The ATP season is fast coming to a close in 2023, with just two significant events remaining on the calendar. One of these is the Rolex Paris Masters, which takes place this week in Bercy, Paris. The last ATP Masters 1000 event of the season gets underway on Monday. And it’s a blockbuster field, featuring all of the world’s top 16 players. With the ATP Finals just two weeks ago, three spots remain open for that event. Plus, the year-end world …

There are some massive moves in the men’s rankings this week. Ben Shelton, who made his first tour semifinal appearance at the US Open last month, continued his recent rich vein of form in Tokyo, making 18 winners and dominating his Russian opponent with his swinging lefty serve as he closed out the final in 84 minutes. The 21-year-old American won his first tour title, beating Aslan Karatsev 7-5, 6-1 at the Japan Open on Sunday. Victory will move Shelton to a career-high …

There were four tour-level events last week - one ATP event in Shanghai and three WTA events in Zhengzhou, Hong Kong and Seoul - and for three of the winners, their titles have given them some very notable bumps up the rankings this week. Hubert Hurkacz surprised Andrey Rublev to claim the Shanghai Masters title with a pulsating 6-3 3-6 7-6 (8) victory. The Pole came out on top after a thrilling third set to claim victory in China, overcoming a first …

Jannik Sinner produced a determined display to win his third title of the year and ninth overall with a 7-6 (2), 7-6 (2) victory over second-seeded Daniil Medvedev in the final of the China Open on Wednesday. The Italian entered his fifth championship match of the year trailing the 27-year-old 0-6 in the pair’s Lexus ATP Head2Head series. Sinner looked unfazed by his previous record against the World No. 3, though, firing his trademark clean groundstrokes with power to outlast Medvedev. "Daniil, …

Carlos Alcaraz makes his return to tennis this week after three weeks off. The world No. 2 last played at the US Open, where he was beaten in the semi-finals by Daniil Medvedev.The 20-year-old is set to make his debut at the China Open in Beijing this week, where he is the top seed. The Murcian will play qualifier Yannick Hanfmann in the opening round of the ATP 500 tournament. In the Round of 32 of the China Open on Friday, Yannick …

The ATP and WTA tours will return to China this week. For the men’s ATP Tour, it will be the first time in the country since 2019, while the women’s WTA Tour has not been in China since early 2020. The WTA suspended events in China in December 2021 following concerns about the safety of Chinese player Peng Shuai. ATP AND WTA CHINA SCHEDULE September 20: Chengdu Open and Zhuhai Championships (ATP 250)/Guangzhou Open (WTA 250) September 25: Ningbo Open (WTA 250) September 28: China Open …

Novak Djokovic clinched his 24th Grand Slam title with a fourth US Open crown as he defeated Daniil Medvedev in the final in New York. An imperious performance from Djokovic saw him hold the edge from start to finish with his opponent unable to ever hold the ascendancy on another famous night for the Serb as he produced a 6-3 7-6(5) 6-3 victory at Flushing Meadows. The reigning Australian Open and Roland Garros champion is now also the first man to win …

Two-time US Open champion Naomi Osaka made a glammed-up return to the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center on Wednesday, participating in a US Open Mental Health Forum alongside Olympic gold medalist Michael Phelps and U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy. Osaka was last at the Open in 2022, shortly before beginning a maternity leave that resulted in the birth of daughter Shai. She also took time to watch some of the action at Flushing Meadows. "For me coming back here, it …

Novak Djokovic will replace young rival Carlos Alcaraz as the men's world number one after a routine win on his US Open return. The 36-year-old, who has spent 389 weeks atop the ATP world rankings over the course of his career, clinched a return to the sport's apex with his 6-0, 6-2, 6-3 first-round win over Alexandre Muller at the US Open. However, the 23-time Grand Slam champion appeared nothing but happy following his first win on Arthur Ashe Stadium since the …

Novak Djokovic and Carlos Alcaraz produced another final that will go down in tennis folklore. Novak Djokovic fought back from a championship point down to beat Carlos Alcaraz 5-7 7-6(7) 6-3 in an epic Cincinnati Open final that will go down as one of the best in history. In a match that lasted 3 hours, 49 minutes, the longest best-of-three sets final in ATP Tour history (since 1990), the No. 2-seeded Djokovic avenged his loss last month to the top-ranked Alcaraz and …

The budding rivalry between Carlos Alcaraz and Novak Djokovic is set to be renewed in the group stage of the Davis Cup finals next month. The matches between them have been pretty spectacular so far. The first one came at the Madrid Open last year and saw Alcaraz rise above the Serbian to defeat him in a pretty close 3-setter. The second match came only this year, at Roland Garros, and it was a pretty great one for about two sets …

This Sunday, Aug. 6 Gauff reached one of the peaks of her time on tour with her 6-2, 6-3 win over Maria Sakkari in the final of the Mubadala Citi DC Open. It was her first title since January, her first ever in the United States, and her first at a 500-level tournament. World No. 9 Sakkari had won four of the previous five meetings against world No. 7 Gauff, including both this year.But Gauff capped off an impressive week on …