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Pegula “a bit obsessed” with Alcaraz’s looks: Jean-Pol still waits for his podcast
In the latest episode of the “Player’s Box” podcast, relayed by Tennis365, Jessica Pegula, world No. 4, commented on Carlos Alcaraz’s changes of look. She “didn’t much like the moustache” but loves…
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Rybakina finds her season “very long”: the club player compares it with hers
Elena Rybakina, world No. 1 since her US Open title, is back at the WTA 500 in Ningbo after a first-match loss in Beijing and a withdrawal from Wuhan. On 19 October…
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Maja Chwalinska thanks those who’ll recognise themselves: Maxime isn’t sure he does
Maja Chwalinska beat Sonay Kartal 2-6, 6-4, 6-2 in the final of the Wuhan WTA 1000 on Sunday, her first title. In her speech she thanked her team, the crowd and people…
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Sabalenka gets angry in game one, says Monica Puig: the C30.4 waits for game three
On the Inside-In podcast, quoted by Tennis365, Monica Puig said Aryna Sabalenka gets angry with herself from the first game. Beaten at the US Open by Elena Rybakina, then early in Wuhan…
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Elise Mertens 14th in the world after Beijing: Jean-Pol predicted it, and 12th too
Elise Mertens, 30, is now world No. 14 in the WTA rankings published Monday, after beating Coco Gauff and Iga Swiatek in Beijing and then losing the semi-final to Zheng Qinwen. Her…
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Zheng Qinwen wins Beijing with 38% first serves: Jean-Pol saw it coming
Zheng Qinwen beat Mirra Andreeva 7-5, 6-4 in the final of the Beijing WTA 1000 on Sunday. A wild card and world No. 54 at the start, she wins her first WTA…
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Mertens wins a 7-0 tie-break against Swiatek: Maxime discovers the tie-break
Elise Mertens beat Iga Swiatek 7-6, 6-3 in the quarter-final of the WTA 1000 in Beijing, winning the first-set tie-break 7-0, a first against the Pole on the tour. She plays Zheng…
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Mertens asks Belgians to cheer her on in Beijing, Jean-Pol is still looking for a flight
Elise Mertens plays Zheng Qinwen on Saturday at 1 pm in the Beijing Masters 1000 semi-final, after beating Iga Swiatek 7-6, 6-3. Before the match, she asked “all Belgians” to come and…
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Mertens finally beats Gauff after five defeats: Jean-Pol saw it coming, bar the sixth
Elise Mertens, world No. 19, beat Coco Gauff, No. 4, 6-3, 6-3 in the round of 16 of the WTA tournament in Beijing on 7 October. It is her first win over…
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Zheng Qinwen silences her own fans in Beijing, Jean-Pol has wanted that since Kitzbühel
Unsettled by the restless stands in Beijing, Zheng Qinwen twice asked the crowd to stop shouting during the first-set tie-break. She went through when Anna Kalinskaya retired, and will now face Marie…
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Loïs Boisson into the Adana semi-final, Jean-Pol saw it coming from very far away
Loïs Boisson, world number 273 and a lucky loser, beat Anna Blinkova 6-0, 6-1 in 1h10 in the quarter-finals of the Adana WTA 125. According to We Love Tennis, it is her…
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Venus Williams pairs up with the defending champion, and the C30.4 rethinks her doubles
In Guangzhou, from 26 October to 1 November, Venus Williams, 46, will play doubles with Indonesia’s Janice Tjen, who won the event in 2025 with Katarzyna Piter. She has also received a…