It’s a star-studded semifinal line-up in Beijing with Carlos Alcaraz taking on Jannik Sinner in the best young rivalry in men’s tennis. And in the undercard, Daniil Medvedev meets Alexander Zverev.

In a rematch of their US Open final collision last year, Alcaraz cruised past 7th-seeded Casper Ruud in …

In the men’s draw at Beijing top seed Carlos Alcaraz blew past rival Lorenzo Musetti of Italy 6-2, 6-2 for his 60th win of 2023.

The 20-year-old Alcaraz broke Musetti four times while saving all three break points he faced to improve to 2-1 against the Italian, with two easy wins this year.

“Today …

Aryna Sabalenka made a strong debut as a world No. 1 cruising past fellow Australian Open winner Sofia Kenin 6-1, 6-2 in the first round at the Beijing 1000 event.

The 24-year-old Sabalenka lost just one point on first serve and never faced a break point.

“Honestly, I didn’t expect to play that good on my serve,” Sabalenka said to the WTA. “On practice, it didn’t work that well. But I …

Russian Veronika Kudermetova earned one of her best career wins easing past the favored Jessica Pegula in straights 7-5, 6-1 to win the Tokyo title Sunday.

“Jessica is a great player, she’s a great fighter, and I prepared myself for the fight,” Kudermetova said to the WTA. “When it was 5-5 in the …

Alexander Zverev started his match in September and finished in October, finally getting the win over a fading Alejandro Davidovich Fokina 6-7(4), 6-2, 6-1 in a match that wrapped up at 2:40am local time.

The 8th-seeded Zverev dropped a tight and tense opener in 74 minutes then blew past the Spaniard who barely put …

In Tokyo at the Toray Pan Pacific Open Tennis Tournament in semifinals action the 2nd-seeded Jessica Pegula eased past the streaking Maria Sakkari 6-2, 6-3.

Sakkari came into the match having won seven straight matches and 14 straight sets highlighted by her best career win in Guadalajara. But after losing to Sakkari in the Washington semifinals, Pegula had her revenge today.

The American broke Sakkari five times in the …

Ons Jabeur won her first career title on hard court and 5th overall of her career taking the Ningbo trophy over 19-year-old Diana Shnaider in straight sets 6-2, 6-1.

The top-seeded Jabeur dropped just seven points on first serve, never lost serve while breaking the Russian five times in the match.

The lefty Schnaider had break …

The final 1000 level event on the WTA 2023 calendar opens play this weekend in Beijing where 17 of the Top 20 are assembled.

Leading the way is Coco Gauff who is making her tournament debut as a Grand Slam champion after her incredible US Open title.

New world No. 1 Aryna Sabalenka will play her first event as the top women in the world.

Iga Swiatek, Ons Jabeur, Elena Rybakina and …

It was a very mixed day for the top two seeds in Tokyo on Friday.

World No. 2 Iga Swiatek suffered another early exit this time going down to Russian No. 8 seed Veronika Kudermetova in three 6-2, 2-6, 6-4.

The 26-year-old Kudermetova took advantage of 50 unforced errors and six double faults from …

Carlos Alcaraz made a successful pro debut in China cruising past German qualifier Yannick Hanfmann 6-4, 6-3 to reach the second round.

The top seed lost just six point on his first serve and broke five times while getting broken twice in this first-time meeting.

“I’m really happy to be able to win this match in straight sets,” Alcaraz said to the ATP. “Yannick’s playing great. He’s a really dangerous player, …

The struggle for Holger Rune is real. The 20-year-old still hasn’t won a match since Wimbledon as he takes a 5-match losing skid into Beijing where he will open play Friday against the Felix Auger-Aliassime.

Rune said Wednesday he has been dealing with a back injury which is now ok.

“I was struggling with back injury for a while now,” Rune said. “I got it fixed. I played a lot …

Friday in Beijing, Carlos Alcaraz will make his debut in China. The 20-year-old goes into the 500-level event as the top seed and tournament favorite with no former champions remaining in the tournament.

The 2-time Slam winner missed China the last two years due to COVID, but is excited to make his debut in front of some new fans.

“I had my first practice yesterday at the center court,” Alcaraz said …

In the match of the day at Beijing, Alex De Minaur saved three match points in a thriller over Andy Murray 6-3, 5-7, 7-6(8-6) to advance to the second round.

Murray, a former champion, led the Australian 5-2 in the third with multiple match points. But De Minaur came back to level and then saved another match point in the breaker before winning it.

“I think to be honest we …

Pro tennis in China is back! Beijing is back!

For the first time since 2019, the tour has returned to China, and it returns in a big way in Beijing.

The event boasts 15 of the Top 20 player including eight of the Top 10. It’s arguably one of the strongest 500-level 32-draw events ever held.

Carlos Alcaraz and Daniil Medvedev lead the field along with Jannik Sinner plus the two players …

Top seeds Iga Swiatek and Jessica Pegula are back on court Wednesday in Tokyo.

The two will hope to start the final month of the season on a positive note after a disappointing US Open. Swiatek has upset by Jelena Ostapenko while Pegula was bounced by Madison Keys.

The early exits also changed their rankings. Swiatek is no longer the world No. 1 while Pegula no longer the …