Cina – Dzumhur: Time TBA H2H: first meeting Federico Cina has lost four of his last five matches. Last week in Hersonissos, he lost to Montes-De la Torre in the opening round of the Challenger tournament.
The Shanghai Masters was concluded on October 12 and saw a new champion in the form of Valentin Vacherot. The Monegasque locked horns with his cousin Arthur Rinderknech, claiming his career’s first ATP win after a three-set match.
Coco Gauff delivered an outstanding performance on Sunday to secure her 11th WTA Tour title. She came out on top against fellow American Jessica Pegula in the Wuhan Open final, overcoming her former doubles partner in straight sets.
The draw for the 2025 Six Kings Slam is set, and the seeding for the event might come as a surprise to some fans. The Six Kings Slam was first held in 2024.
Struff – McDonald: Time TBA H2H: 1-0 Jan-Lennard Struff has lost three of his last five matches. Last week in Roanne, Struff was upset by Sakellaridis in the opening round in three tight sets.
While Valentin Vacherot, in the Shanghai Masters final, was clashing with his cousin Arthur Rinderknech, another Shanghai champion was watching the match from the stands of Qizhong Stadium.
The Asian swing of the ATP and WTA Tours can be overlooked, coming as it does between the end of the US Open, the final Major of the year, and the end of the season, especially the tour finals events and the Davis Cup final.
So, Iga Swiatek, the world’s No. 2 tennis titan, is having a bit of a rough patch. After a pretty sweet victory at the Korea Open, she hit a snag in China, bowing out in the R16 at the China Open and then getting dumped from the Wuhan Open quarterfinals by Jasmine Paolini.
Leave it to Andy Murray to turn a simple practice video into comedic gold. The witty Scotsman just couldn’t resist taking a playful jab at Roger Federer after the Swiss maestro posted footage of himself serving at the Shanghai Masters.
Valentin Vacherot had a fairytale run in Shanghai as he entered the Masters 1000 event as an alternate player and secured a spot in the main draw after winning the qualifying rounds.
The magical championship run of Valentin Vacherot at the ATP Shanghai Masters 1000 is one of the biggest stories in tennis this decade. The qualifier was world #204 when he entered the field, and after becoming the lowest-ranked ATP Masters 1000 Champion in history, he exits as the world #40.
After the incredible end to the ATP Shanghai Masters 1000, it’s time for the indoor season to start, with Brussels being a new tournament on tour generating a lot of expectations.
Valentin Vacherot’s remarkable triumph at the Rolex Shanghai Masters will go down as one of the greatest underdog stories in ATP history. Ranked No. 204 at the start of the event, the Monegasque player stormed through qualifying and went all the way to win the Masters 1000 title in China.
Coco Gauff ended her impressive Asian swing on a high note, capturing the Wuhan Open title with a straight-sets victory over Jessica Pegula (6-4, 7-5).
The ATP tour moves on the the indoor hard court season with a fantastic draw on the cards here at the ATP Stockholm Open. The 2025 edition is going to be action packed and as ever, we predict every match on the slate in Sweden’s capital.
The sixth edition of the ATP Almaty Open is one of three tournaments that mark the start of the indoor hard-court swing in Europe. Although the event in Kazakhstan was downgraded to an ATP 250, it has still attracted two of the world’s top 20 players and there should be plenty of entertaining action on day one.
Aryna Sabalenka came very close to hitting one of the ball kids and being disqualified at the 2025 Wuhan Open. The WTA 1000 event in Wuhan was Sabalenka's first after her win at the US Open.
WTA Osaka kicks off with a mix of home favourites, rising stars, and seasoned competitors taking to the court on day one. As ever, we here at LWOT wll be offering our predictions for every match on the slate, including Linda Noskova vs Katie Boulter.
A mix of seeded players and in-form contenders take the court as first-round action gets underway at WTA Osaka. The quick conditions favour those who play on the front foot and look to seize control early, though composure and smart shot selection will still be vital in matches that promise to be tightly contested.
Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner have faced each other in the final whenever they played the same tournament this year since the Italian Open. Sinner was successful in winning just Wimbledon and gave a walkover in Cincinnati.
The WTA has released its 2026 calendar, and one historic British tournament has been left out. The limited run of grass court events in the UK has long been a point of contention, with only a few weeks separating the end of the clay season from the start of Wimbledon.
Roger Federer ended Novak Djokovic’s impressive winning run in China with a semi-final victory at the Shanghai Masters. The win came against an opponent who had won the tournament three times.