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Why a tennis player was disqualified for walking off court mid-match – and why he apologized Original

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By Ava Wallace Verified, James Hansen Verified
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Welcome back to the Monday Tennis Briefing, where The Athletic will explain the stories behind the stories from the past week on court. This week, there was one of the strangest disqualifications in tennis history, the race to the ATP Tour Finals intensified and a player at the center of a storm broke new ground. If you’d like to follow our fantastic tennis coverage, click here. Why was a clay court the scene of the strangest default in recent times?
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Alexander Zverev secures world No. 1 ranking to reach the top of men’s tennis for the first time

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By Ava Wallace Verified
| The Athletic Verified
As a season defined by unexpected injury and extended absences for top players nears its end, Alexander Zverev will reach world No. 1 for the first time on Monday. He is the second German man to claim the top ranking in men’s tennis after Boris Becker, and at 29 1/2 years old, the second-oldest debut No. 1. Australian John Newcombe was older when he hit the top spot at 30 years old in 1974, a year after the computerized rankings were created.
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Naomi Osaka Tokyo drifts back into tennis fashion as she expands vision beyond Grand Slams Original

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By Ava Wallace Verified
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Naomi Osaka has expanded her tennis fashion vision once again. The four-time major champion took her tradition of wearing elaborate walk-out outfits ahead of Grand Slam matches down a couple rungs Tuesday, debuting a custom blue-and-white robe emblazoned with cranesahead of her first match at the Pan Pacific Open in Tokyo. The tournament, a WTA 500, is played two levels below a Grand Slam. Osaka, who won the tournament in 2019, last played the event in 2022.
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