Alcaraz, Nadal put Spain at 1-2 in ATP rankings for 1st time
NEW YORK: No. 1 Carlos Alcaraz and No. 2 Rafael Nadal are the first countrymen to top the ATP rankings in 22 years.
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Iga Swiatek maintains healthy lead atop WTA rankings
US Open champion Swiatek, 21, will feature for the first time since this month's Grand Slam win at Flushing Meadows by playing at Ostrava this week. Swiatek has also clinched the French Open this year and still has almost double the points as Tunisian Ons Jabeur, who she beat in the final in New York, in second. Estonian Kontaveit switches positions with Spaniard Paula Badosa despite losing Sunday's Tallinn Open final.
Krejcikova defeats home star Kontaveit to claim Tallinn title
Seventh seed Krejcikova won 6-2, 6-3 against world number four Kontaveit, sealing victory in 1hr 22min with just three points conceded in the last three games. The result snapped Kontaveit's 24-match winning streak on indoor hard court.
Russia's Samsonova credits Wimbledon ban for red-hot form
Liudmila Samsonova said that Wimbledon's ban on Russian players had given her time to transform her game, after winning her third title in four tournaments on Sunday at the Pan Pacific Open.
Pan Pacific Open: In-form Liudmila Samsonova beats Zheng Qinwen to claim title
The red-hot world number 30 triumphed in Washington and Cleveland in August and she produced a string of giant-killing upsets in the Japanese capital on the way to another title. Samsonova beat Wimbledon champion Elena Rybakina and two-time Grand Slam winner Garbine Muguruza and did not drop a set all week.
Chinese teen Zheng Qinwen powers into first WTA final in Tokyo
Pan Pacific Open after a battling 5-7, 6-3, 7-6 (7/3) win over Veronika Kudermetova. The 19-year-old Zheng, who knocked out top seed Paula Badosa earlier this week in Tokyo to underline her rich potential, faces Russia's Liudmila Samsonova in the final. The unseeded Zheng was ranked outside the top 150 this time last year but she has since risen to 36 and made the world sit up and take notice with a string of impressive performances.
Garbine Muguruza 'not scared' after latest exit in Tokyo
Pan Pacific Open in Tokyo on Friday. The number three seed lost 6-4, 6-2 to Russia's Liudmila Samsonova to continue a dismal run of results this year for the two-time Grand Slam champion. Muguruza has not managed to string together more than two wins at a tournament and fell out of the world top 10 earlier this month.
Emma Raducanu beats Moyuka Uchijima to reach second round at Korea Open in Seoul
Emma Raducanu produced a solid performance to beat Moyuka Uchijima in the first round of the Korea Open in Seoul. The 19-year-old double-faulted on match point when 5-0 up in the second set, but still came through 6-2 6-4. Ad Raducanu will next face world No.