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Carlos Alcaraz wins Vienna Open final 6-1, 6-4 after Zverev loses to De Minaur

Carlos Alcaraz beat Alex de Minaur 6-1, 6-4 in 1 hour 27 minutes on Sunday, 1 November, to take the Erste Bank Open. De Minaur had earlier beaten Alexander Zverev in the semi-final on Saturday, 31 October, and Zverev is due to be ranked world No 1 from Monday, 2 November.

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Juan Carlos Ferrero will coach world No. 4 Ben Shelton from the 2027 season

Former world No. 1 Juan Carlos Ferrero joins the coaching team of Ben Shelton, who is ranked fourth, and will work alongside Shelton's father Bryan from the 2027 season.

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Errani and Paolini win Tokyo doubles title and qualify for WTA Finals

The Italian pair beat Gabriela Dabrowski and Luisa Stefani 6-2, 6-2 in one hour, claiming their tenth title together and their first in over a year.

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Valentin Vacherot beats Jiri Lehecka 2-6, 6-3, 6-3 to win Basel ATP 500 title

Monaco's Valentin Vacherot came back from a lost opening set to beat Czech player Jiri Lehecka in the Basel final. It was his second career title, a year after his Shanghai Masters triumph.

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Harriet Dart wins first WTA title at Guangzhou Open, beating Lilli Tagger from a set down

Britain's Harriet Dart beat 18-year-old Austrian Lilli Tagger 4-6 6-3 6-4 in the Guangzhou Open final, her first title on the WTA Tour. The win lifted her back into the world top 100.

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Jan-Lennard Struff beats Novak Djokovic in Basel, first win in nine meetings

Ranked 47th, Jan-Lennard Struff came back from a set down to beat Novak Djokovic in the round of 16 in Basel, and he now meets Nuno Borges in the quarter-finals.

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Elena Rybakina withdraws from Tokyo quarterfinal with injury, Leylah Fernandez advances

The world No. 1 pulled out of her Friday quarterfinal at the Pan Pacific Open in Tokyo, a day after clinching the year-end top ranking. Leylah Fernandez advances to the semifinal against Kamilla Rakhimova.

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Tennis·3d ago

Valentin Vacherot beats Rafa Jódar in three sets at Swiss Indoors Basel

Monegasque Valentin Vacherot won 7-6(4), 2-6, 7-6(5) on Thursday, 29 October 2026, and will face Holger Rune in the quarterfinals. Spain's Rafa Jódar now has no points until the Paris Masters and needs several wins there to reach the ATP Finals.

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Tennis·6d ago

Sinner says patience is key as knee layoff continues, returning in Riyadh on 27 December

Jannik Sinner, out since the summer with a right knee problem, told La Repubblica's U magazine that patience is the key to his layoff and that he would erase the day he left his father in Milan at 13.

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Tennis·3d ago

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Jérôme Kym beats world No. 4 Ben Shelton at Swiss Indoors Basel, reaching quarterfinal

Ranked 222nd and entering on a wildcard, Jérôme Kym beat Ben Shelton in the early hours of Friday, 30 October, in Basel, despite losing four straight games from 5-2 up in the decider.

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Tennis·2d ago

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WTA blocks Kaitlin Quevedo from wearing black armband for Urda train crash victims

Kaitlin Quevedo was refused permission to wear a black armband at Guangzhou in memory of the 69 people killed in the Urda rail crash, while the ATP let Rafa Jódar wear one in Basel.

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Tennis·6d ago

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Sinner reportedly picks Magnus Norman as coach to replace Darren Cahill from 2027

Jannik Sinner has reportedly chosen Magnus Norman, who coached Stan Wawrinka to three Grand Slam titles, to replace Darren Cahill from the 2027 season. The news comes as Sinner is sidelined by knee problems and is set to lose the world No. 1 ranking to Alexander Zverev.

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