after a long illness. Gimeno was 34 years and 301 days old when he won

12:15 PM ET American teenager Coco Gauff is set to break the world’s top 100 for the first time after reaching her maiden WTA tour quarterfinal at the Linz Open in Austria on Wednesday. Gauff, 15, progressed to the quarterfinals after her opponent, Kateryna Kozlova of Ukraine, retired when trailing 6-4, 4-6, 0-2, becoming the

12:05 PM ET American teenager Coco Gauff stepped in at the last minute to beat Switzerland’s Stefanie Vogele in straight sets to advance through to the round of 16 at the Linz Open in Austria. Gauff, 15, stepped in for sixth seed Greece’s Maris Sakkari, who withdrew with a wrist injury, to beat Vogele 6-3,

11:21 AM ET Associated Press SHANGHAI — Roger Federer didn’t face a break point as he won his opening match at the Shanghai Masters on Tuesday, beating Albert Ramos-Vinolas 6-2, 7-6 (5). The second-seeded Federer, who is bidding to win a third Shanghai Masters title, dominated in the first set, but was tested in the

10:22 AM ET On Sunday, shortly after Naomi Osaka won the premier, mandatory tournament in Beijing (it’s the last top-tier, regular tour event of the year), she told the WTA podcast that she knew exactly what she wanted to accomplish during the fall Asian swing, declaring: “I had a clear, specific plan of what I