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Iga Swiatek swept past Coco Gauff to reach the Rome Open final on Thursday where Aryna Sabalenka will stand in her way of a third title and her bid to match a Serena Williams record. Poland's Iga Swiatek celebrates after winning against USA's Coco Gauff at the Women's WTA Rome Open World number one Swiatek eased to a 6-4, 6-3 …

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Shanghai Masters: Hubert Hurkacz battles past Andrey Rublev to clinch title

Frances Tiafoe powered past Hubert Hurkacz and Taylor Fritz beat Andrey Rublev in straight sets Saturday as defending champions Team World built a commanding 10-2 lead over Team Europe in the Laver Cup. pic.twitter.com/Kb04AI3aeM — The Tennis Letter September 24, 2023 With each match win worth three points on Sunday, Team World will need just one victory to lift the …

Team World will need just one victory to lift the trophy for a second time – after Europe claimed the first four editions of the event that began in 2017. Frances Tiafoe powered past Hubert Hurkacz and Taylor Fritz beat Andrey Rublev in straight sets Saturday as defending champions Team World built a commanding 10-2 lead over Team Europe in …

World number one Carlos Alcaraz ended Australian qualifier Max Purcell’s dream run with a 4-6 6-3 6-4 win to reach the Cincinnati Open semi-finals on Friday, while Poland’s Hubert Hurkacz got past lucky loser Alexei Popyrin 6-1 7-6. The Spaniard failed to convert his only break point chance of the first set in the second game before helping Purcell to …

Australian Open 2023 | Sebastian Korda's run continues as he edges past Hurkacz to book 1st QF berth

Australian Open 2023 | 1998 Australian Open champ Petr's son Sebastian Korda continues his run in the Australian Open 2023 as he edged past Hubert Hurkacz in the round of 16 on Sunday. At the end — the very end — it was Korda, a 22-year-old American, who earned a spot in his first Grand Slam quarterfinal by edging No.10 …

After Chile beat Norway earlier in the day, Spain only needed one win in their final Group A tie against 2020 champions Serbia to progress, and that came from the consistent Pablo Carreno Busta. Sydney: Roberto Bautista Agut swept past Serbia’s Dusan Lajovic to steer Spain into the ATP Cup semi-finals Wednesday, where they will meet Poland after world number …

Novak Djokovic’s hopes of ending the season as world number one for a record seventh time are on hold after Daniil Medvedev battled past French qualifier Hugo Gaston 7-6, 6-4 to reach the Paris Master semi-finals on Friday. Djokovic had eased into the last four earlier on Friday, beating American Taylor Fritz 6-4, 6-3, and would have been confirmed as …

PARIS — Defending champion Daniil Medvedev stayed in contention for the year-end No. Fritz beat fifth-seeded Andrey Rublev 7-5, 7-6, qualifier Giron edged 11th-seeded Diego Schwartzman 7-6, 7-6, and Korda cruised past St. Petersburg Open champion Marin Cilic 6-2, 6-4. Felix Auger-Aliassime and Pablo Carreno Busta both dropped out of contention for the ATP Finals by losing in the second …

Miami: Italian teen Jannik Sinner rallied past Spanish seventh seed Roberto Bautista Agut at the Miami Open on Friday to book a meeting with Hubert Hurkacz in the biggest final of his young career. Sinner, who reached last year’s French Open quarter-finals, defeated Bautista 5-7, 6-4, 6-4 to become only the fourth teen to reach the men’s final in the …