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Ben Shelton lost 7-6 (5), 7-6 (3) to 21-year-old Frenchman Arthur Gea in the third round of the Shanghai Masters, while Alexander Zverev continued his push for the No. 1 ranking with a win.

Carlos Alcaraz sported a mustache along with his team in the stands as he swept to a 6-3, 6-3 victory over Juan Manuel Cerundolo at the Shanghai Masters.

Novak Djokovic was knocked out of the Shanghai Masters after a shock second-round loss to Hubert Hurkacz on Friday.

Qinwen Zheng captured her first WTA 1000 title after defeating Mirra Andreeva in the China Open final. Zheng beat Andreeva in straight sets, 7-5, 6-4,...

Qinwen Zheng has learned that the road back to the top can be considerably harder than the journey there. Just two years after winning Olympic Gold in Paris, the Chinese star found herself battling injuries, struggling for consistency, and tumbling down the rankings.

Alex Eala is closing in on a return to the WTA Tour as she takes on the Wuhan Open in China. The Filipina superstar missed...

Zheng Qinwen becomes the first Chinese champion of the China Open after overcoming Mirra Andreeva in straight sets.

Qinwen Zheng is finally a WTA 1000 champion, having claimed her maiden crown at this level in front of her home fans. It marked a...

BEIJING (AP) — Olympic champion Zheng Qinwen won her first title in two years by beating French Open champion Mirra Andreeva 7-5, 6-4 in the China Open final on Sunday.Zheng clinched with her first match point chance, serving an ace to Andreeva’s backhand side, then fell to the…

You can sometimes feel paradigm shifts in tennis. It isn’t always about rankings — there’s this indescribable understanding, this palpable thing when a player enters or exits the top tier of their sport; you really do just know it when you see it.

Well, Alexander Zverev beat Ben Shelton in four unremarkable sets to win the 2026 US Open, and the American men’s tennis drought rolls ever onward unto infinity. Sigh … just because an outcome is predictable doesn’t mean I can’t be upset about it.

Update evening 9/13: Alexander Zverev defeated Ben Shelton in the final of the 2026 US Open men’s draw on Sunday afternoon. It’s Zverev’s second major title in 2026 after previously winning the French Open, and extends the American major drought to 24 years on the men’s side.

Patrick Mouratoglou believes Carlos Alcaraz has returned to full fitness and rediscovered his motivation after missing several months with a wrist injury.

The Shanghai Masters is already underway, thus providing fans with a brief glimpse into the potential title challengers. There are a handful of names who seem like genuine threats for this Masters 1000 trophy, and with question marks still surrounding some of the biggest names…

Qinwen Zheng captured her first WTA 1000 title after defeating Mirra Andreeva in the China Open final. Zheng beat Andreeva in straight sets, 7-5, 6-4, to become the first Chinese player to win the title in Beijing since the tournament’s inauguration in 2004.

Zheng Qinwen found a memorable way to celebrate the biggest title of her career so far. Moments after defeating Mirra Andreeva to win the China Open, the Chinese star picked up a microphone and broke into song in front of her home crowd, turning her trophy celebrations into an…

Qinwen Zheng delighted a boisterous crowd of 15,000 as she became the first Chinese woman to win the China Open WTA 1000 on Sunday in Beijing. Zheng earned her first 1000-level title with a 7-5, 6-4 win over fourth-seeded Mirra Andreeva of Russia.

Aside from a US Open final, Canadian Open title and Australian Open quarter-final, Ben Shelton’s form in the big competitions has been dreadful. He admitted that he was ‘outplayed’ by his opponent Arthur Gea in the third round of the Shanghai Masters, losing 7-6(5), 7-6(3).

Olympic champion Zheng Qinwen won her first title in two years by beating French Open champion Mirra Andreeva 7-5, 6-4 in the China Open final Sunday.

Zheng Qinwen becomes the first Chinese champion of the China Open after overcoming Mirra Andreeva in straight sets.

Novak Djokovic suffers a surprise second-round loss to Hubert Hurkacz at the Shanghai Masters, just three days after his triumph at the China Open in Beijing.

Royal Marine Commandos providing security at Wimbledon would like "nothing more than to sort out" disruptive social media influencers at the prestigious tournament, its chief executive jokes.