The action from China between the best eight women in tennis had seen both thrills and disappointments. In this first playing of the WTA Finals in Shenzhen, world No2 Naomi Osaka withdrew injured after her first match...
Ashleigh Barty added to her already stunning year by winning her first WTA Finals title in her maiden appearance at the season-ending event with a 6-4, 6-3 win over defending champion Elina Svitolina of Ukraine on Sunday.
A LOOK BACK
Shenzhen Longhua Open (Shenzhen, China): This week, the ATP Challenger Tour descended on the affluent Mission Hills Country Club. Home to 20 hard courts, as well as the largest golf facility in the world, with 12 courses, the venue is a sprawling sports complex.
For the second time in three weeks, Canada’s Denis Shapovalov will play in an ATP final, this time at the Paris Masters. But he faces a steep challenge in Novak Djokovic, a legend he’s never beaten.
In 2016, Wu Di lifted China's first ATP Challenger Tour trophy. One year later, Wu Yibing became its first teenage titlist. And on Sunday, the country will celebrate yet another milestone on the circuit.
Denis Shapovalov has reached his first Masters 1000 final after Rafael Nadal withdrew from their semifinal match with an injury.
Top-ranked Ashleigh Barty advanced Saturday to the final of the WTA Finals where she faces defending champion Elina Svitolina, a player she has never beaten in five previous attempts.
Sooner or later, it had to come down to one match, a win-or-lose contest to determine the final qualifier for the men’s tennis finale, the ATP Finals in London next week. That it would come in the quarter-finals...
