Top-ranked Simona Halep beats Caroline Garcia at WTA Finals
October 23, 2017 22:31 ISTThe world no. 1 Romanian is making her fourth consecutive appearance in the coveted WTA Finals, she was a finalist in Singapore in 2014.
The world no. 1 Romanian is making her fourth consecutive appearance in the coveted WTA Finals, she was a finalist in Singapore in 2014.
Mladenovic jumped three positions to occupy the 10th spot, while Russia's Svetlana Kuznetsova dropped enough to leave the Top 10 list.
Third-seeded Karolina Pliskova cruised to a 6-2, 6-2 win over fifth-seeded Venus Williams at the WTA Finals on Sunday.
Williams is the oldest player in this draw with 27-year-old Wozniacki the next oldest.
Federer congratulated Nadal on the first anniversary of his tennis academy and recalling the late-career resurgence both have enjoyed in 2017.
The world number one says the injury affected him last week in Shanghai Masters, where he lost the final in straight sets to Roger Federer.
Sharapova, who won the Tianjin Open two days ago, brought her usual power to the court but lacked accuracy with some wild swings on key points against Rybarikova.
Nadal maintained the top spot in the latest ATP rankings despite the loss at the Shanghai Masters final on Sunday against Roger Federer.
The Russian tennis ace defeated Belarusian teenager Aryna Sabalenka 7-5, 7-6 (8) on Sunday to move from 86th to 57th in the latest WTA rankings.
After his second title in Shanghai, the 36-year-old said that he has shaken off the "scars" of his many defeats to Nadal.
Sabalenka put up a great fight against the Russian as the match lasted over two hours. Sharapova claimed her 36th WTA title of her career without even dropping a set.
The Shanghai Masters is Federer's 94th career title, moving him into a tie with Ivan Lendl in second place on the Open era list.
Nadal holds a 23-14 winning record over Federer, but Federer has won their last four meetings, including all three this season. Nadal has won 14 of 23 finals against Federer.
It will now be the fourth time and third time in a final when Federer and Nadal will clash with each other this season.
The world number one Nadal, who won a tour-best sixth title of the season at the China Open last week, has now beaten Marin Cilic in five of their six matches.
Roselyne Bachelot, who served as Minister for Health and Sport of France between 2007 and 2010, had alleged that Nadal's seven-month injury break in 2012 was due to the failed drug test.
Del Potro tumbled on the court at 2-2 in the third set against Viktor Troicki and instinctively tried to break the fall with his left wrist in the quarterfinal in Shanghai on Friday.
The Swiss tennis maestro dismantled Gasquet 7-5, 6-4 in a one-sided match that lasted more than an hour.
Topping Grigor Dimitrov of Bulgaria 6-4, 6-7 (6), 6-3 was his 870th match win and improved his win streak to 15.
Nadal will today lock horns with sixth seed Grigor Dimitrov whereas Federer will cross swords with Richard Gasquet of France.
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