The semifinals are set and just a handful of players remain unscathed in Dubai. As the matchups dwindle, the heat of the action continues to rise. These are the Top 5 photos that sum up Thursday's action. (All photos Getty). 1 Aslan Karatsev Can anyone believe just 12 tournaments ago,

After a rough start to the season, Leylah Fernandez is making some headway in Monterrey this week. In her fifth event of the year, the Canadian has managed to overcome the hurdle of winning two consecutive matches. On Wednesday, she defeated qualifier Kristina Kucova, 6-1, 6-4, who dismissed the event's

The ATP's decision to extend its changes to the ranking system during the coronavirus pandemic has received mixed reaction from players. Some have found it tough to move up the rankings, while others back the greater flexibility and protection offered during this period. World No. 7 Alexander Zverev says it

Last week in New York the sun came out and the temperature finally, fleetingly, rose above 60 degrees. Walking down Manhattan’s avenues and luxuriating in this welcome burst of warmth, I had the same reaction I always have when spring begins to approach in early March. As I breathed in

While still just teenagers, Monica Seles and Jennifer Capriati were laying down the groundwork for a first-rate, enduring rivalry—potentially even on the order of the 80-match epic pitting Chris Evert and Martina Navratilova. On this day in 1992, as the two walked out to play one another in the quarterfinals

World No. 5 Stefanos Tsitsipas continued his path of destruction in Acapulco on Wednesday night, needing just 57 minutes to beat John Isner, 6-3, 6-2, to reach the quarterfinals of the ATP 500 event. The Greek had beaten Benoit Paire the night before, 6-3, 6-1, in just 68 minutes. He’s

No.4 seed Svetlana Kuznetsova secured her first WTA quarterfinal in 12 months at the St. Petersburg Ladies Trophy on Wednesday, easing past Wang Xinyu, 6-1, 7-5. Kuznetsova followed a pair of titanic three-setters on Sibur Arena and made up for lost time in fairly dominant fashion, holding off a late

On Tuesday, Venus Williams was a guest on the Late Late Show with James Corden. Appearing virtually, the seven-time Grand Slam champion discussed the Privilege Tax Initiative—an effort to highlight the gender-pay gap—spearheaded by Williams’ clothing company, Eleven by Venus. “The Privilege Tax Initiative really acknowledges, especially during Women’s History

It was a big day for a couple of 21-and-unders at the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships. A handful of upsets occurred on Wednesday at the ATP-500 event, but one veteran managed to pull off another solid win to secure a ticket to his second quarterfinal of the year. These

Aslan Karatsev has proven his run to the Australian Open semifinal was no fluke and that he belongs on the sport’s biggest stages. After losing to Dominic Thiem in a tight three-setter in Doha, Karatsev has suffered no major letdown, scoring rock-solid wins over Egor Gerasimov, Dan Evans and Lorenzo

The ATP has confirmed that Damir Dzumhur was defaulted from Acapulco for walking off the court during the qualifying rounds. At 5-5, 40-40 in the first set of his match with Botic van de Zandschulp, Dzumhur protested when his opponent's shot was called in. Dzumhur was subsequently broken, which brought

Bosnia's Damir Dzumhur let his emotions get the best of him in his second-round qualifying match against Botic van de Zandschulp at the Mexican Open. The world No. 125 was frustrated with the chair umpire throughout the opening set, but became furious at 5-5, deuce, when the umpire didn't overrule

Last week, Americans reached the quarterfinals or better in Dubai, Doha, Russia and Mexico. Here are the Americans who made the biggest impact on the WTA and ATP Tours last week. 1 Semifinalist - Qatar Open, ATP 250 It was a wild week for Taylor Fritz at the Qatar Open.

With travel restrictions, calendar changes and major tournaments like Wimbledon not being played last year, the ATP and WTA’s revised ranking systems have offered a reasonable solution in a difficult climate by permitting players to retain points from 2019 and early 2020 on their totals. But it can be hard

For the most part, seeded players delivered at the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships on Tuesday. But by the end of play, the No. 1 seed was eliminated. Here’s a quick rundown of how the day went down. A week after taking down 20th-ranked Stan Wawrinka, South African qualifier Lloyd

Playing in front of an enthusiastic partisan crowd, No. 8 seed Daria Kasatkina was at the center of the St. Petersburg spectacle when she ended Clara Tauson’s winning streak to advance at the eponymous Ladies Trophy, 6-4, 7-6 (0). A semifinalist at St. Petersburg’s inaugural 2016 staging, the Russian faced

Rising stars Felix Auger-Aliassime and Sebastian Korda are set to face off for the first time on Wednesday in Acapulco. It likely won’t be the last encounter between the two 20-year-olds, and while they have evolved on very different timelines, they are undoubtedly two of the ATP’s most promising young

The top two seeds fell in WTA Monterrey (Sloane Stephens and Nadia Podoroska); the third seed went down in ATP Acapulco (Diego Schwartzman); and the No. 1 and No. 5 seeds stumbled in Dubai (Dominic Thiem and David Goffin). But the photograpers around the world were all winners in our

The ATP action in Dubai is underway with surprising upsets already rolling in and qualifiers making noise to start their main-draw campaigns. These are the Top 5 photos from Monday. (All photos Getty) 1 Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships With the women just wrapping up their WTA 1000-level event in