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Tennis Zverev Dethrones Sinner to Reach the Summit at 29 At 29 years and six months, Germany's Alexander Zverev will become world number one for the first time in his career when the ATP rankings are updated on 2 November. He secured the top spot by beating
Tennis Queen of 2026: Rybakina Locks Up Year-End Top Spot Elena Rybakina will end 2026 as world number one after the 27-year-old beat Yulia Putintseva 6-2, 6-3 in the last 16 of the Pan Pacific Open in Tokyo. The Kazakh won the Australian Open and the US Ope
Tennis 'At Some Point You Have to Close the Book' - Tearful Wawrinka Retires A 23-year professional career, 985 matches and three Grand Slam titles: Stan Wawrinka has bowed out of tennis at the age of 41 after a 7-5, 7-6 (7-2) defeat by Jiri Lehecka at the Swiss Indoors in Bas
Tennis Alcaraz Says Zverev Fully Deserves to Be World Number One Having clawed back a 7,000-point deficit, Alexander Zverev now trails Jannik Sinner by just 100 points in the live ATP rankings and stands one step away from becoming world number one. Reaching the qu
Tennis Zverev Clinches Year-End World Number One for First Time Alexander Zverev, 29, has secured the year-end world number one ranking for the first time in his career, becoming the oldest first-time year-end number one. The German's place at the top was sealed b
Tennis Coco Gauff Becomes Player-Owner in World Team Tennis
Coco Gauff, a two-time Grand Slam champion, has become a player-owner of the Florida franchise in World TeamTennis. The American will line up for the Florida Flamingos in December 2026, a move that
Tennis Sinner Ruled Out for Rest of 2026 with Knee Injury World number one Jannik Sinner has confirmed that a serious knee injury will keep him off the court for the rest of the 2026 season. "Me, together with the doctors, have decided that I need a course o
Tennis Djokovic Wins Seventh China Open Title Novak Djokovic won the China Open for a seventh time after Australia's Alex de Minaur retired injured in the final with the score at 7-6, 0-1. The 39-year-old Serb's victory brought him a 102nd career
Tennis Sabalenka and Rybakina Both Out of China Open Nikola Bartunkova, a 20-year-old from the Czech Republic, needed just one hour and 35 minutes to beat former world number one Aryna Sabalenka 6-4, 6-3 in the third round of the China Open, producing a
Tennis “This Is My Last Moment” — Kei Nishikori, 36, Bids Farewell to Top-Level Tennis on Home Soil in Tokyo
Japan's Kei Nishikori, 36, has confirmed that he will officially bring the curtain down on his professional career on home soil, at the ATP 500 tournament in Tokyo. The 2014 US Open finalist, who bec
Tennis Elena Rybakina and Aryna Sabalenka Battle for Top Spot
World number one Elena Rybakina and Aryna Sabalenka have opened their fight for top spot in the 2026 season standings at the China Open in Beijing, with exactly 1,007 points separating the pair. The
Tennis Jannik Sinner's Comeback Derailed — Why Can't the World Number One Play in China?
Four leading players have withdrawn in one go from the main draws in Beijing and Tokyo, the two flagship ATP 500 events of the Asian swing. Wimbledon champion Jannik Sinner has pulled out of his tit
Tennis Nine Withdrawals and a Reshaped Draw: What Is Happening Before the Beijing WTA 1000
Nine players have pulled out of the main draw before the China Open, the WTA 1000 event in Beijing, has even begun. For several, the choice was made for them. A knee injury ruled out Victoria Mboko,
Tennis O2 Arena Honours Roger Federer with Historic Rf Room
Forty-five official matches after he first graced its court, London's O2 Arena has paid tribute to tennis great Roger Federer by opening the RF Room, a space dedicated to his legacy. Tellingly, it ma
Tennis Carlos Alcaraz and Alexander Zverev Lead the Charge Against Team World as the 2026 Laver Cup Gets Under Way
A black court assembled from 460 separate pieces now sits inside London's O2 Arena, where Team Europe are plotting revenge after last year's 15-9 defeat in San Francisco at the Laver Cup, the annual
Tennis Two Grand Slam Titles and a Historic Opportunity: Alexander Zverev Closes in on World Number One
Alexander Zverev's 2026 campaign has already yielded two Grand Slam titles, at Roland Garros and the US Open, and those triumphs have carried him 700 points clear of Jannik Sinner in the ATP Race, t
Tennis Charlotte Set to Become the New Capital of Women's Tennis
Backed by a $14 million mega-grant, Charlotte will stage the WTA Finals, the season-ending showpiece of women's tennis, for three years from 2027. The prestigious event will be held at the Spectrum C
Tennis Six-Time Grand Slam Champion Joe Salisbury Retires from Professional Tennis
Joe Salisbury, a six-time Grand Slam champion and former world number one in doubles, has retired from professional tennis at the age of 34. The Briton chose the US Open as his farewell event, reach
Tennis Five in a Row — Carlos Alcaraz to Play at the ATP Finals
Carlos Alcaraz has booked his place at the Nitto ATP Finals, the season-ending championship, for a fifth consecutive year, having compiled a 26-4 record this season and lifted the Australian Open tit
Tennis Draper Calls Time on 2026 Season Early After Missing Every Grand Slam and Sliding Down the Rankings
An arm injury kept Jack Draper out of all four Grand Slam tournaments in 2026, and the 24-year-old has tumbled to 155th in the world rankings. The former world number four last played on 13 August a
