3:58 PM ET It might be late October, but there are more storylines this week in tennis than pumpkins at the farm stand. The final official event on the WTA calendar kicked off Sunday. The tour finals features the top eight women in the world — sans No. 1 Simona Halep, who is out with
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11:25 AM ET Associated Press SINGAPORE — In a match between the last two US Open champions, Sloane Stephens came out on top. The 2017 champion beat Naomi Osaka 7-5, 4-6, 6-1 Monday at the WTA Finals, the season-ending tournament for the top eight players in the world. Both players are making their debut appearances
1:16 PM ET Greece’s Stefanos Tsitsipas added another achievement to a remarkable breakthrough season as he beat Latvia’s Ernests Gulbis 6-4, 6-4 to win the Stockholm Open and claim a maiden ATP title. Tsitsipas, 20, who had rocketed up the rankings to No. 16 heading into Stockholm, made up for losing two finals this year
12:13 PM ET Associated Press MOSCOW — Karen Khachanov breezed past Adrian Mannarino 6-2, 6-2 to win his third career ATP title at the Kremlin Cup on Sunday. Khachanov’s powerful serve dictated the match, as it has done all tournament. He fired in six aces and wrapped up the win in 55 minutes. The 22-year-old
1:11 PM ET Britain’s Kyle Edmund could not hold back tears after he secured his first ATP Tour title with victory over Gael Monfils in the final of the European Open. The No. 1 seed battled back from a set down against his French opponent in Antwerp on Sunday, winning a final set tiebreaker on
8:10 AM ET John Isner has welcomed the decision to introduce final set tiebreaks at Wimbledon, and even says the rule could be named after him. The American has been the marathon man more than once at the Championships, winning the longest match in tennis history against Nicholas Mahut in 2010 and losing a sapping
1:10 PM ET Kyle Edmund will face Gael Monfils in the final of the European Open after defeating Richard Gasquet 6-3, 6-4 in Antwerp on Saturday. Edmund, who despite his ranking of 15th in the world is yet to win an ATP Tour title, broke Gasquet early in both sets before demonstrating powerful serving to
11:52 AM ET Julia Goerges produced a dominant performance to defeat Belinda Bencic 6-4, 7-5 in the final of the Luxembourg Open Saturday. The world No. 9 won 91 percent of points on her first serve and didn’t face a single break point in one hour and 29 minutes of play. In the second set
11:19 AM ET John Isner was defeated in the semifinals of the Stockholm Open as No. 1 seed Ernests Gulbis fought back from a set down to win 1-6, 6-3, 6-3. Isner won the opening five games of the match as he secured the opening set 6-1, but was pegged back as Gulbis broke his
9:29 PM ET John Isner is into the semifinals of the Stockholm Open after defeating compatriot Tennys Sandgren in Sweden. In the all-American contest, No. 1 seed Isner came out on top in a game of tiebreakers, 7-6 (8), 6-7 (5), 7-6 (2), and will now face Latvian qualifier Ernests Gulbis on Saturday. Gulbis was