In Doha, quarterfinal was the card on Friday. No. 2 seed Jessica Pegula eliminated 26-year-old Beatriz Haddad Maia of Brazil 6-3, 6-2.

Pegula, ranked No. 4, Pegula broke serve four times in the match while was broken just once. She lost just two points on first serve in the second set.

Pegula advances to her 12th career semifinal where she’ll collide with the fifth-seeded Maria Sakkari.

The 27-year-old Greek survived a thriller …

Carlos Alcaraz made a successful start to his delayed 2023 campaign dispatching Laslo Djere in three sets 6-2, 4-6, 6-2 in the second round in Buenos Aires.

The US Open champion finished with four aces, wo 14/21 (67%) on second serves, was 4 of 12 on break chances and was broken once, that in the second set.

Djere had saved all eight break chances faced in the second and then broke to …

At the ABN Amro Open in Rotterdam, first round play concluded with a slew of upsets.

Alex De Minaur of Australia bounced No. 2 seed and former champion Andrey Rublev 6-4, 6-4. De Minaur lost just four points on first serve and never faced a break point against the Russian.

The Australian broke in the 1-all game in both sets and was able to ride it to victory.

The 5th-ranked Rublev hit seven …

In Doha, top seed and defending champion Iga Swiatek put on a clinic in her second-round match against Danielle Collins.

The world No. 1 Swiatek was in complete control from the start, winning 6-0, 6-1. The Polish player’s powerful and precise serve allowed her to win 74% of her first serve points and 69% of her second serves. Swiatek was also lethal on break chances, converting five of seven opportunities, …

In Buenos Aires, Argentina, the Argentina Open had plenty of upsets and intense matches on Tuesday. In the first round action, the 5th-seeded Francisco Cerundolo battled against Yannick Hanfmann in a thrilling three-setter, ultimately coming out on top 6-2, 4-6, 7-5.

Cerundolo’s aggressive play saw him tally four aces and win 61% of his first serve points, while also breaking Hanfmann’s serve five times. Although Hanfmann put up a tough fight …

Last year’s runner-up and top seed Stefanos Tsitsipas took the court in his Rotterdam opener on Tuesday and survived a tough battle with Emil Ruusuvuori 7-5, 6-1. The Finn was up in the first at 5-3 but failed to serve it out. Tsitsipas won the last four games of the set and ultimately 10 of the last 11 overall.

Tsitsipas smacked finished with 9 aces, won 28/40 (70%) of first serves, …

Fifth-seeded Maria Sakkari ousted China’s Qinwen Zheng in three sets 6-2, 3-6, 6-3 in the first round at the WTA 500 event.

Sakkari fired seven aces, won 36/49 (73%) first service points, 14/24 (58%) on second serves and broke serve four times.

Zheng drops to 3-4 against Top 10 players. Sakkari has never lost to Zheng, leading 2-0 in tour-level head-to-head meetings.

No. 6 Daria Kasatkina got by Rebecca Marino in straights …

French veteran Richard Gasquet toppled the 7th-seeded Pablo Carreno Busta 2-6, 7-6(7-2), 6-2 in the first round of play in Rotterdam. The 36-year-old Gasquet cracked 13 aces in the win, his first ever against the Spaniard.

Carreno Busta continues a trend of losing leads. Today the 31-year-old led 6-2, 4-2 before things fell apart. In three tour-level meetings, Carreno Busta is still ahead of Gasquet 2-1.

Former finalist Grigor Dimitrov of Bulgaria …

In first round action Monday at WTA Doha, No. 8 Veronika Kudermetova won a thriller over former French Open champion Barbora Krejcikova 6-4, 3-6, 7-6(7-5).

The Russian led 3-1 in the third before needing a final breaker to advance.

In the match, Kudermetova hit seven aces, donated three doubles, won 57/77 (74%) of first service points, 18/41 (44%) on second serves, was 2 of 11 on break chances and faced 10 …

In an all-Argentinian final, fourth-seeded Sebastian Baez topped 6th-seeded Federico Coria 6-1, 3-6, 6-3 to win the title in Cordoba.

The 47th-ranked Baez won his second career title in this his fourth final. Coria was seeking his first ATP title.

“Winning a tournament in Argentina is something very difficult to describe with words, all my friends and family were there, it was something incredible,” the 22-year-old Baez said to the ATP. …

Yibing Wu capped his career week taking down American veteran John Isner in thrilling fashion 6-7(4-7), 7-6(7-3), 7-6(14-12) to win the Dallas title, his first of his career.

In a break-less match, there was only five total break points had, with Wu holding two. Dallas resident Isner help a match point in the second and had three more in the third.

The 23-year-old the finale when Isner missed cross court forehand long …

In Montpellier at the Open Sud de France Sunday title match, 2nd-seeded Jannik Sinner got through big-serving American Maxime Cressy 7-6(7-3), 6-3.

Sinner was paced by his serve which he never lost, saving all three break points faced. The Italian finished with four aces, won 36/41 (88%) first serves, 13/20 (65%) on second serves and was 1 of 4 on break chances.

“To be honest, the first key was to hold …

Liudmila Samsonova had never lost to Belinda Bencic and three meetings and had never lost any of her four WTA finals. That changed Sunday in Abu Dhabi.

Bencic, though, had to do it the hard was coming from a set down and three match points to deny the Russian No. 8 seed 1-6, 7-6(10-8), 6-4 for her 8th career title. Samsonova had her chances hold three match points in the second …

In Linz, Austria, at the Upper Austria Ladies in finals action No. 8 Anastasia Potapova upset No. 6 seed Petra Martic 6-3, 6-1. The 21-year-old Potapova took the final six games on the match en route to her second career title.

The Russian tossed in four aces, won 24/36 (67%) of first serve points, 11/19 (58%) on second serves, was 5 of 10 on break chances and only dropped serve once, …

After an injury-riddle start, Carlos Alcaraz is finally set to make his 2023 season debut, and it will come in South American on the red clay in Buenos Aires.

The 19-year-old missed the Australian swing due to a leg injury and an ab injury derailed the end of his 2022 campaign. But the US Open champion is ready to go.

“It’ll be my first tournament since I picked up the injury …