yay for Alcaraz, wins the US Open and new world #1

only watched the first set but he really was better than Ruud

That was the first time I've ever watched Alcaraz and wow can he move around the court! And you can tell there's still plenty of room for improvement which is a scary prospect.

 

They did make such a big deal of the youngest ever #1 thing when that fact requires a huge asterisk next to it with all the shenanigans to do with ranking points/bans this season.

That was a very good final. Alcaraz was the better player but Ruud put up a good fight.

Notable Movements In The Top 20 (ATP)

 

1. Carlos Alcaraz (Spain)

2. Casper Ruud (Norway)

4. Daniil Medvedev (Russia)

5. Alexander Zverev (Germany)

6. Stefanos Tsitsipas (Greece)

7. Novak Djokovic (Serbia)

8. Cameron Norrie

9. Andrey Rublev (Russia)

11. Jannik Sinner (Italy)

13. Felix Auger-Aliassime (Canada)

14. Pablo Carreno Busta (Spain)

15. Matteo Berrettini (Italy)

16. Marin Cilic (Croatia)

17. Diego Schwartzman (Argentina)

18. Karen Khachanov (Russia)

19. Frances Tiafoe (USA)

20. Nick Kyrgios (Australia)

 

Notable Movements In The Top 20 (WTA)

 

2. Ons Jabeur (Tunisia)

3. Anett Kontaveit (Estonia)

5. Jessica Pegula (USA)

6. Maria Sakkari (Greece)

7. Aryna Sabalenka (Belarus)

8. Coco Gauff (USA)

9. Simona Halep (Romania)

10. Caroline Garcia (France)

11. Daria Kasatkina (Russia)

12. Garbine Muguruza (Spain)

13. Veronika Kudermetova (Russia)

14. Belinda Bencic (Switzerland)

15. Jelena Ostapenko (Latvia)

16. Danielle Collins (USA)

17. Madison Keys (USA)

18. Beatriz Haddad Maia (Brazil)

19. Petra Kvitova (Czech Republic)

20. Karoliona Pliskova (Czech Republic)

 

83. Emma Raducanu

 

Great Britain start their Davis Cup Finals campaign against the United States in Glasgow on Wednesday as the competition's group stages begin.

 

GB will face the USA, the Netherlands and Kazakhstan in Group D for a place in the November Finals in Malaga.

 

Cameron Norrie, Dan Evans, Andy Murray, Joe Salisbury and Neal Skupski will compete for Britain, who have won the event 10 times, most recently in 2015.

Andy Murray and Joe Salisbury lost a late-night doubles decider as Great Britain were beaten 2-1 by the United States in their Davis Cup group opener.

 

With the clock approaching 01:00 BST in Glasgow, the pair lost 5-7 6-4 7-5 to Rajeev Ram and Jack Sock to settle an agonisingly close tie.

 

Briton Cameron Norrie had fought back to beat Taylor Fritz and level the tie after Dan Evans lost to Tommy Paul.

Roger Federer, a 20-time Grand Slam singles champion, will retire from top-level tennis after the Laver Cup in London later this month.

 

Swiss Federer, 41, has not played since Wimbledon 2021, after which he had a third knee operation.

Shame but it was bound to happen sooner rather than later. Really he's been finished pretty much since the 2019 Wimbledon final but it's sad that injuries robbed him of a proper send-off.

One of those names you sort-of thought was going to keep playing forever! All the best to him in his retirement.

Long time coming

But bit sad about ut

Sorry to see that Roger has retired. Loved to watch him play. He used to float across the court.

Some tickets for Fed's finale are being resold for nearly £60,000 as per The Telegraph. 😲

 

https://www.msn.com/en-gb/sport/tennis/tick...ews/ar-AA11SzSp

Emma Raducanu is out of the Slovenia Open after a disappointing defeat by Germany's Anna-Lena Friedsam in Portoroz.

 

The British number one was top seed at the event but fell to a 7-5 0-6 6-3 loss in the second round.

 

Raducanu was leading 5-3 in the first set against qualifier Friedsam, ranked 213 in the world, before appearing to look uncomfortable in her movement.

Great Britain failed to reach the Davis Cup Finals knockout stage after Andy Murray and Joe Salisbury lost the key doubles rubber against the Netherlands.

 

The Group D tie in Glasgow had been level at 1-1 after Dan Evans won in the singles before Cameron Norrie lost to set up a nail-biting finale.

 

But Murray and Salisbury lost a thriller 7-6 (7-0) 6-7 (6-8) 6-3 to Wesley Koolhof and Matwe Middelkoop.

Raducanu has managed to win three matches in a row for the first time since the US Open 2021, by reaching the semi-finals of the Korea Open.

Nadal and Federer playing together tonight (farewell gig) at the Laver cup

Great Britain's Emma Raducanu is out of the Korea Open after retiring injured from her semi-final against top seed Jelena Ostapenko.

 

The 19-year-old took a medical timeout during the second set as she struggled with a left glute injury.

 

She carried on as Ostapenko claimed the second set but conceded the match to the Latvian at 4-6 6-3 3-0.

 

Ostapenko will face second seed Ekaterina Alexandrova of Russia, who beat Germany's Tatjana Maria 6-2 6-4.

 

British number one Raducanu, who was playing in her first semi-final of a regular WTA Tour event, has struggled with various injuries and has retired mid-match on a number of occasions since winning the US Open in 2021.

Sakkari is the top seed and a wild card. I suspect she has been "tempted" to come. They like to have one top-20 player as a promotional thing at these 250s.

 

Dan Evans is out of the Japan Open after missing six match points in his second-round match with Serbia's Miomir Kecmanovic.

 

The British number two came back from a set down and then recovered from being 4-2 down in the deciding set to leave himself serving for the match at 5-4.