The Russian overcomes Fernandez 6-4, 5-7, 6-2 to claim her first title of the season TOKYO: Russia’s Diana Shnaider won her first title of the year with a hard-fought victory over Leylah Fernandez in Tokyo on Sunday and couldn’t wait to tell her mum all about it.The world number 13 beat Canada’s Fernandez 6-4, 5-7,…
SHANGHAI: Top-ranked Elena Rybakina closed in on her fourth WTA title of the year as she beat Diana Shnaider on Saturday to set up a Ningbo Open final against Leylah Fernandez. Three-time Grand Slam winner Rybakina, the number one seed and defending champion, defeated the 13th-ranked Russian 6-3, 7-5. Rybakina, who usurped Aryna Sabalenka as…
ITIA confirms that the French seed has been on their retired players list since October 5 PARIS: Gael Monfils, the last of his generation’s French musketeers, has officially retired from tennis, the International Tennis Integrity Agency (ITIA) confirmed to AFP on Wednesday. The 40-year-old had signalled his intention to leave the sport at the end…
