Boults is back in form and in the Top 50

Top 30 next year looks very likely.

Good quality and entertaining doubles match. I do hope Tim and Kevin can get one last title together.

Jakub Mensik has already accomplished plenty at 21: a Masters 1000 title, a Grand Slam semifinal, and a win over his childhood idol Novak Djokovic. Yet compared to some of his contemporaries, his rise has been relatively quiet.

For Hard Court's latest feature, I spoke with the Czech star about the expectations that come with early success, the challenge of sustaining it, and why he's determined to build a career on his own terms—despite the Djokovic comparisons.

(Photos for Hard Court by Bryson Malone, who shot Mensik during the US Open at USM Modular Furniture in New York)

- Musetti's shot variation % is tour-leading since Evans' retirement

- elite lobbing from the deep

- Fritz's lack of angles hurts him in this matchup

- flat backhands vs slice

more in the full article, linked in the comments. Enjoy

Who do you think will win WTA Awards this year? My picks are:

Player Of The Year: Rybakina

Team Of The Year:Siniakova/Townsend

Most Improved:Noskova or maybe Kostyuk

Newcomer Of The Year:Bejlek

Comeback Player: Qinwen Zheng

Diamond Aces(for promotion of Tennis) : Sabalenka or maybe Pegula

Coach Of the year: Conchita

Fan Favourite Awards

Player:Eala or maybe Zheng

Double Team:Errani/Paolini

Match: Zheng/Rybakina(USO) or any Eala match

Ticket link: https://booking.naver.com/wlticket/thesix/

Even finding the ticket link was a bit cumbersome since it's all in Korean and through Naver.

Shot in the dark I suppose. Are there any foreigners trying to go and know how to purchase tickets?

Or are there any Koreans in this forum that can provide any addditional info? It's seems barred by signing up for a membership or card more or less only reserved for Koreans.

Will there be a secondary market or alternate way to purchase tickets for foreigners? I'm going to be in Korea on those dates, so it'd be really nice to watch some matches if I can find a way to grab tickets.

Upset alert, as the top seed is toppled!

ZZZ will face Kasidit Samrej or Rei Sakamoto in R2

LORENZO HAS BROKEN THE CURSE!!! FIRST SINGLES TITLE SINCE 2022!!!

Mertens plays the winner of Fernandez vs. Sakatsume [WC] next

Rybakina currently sits at 8002 points in the race whereas Sabalenka is at 6560. Since she has a first round bye, winning one match in Tokyo next week will put her into the QF, and will give her 108 points, putting her at 8110. In that case, even if Sabalenka goes 5-0 at the WTA Finals, AND Rybakina goes 0-3, she will be at 8060 to Rybakina's 8110.

If Rybakina does not win a match in Tokyo next week, then she can secure the spot by winning one match at the WTA Finals. Otherwise, she will need Sabalenka to finish the WTA Finals with a 4-1 record (or worse) to finish the year as no 1.

There is also a chance that Rybakina secures the spot regardless, as Sabalenka in theory should have a points penalty applied to her ranking due to missing required tournaments, however, the WTA has officially published the October 26th rankings and the penalty has not yet been applied.

2026 Seoul Open Challenger🇰🇷

Tennis fans eyeing Basel and Vienna this week, but there’s a tournament going on in Seoul too! 🎾
It’s a Challenger-level event, but it’s the biggest ATP tournament held in Korea.

This year, former US Open champion Marin Čilić is in the draw, and big names like Lloyd Harris and Wu Yibing in Seoul as well.

Some Korean players got wildcards to compete, so let’s cheer them on and hope they put up great results! 🇰🇷👏

Gibson will face Eala or Stojsavljevic [WC] in R2

I was one of maybe 40 people who watched this including the fans in Guangzhou but this was a personal MOTY for every reason I can think of.

1. For all her craziness, Kostović has great potential. Backhand is rock solid and ballstriking is powerful for someone so young. When she was on she was moving Masha side to side - just not quite consistent enough.
2. The matchup - Timofeeva and Kostović are both great baseliners so the rallies were crazy, great angles and solid shots all around. Timofeeva being much more experienced was just steadier, especially in the second set as Kostović began to leak more and more errors with a couple Djokosmashes on crucial points.
3. The drama. Teodora (being Teodora) loved to yell and would scream at basically any point she won in set 1, so Masha started screaming back 😭 Kostović then got a nosebleed that halted the match for a bit down 4-5 in the first, then started ranting to herself in Serbian when she began to lose easy points in the second. Then saved one of Timofeeva’s game points down 1-4 and began ranting again to hype herself up and Timofeeva started laughing at her. Obsessed.

With all that said and done, Timofeeva moves on to R2 to play either [WC] Sun Xinran or Mananchaya Sawangkaew! Kostović now heads to Chennai for the one of the last 250s of the year.

Xinyu had 3 set points in set 2 - 1 before and 2 during the tiebreak - but Alycia blasted (as usual) BUT actually landed her shots when it mattered. Xinyu looked very uninspired and exhausted throughout the match.

Alycia will play 2nd seed Maja Chwalińska next, who she thumped in Guadalajara last month, while Xinyu will have the remainder of the week to rest before her last tournament of the year in Hong Kong.