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Eala does not blink Not many saw her coming this far. Alexandra Eala did. The Filipina knocked out Elina Svitolina in the quarter-finals in Washington. 6-3, 6-4. Two sets, no feeling-out process. The second seed walked off having found no way through. Eala hit hard. She held serve. She chased down everything. Osaka stands in…

Taylor Fritz saved a match point to survive Alex Michelsen in Washington. The top seed had no such luck, as Alex de Minaur crashed out of the DC Open.

Down a set and a break, Alex Eala flipped the script on Olympic champion Qinwen Zheng to win her Washington debut and set up a meeting with Leylah Fernandez.

Atmane turns the tables on Tiafoe in Washington Terence Atmane dumped Frances Tiafoe out in the first round of the Mubadala DC Open. Atmane came through 4-6, 6-3, 6-4 in the night from Monday to Tuesday. Tiafoe, the No. 6 seed, was on home soil in the Washington area, too. Atmane made the difference on…

Winning return to Washington Ten aces conceded. And still, Liudmila Samsonova found a way to beat Madison Keys in the first round of the DC Open. 3-6, 6-4, 6-4. The Russian knows the place well. She won it in 2022. After dropping the opening set, she tightened up on her first serve. 80% of points…

Tamara Korpatsch beat Anna Bondar 6-3, 6-3 to win the Hamburg Open on her home clay, the second WTA singles title of the German’s career.

Ten losses to the top 20, then this Some wins move you to the next round. Others rearrange a career. On the Estoril clay on Friday, Luca Van Assche managed the second kind. Beating Andrey Rublev was not just a result, it was a message. The 22-year-old landed the finest win of his life so…

Van Assche finds the clay, and the clay finds him a quarter-final in Estoril Two hours of grind, and a scoreline that only tells half of it. Luca Van Assche had spent weeks in limbo, nursing an injury, chasing his rhythm, resigned to rebuilding almost from nothing. Then he stepped onto the red dirt in…

Toronto lands its first big names The WTA 1000 in Toronto is already starting to pack some punch. Organisers have unveiled most of the wild cards for the main draw, and two names jump out straight away: Venus Williams and Bianca Andreescu. Two generations. Two different paths. Two former champions arriving with very different baggage…