Mostafa Asal said he was missing the “unique challenge” posed by retired rival Ali Farag, after the world No 1 dismantled Victor Crouin on Thursday to coast into the Milwaukee Hong Kong Squash Open semi-finals. Frenchman Crouin inflicted defending champion Asal’s most recent defeat, in California in October, but he could not live with the…
Jannik Sinner made an interesting comment to the China Open tournament director that has now been revealed. Sinner beat Learner Tien to win the China Open for the second time in his career, having lost in the 2024 final to Carlos Alcaraz. Although the Italian is very familiar with winning silverware, Sinner admitted there was…
Amanda Anisimova, the recent US Open runner-up, delivered a stunning performance on Saturday, defeating defending champion Coco Gauff in just 58 minutes to secure a spot in her first-ever China Open final. The third seed thrashed second-seeded fellow American Gauff 6-1, 6-2 in Beijing, News.Az reports, citing foreign media. Anisimova plays either fifth seed Jessica Pegula,…
Defending champion Coco Gauff withstood a gruelling examination by Leylah Fernandez on Sunday, battling through 6-4, 4-6, 7-5 to keep her hopes of winning back-to-back China Opens alive. Gauff digs deep to keep China Open title defence alive “I did what I needed to do to win today,” the 21-year-old American said. “It was very…