In a surprise final, Aryna Sabalenka and Caroline Garcia will collide for the title of at the WTA Finals tonight in Fort Worth, Texas.

Yesterday on semifinal day, Sabalenka topped world No. 1 and tournament favorite Iga Swiatek 6-2, 2-6, 6-1 in just over two hours.

Swiatek came in having won 17 of her last 18 matches, 15 straight against Top 10s and her last four against the Belarussian. But Sabalenka snapped …

Teens have taken the last two big events of the season. Two months after Carlos Alcaraz stormed to the US Open title, 19-year-old Holger Rune just added his name to the list of Paris Masters Indoors champion after putting a stunning run in France.

“It’s quite incredible,” said Rune. “To stay here with the trophy, it’s an amazing feeling. Something that was tough to expect, starting the week off having three …

Caroline Garcia clinched the final berth in the last four of the WTA Finals Saturday afternoon with a tight and tense 4-6, 6-1, 7-6(5) victory.

“It’s definitely a great achievement,” Garcia said after the win. “I was already really proud to be in the Top 8. I don’t really know if I realize that this is the semifinal tomorrow. It proves that this year was definitely a good year. I …

Carlos Alcaraz’s remarkable 2022 has come to a premature end due an abdominal tear he suffered in the Paris quarterfinals yesterday.

The Spaniard was set make his first ATP Finals appearance, but now his season is over.

“After my withdrawal yesterday and having been evaluated by my medical team, @drlopezmartinez
and @JuanjoMoreno_M, unfortunately this is the result of my injury: an internal oblique muscle tear in the left abdominal wall with …

Novak Djokovic won his 8th straight match over Stefanos Tsitsipas but had to go the distance in the Paris Masters semifinals.

Djokovic prevailed in a thriller 6-2, 3-6, 7-6(4) to extend his overall win streak to 13.

After splitting the first two sets, Djokovic’s serve was dominant in the decider, but the Serb failed to convert break points on four different chances. Eventually, it was the breaker that settled the deal.

“It’s very …

Aryna Sabalenka knocked Jessica Pegula out of the WTA Finals singles event with a 6-3, 7-5 victory this afternoon.

“I keep saying to myself, ‘Just stay focused, keep fighting, it doesn’t matter, two or three sets, just get the win, the extra points,'” Sabalenka said. “At the end was a little pressure because you try to not think about this, but this thing stays in your mind. I’m happy that I …

Novak Djokovic moved closer to a 7th Paris Masters indoors title with a dominant 6-0, 6-3 win over Lorenzo Musetti.

After racing through the first set, the young Italian got his foot in the door and actually led with an early break 2-1 in the second. But the Serb was able to break right back and cruise to his 12th straight overall match win.

“No one is unbeatable, but I’ve had plenty …

World No. 1 Iga Swiatek stormed into the semifinals of the year-end WTA Finals event in Fort Worth, Texas on Thursday.

Swiatek dominated Caroline Garcia 6-3, 6-2. She has now won 16 of her last 17 matches.

In the evening, American favorite Coco Gauff got squashed by Daria Kasatkina 7-6(6), 6-3. Gauff tossed in 43 unforced errors and her forehand was dreadful on the night.

Kasatkina and Garcia will collide Saturday for a …

Novak Djokovic continued a strong return to the Paris Masters cruising past Karen Khachanov 6-4, 6-1. The 7-time champion has now won his last 12 matches.

“Khachanov is someone I know really well,” said Djokovic. “We train a lot, and we played almost 10 times against each other on different surfaces… He beat me four years ago in the final, so I know he likes this surface, he likes these conditions.

“The …

The WTA Finals semifinal picture grew a little clearer Wednesday in Fort Worth, Texas. Maria Sakkari became the first the make the last four with a 6-2, 6-4 win over Aryna Sabalenka.

Earlier in the day, Guadalajara champions Jessica Pegula fell to 0-2 after going down in three sets to Ons Jabeur 1-6, 6-3, 6-3.

“After the first set, she was playing really well and really fast,” Jabeur said to the Tennis …

It was an eventful day at the Paris Masters on Wednesday. The ATP Finals field was set and the tournament got hit by a slew of upsets.

Rafael Nadal’s pursuit of a first indoor title in Paris will have to wait another year as American Tommy Paul knocked out the former No. 1 3-6, 7-6(4), 6-1.

Paul was up an early break to start the match before Nadal pulled away and looked …

World No. 1 Iga Swiatek rolled in her WTA Finals opener cruising past debutant Daria Kasatkina 6-2, 6-3 in Fort Worth, Texas.

“Because I felt like I can really play aggressively but, on the other hand, with these balls here you have to be really careful. So I wanted to balance it, and I think I did that pretty well at the beginning,” Swiatek said on court.

“And that gave me confidence …

Novak Djokovic opened his Paris Indoors Masters title defense with a victory over the big-serving, hard-charging Maxime Cressy 7-6(1), 6-4.

“It was very intense, just a lot of pressure,” said Djokovic who has won his last 10 matches. “When you play someone that serves this well first and second serve you don’t have much room to relax and maybe play kind of a softer few games. You just have to be …

The WTA Finals opened Monday in Fort Worth, Texas with two round robin matches. While the crowd was virtually non-existent (under 1,000?), the play was sprited.

In the first match, Maria Sakkari avoided a first set collapse and took care of American No. 1 Jessica Pegula in two breakers 7-6(6), 7-6(4).

Sakkari served for the first but failed and then lost a 3-0 lead in the second only to take another breaker.

“I …

Taylor Fritz kept his slim Turin hopes alive on opening day at the Paris Masters with a 7-5, 6-2 win over Alejandro Davidovich Fokina.

Needing at least to reach the final just to have a chance, Fritz came from an early break down in the match to advance.

“Really happy, he’s a tough person to play against,” said Fritz. “He’s got weapons on both sides. He’s extremely quick as well, so there’s …