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By Alberto Amalfi | @Tennis_Now | Monday, August 14, 2023A pair of Grand Slam semifinalists will lead the United States Davis Cup squad subsequent month.US Open semifinalist Frances Tiafoe and Australian Open semifinalist Tommy Paul head an American workforce that options Mackenzie McDonald, Rajeev Ram and Austin Krajicek, U.S. captain Bob Bryan introduced right now. More: US Open Prize MoneyThe U.S. squad will contest the 2023 Davis Cup Finals -- Group Stage matches September 12-17 in Split, Croatia.The Group Stage consists of 4 teams of 4 nations competing to advance to the eight-nation knockout stage that can crown this yr’s Davis Cup champion November 21-26 in Malaga, Spain.The U.S. is competing in Group D in Split and can play Croatia, Finland and the Netherlands in a round-robin ...

By Chris Oddo | @TheFanChild | Sunday August 13, 2023An extraordinarily tough and wet week left Elena Rybakina pissed off in Montreal, the Kazakh lastly bowing out of the Omnium Banque Nationale within the semifinals on Saturday in three units to Liudmila Samsonova, 1-6, 6-1, 6-2.The loss left Rybakina with combined feelings. If she had received she would have confronted a ultimate two hours later in opposition to Jessica Pegula, and after a grueling week in Canada that featured a 3 AM end after a marathon with Daria Kasatkina on Friday night time, Rybakina was in no temper for extra punishment.She aired out some onerous emotions on Saturday, in her post-match press convention, taking purpose on the WTA’s administration of the schedule that left her extraordinarily fatigued.“The worst...

By Richard Pagliaro | @Tennis_Now | Sunday, August 13, 2023Jannik Sinner's best energy sprang from weak point.Ballistic ball-striking powered Sinner previous Alex de Minaur 6-4, 6-1 to seize his maiden Masters 1000 championship in Toronto and propelled the Italian to a brand new career-high rating of No. 6. More: US Open Prize MoneyAfterward, de Minaur, who was contesting his second closing in as many weeks, praised Sinner as some of the highly effective groundstrokers he is ever confronted."Jannik is a hell of a player. He's got some of the hardest ground strokes I've probably ever dealt, to be honest," de Minaur informed the media in Toronto. "All these things I knew coming in. I knew what to expect."I believe, in the end, he type of executed his sport plan a bit of bit higher than I...

MONTREAL — Jessica Pegula routed Liudmila Samsonova 6-1, 6-0 on Sunday to win the National Bank Open for her third profession WTA Tour victory. Pegu...

By Chris Oddo | @TheFanChild | Sunday August 13, 2023Learnier Tien, 17, and Clervie Ngounoue, 17, have earned most important draw wild playing cards into this yr’s US Open, because of their titles on the USTA Boys’ and Girls’ 18s National Championships.Tien, from Irvine, defeated Trevor Svajda 6-0, 6-4, 6-4 within the remaining at Kalamazoo, whereas Ngounoue, this yr’s Wimbledon Girls Singles champion, defeated Katherine Hui, 1-6, 6-4, 6-2.Tien is the primary boy to win again to again USTA 18s titles since Jack Sock in 2010-11. Learner Tien and Clervie Ngounoue are going to the @usopen as most important draw wild playing cards 👇 pic.twitter.com/1GtAYCsVBu — Chris Oddo (@TheFanChild) August 13, 2023 He misplaced to Miomir Kecmanovic in 4 units on the US Open final yr.Tien, who reached...

MONTREAL — Liudmila Samsonova beat Elena Rybakina 1-6, 6-1, 6-2 on Sunday to achieve the ultimate of the rain-delayed National Bank Open. The Fiftee...

By Chris Oddo | @TheFanChild | Saturday August 12, 2023Bianca Andreescu has a small stress fracture in her again and can miss subsequent week’s Western and Southern Open in Cincinnati.The 23-year-old Canadian, ranked 41, isn’t certain if she’ll be good in time for the US Open, which begins on Monday August 28. She says she damage her again in Montreal throughout her first-round loss to Camila Giorgi. 😞🙏🏼 pic.twitter.com/Cug7agflLM — Bianca (@Bandreescu_) August 13, 2023 “During my match in Washington I started experiencing pain in my back that kept getting worse and I did everything I could the other night in Montreal to play at my highest level,” she wrote on Twitter. “All of this led me to undergo medical examinations and sadly the results have revealed a small stress fracture in ...

By Chris Oddo | @TheFanChild | Saturday August 12, 2023American tennis is alive and thriving north of the border at 1000-level occasions in Montreal in Toronto.Want proof? Look no additional than the next stat, which demonstrates the superb tennis that has been performed by the American contingent this week.Per Opta Sports, Americans have mixed to take out the World No.1 in each the ATP and WTA rankings in the identical week for the primary time because the spring of 2008. 801 - Players from the United States defeated the world No. 1 in ATP and WTA Rankings the identical week for the primary time since Miami 2008, 801 weeks in the past (Andy Roddick vs Roger Federer and Serena Williams vs Justine Henin). What?!#OBN23 #NBO23 | @OBNmontreal @WTA @atptour pic.twitter.com/kZpcNF1PBD — O...

By Richard Pagliaro | @Tennis_Now | Saturday, August 12, 2023Alex de Minaur is wakeful in Masters dream land.A fierce de Minaur put the sleeper maintain on Alejandro Davidovich Fokina 6-1, 6-3 roaring into his maiden Masters 1000 last in Toronto at present. More: US Open Prize MoneyIt's the fourth last of the season for the unseeded de Minaur, who defeated Tommy Paul to win Acapulco in February, fell to World No. 1 Carlos Alcaraz within the Queen's Club last on grass in June then bowed to Stefanos Tsitsipas in final weekend's Los Cabos last.So what is the secret to de Minaur's surge?Fast toes and every day siestas.De Minaur credit his pre-match nap ritual along with his rise to a second straight last."I've [been] in Los Cabos, due to the late matches, I got into this routine of having ...

MONTREAL (AP) - Elena Rybakina of Kazakhstan outlasted Daria Kasatkina of Russia 5-7, 7-5, 7-6 (8) in a National Bank Open quarterfinal that ended Saturday at 2:54 a.m. ...