After a day of upsets, the seeds got back on track Saturday at the Shanghai Masters. Rain disrupted play on the outer courts, but it was a good day indoors for the top players. Seeds finished 7-1.

Carlos Alcaraz led the way. In his Shanghai debut the 20-year-old toughed out a good match with 29-year-old Gregoire Barrere 6-2, 7-5.

“I had just one practice …

The Coco Gauff 16-match win streak is over. Iga Swiatek took care of that Saturday in the Beijing 1000 semifinals.

The Polish star played near-flawless tennis in a comprehensive 6-2, 6-3 win over the 19-year-old American.

“I’m really happy with my performance,” Swiatek told the crowd after reaching her first final since July. “It feels like I can play freely again, so I’m really …

A bunch of big names and big names fell in their openers on Friday in Shanghai as five of the top seven seeds in action all lost.

After a strong start to his Asian swing, Alexander Zverev fell in straight sets to Roman Safiullin 6-3, 6-1.

Safiullin hit seven aces and lost just three points on first serve. Zverev won just 48% of first serves …

Coco Gauff ran her win streak to 16 on Friday in Beijing with a convincing win over the 6th-seeded Maria Sakkari 6-2, 6-4.

Gauff finished winning losing just five points on first serve, never faced a break point while breaking three times.

“It was definitely as comfortable as it looked, honestly,” Gauff told the WTA after. “She’s a tough player. I think she came …

With the first round completed at the Shanghai Masters, seeds will finally take the courts on Day 3.

Holger Rune and Casper Ruud lead the way along with Alexander Zverev who takes on the rising Russian Roman Safiullin.

Rune will try to beat Brandon Nakashima for a first time while Ruud takes on Yoshihito Nishioka.

No. 16 seed Hubert Hurkacz draws …

Third-seeded Coco Gauff ran her win streak to 15 eliminating Tokyo champion Veronika Kudermetova 7-6(7-5), 6-2 to reach the quarterfinals in Beijing.

The 19-year-old Gauff broke the Russian five times including with Kudermetova serving 5-4 in the first with four set points.

“The end of this season for me, especially once you’re qualified [for the WTA Finals], I consider it bonus matches,” Gauff told the WTA. “That’s why the first two matches, I think …

In the match of the day in Beijing, former Wimbledon champion Elena Rybakina rallied from a set down to defeat teen Mirra Andreeva in three sets 2-6, 6-4, 6-1.

The 16-year-old Andreeva, seeking her first Top 10 win, eased in front building a 6-2, 3-2 lead in the second with a break. That’s when Rybakina took over winning nine of the last 11 games. She finished with 10 aces.

“Today, I had a tough opponent, …

On opening day at the Shanghai Masters, two future Hall of Famers lost in the first round.

Former champion Andy Murray fell to Roman Safiullin 6-3, 6-2. The 36-year-old finishes his Asian swing just 1-3 dropping his last three matches.

Safiullin, who is enjoying a breakout season, was broken once while breaking Murray five times in the match.

Murray was just 9/29 on second serve points won and just 1-of-7 on …

After six straight losses, Jannik Sinner finally got over on Daniil Medvedev defeating the Russian 7-6(7-2), 7-6(7-2) to win the Beijing 500 title on Wednesday.

Sinner, who was 0-6 against Medvedev including loss in the Miami final, picked up his 9th career title and improved to 9-3 in tour finals. It’s his …

The biggest tennis event in Asia kicks off Wednesday in Shanghai for the second-to-last Masters event of the season.

After a three-year hiatus due to COVID, the tournament returns with 19 of the Top 20 players in a new 12-day event format.

The lone missing Top 20 player is Novak Djokovic who opted out of the event. The Serb hasn’t played a tournament (did play Davis Cup) since winning his …

To increase her win streak to 14, Coco Gauff had to do it the hard way Tuesday in Beijing. The 19-year-old US Open champion was pushed to the broke in a three-hour marathon win over Petra Martic 7-5, 5-7, 7-6(7-2).

“Today the struggle for me was honestly holding serve,” Gauff said to the WTA. “I started off serving well in the first set. I think she started to be more aggressive …

In Astana, Kazakhstan, sixth-seeded Adrian Mannarino rallied to top No. 5 seed Sebastian Korda 4-6, 6-3, 6-2 to collect his fourth career title.

“At the beginning of the match I was not feeling my best,” Mannarino said to the ATP. “I was a little tight. And then when I was down in the second set …

Jannik Sinner proved once again to have Carlos Alcaraz’s number. The Italian won a tight opener then blew past the Spanish top seed 7-6(4), 6-1 to reach the Beijing final.

Alcaraz took advantage of early errors from Sinner to go up by a break twice. But errors crept into Alcaraz’s game and by …

The French Open was the first to do it in 2006 I think, and now the Australian Openhas followed suit 18 years later going with a Sunday start, the tournament announced today.

Australian Open head Craig Tiley said the move was made to help reduce the chance of late-night finishes.

“We’ve listened to feedback from the players and fans and are excited to deliver a solution to minimise late finishes while …

Coco Gauff and Iga Swiatek both won their openers Monday at the Beijing 1000 level tour stop.

Playing her first match at a Grand Slam winner, US Open champion Coco Gauff sent off Ekaterina Alexandrova 7-5, 6-3. The teen stormed out to a 4-0 lead before Alexandrova was able to level. Gauff then broke for the set and broke for 4-2 in the second.

Gauff ups her win streak …