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Author: Onyekachi Chimezie

Chengdu Open: Alexander Zverev Ease Past Roman Safiullin to win 21st title of his career 
  • September 26, 2023
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Chengdu Open: Alexander Zverev Ease Past Roman Safiullin to win 21st title of his career 

Alexander Zverev completed a hard-earned title run on Tuesday evening in China as he claimed a 6-7(2), 7-6(5), 6-3 championship match win against Roman Safiullin at the Chengdu Open. Zverev sealed his third three-set win in four matches at the ATP 250 by holding firm in the face of a clean-hitting display from Safiullin, who

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Zhuhai Championships: Karen Khachanov Overcomes Yoshihito Nishioka to lift title
  • September 26, 2023
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Zhuhai Championships: Karen Khachanov Overcomes Yoshihito Nishioka to lift title

Top seed Karen Khachanov defeated Japanese star Yoshihito Nishioka 7-6(2), 6-1 in the final at the Chinese ATP 250 hard-court event to clinch his fifth tour-level title and first since Paris nearly five years ago. Khachanov played ‘big-man’ tennis throughout the one-hour, 43-minute clash. After recovering from squandering a break advantage in the first set

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Elena Rybakina withdraws from Tokyo
  • September 26, 2023
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Elena Rybakina withdraws from Tokyo

Elena Rybakina has withdrawn from Tokyo after criticizing the tournament and the WTA over being left out of the top-4 seeding. Although Maria Sakkari and Caroline Garcia are both ranked below Rybakina, they earned a top-4 seeding ahead of the Kazakh due to the WTA’s trialing of performance byes in Tokyo. Instead of being a

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Zhuhai Championships: Karen Khachanov moves into the final, faces Japanese Yoshihito Nishioka for title 
  • September 26, 2023
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Zhuhai Championships: Karen Khachanov moves into the final, faces Japanese Yoshihito Nishioka for title 

Karen Khachanov snapped a five-match semi-final losing streak on Monday at the Huafa Properties Zhuhai Championships, where he defeated Sebastian Korda 7-5, 6-4 to reach his first title match of the season.   The top seed, who last competed in a tour-level final in Adelaide in January 2022 (l. to Monfils), red-lined the ball throughout

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Chengdu Open: Alexander Zverev Beats Grigor Dimitrov, Sets Final clash with Roman Safiullin
  • September 26, 2023
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Chengdu Open: Alexander Zverev Beats Grigor Dimitrov, Sets Final clash with Roman Safiullin

Top seed at the Chinese ATP 250 Alexander Zverev saved all five break points he faced to win 6-3, 7-6(2) semi-final against Grigor Dimitrov. Zverev fired 21 winners, including nine aces, as he delivered a classy all-round showing to improve to 7-1 in the pair’s Lexus ATP head to head series. After pulling through three-set

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