Two former champions meet in the Basel final Sunday. Home favorite and 7-time winner Roger Federer meets 2-time champ Juan Martin del Potro in a dream matchup.

Federer flew past David Goffin 6-1, 6-2 to advance to his 13th career final in Basel.

Federer will seek a 95th career title which would put him alone in second place on the Open Era list. But del Potro comes into the final off an …

Simona Halep officially locked in the year-end WTA No. 1 ranking on Saturday after Karolina Pliskova fell in the semifinals of the WTA Singapore year-end event. The Czech had to win the WTA Finals title to pass Halep.

Halep becomes the 13th different player to finish No. 1 on the WTA computer since the rankings were introduced in November of 1975.

Halep, who also have never won a Grand Slam title, is …

Former No. 1s Venus Williams and Caroline Wozniacki will meet Sunday for the title of the Singapore WTA Finals.

Williams, the lone former champion at the start of the event, rallied from a set down to deny the hot-handed Caroline Garcia 6-7(3), 6-2, 6-3.

“Garcia has competed so well this whole tournament, and every time I thought I was getting close she played amazing,” Venus said. “It’s not over ‘til the fat …

Roger Federer kept his bid for an 8th Basel title having to come from a set down to beat Adrian Mannarino 4-6, 6-1, 6-3.

“Today was a battle. I had to somehow dig and fight and sometimes these wins are more rewarding than just leading from the get-go and dominating throughout and bringing it home,” said Federer. “These are better matches to win sometimes, actually. I just had a tough time …

Simona Halep’s bid for a first WTA Finals title ended Friday at the hands of Elina Svitolina. The Ukranian eased past the World No. 1 with a 6-3, 6-4 victory. However like Halep, Svitolina also failed to make the semifinals out of the Red Group.

“I had nothing to lose, and I was playing for my fans and for the people who were supporting me during all this week. I had …

Roger Federer cruised into the quarterfinals of his home Basel event thumping Benoit Paire 6-1, 6-3. It’s Federer 15th quarterfinal at the tournament he has won seven times.

“It feels nice. I’ve played good tennis from the start of this tournament. There’s always extra pressure playing at home and wanting to do well and try to stay in the tournament,” Federer said. “I’m happy to be through to the quarters and …

Ageless Venus Williams continued her remarkable year beating Garbine Muguruza 7-5, 6-4 at the WTA Finals in Singapore. The win, which avenged her loss to the Spaniard in the Wimbledon final, moved Williams into the semifinals at the year-end event and sent Muguruza out of the tournament.

“A win is a win, whether it’s like today or yesterday,” Venus said. “I’m pretty used to going home after you lose, so …

The two Carolines, Garcia and Wozniacki, won matches on Wednesday at the WTA Finals in Singapore, where Wozniacki clinched a spot in the semifinals, and Garcia kept her semifinal hopes alive.

The former No. 1 Wozniacki walloped current world No. 1 Simona Halep in Red Group action 6-0, 6-2. She has dropped only four games in two round robin matches thus far.

“I don’t think it’s ever easy when you play a …

Roger Federer opened play in his home Basel event posting a dominating 6-1, 6-3 victory over Frances Tiafoe. The two had just met last month at the US Open with the American pushing Federer to five, but Federer had no such issues with the teen today.

“Today I felt good from the beginning. I had a great first set and in the second set I had to reset and figure …

Venus Williams kept her WTA Finals titles hopes and No. 1 chances alive Tuesday with an epic 7-5, 6-7(3), 7-5 victory over French Open winner Jelena Ostapenko.

The 3-hour, 13-minute affair saw Venus, the lone former champion in the field, holding a match point in the second. But Venus broke at 5-all in the third then served it out for her second win of the year over the Latvian.

“A win is …

Former Grand Slam champions Novak Djokovic and Stan Warwinka confirmed that they are planning to return to tennis at the Abu Dhabi exo at the end of December.

“I am extremely excited to return to Abu Dhabi for the fifth time and take part in the 10th Edition of the Championship,” Djokovic said. “It is a huge honour to take part in such a special tournament. The line-up is very strong …

With Stockholm finalist Grigor Dimitrov and Marin Cilic all but in the ATP Finals, just two spots realistically remain in the ATP Finals field next month in London.

David Goffin, Pablo Carreno Busta, Sam Querrey and Kevin Anderson have all never made the year-end event, but odds are two will. And all four are playing this week.

Goffin is in Basel while the other three are in Vienna.

Sunday champions Juan Martin del …

On a day of blowouts at the Singapore WTA Finals, former No. 1 Caroline Wozniacki destroyed Elina Svitova 6-2, 6-0 and Simona Halep routed Caroline Garcia 6-4, 6-2.

“I think I played really well and I served well and stayed aggressive,” Wozniacki said. “It was close, especially in the beginning.

“I think I just kind of broke her down a little bit. Then I think she lost the belief or she tried …

Bosnia and Herzegovina’s Damir Dzumhur won his second title of the year Sunday, defeating Ricardas Berankis 6-2, 1-6, 6-4 in the final of the VTB Kremlin Cup in Russia.

His first title of the year also came in Russia at St. Petersburg.

“I really don’t know, but there is something special here in Russia,” he said. “Maybe the crowd, I don’t know.”

Dzumhur was serving at 3-4, 0-40 in the final …

Frenchman Jo-Wilfried Tsonga won his career-best fourth title of the year and moved himself into a position to possibly qualify for the ATP Finals, in the final of the European Open in Antwerp, Belgium, defeating Diego Schwartzman 6-3, 7-5.

“I had a very good opponent today,” Tsonga said. “He gave me a hard time. And I played some of my best tennis today on court. It’s really good, really positive for …