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Nothing like it since 1984 Three wild cards. Three wins. Three South Koreans still standing at the Korea Open. Park Sohyun and Ku Yeonwoo both won their first-ever WTA main-draw matches on Tuesday, joining Back Dayeon in the second round. To find three Korean women in a WTA second round in the Open Era, you…

Khachanov, Michelsen, Cilic and five others are missing from Hangzhou before a ball has been struck. The alternates who replaced them already face tough draws.

Two titles, one tournament Iva Jovic now has two WTA titles. Both came in Guadalajara. The 18-year-old American kept hold of the Mexican trophy she won last year on Saturday, beating compatriot Peyton Stearns 6-4, 6-2. One hour and 26 minutes. She did not drop a set all week. Some players spend years waiting to…

Canada’s main man got the job done Félix Auger-Aliassime killed off French hopes on Saturday in Quebec. The world No 5 beat Arthur Rinderknech 4-6, 7-6 (5), 6-4 to seal Canada’s 3-1 Davis Cup qualifying win. The Quebec native won both of his singles matches in three sets, though he was hardly flying out of…

Not a set dropped all week, and not a break point faced in the final. Iva Jovic beat Peyton Stearns 6-4, 6-2 to win the Guadalajara Open for a second year running.

A first since 2021 Iga Swiatek has not missed the WTA Finals since making her debut in 2021. Back then, she finished ninth in the world. Five years on, she is in exactly the same spot, and the script is threatening to repeat itself. In the Race standings, which decide who qualifies, the Pole is…

A bye, then the real work starts The Singapore draw is out, and Alex Eala has come away with status and a headache. The status: third seed, so she skips round one. The headache: everything else. The Filipino will open in round two against Sofia Costoulas, world No. 152, or Tatiana Prozorova, 178th. She has…

A final in New York, a setback in Prague One week. That is the gap between Ben Shelton’s run to the US Open final and his straight-sets defeat in Davis Cup. Jiri Lehecka beat him 6-4, 6-4 on Friday in Prague. One hour and 34 minutes. No third set, no late drama. The Czech got…

Jovic drops just five games against Bucsa Iva Jovic has only one WTA title on her record. She won it in Guadalajara last year. Now she is one win away from keeping it. The 18-year-old American, the No 2 seed, beat Spain’s Cristina Bucsa 6-4, 6-1 in Friday night’s semi-final in Mexico. The scoreline flatters…