Great Britain and Argentina have been awarded wildcards for next year's revamped Davis Cup.

 

The 18 teams next year will be made up of the two wildcards, four semi-finalists from the 2018 Davis Cup - Croatia, France, Spain and USA - and the 12 winners from the 2019 qualifiers, which will be held on 1-2 February.

 

Australia and Switzerland will replace GB and Argentina in the qualifiers.

Andy Murray beat world number 11 David Goffin - his highest-ranked opponent since returning from hip surgery - to reach the Shenzhen Open quarter-finals.

This is completely heartbreaking from Naomi, on what should be one of the best memories of her career, she's doing everything she can to not think about it.

 

https://twitter.com/WTA_insider/status/1046748361917751297

 

World number one Simona Halep has suffered a slipped disc which has put her participation in this month's WTA Finals in doubt.

Kyle Edmund is through to the last 16 of the Shanghai Masters with a straight-set victory against Italy's Andreas Seppi.

Kyle Edmund through to the quarter-finals of the Shanghai Masters with victory over Chile's Nicolas Jarry 7-6 (7-5) 6-3.

Final set tie-breaks will be introduced at Wimbledon from next year.

 

The AELTC said "the time had come" to introduce a tie-break method at "a reasonable point" in a deciding set.

 

"While we know the instances of matches extending deep into the final set are rare, we feel that a tie-break at 12-12 strikes an equitable balance between allowing players ample opportunity to complete the match to advantage, while also providing certainty that the match will reach a conclusion in an acceptable time frame," said AELTC chairman Philip Brook.

 

What do you make of this?

 

 

Final set tie-breaks will be introduced at Wimbledon from next year.

What do you make of this?

I'm a little disappointed actually. Of course it helps the players have a better chance in the next round and helps the scheduling as well but I'm going to miss watching the marathon matches (basically both that Isner was involved in!) which are no longer possible, they were epic!

At least the fact that they don't come in until 12-12 should mean that they are fairly rare. Nevertheless, it seems rather unnecessary to bring this in when the real marathons (such as the two Isner matches) hardly ever happen. All too often the authorities (in all sports) introduce a new rule as the result of some exceptional event.

Johanna Konta has lost in the Kremlin Cup semi-finals to Russian sixth seed Daria Kasatkina in Moscow in straight sets.

Well done, Kyle!!!! First ATP title. About time, too!.

Really pleased for Kyle Edmund. He's having a very good end to the year.

Jelena Jankovic hasn't played a match since the US Open last year, so I assume she's retired now?

And Petra is the first player out of the running in the WTA Tour Finals.

 

 

 

 

Kyle Edmund is out of the Vienna Open after losing to Verdasco in the second round :( He's had a decent year all things considered though.

Video review for certain judgment calls, such as whether a ball bounces twice, will be available for the first time in men's professional tennis at the Next Gen ATP Finals.

 

http://www.tennis.com/pro-game/2018/10/atp...n-finals/77694/

 

 

Sloane Stephens has beaten Angelique Kerber 6-3, 6-3 to progress to WTA Finals semi-finals in Singapore.

 

 

Congratulations to Novak Djokovic. Apparently it's the first time a player has reached no.1 after being out of the top 20 in the same season.

Novak Djokovic has set up an Paris Masters semi-final against Roger Federer after beating Cilic in three sets, Federer won in straight sets against Nishikori.

Novak Djokovic beat Roger Federer in an epic three-hour Paris Masters semi-final.