After a rare finals loss last week in Ostrava, Iga Swiatek got back on track in San Diego pulling away from qualifier Donna Vekic for a 6-3, 3-6, 6-0 win.

Vekic got a break for 4-2 and eventually took the second set to make things interesting. But the Pole was having none of it, breaking Vekic and cruising to another win.

“Knowing how well she can serve, I just wanted to …

The men’s tour continues it’s road to Turin this week in three different European cities with two top 10 players in action.

Stefanos Tsitsipas is the highest ranked playing and he’ll head the Stockholm tournament. The Greek who has already qualified for Turin is joined by Cameron Norrie, Denis Shapovalov, Frances Tiafoe and Holger Rune.

Swedish great Bjorn Borg’s son Leo also received a wildcard. The 19-year-old will face American No. 8 …

The new WTA 1000 level in Guadalajara will wrap up the 2022 WTA regular season. With the China swing cancelled again, the WTA has relocated the year-end events to southern North America with Guadalajara this week and then the Finals in Fort Worth, Texas in two weeks.

There are still five spots up for on the line for the Fort Worth finals with Iga Swiatek, Ons Jabeur and Jessica Pegula qualifier.

No …

Andrey Rublev dominated the weekend in Gijon, Spain to win his 12th career ATP title rolling past Sebastian Korda 6-3, 6-2.

Rublev, who cruised past Dominic Thiem in the semifinals, dropped just one set in the tournament.

“I am really happy and really grateful,” said Rublev who broke Korda three times. “To win a title is always a special feeling because all the players are working to win a title and play …

Felix Auger-Aliassime collected his second career ATP title on Sunday downing JJ Wolf 6-4, 6-4 to win the Florence title.

“It never gets old. Winning, it always feels like the first time,” Auger-Aliassime told the crowd. “It’s so special to win, especially here. I had a fantastic week and it’s been amazing.”

Auger-Aliassime had lost his first nine tour finals until breaking through earlier this year in Rotterdam. He’s now won …

Iga Swiatek ran off the first eight games against Coco Gauff en route to a comprehensive 6-0, 6-3 win over the teen in the San Diego quarterfinals.

Swiatek is now 4-0 against Gauff with all four wins coming in easy straight sets.

Pegula advanced with a good 6-4, 7-5 victory over Madison Keys. Like Gauff, Pegula has also struggled against Swiatek losing all three meetings this year in straights including the US …

The dream quarterfinal between Iga Swiatek and Coco Gauff was set yesterday at the WTA 500 event in San Diego.

World No. 1 Iga Swiatek opened play at the event taking on 20-year-old Qinwen Zheng. Zheng was the lone player to take a set off Swiatek at the French Open and again on Thursday she did the same, pushing the 3-time Slam winner in a 6-4, 4-6, 6-1 defeat.

Zheng had a …

Three of the top four American women were winners in San Diego on Wednesday.

Jessica Pegula made her debut with a very strong 6-3, 6-1 win over Coco Vandeweghe.

“When she’s on with her serve and her returns, it’s really tough,” Pegula said. “My goal was just to try and attack and put pressure on her serve when I got the chance.

“On my serve, I thought I just had to serve smart …

The Australian Open had to pre-tournament announcement overnight, and Novak Djokovic is still not confirmed for participation.

Due to his deportation, by Australian rule (at the time) Djokovic was banned from re-entry into the country for three years.

However there has been no confirmation the rule has been applied and unlike this past year, Australian Open tournament director Craig Tiley isn’t getting involved in the process.

“At this point, Novak and …

Now 20, Chinese prodigy Qinwen Zheng will try her hand against Iga Swiatek once again, this time in San Diego.

The two met in at the French Open in Swiatek’s toughest test in the tournament, with the world No. 1 coming out ahead in three sets.

Swiatek went on to win the French and last month took the US Open before losing Sunday to Barbora Krejcikova in Ostrava.

Zheng had …

With no China swing, players had to play somewhere and this week 10 of the Top 10 women in the world will be scheduled in San Diego.

The field includes Iga Swiatek, who just made the Ostrava final, along with Paula Badosa, Aryna Sabalenka, Jessica Pegula, Coco Gauff and Garbine Muguruza.

Among the unseeded are Elena Rybakina, Bianca Andreescu, Sofia Kenin, Madison Keys, Sloane Stephens, Danielle Collins and Karolina Pliskova.

With the …

Barbora Krejcikova snapped Iga Swiatek’s incredible final win streak rallying from a set down to stun the world No. 1 5-7, 7-6(4), 6-3.

“It was a big match, I think, for both sides,” Krejcikova said after the 3 hour, 16 minute epic. “We played amazingly. We gave an amazing show to the fans, so I’m really happy with that and with the way I have performed. It’s always great to be …

Following a rough start to his Asian swing where he battled COVID in Seoul, Taylor Fritz rebounded in the best possible way in Tokyo taking the title Sunday over countryman and good friend Frances Tiafoe in two breakers 7-6(3), 7-6(2).

“I came here confident that I could win a round or two and then see how it goes,” Fritz said. “I felt like if I could get through my first two …

Novak Djokovic won his third straight title Sunday taking the Astana crown easing past Stefanos Tsitsipas 6-3, 6-4.

The victory was Djokovic’s 16th straight at tournament level which includes titles at Wimbledon, Tel Aviv and now in Kazakhstan. It was also his 90th career title at the ATP level.

“I’m just very grateful and blessed to be able to play this well at this stage of my life,” Djokovic said after the …

Iga Swiatek won her 60th match of the season on Saturday in the semifinals at Ostrava with a tough three set 7-6(5), 2-6, 6-4 win over Ekaterina Alexandrova.

Swiatek has now won her last 10 matches and her 60 wins are the most in any single season for a woman since Caroline Wozniacki finished 2017 with exactly 60.

Tomorrow, Swiatek can do one better in the final against Czech Grand Slam winner …