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Dallas | Shelton survives strong challenge to make QF
Ben Shelton produces a victory roar on defeating Adrian Mannarino (Photo by Sam Hodde/Getty Images) Ben Shelton, the second seed at the Nexo Dallas Open, knew that his second-round opponent would be providing him with plenty of problems when they clashed for a quarter final place at the ATP 500 event.
Rotterdam | De Minaur clocks up another win
Alex De Minaur is rising to the occasion! (Photo by Rene Nijhuis/MB Media/Getty Images) The two-time finalist, Alex de Minaur is keen to, not only make it three years-in-a-row but go one better for the first time this Sunday by claiming the ABN AMRO Open title.
Dallas | Fritz and Shelton lead an American charge
Taylor Fritz hits behind the back shot (Photo by Sam Hodde/Getty Images) In an American dominated field Taylor Fritz and Ben Shelton, the top two seeds, got off the mark with first round wins in the Nexo Dallas Open, an ATP 500 event. From a returning serve standpoint, that's the best returning set I've played in years, I think.
Melbourne | Alcaraz triumphs down under
Carlos Alcaraz hugs the trophy he had worked so hard for (Photo by Darrian Traynor/Getty Images) It may not have been the final everyone expected at the start of the Australian Open, but it lived up to expectations in terms of excitement with some fabulous tennis played by the two protagonists with both having a chance to make tennis history. I think nobody knows how hard I have been working to get this trophy.
Melbourne | Fery opens British challenge
Arthur Fery concentrates during his first round victory (Photo by Cameron Spencer/Getty Images) Arthur Fery made a significant impression on the first day of the Australian Open when he upset the 20th seed Flavio Cobolli in straights sets.
Auckland | Baez and Mensik play catch-up to reach final
Sebastian Baez remains unbeaten so far this season (Photo by Dave Rowland/Getty Images) Sebastian Baez shrugged off the inconvenience of playing twice at the ASB Classic in Auckland following the suspension of matches when rain arrived to disrupt the schedule of the ATP 250 event.
Turin | Sinner retains his ATP Finals title.
(Photo by Clive Brunskill/Getty Images) Jannik Sinner may not have ended the year as world No.1, but he has retained the Nitto ATP Finals title at the expense of his rival, Carlos Alcaraz. It was a very, very close match.
Turin | Heliovaara-Patten capture their first ATP Finals title
Photo by Clive Brunskill/Getty Images) The Finn.-British combination of Harri Heliovaara and Henry Patten, the second seeds, proved their mental strength in a tightly fought battle with the all-British pairing of Joe Salisbury and Neal Skupski. They won 7-5 6-3 after 90-minutes to become the Nitto ATP Finals doubles champion as a team and reversed the round robin result when the two pairings met in their John McEnroe Group match 7-6(7) 3-6 10-7.
Turin | Alcaraz versus Sinner - the final match everyone expected
(Photo by Valerio Pennicino/Getty Images) There were no upsets in the semi-finals of the Nitto ATP Finals and had there been it would have been of seismic proportions as the top two players in the world were destined to meet in the tour’s final match in Turin. I will try and approach the match in a different way.
Turin | Auger Aliassime pips Zverev to S/F spot
(Photo by Clive Brunskill/Getty Images) There was only one match that had some meaning in Friday’s schedule of the Nitto ATP Finals and that was the evening one between Alexander Zverev and Felix Auger Aliassime to decide which one of them would progress to the knockout stage and face Carlos Alcaraz in Saturday’s semi-finals. You want to be in the final, but I’ll have to go through a great player to do that. I will take my chance if I have it.
Turin | Alcaraz receives the end-of-year No.1 trophy.
(Photo by Image Photo Agency/Getty Images) At the start of this year’s Nitto ATP Finals in Turin, the two top players in the world were vying to end the year as World No.1. At the time Carlos Alcaraz was in the lead but Yannik Sinner could overtake him if he faltered but on Thursday, by completing his Round Robin group of matches unbeaten, the Spaniard made himself uncatchable.
ATP Update | Musetti has a tough week in Athens,; Norrie through in Metz
(Photo by Shi Tang/Getty Images) With the ATP Finals looming next week, the fight for the eighth and final place will be settled just in time as Lorenzon Musetti tries to regain that spot from Felix Auger Aliassime who displaced him last week when he reached the Paris Masters final. Playing against Tabilo, who I had never won against. We played two times on clay court, this year and last year and he won both of these matches.
Paris | Norrie Stuns Alcaraz
(Photo by Tnani Badreddine/DeFodi Images/DeFodi via Getty Images) The Rolex Paris Masters, the last of the 1000 tour events of the season, heated up on Tuesday when the first second round matches got under way bringing in the top eight following their opening round byes. I am just so pleased with the way I did it.
Vienna | Shelton returns to winning ways
Thu Oct 23 14:20:00 UTC 2025: Here’s a summarized news article based on the provided text: Shelton Secures Hard-Fought Vienna Win; Sinner Returns with Dominant Victory By Henry Wancke | Oct 22, 2025 | ATP Tour Ben Shelton battled back from injury and match points to defeat Kamil Majchrzak in a thrilling three-set match at the Erste Bank Open in Vienna. The American secured a 6-7(2), 6-3, 7-6(7) victory, crucial for maintaining his position in the ATP Finals qualification race.
Brussels | Auger Aliassime draws closer to Turin qualification
(Photo by DAVID PINTENS/Belga/AFP via Getty Images) The chase for the eighth and last qualifying place in the Race to Turin is tightening as the current incumbent, Lorenzo Musetti suffers a quarter final defeat in Brussels while his main rival for that spot, Felix Auger Aliassime remains a title contender for the European Open title in reaching the last four. For a set and a half, it was tough to ask for better. Then I made one or two mistakes, but I have to give him so much credit.
Stockholm | Rune gets his Swedish campaign off the ground
(Photo by Lintao Zhang/Getty Images) Former champion Holger Rune, the top seed for this year’s edition of the BNP Paribas Nordic Open in Stockholm, reached his third consecutive quarter final on the tour where he will face Tomas Martin Etcheverry, It was difficult to close it out but obviously very happy with my performance. It was a great match I think for both of us.
Beijing | Sinner lifts the huge golden trophy
(Photo by Lintao Zhang/Getty Images) Having lost his US Open title to Carlos Alcaraz last month, as well as his position at the top of the world rankings, Jannik Sinner returned to his winning ways with a relatively comfortable victory in the final of the China Open. It is a very, very special place for me Jannik Sinner The Italian 24-year-old defeated the young American Learner Tien 6-2 6-2 to regain the Beijing title which he had also lost to his Spanish rival last year.
Tokyo | Alcaraz grabs the Japan Open title
(Photo by Koji Watanabe/Getty Images) Carlos Alcaraz collected his eighth title of the season and 24th of his career, when he defeated Taylor Fritz in the final of the Japan Open, a 500-tour level tournament played out in Tokyo. I didn’t start the year that good, struggling emotionally, so how I came back from that, I’m just really proud of myself, and of all the people around me who have helped me to be in this position.
ATP Roundup | Musetti and Bublik both face qualifiers in their finals
(Photo by Zhong Zhi/Getty Images) Lorenzo Musetti’s goal at this year’s Chengdu Open was to go one better than last year when he was beaten in the final by Shang Jungchen and on Monday, he at least repeated that run when he beat Alexander Shevchenko in the semi-finals. I was expecting a tough battle. Clearly he was a little tired from yesterday. It is never easy to play someone from a specific region at home.
San Francisco | Fritz leads Team World to Laver Cup glory
(Photo by Clive Brunskill/Getty Images for Laver Cup) At the end of the first Day of this year’s Laver Cup saw Team Europe take a comfortable lead at which stage it was pointed out that no team had won the Cup in the previous seven years from 1-3 down on the opening day. They laid their heart on the line.
San Francisco | Team Europe claim the first day
(Photo by Clive Brunskill/Getty Images for Laver Cup) Team Europe, this year led by Yannick Noah who replaced Bjorn Borg after seven years in charge, has got the Team Europe team off to an excellent start in San Francisco, dominating the first day’s play against Team World with three wins to one. Really happy with the match.
DC Roundup | The Final eight are confirmed as GB gain promotion
(Photo by Angel Martinez/Getty Images for ITF) It’s been a hectic weekend as the world’s biggest competition, the Davis Cup, completed several divisional issues including confirmation of the final eight line-up for the Final in Bologna between the 18th and 23rd of November. It also saw Britain regain its place in next year’s Davis Cup qualifiers which could see the team contesting for the trophy itself in 12 months.
New York | Sinner and Alcaraz reach decision time
(Photo by Elsa/Getty Images) The cream always rises to the top and that is the case at this year’s edition of the US Open which sees the current top two players in the world meeting in the Final in a match which will decide which one of them merits the title of World No.1 I lost three out of four Slams in semis against these guys so they’re just too good, playing on a really high level Novak Djokovic Jannik Sinner, the current incumbent, survived a scare to get past a revived Felix Auger...
New York | Alcaraz Djokovic blockbuster S/F now set
(Photo by Elsa/Getty Images) Whoever has tickets for Friday’s US Open semi-finals better guard them well as they will provide seats for a blockbuster of a match with Carlos Alcaraz taking on Novak Djokovic in what will be a crucial encounter for both of them. This is the way I love playing tennis and I'm trying to follow it that way. When I have the opportunity to bring a hot shot, I just think: 'Why not?' I'm here to entertain the people.
New York | Auger Aliassime stuns Rublev and takes on De Minaur for S/F place
(Photo by Sarah Stier/Getty Images) Felix Auger-Alissime showcased his talent as he overturned a ten-point ranking gap to oust the 15th seeded Andrey Rublev and reach the US Open quarter finals for the first time in four years.
New York | Djokovic’s run to glory could be derailed by Fritz
(Photo by Clive Brunskill/Getty Images) Novak Djokovic won the US Open in 2023 to log his 24th win to match Margaret Court’s all-time record and ever since then, he has attempted to win one more and claim the record for himself. He has come close and this year he is again three matches away from achieving that goal after comfortably eliminating the German veteran journeyman Jan-Lennard Struff to reach the quarter final at Flushing Meadows.
New York | Auger Aliassime stuns Zverev in R3
(Photo by Mike Stobe/Getty Images) Felix Auger Aliassime has had a topsy turvy season but at the US Open its on the up with a major result to his credit, the dismissal of the world No.3 Alexander Zverev for a place in the fourth round.
New York | Sinner fended off his first real challenger
(Photo by Clive Brunskill/Getty Images) Jannik Sinner, as defending US Open champion, avoided the embarrassment of a third-round defeat in what proved to be a particularly tricky encounter with Denis Shapovalov. It was a very, very tough match today, I’ve known Denis for quite a while, so I knew that I would have to play at a high level today. I’m very happy that I managed to win. He started off very well. I just tried to stay there mentally.
New York | Alcaraz keeps focused on the game in hand
(Photo by Elsa/Getty Images) Despite calling for medical attention in the second set, former champion and second seeded Carlos Alcaraz stormed into the US Open’s fourth round in straight sets dropping just six games in the process. I’m feeling good, it was just a precaution that I asked for the physio Carlos Alcaraz He took out Italy’s Luciano Darderi 6-2 6-4 6-0 after receiving treatment to his right knee after jolting it when landing during a serve when leading by a set and 4-1.
New York | Djokovic overcomes Norrie
(Photo by Mike Stobe/Getty Images) Whether Novak Djokovic is back to full fighting form is still doubtful, but he showed his usual determination to secure his seventh win over Britain’s former No.1, Cameron Norrie and make the fourth round of the US Open in his campaign to lift his fifth title in New York, and finally record his 25th grand slam victory and establish an exceptional record.
New York | Sinner remains on cruise control
(Photo by Maddie Meyer/Getty Images) Jannik Sinner marched into the third round by dispatching Alexei Popyrin – the player who put out the four-time champion Novak Djokovic at last year’s US Open – in straight sets on the Arthur Ashe Stadium court. It was a very, very solid performance .....
New York | Norrie through to face Djokovic
(Photo by Clive Brunskill/Getty Images) To offset the bad news of Jack Drapers’s withdrawal, Cameron Norrie battled his way through to the third round of the US Open where he will face the four-time champion Novak Djokovic, seeded 7 for this fortnight. The British No.2 survived a gruelling four-hour roller coaster of a match but eventually scrambled through on Court 5 to reach the third round for a third time with his 7-6(5) 6-3 6-7(0) 7-6(4) defeat of Argentina’s Francisco Comesana.
New York | Zverev and Tsitsipas still chasing first GS title
(Photo by Mike Stobe/Getty Images) Alexander Zverev came within two points of winning the US Open in 2020 and made the final of the French Open four years later and sthis eason, appeared in the title match of the Australian Open.
New York | Sinner eases through as R1 is completed
(Photo by Sarah Stier/Getty Images) It’s taken three days but finally the first round of the 2025 edition of the US Open has been completed and the only major upset recorded, was the surprising and dramatic dismissal of the former champion, Russia’s Daniil Medvedev, the 13thh seed. I’m starting the tournament, hopefully, in the best possible way.
New York | Nishikori to miss US Open
(Photo by Daniel Kopatsch/Getty Images) Another withdrawal from this year’s US Open which starts next week in Flushing Meadows, was announced on Wednesday by Kei Nishikori, the Japanese former world No.4 and 2014 Finalist. “Hi fans, unfortunately I will not be ready for the US Open yet. I had an MRI taken of my back and it’s not 100 per cent healed yet,” the 35-year-old wrote on X, formerly Twitter. “Working hard to be back on court soon.
Winston-Salem | Korda steps up as favourite
(Photo by Grant Halverson/Getty Images) Following the loss of the top two seeds at the Winston-Salem Open on Tuesday, seeds three, four and five followed on Wednesday leaving Italy’s Matteo Arnaldi, the sixth seed, as the highest ranked player left. The third round casualties at the ATP 250 level event, include Luciano Dardieri (3), Gabriel Diallo (4) and Lorenzo Sonego (5) who fell respectively to Miomir Kecmanovic (6-3 6-1, Hamad Medjedovic (6-4 6-2) and Jaume Munar (4-6 6-4 6-1).
Winston-Salem | Korda makes a winning return
(Photo by Grant Halverson/Getty Images) With one week before the US Open, the Winston-Salem Open, an ATP 250 level event, provides the last opportunity for players requiring match practice for the last Grand Slam of the season, especially if you have just come back from a long lay-off due to injury. It’s fun to be back here. The last time I was here was in 2023 and had some good results, so it’s nice to be back here.
Cincinnati | Alcaraz takes title after Sinner retires
(Photo by Matthew Stockman/Getty Images) The Cincinnati Masters blockbuster men’s final unfortunately never materialised as Jannik Sinner, the world No.1, became the sixth retirement at this year’s event suffering from an unspecified ailment.
Cincinnati | Sinner and Alcaraz set up dream final
(Photo by Daniel Kopatsch/Getty Images) Jannik Sinner will face Carlos Alcaraz in the final of the Cincinnati Masters to continue their fast-growing rivalry in what will be their fourth meeting this season and 14th encounter of their careers. We raise our level to the top and we bring a really beautiful tennis to the match.
Cincinnati | Fritz crashes out to qualifier while Sinner and Alcaraz make Cincy QFs
(Photo by Julian Avram/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images) This year’s Cincinnati Open has produced some interesting and unexpected results while suffering a series of dramatic incidents and on Wednesday, following an extensive rain break, the French qualifier Terence Atmane producd another upset by eliminating the home favourite and world No.4 Taylor Fritz, 3-6 7-5 6-3.
Cincinnati | Alcaraz eases through as rain now hits Cinci
(Photo by Dylan Buell/Getty Images) Play for some matches on Tuesday at the Cincinnati Masters, was hindered for around 45-minutes by rain and, at the end of the day, left one match unfinished and another suspended overnight. I’m just really happy to get the win. Carlos Alcaraz In the interim Carlos Alcaraz recorded his 50th win for the season as he eased past Hamad Mejedovic 6-4 6-4 in tricky conditions for his 13th consecutive win at Masters level.
Cincinnati | Sinner overcomes fire alarm on day of drama
(Photo by Daniel Kopatsch/Getty Images) Off court drama at the Lindner Family Tennis Centre – hosts of the Cincinnati Masters – may have affected play but not the eventual results with a fire alarm going off and power cuts hitting the site during matches featuring Jannik Sinner, Frances Tiafoe and Taylor Fritz. It was a very difficult day at the office.
Cincinnati | Shelton and Alcaraz advance but more seeds fall
(Photo by Dylan Buell/Getty Images) Some Interesting results came out of the fourth day at the Cincinnati Masters which again featured a number of well known names make early departures from the redeveloped Lidner Family Tennis Centre with Alex de Minaur leading a group which included Daniil Medevedev and Cameron Norrie amongst them. I’m just excited for the opportunity to play here in Cincinnati. This is the tournament where I had a big breakthrough and one that I never want to miss.
Cincinnati | Sinner storms through but Sonego & Ruud fall
(Photo by Dylan Buell/Getty Images) The first round of the Cincinnati Open, the last Masters event before the US Open, has been completed with no major casualties, that came in the second round when the seeds joined the action. It’s not easy to play here, the ball is flying.
Toronto | Shelton roars into Final to meet Khachanov
(Photo by Matthew Stockman/Getty Images) Ben Shelton is clearly set to join Jannik Sinner and Carlos Alcaraz to set up the ‘Big Three’ of this new generation following his very powerful and strong performance to reach the final of the National Bank Open in Toronto, more commonly known as the Canadian Masters. I've seen so many big improvements this week.
Toronto | Zverev takes out defending champion and faces Khachanov for final place
(Photo by Matthew Stockman/Getty Images) Alexei Popyrin’s reign as the Canadian Masters champion came to an end following a brave run to the quarter final stage where Alexander Zverev proved too big a hurdle for him to clear.
Toronto | Fritz and Shelton reach personal landmarks
(Photo by Matthew Stockman/Getty Images) The quarter final line-up for the Canadian Masters was completed on Sunday and spectators were served up with a four high quality tennis matches which went to three sets, with one nearly lasting three hours while the others were some thirty minutes shorter. Today I had to accept that parts of my game were just not there.
Toronto | Popyrin takes one more positive step towards retaining title
(Photo by Matthew Stockman/Getty Images) This time last year Alexei Popyrin was on his way to winning the biggest title of his career when he beat Andrey Rublev in Montreal to become the Canadian Open champion I feel comfortable on these courts, where I hit my first aggressive shot and then can dictate from there… My forehand was the standout today Alexei Popyrin The event, a Masters 1000 level tournament, is being staged in Toronto this year and the 25-year-old Australian, seeded at 18, is...
Toronto | Popyrin outs former champ Medvedev
(Photo by Matthew Stockman/Getty Images) Three former Canadian Masters champions were on display as the first matches of the third round – the top half of the draw — got under way in Toronto. I had to revert back to the main tactics that we had, which was more focused on serving, coming into the net and not giving him the same rhythm.
Toronto | Diallo keeps home hopes alive while Fritz leads American pack
(Photo by Julian Avram/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images) A good day for American tennis but a disappointing one for the home nation as their top player, Felix Auger Aliassime fails to get past the second round of the Canadian Open Masters being played out in Toronto this year and is joined at the exit door by Alexis Galarneau leaving Gabriel Diallo as the sole Canuk challenger. Tough conditions all week here.
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