Safiullin stuns Alcaraz at Paris Masters
World No 2 Carlos Alcaraz crashed to a 6-3, 6-4 loss to Russia's Roman Safiullin in the second round at the Paris Masters on Tuesday (Oct 31).
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Auger-Aliassime maintains late-season form at Paris Masters, riding 17 aces to Round 1 win
Montreal's Felix Auger-Aliassime continued his impressive season-ending run of form with a 7-6 (3), 6-4 first-round win over Germany's Jan-Lennard Struff on Tuesday at the Paris Masters tennis tournament.
Dominic Thiem Stuns Stan Wawrinka In Paris Masters For Place In Round Of 32
Dominic Thiem scripted a fine comeback performance to defeat former World No. 3 Stan Wawrinka for a place in the second round of Paris Masters. Thiem saved a match point in the third set at 3-5 before rallying past Wawrinka 3-6, 6-3, 7-5 to advance to the second round. The thrilling match between two of the best one-handed backhands in recent memory ended after two hours and 31 minutes of thrilling play. "It's very nice to share a great and close match like that with Stan because we have a history together of many great matches. Obviously, he's one of my big idols backhand wise," Thiem was quoted as saying by ATP. While Thiem hit highlight-reel strokes throughout the match, particularly with jaw-dropping passing shots, Wawrinka was the first to come close to winning. The Swiss had a match point at 5-3, 40/30, but double-faulted long. It was one of six double faults he committed during the game.
Coco Gauff and Iga Swiatek win their WTA Finals opening matches in straight sets
CANCUN, Mexico: US Open champion Coco Gauff earned the first WTA Finals victory of her career on Monday night, breezing past three-time major runner-up Ons Jabeur 6-0, 6-1 in a round-robin match interrupted for a little more than an hour by rain.
Murray bows out of Paris Masters in first round
Andy Murray continued his losing streak against Alex de Minaur, as the Australian rallied back in the final set to advance to the second round at the Paris Masters on Monday.
Felix Auger-Aliassime beats Holger Rune to advance to Swiss Indoors final
Montreal's Felix Auger-Aliassime will get a chance to defend his championship at the Swiss Indoors tennis event on Sunday.
Simone Biles’ rival and friend Andrade of Brazil wins gold in vault at Pan American Games
SANTIAGO, Chile: The likely rival for US gymnast Simone Biles in the vault competition at next year’s Paris Olympics extended her winning streak on Tuesday.
Top seed Rune rallies to victory in Basel after horror star
BASEL, Switzerland: Holger Rune performed under pressure for new coach Boris Becker on Tuesday, earning a 1-6, 7-5, 6-3 win over Miomir Kecmanovic to reach the second round of the Swiss Indoors.