Zheng Qinwen got the better of Rybakina for the first time Fayez NURELDINE Text size Zheng Qinwen improved her chances of advancing to the semi-finals at the WTA Finals with a 7-6 (7/4), 3-6, 6-1 victory over world number five Elena Rybakina in Riyadh on Monday. The seventh-seeded Zheng rebounded from her opening round-robin defeat…
British tennis superstar Katie Boulter will break into the world’s top 25 for the first time in her career after reaching the Hong Kong Open final. The 28-year-old fought to a 6-2 5-7 6-2 three-set victory over China’s Yuan Yue on Saturday. 2 Boulter is set to reach a new career high on MondayCredit: Getty…
Emma Raducanu has become the latest player to drop out of this month’s Prudential Hong Kong Tennis Open, just 24 hours after Naomi Osaka was forced to withdraw through injury. Raducanu, who has been recovering from the foot injury that forced her to retire ahead of her Korea Open quarter-final against Daria Kasatkina a month…
BEIJING (AP) — Coco Gauff won her second title this season with a lopsided 6-1, 6-3 victory over Karolina Muchova in the final of the China Open on Sunday. Aged 20, the sixth-ranked U.S. player became the youngest China Open champion in 14 years. She is also the second American champion in Beijing, following Serena…
Visitors pose for photos with fun props on Tuesday at the National Tennis Center in Beijing, where the China Open tournament is underway.[Photo/Xinhua] Sold-out venues, practice courts swamped with enthusiastic fans and long lines at food and beverage booths — the China Open tennis tournament has emerged as one of Beijing”s hottest holiday attractions as…
BEIJING — Coco Gauff rallied Saturday from a set down for the third consecutive match as she beat Paula Badosa 4-6, 6-4, 6-2 to advance to the final of the China Open. The sixth-ranked Gauff will play Karolina Muchova of the Czech Republic in Sunday’s final as the 20-year-old American bids for her second WTA-1000…
BEIJING (AP) — Coco Gauff rallied from a set down for the third consecutive match as she beat Paula Badosa 4-6, 6-4, 6-2 to reach the China Open final on Saturday. The sixth-ranked Gauff will play Karolina Muchova of the Czech Republic in Sunday’s final. Muchova defeated Olympic gold medalist Zheng Qinwen 6-3, 6-4 in…
Wimbledon champion Carlos Alcaraz beat the US Open winner Jannik Sinner 6-7(6) 6-4 7-6(3) for his fourth title of the year. Carlos Alcaraz rallied from a set down and held his nerve in a deciding tiebreak to beat defending champion Jannik Sinner 6-7(6) 6-4 7-6(3) in the China Open final and win his fourth title…