Organisers of the World Pickleball Championships in Hong Kong said they aimed to use their event as a platform to bigger and better things as the action got under way on Friday. The city’s leg of the annual touring series, which will run until Sunday, boasts only about 25 professionals, mostly locals, among a total…
If there’s one piece of advice Andre Agassi offers, it’s to dream while awake. “It’s way too easy to dream when you’re sleeping,” says the American tennis legend. “Don’t be scared to dream big because it takes as much effort to dream big as it does small.” He advises choosing your definition of success carefully….
Coco Gauff’s title defense at the China Open ended with a 6-1, 6-2 semifinal loss to third-seeded Amanda Anisimova on Saturday. Anisimova, runner-up at both the U.S. Open and Wimbledon this year, needed just 58 minutes to beat her American compatriot and advance to the final. She’ll face either fifth-seeded Jessica Pegula or Linda Noskova,…
BEIJING (AP) — Jessica Pegula became the third American to reach the semifinals of the China Open after rallying to beat compatriot Emma Navarro on Friday. The fifth-seeded Pegula wasted six set points in the opener but dominated the next two sets to triumph 6-7 (2), 6-2, 6-1 “I told myself not to get too…
The second-seeded American reached her first semifinal since the French Open in June. Published On 2 Oct 20252 Oct 2025 Click here to share on social media share2 Share Coco Gauff put down a spirited challenge from 66th-ranked Eva Lys to earn a 6-3 6-4 victory in Beijing on Thursday and reach the China Open…
Daniil Medvedev asked “why is every referee in the world trying to intimidate me?” during his China Open semifinal defeat to America’s Learner Tien Tuesday, after being given a “best effort” warning for not moving to return a serve while suffering from debilitating cramps. Medvedev, currently ranked No. 18 after a poor run of results,…
BEIJING (AP) — Coco Gauff broke Belinda Bencic’s serve to open the deciding set and went on to beat the Swiss player 4-6, 7-6 (4), 6-2 on Tuesday to advance to the China Open quarterfinals. The second-seeded Gauff improved her head-to-head career meetings with the 28-year-old Bencic to 4-2. Three of those matches have come…
Five of Monday’s 12 matches at the ATP and WTA China Opens ended in mid-match retirements, raising more questions of the long-term sustainability of the tennis calendar. The length of the sport’s off-season, and the increased mandatory event requirements on the WTA Tour, formed a large part of the lawsuit launched by the Professional Tennis…
Lorenzo Musetti has apologized for saying that “these f—ing Chinese” are “always coughing” during his China Open match against Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard in Beijing. The Italian had complained to umpire Mohamed Lahyani about a group of fans of unknown nationality that coughed between Musetti’s first and second serves on several occasions. After missing a forehand…
BEIJING (AP) — Lorenzo Musetti has become the latest tennis star to apologize to Chinese fans. “I am truly sorry. I respect you deeply, I feel at home here, and I value the warmth and kindness I have always received from you,” the 23-year-old Italian said in a message he posted Saturday on social media….