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TOKYO - Felix Auger-Aliassime of Montreal and Sebastian Ofner of Austria, both coming off exhausting opening-round singles victories in the Japan Open Tennis Championships, went head-to-head in a battle of the fittest Tuesday night.

Jordan Thompson upset ninth-ranked Alexander Zverev 6-3, 6-4 in the opening round of the Japan Open on Monday for his second win over a top-10 opponent this

TOKYO — Felix Auger-Aliassime took a while to find his game at the Japan Open Tennis Championships on Monday, but when the Montreal athlete did it was enough to net him a first-round singles victory over resilient Australian Aleksandar Vukic.

TOKYO - Felix Auger-Aliassime took a while to find his game at the Japan Open Tennis Championships on Monday, but when the Montreal athlete did it was enough to net him a first-round singles victory over resilient Australian Aleksandar Vukic.

Going the distance stokes Alexander Zverev’s competitive fire. Down a set, Zverev battled past Miomir Kecmanovic 5-7, 7-5, 6-2 to advance to his seventh semifinal of the season at the Chengdu Open. Zverev fired 53 winners—12 more than Kecmanovic—including 13 aces in a gritty three-hour triumph. The Olympic gold-medal champion improved to 43-21 on the season, including a 10-4 […]

Top-seeded Magda Linette and local favorite Wang Xiyu advanced to the final of the Guangzhou Open after straight-set wins in the semifinals on Friday.

When Credibility Matters

Novak Djokovic and Daniil Medvedev will be facing each other for the 15th time in their careers when they battle for the U.S. Open title on Sunday.

Both Carlos Alcaraz and Daniil Medvedev are already U.S. Open champions and one will put himself a win away from a second triumph in New York.

It's Labor Day and it could hardly be a bigger day at the U.S. Open in the Big Apple. A handful of blockbuster fourth-round matchups are on the menu.