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☆ Billie Jean King: Players ‘are exhausted,’ says tennis great as she urges the sport’s authorities to work together
  + stars: | 2023-11-25 | by ( Ben Church | ) edition.cnn.com   time to read: +6 min
It meant many of the sport’s top players opted not to play the latter – an end-of-year tournament dubbed the World Cup of tennis. Aryna Sabalenka waits during a rain delay at this year's WTA Finals. Clive Brunskill/Getty ImagesSimon responded with a letter of his own during the WTA Finals, outlining to players how the organisation was handling the issues raised. But there looks to be no magic solution to the array of problems facing women’s tennis at the moment. “But I think about men’s and women’s tennis, I don’t just think about women’s tennis.
Persons: Issues, Sabalenka, Storm Hunter, Jessica Pegula, Billie Jean King, –, Poland’s Iga, “, ” Sabalenka, Clive Brunskill, Marketa Vondrousova, ” Vondrousova, we’ve, Steve Simon, Martina Navratilova, ”, ” Navratilova, Simon Organizations: CNN, Tennis Association, WTA, International Tennis Federation, Tennis, BJK, Amazon Prime Locations: Cancún, Mexico, Seville, Spain
☆ Carlos Alcaraz: World No. 2 suffers shock defeat to Russia’s Roman Safiullin at Paris Masters
  + stars: | 2023-11-01 | by ( Ben Church | Patrick Sung | ) edition.cnn.com   time to read: +2 min
CNN —He may have developed into one of the best players in the world, but Carlos Alcaraz is not immune to an off day. The reigning Wimbledon champion suffered a surprise defeat to Russia’s Roman Safiullin in the Paris Masters on Tuesday, the first time the 20-year-old has lost an opening round match at a tournament this year. There’s only one tournament left, but these losses hurt a lot.”Roman Safiullin produced a brilliant performance to peg back the world No. “For Carlos, it was not his best performance, but still I’m happy that I can win,” Safiullin said after the match. The Serb is set to start his Paris Masters campaign against Argentina’s Tomás Etcheverry on Wednesday as he looks to win his seventh title at the event.
Persons: Carlos Alcaraz, Alcaraz, “, ” Alcaraz, Safiullin, Stephanie Lecocq, Reuters Safiullin, Carlos, ” Safiullin, he’s, I’m, Grigor Dimitrov, Novak Djokovic, Argentina’s Tomás Etcheverry Organizations: CNN, Wimbledon, Paris, Reuters, Shanghai Masters, Paris Masters Locations: Switzerland
☆ Alcaraz on the mend, plans to play Paris Masters, ATP Finals
  + stars: | 2023-10-25 | by ( ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +1 min
Oct 25 (Reuters) - World number two Carlos Alcaraz will play at the Paris Masters and the ATP Finals in Turin, the 20-year-old Spaniard said on Wednesday, after he withdrew from the Swiss Indoors championships this month due to injury. "I am feeling better every day and I will play Paris-Bercy and be in Turin for the ATP Finals! He surrendered his number one world ranking to Djokovic at the U.S. Open, where he lost in the semi-final round. The Paris Masters begin on Monday, while the ATP Finals run from Nov. 12 through Nov. 19. Reporting by Amy Tennery in New York; Editing by Hugh LawsonOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.
Persons: Carlos Alcaraz, Alcaraz, Novak Djokovic, Djokovic, Amy Tennery, Hugh Lawson Organizations: Paris Masters, ATP, Swiss, Wimbledon, Paris, Indian Wells, U.S ., Thomson Locations: Turin, Madrid, Cincinnati, New York
☆ Resurgent Kenin proud to prove critics wrong with Wimbledon run
  + stars: | 2023-07-06 | by ( ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +2 min
"Obviously I'm super excited, just trying to prove some people wrong. Just super proud of myself with the way I really fought through to get here and keeping the momentum going," she said after booking a third round match with Elina Svitolina. Kenin said the turning point was a close match with reigning Wimbledon champion Elena Rybakina at Indian Wells earlier this year, where the American narrowly defeated 7-6(6) 7-6(5). Grass is not her favourite surface but Kenin, 24, said the qualifiers helped her come to terms with it. Looks obviously easy but it was tough and I feel like those matches definitely gave me confidence."
Persons: Sofia Kenin, China's Xinyu Wang, Hannah Mckay LONDON, Kenin, Roland Garros, Alex, Coco Gauff, Wang Xinyu, Elina Svitolina, I've, Elena Rybakina, Rohith Nair, Ken Ferris Organizations: Lawn Tennis, Croquet Club, China's Xinyu Wang REUTERS, Wimbledon, Roland, All England Club, American, Thomson Locations: London, Britain, Sofia, Indian, qualies, Bengaluru
☆ Djokovic returns to world number one, Nadal out of top 100
  + stars: | 2023-06-13 | by ( ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +2 min
June 13 (Reuters) - Novak Djokovic reclaimed the world number one ranking from Carlos Alcaraz after winning his men's record 23rd Grand Slam title at the French Open, while Rafa Nadal dropped out of the top 100 for the first time in 20 years. Alcaraz dropped to second place while Daniil Medvedev, who crashed out in the first round, also slid one place down to third. Nadal, a 14-times French Open champion, has endured an injury-plagued season and not played since January because of a hip injury sustained during the Australian Open. In the women's rankings, Iga Swiatek retained top spot after defending her French Open title. French Open finalist Muchova climbed from 43rd to a career-high 16th.
Persons: Novak Djokovic, Carlos Alcaraz, Rafa Nadal, Djokovic, Alcaraz, Daniil Medvedev, Roland Garros, Casper Ruud, Iga Swiatek, Ash, Aryna Sabalenka, Karolina Muchova, Muchova, Elena Rybakina, Jessica Pegula, Beatriz Haddad Maia, Hritika Sharma, Angus MacSwan Organizations: Nadal, French, Swiatek, Reigning Wimbledon, Thomson Locations: Paris, Hyderabad
☆ Kvitova upsets Rybakina to win first Miami Open title
  + stars: | 2023-04-01 | by ( ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +3 min
[1/4] Apr 1, 2023; Miami, Florida, US; Petra Kvitova (CZE) reacts after winning a first set tiebreaker against Elena Rybakina (KAZ) (not pictured) in the women's singles final on day thirteen of the Miami Open at Hard Rock Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Geoff Burke-USA TODAY SportsApril 1 (Reuters) - Petra Kvitova turned back the clock to upset Kazakhstan's Elena Rybakina 7-6(14) 6-2 on Saturday to win her first Miami Open crown and ninth WTA 1000 title. The veteran Czech player, seeded 15th, ended an epic, 22-minute first set tiebreak by converting her fifth set point when 10th-seeded Rybakina's forehand landed in the net. The 33-year-old Kvitova, who won Wimbledon in 2011 and 2014 and who had recently contemplated retirement, put her hands on her head in astonishment when Rybakina's forehand sailed long to seal the win. Kvitova, who fended off five set points in the see-saw tiebreak, said capturing it was the key to the match.
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