Someone will win their first WTA Finals a week from Sunday in Cancun.

The year-end women’s event begins Sunday in Mexico with a new champion assured. Top seed and world No. 1 Aryna Sabalenka is the only player of the final eight to have made the final, coming last year.

Sabalenka and Iga Swiatek will also battle for the No. 1 ranking. Swiatek will likely have to at least make the final to …

In a rematch of their 2022 Basel final, Felix Auger-Aliassime once again was victorious over Holger Rune in Switzerland with a 6-3, 6-2 win over the Dane.

Auger-Aliassime reaches his first final since winning Basel last year. And it was a much-needed after a rough 2023 season.

The Canadian finished with five aces and lost just …

After meeting in the final at the start of October in Beijing, Daniil Medvedev and Jannik Sinner will close the month with another final battle, this time indoors in Vienna, after both won straight setters on Saturday.

Medvedev improves to 9-4 against rival Stefanos Tsitsipas with a 6-4, 7-6(8-6) win over the 4th-seeded Greek.

The defending champion Medvedev finished …

Defending champion Daniil Medvedev began the day with a 3-set 6-3, 3-6, 6-3 win over countryman Karen Khachanov. Medvedev lost just six points on first serve in the first and third sets, and broke for 2-0 in both.

Stefanos Tsitsipas set up the showdown with his rival Medvedev by easing past Croatia’s Borna Gojo 7-6(7-4), …

Holger Rune and Felix Auger-Aliassime set up a semifinal showdown in Basel after scoring tight final set breaker wins on Friday.

The top-seeded Rune edged Tomas Martin Etcheverry 6-1, 3-6, 7-6(8-6). Rune saved multiple break points in the third and then missed his first two match points up 6-4 in the breaker.

“It was super difficult and Tomas …

Turin hopefuls Casper Ruud and Taylor Fritz both suffered final set breakers Thursday in Vienna, damaging their chances to make the final eight in Turin next month.

Fritz, now 9th in the race one spot out, fell to 22-year-old Alexander Shevchenko 6-7(7-9), 7-6(8-6), 7-6(7-5). The American finished 0-for-15 on break chances, all in the last two sets.

Home favorite …

The top seeds for the most part advanced to the quarterfinals round in Vienna.

Defending champion Daniel Medvedev came from a set down to defeat Grigor Dimitrov 3-6, 6-2, 6-4.

After Dimitrov grabbed a two break lead to take the first, Medvedev stormed back. The Russian went up 4-1 in the second and then broke Dimitrov at …

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Casper Ruud and Taylor Fritz resumed their bids to reach the ATP Finals Wednesday in Basel as both advanced in their openers of the 500 level event.

Ruud eased Alexander Bublik 7-6(7-5), 6-2. Bublik , who just came off a big title Sunday in Antwerp, finished with 14 aces to 12 double faults as Ruud improves to 6-1 …

In a battle of young stars, Jannik Sinner gained revenge on Ben Shelton in the first round of Vienna on Wednesday. Shelton had stunned Sinner in three earlier in the month in Shanghai, but the Italian today saved all four break chances he faced in a 7-6(2), 7-5 win.

“It was a very tough match. He always serves really well, and today was obviously …

Promising American Jenson Brooksby was hit with an 18-month ban from tennis due to three missed “whereabouts” doping tests, the International Tennis Integrity Agency (ITIA) announced today.

Under the decision, Brooksby will not be able to return to tennis until January 5, 2025.

The 21-year-old was already out of action this year due to double wrist surgery back in May, but was hopeful to return in January if not in November. But …

A very strong field is set for the ATP 500 level event in Vienna this week. No fewer then five Top 10ers are in the draw led by the last four champions: Daniil Medvedev, Alexander Zverev, Andrey Rublev and home hero Dominic Thiem.

And many of the top stars will be tested right from the jump.

Medvedev meets the surging French teen Arthur Fils. Second-seeded Jannik Sinner collides with new ATP champion Ben Shelton and …

With Andrey Rublev and Stefanos Tsitsipas likely in for the ATP Finals in Turin, the final spot at the moment appears to be among four players: Holger Rune, Taylor Fritz, Casper Ruud and Hubert Hurkacz. All of whom are the Top 4 seeds this week in a strong field in Basel.

Rune, who makes debut with new coach Boris Becker, made the Basel final last year falling to Felix …

Alexander Bublik won his third career title taking the final in Antwerp over teen Arthur Fils 6-4, 6-4.

Bublik slammed 11 aces to go with 11 doubles, but lost just 1 points on first serve and never faced a break point.

“I was pretty much serving all match,” the 26-year-old Bublik said. “I told Arthur I …

Gael Monfils showed age is just a number as the French veteran took home the Stockholm title defeating Pavel Kotov 4-6, 7-6(6), 6-3.

The 37-year-old Monfils becomes the oldest winner at Stockholm. At age 26, Monfils won Stockholm back in 2011.

“Credit to Pavel,” Monfils said to the ATP. “He has had an unbelievable week …

In an all-Czech final in Nanchang, Katerina Siniakova rallied past No. 3 seed Marie Bouzkova in a thriller 1-6, 7-6(7-5), 7-6(7-4).

“It was a really tough and big battle,” Siniakova said after. “I’m really excited and proud I kept fighting until the end.

“It’s really tough, and sad that just one can win because both of us just …