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A direct response to player unrest Professional tennis may have just hit a small but significant turning point. After weeks of tension over player pay, the four Grand Slam tournaments have decided to open a new channel for dialogue. On Thursday, Roland Garros, Wimbledon, the US Open and the Australian Open announced the creation of…

The scoreline says 6-3, 6-2. The break-point column says something else. Coco Gauff faced eight of them against Marie Bouzkova and saved every one.

Ranked 35th in the world, Sara Bejlek walked off court in Cincinnati having beaten the world No. 1. Aryna Sabalenka is out, and the top half of the draw has fallen apart.

Alexander Zverev’s hard-court summer took another turn in Mason. The top seed fell to Tommy Paul in three sets, and Cincinnati has lost its headline name before the quarterfinals.

Frances Tiafoe won the last match of the Cincinnati third round overnight, then got accused at the net of faking the surgery he had six days ago.

One set was a formality, the other took a tiebreak. Coco Gauff is through to the Cincinnati last 16 for the third time, and only one player has more WTA 1000 wins in 2026.

Six points on serve. All night. Fifty-four minutes is roughly how long a lunch break lasts. It is also how long Aryna Sabalenka needed to remove Wang Xinyu from the Cincinnati draw, 6-1, 6-3, without ever letting the Chinese player find an opening. No break points faced. Eight service games, six points dropped across all…

The back that cost him Montreal is holding up. Auger-Aliassime needed 87 minutes to see off Juan Manuel Cerundolo and reach the Cincinnati last 16.

Brandon Nakashima was three points from the exit in Cincinnati. He walked off with the biggest win of his summer and left Daniil Medvedev’s US Open build-up in pieces.