Elina Svitolina stretched every sinew in a brilliant display of defensive tennis to register the biggest win of her career as she rallied for a 3-6, 6-2, 6-2 triumph over Sloane Stephens in an enthralling WTA Finals title decider in Singapore.

Elina Svitolina defeats Sloane Stephens to claim WTA Finals triumph

Roger Federer will face Romanian qualifier Marius Copil in the final of the Swiss Indoors in Basel after storming past seventh seed Daniil Medvedev 6-1, 6-4 on Saturday.

Swiss Indoors: Roger Federer to face Marius Copil in final

Roger Federer was stretched to the limit by Gilles Simon before overcoming the valiant Frenchman 7-6(1), 4-6, 6-4 to reach the semi-finals of his hometown Swiss Indoors tournament on Friday.

Roger Federer reaches semis after being stretched by Simon

Holder Roger Federer recovered from a slow start to beat Jan-Lennard Struff 6-3, 7-5 and reach the quarter-finals of the Swiss Indoors, his hometown tournament, on Thursday.

Swiss Indoors: Roger Federer reaches quarter-finals after defeating Jan-Lennard Struff

Third seed Marin Cilic eased into the second round of the Swiss Indoors tournament with a 6-4, 6-2 victory over young Canadian Denis Shapovalov in Basel on Monday.

Marin Cilic downs Shapovalov to reach second round in Basel

Spain's Rafael Nadal retained the number one spot in the men's Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) world singles rankings released on Monday with 7,660 points.

Tennis rankings: Rafael Nadal, Simona Halep retain top spots

Karolina Pliskova was delighted to gain a modicum of revenge against Caroline Wozniacki at the WTA Finals on Sunday after the big-serving Czech opened her campaign with a 6-2 6-4 win over an opponent who knocked her out in the semi-finals a year ago.

Pliskova revels in 'top win' over Wozniacki at WTA Finals

Roger Federer has revealed that he has been suffering with a hand injury since the summer, but said the problem is no longer a worry as he heads into his home Swiss Open starting on Monday.

Roger Federer reveals long-standing hand injury

Tennis's marathon man John Isner has welcomed Wimbledon's decision to introduce tiebreaks at 12-12 in the final set. The American became something of a Wimbledon cult hero when beating France's Nicolas Mahut 70-68 in the fifth set in 2010 - a record-breaking duel lasting 11 hours five minutes and spanning three days and in which the last set alone (eight hours 11 minutes) would have broken the previous longest-match record.

John Isner welcomes Wimbledon's new tiebreak rule

Qualifier Ons Jabeur became the first Tunisian player to reach a WTA final when she beat fifth seed Anastasija Sevastova 6-3, 3-6, 6-3 at the Kremlin Cup on Friday.

Jabeur becomes first Tunisian to reach WTA final

Home favourite Daria Kasatkina roared back from a set and 4-1 down to win the Kremlin Cup in Moscow on Saturday (October 20), denying Tunisian qualifer Ons Jabeur a first WTA title for her country.

Daria Kasatkina defeats Tunisian Jabeur to lift Kremlin Cup

The women's tennis season concludes at the WTA Finals in Singapore next week and, like a majority of tournaments during the 2018 campaign, picking a winner from a wide-open field seems a near impossible task.

Caroline Wozniacki seeks repeat at wide-open WTA Finals

Wimbledon will introduce a final set tie-break starting from next year's Championships at the All England Lawn Tennis Club (AELTC), organisers said on Friday. After a period of consultation with players and officials, the AELTC ruled that the tiebreak will be played when the score reaches 12-12 in the final set of all matches at the tournament, singles and doubles.

Wimbledon brings in final set tiebreak

Australian Nick Kyrgios has called time on his season after pulling out of the Kremlin Cup on Thursday with a recurrence of an elbow injury. Kyrgios, seeded fifth at the Moscow event, had been due to face Bosnia-Herzegovina's Mirza Basic.

Nick Kyrgios ends season after pulling out of Kremlin Cup

Novak Djokovic of Serbia defeated Croatian Borna Coric 6-3, 6-4 to win the Shanghai Masters title for the fourth time. Djokovic will surpass Roger Federer as world number two when the next edition of the ATP rankings are released on Monday.

Novak Djokovic defeats Borna Coric to win fourth Shanghai title

Croatia's Borna Coric produced a masterful display of power-hitting to stun holder Roger Federer 6-4, 6-4 in the Shanghai Masters on Saturday and book a final against Novak Djokovic.

Borna Coric stuns Federer in Shanghai, faces Djokovic in final

Serbia's Novak Djokovic cruised past Alexander Zverev in straight sets to reach the final of the Shanghai Masters on Saturday (October 13) and return to the world number two spot.

Novak Djokovic beats Zverev to reach Shanghai Masters final

Veteran Leander Paes is one win away from winning his second title of the season on the Challenger circuit, reaching the final of the Santo Domingo Open with partner Miguel Angel Reyyes-Varela.

Leander Paes earns chance to win 2nd title of season, reaches final in Santo Domingo Open

Chinese number one Wang Qiang wrapped up the biggest win of her season Saturday, after an overnight rain delay forced her to wait to claim victory over world number five Elina Svitolina at the Hong Kong Open.

Wang Qiang downs Svitolina for biggest win of the year

Former world number one Garbine Muguruza booked a semi-final place at the Hong Kong Open Friday, fighting off a late comeback by Thailand's Luksika Kumkhum to win 6-2, 7-5.

Relieved Muguruza through to Hong Kong semis in straight set

Fernando Verdasco's treatment of a ball boy who failed to bring him his sweaty towel fast enough has thrust tennis players' attitudes towards the child volunteers into the spotlight, and could prompt changes.

'Get your own towels' - tennis rallies round ball kids after Verdasco spat

Roger Federer warned temperamental Australian Nick Kyrgios on Tuesday that he would never fulfil his potential without the work ethic to go with his talent. The 23-year-old Kyrgios made another contentious exit from the Shanghai Masters on Monday after a running argument with the chair umpire who suggested his efforts were "borderline".

Roger Federer warns Kyrgios over work ethic after Shanghai strop

Australian tennis player Nick Kyrgios' previous outbursts and bad behaviour have meant that umpires are probably keeping a closer eye on him than his opponents, according to compatriot Todd Woodbridge.

Kyrgios attracts more scrutiny from officials, says Woodbridge

Tennis players need to respect ball boys and ball girls, Roger Federer said in the wake of a row following Fernando Verdasco's rant over a sweaty towel. Spaniard Verdasco was cast as a villain on social media last week after appearing to berate a ball boy for not bringing his towel quickly enough during a semi-final defeat at the Shenzen Open.

Tennis: Respect ball kids, Roger Federer tells fellow pros

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