Aryna Sabalenka rallied from a set and 4-2 down as she pounced on Coco Gauff’s serving woes to reach the Wuhan Open final and extend her winning streak at the tournament to 16 matches. World No 2 and recent US Open champion Sabalenka triumphed in Wuhan in 2018 and 2019 before the event was cancelled…
Aryna Sabalenka’s long winning run is over after an extraordinary late collapse against Karolina Muchov saw the world No 2 knocked out in the quarter-finals of the China Open. Sabalenka came into the match on a run of 15 consecutive wins and, although she lost the first set to Muchova in a tie-break 7-6 (7-5),…
Aryna Sabalenka’s dominant hard-court season showed no signs of slowing down as she cruised into the last 16 of the China Open with a dominant win over Ashlyn Krueger. Sabalenka won 6-2 6-2 in Beijing against her American opponent to claim her 14th consecutive victory. The Belarussian started her streak with a title in Cincinnati…
Aryna Sabalenka overcame the heartbreak of losing last year’s title by finally landing the US Open title with victory against home hope Jessica Pegula on Arthur Ashe Stadium. Sabalenka, who lost out to Coco Gauff 12 months ago, earned redemption as she landed the big one in New York with a dramatic 7-5 7-5 victory…
Jessica Pegula will take on Karolina Muchova with Emma Navarro up against Aryna Sabalenka in the semi-finals of the US Open – live on Sky Sports Tennis from 7.30pm on Thursday. Pegula knocked out the world No 1 Iga Swiatek 6-2 6-4 to reach her first major semi-final against unseeded Czech Muchova, but first on…
Aryna Sabalenka enjoyed the perfect preparation for the US Open as she secured a comfortable 6-3 7-5 victory over Jessica Pegula in the final of the Cincinnati Open. Sabalenka, who missed Wimbledon with a shoulder injury, had beaten top-ranked Iga Swiatek in the semi-finals and will now jump to No 2 in the world ahead…
Aryna Sabalenka saw her Canadian Open hopes go up in smoke as Amanda Anisimova stunned the tournament favourite in Toronto to reach first WTA 1000 semi-final. The 22-year-old American, who took a sabbatical from tennis in 2023 to prioritise her mental health, secured a 6-4 6-2 victory for her fifth win against Sabalenka in seven…
British No 1 Katie Boulter advanced to the third round of the National Bank Open in Toronto after her opponent Beatriz Haddad Maia was forced to retire just two games into the contest. Brazilian Haddad Maia had come through a marathon first-round match against Marie Bouzkova – which lasted three hours and 20 minutes –…
British No 1 Katie Boulter advanced to the third round of the National Bank Open in Toronto after her opponent Beatriz Haddad Maia was forced to retire just two games into the contest. Brazilian Haddad Maia had come through a marathon first-round match against Marie Bouzkova – which lasted three hours and 20 minutes –…
Marie Bouzkova produced an upset win as she rallied to beat top-seeded Aryna Sabalenka 6-4 3-6 6-3 on Saturday night after a long weather delay in the Mubadala Citi DC Open semi-finals. Down 2-1 in the third set when lightning and rain stopped play for three and a half hours, Bouzkova broke Sabalenka’s serve in…
