The 2022 WTA seasons comes to a close this week in of all places Fort Worth, Texas. With China still off limits due to COVID, the WTA relocated its year-end event in Texas and once again the Top 8 in the world will be showcased.

World No. 1 Iga Swiatek leads the way as the overwhelming favorite in a field with zero former champions. So someone will walk away in a …

Tennis greats Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal are back in the same event for the first time since Wimbledon.

Djokovic was unable to play the North American series while Nadal took time off to rest his foot and welcome his first child.

The two are back looking to close the season on a high note and each won Slams during 2022.

Djokovic has won Paris seven titles including last year in three sets …

Daniil Medvedev won his second title of 2022 rallying from a set down to defeat Denis Shapovalov 4-6, 6-3, 6-2 in the championship match in Vienna.

“I am really happy,” Medvedev said following the win. “This match was the best of the week because Denis was really playing unreal until probably 4-3 in the second set. He dropped his level by maybe two per cent and I was able to use …

After years of high expectations, it’s finally coming together for Felix Auger-Aliassime. The Canadian began 0-9 in title matches but today won his third straight crown in as many weeks topping Holger Run 6-3, 7-5 to win the Basel title.

Still just 22, Auger-Aliassime has now won his last 13 matches after titles now in Florence, Antwerp and now Basel. And he won in Switzerland without dropping a set or even …

Felix Auger-Aliassime collected one of his biggest career wins confirming his red-hot run blowing past World No. 1 Carlos Alcaraz 6-3, 6-2 to reach the final in Basel.

“I played great again,” said Auger-Aliassime. “Showing up and taking care of my serve, game after game. I think it was kind of a nervous start for both of us, but I think I was able to put a lot of pressure on …

The last two US Open champions remained alive this week at two different stops on the ATP circuit.

In Vienna, Daniil Medvedev moved into the semifinals cruising past Jannik Sinner 6-4, 6-2.

“Jannik is a top player, and he can pose problems to anybody basically,” said Medvedev. “The last two Grand Slams, he played five sets with the winner, so Jannik is a top player and I’m really happy today with my …

In the marquee showdown in Vienna, Daniil Medvedev topped Dominic Thiem 6-3, 6-3 in the second round on Thursday.

The two former US Open champions were battling for the first time since their epic title match at the ATP Finals in 2000. The two have now split their six career meetings.

“It was a tough match,” said Medvedev. “It could have gone either way. At one moment in the match I …

Jessica Pegula won the biggest title of her career taking the 1000 level crown in Guadalajara tonight defeating Maria Sakkari 6-2, 6-3.

“I’m just super excited, relieved, happy, like all the emotions,” Pegula said.

“Just a lot of emotions, but super excited just to get a big title next to my name. That was something I really wanted this year, and I kept saying it was one of my goals, so …

The last of the ATP 500s take place this week split between Basel and Vienna.

In Basel, US Open finalists Carlos Alcaraz and Casper Ruud lead the way along with Pablo Carreno Busta, Marin Cilic and weekend winners Felix Auger Aliassime, Lorenzo Musetti and Holger Rune.

Alcaraz opens against rising Brit Jack Draper with Carreno Busta in the quarters and either Musetti or Auger-Aliassime in the semifinals.

Ruud has a blockbuster first rounder …

Felix Auger-Aliassime collected his third title of the season rolling past Sebastian Korda to win Antwerp.

The Canadian who was winless in finals coming into the season, has now won three and two in the last two weeks after winning Florence.

“It’s another great week. I played some great tennis and really fought hard to stand here in front of you today, so big shoutout and thank you to my team,” …

In an all-Italian final in Naples, it was Lorenzo Musetti besting Matteo Berrettini 7-6(5), 6-2 to win the title.

“It was a really tough first set,” said Musetti on court. “He was not 100 per cent physically. His capacity to stay until the end, to fight until the end, was a big problem for me to solve.

“Today I think I played not the best tennis because I think we were both …

Holger Rune added a second title to his trophy case on Sunday easing past Stefanos Tsitsipas 6-4, 6-4 in the final of the Stockholm indoor event.

The 19-year-old who just added Patrick Mouratoglou came from a set down in the quarters (against Cameron Norrie) and in the semifinals (against Alex De Minaur), but today was the dominant player against the favored Tsitsipas.

“It was an unbelievable match from my side,” Rune told …

Maria Sakkari secured the last berth in the WTA Finals Friday eliminating Veronika Kudermetova 6-1, 5-7, 6-4 in the Guadalajara quarterfinals.

The match was a rare virtual elimination match for the Finals, with the winner going in and loser out. And Sakkari had to hold her nerves until the very end when she saved a break point while serving it out.

“Without fire you cannot win these matches,” said Sakkari who said …

In a blockbuster announcement today, former No. 1 Simona Halep tested positive for a banned substance during the US Open and has been provisionally banned.

A media release from the International Tennis Integrity Agency (ITIA) stated:
“The International Tennis Integrity Agency (ITIA) has confirmed that Simona Halep, a 31-year-old Romanian tennis player, has been provisionally suspended under Article 7.12.1 of the 2022 Tennis Anti-Doping Programme (TADP). The ITIA sent the player …

Seven of the eight berths in the year-end WTA Finals are set, and today the field will be completed.

Maria Sakkari and Veronika Kudermetova will meet for the final spot in the Fort Worth, Texas event which begins in nine days.

Yesterday, Sakkari stayed alive in the hunt rallying from a set down to defeat Danielle Collins 5-7, 6-3, 6-3.

Kudermetova took out Jelena Ostapenko 6-4, 6-4. She’s 1-2 against Sakkari falling to …