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He is the player who won the Japan Open more times than Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal, and Novak Djokovic combined

Stefan Edberg has the best record at the Japan Open, winning the trophy on four occasions between 1987 and 1991. Edberg, who was World No. 1 for his last two wins, defeated David Pate, Aaron ...
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Alexandra Eala’s next match comes against opponent who beat Emma Raducanu and Qinwen Zheng at Wimbledon in 2024

The New Zealand star defeated Emma Raducanu and Qinwen Zheng before falling to Donna Vekic in the last eight. Sun’s qualification for her best-ever tournament saw her meet Eala for the first and only ...
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What Daniil Medvedev did straight after his win against Cameron Norrie at the China Open

Daniil Medvedev began his China Open campaign with a comprehensive victory over Cameron Norrie, but continued to play tennis straight after the win. The Russian is working with new coach Thomas ...
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Katie Boulter told what she needs to ‘figure out’ before her next match after heavy defeat to Amanda Anisimova

Katie Boulter’s run at the China Open came to an end at the hands of an inspired Amanda Anisimova, who defeated the Brit in straight sets. Boulter defeated Hailey Baptiste at the China Open to set up ...
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Taylor Fritz told what’s missing from his game that would help him compete with Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner

Nick Lester and Barry Cowan were on commentary duties for Fritz’s win over Borges and they compared the American to Sinner and Alcaraz. Fritz is considered one of the few players on the tour who could ...
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Jack Draper confirms earlier than expected return to tennis at 2025 tournament he’s previously won

Jack Draper’s return to tennis will come before the end of 2025 following the British star ending his season early. Draper exited the US Open due to injury and confirmed he’d miss the remainder of the ...
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Coco Gauff gives her honest opinion on the conditions and the balls at the China Open this year

Coco Gauff came through her second round match at the China Open, but she had some quibbles about the conditions in Beijing. The World No. 3 dropped just four games against Kamilla Rakhimova as she ...
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Carlos Alcaraz and Emma Raducanu speak ahead of playing an exhibition event together in December

Carlos Alcaraz and Emma Raducanu have reacted to sharing the same bill at an exhibition event in Miami in December. Alcaraz and Raducanu doubles pairing at the US Open was much-anticipated, but the ...
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Carlos Alcaraz says there’s one issue in his game that he really struggles to correct, ‘I can’t do anything about it’

After securing his place in the second round of the Japan Open, Alcaraz was asked about the origins of his inventive style of play. “I think it came since I was a little kid. I was a skinny guy that ...
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He was the oldest player to ever feature in a Masters 1000 event when he played aged 42

Former world number 14 Ivo Karlovic became the oldest player to compete in the main draw of a Masters 1000 event when he competed at the 2021 Indian Wells tournament aged 42 years and 218 days . In ...
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The change that happened to tennis which had little impact on Pete Sampras but hurt Tim Henman’s career

Henman was a skilful serve and volley player, but struggled to match up effectively against some of the sport’s biggest servers. Mark Knowles, former doubles world number one and the current coach of ...
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The player who won as many titles in a calendar year as Roger Federer is not Rafael Nadal or Novak Djokovic

Federer often contested records with Rafael Nadal and Djokovic, but there’s another star who’s won the same number of tournaments in a year as the 20-time Grand Slam winner. The star only ever picked ...