Carlos Alcaraz boosted his hopes of finishing ATP Year-End No. 1 for a second consecutive year on Monday when he downed Casper Ruud 6-4, 6-2 to reach his 12th semifinal of the season at the China Open.
The ATP has issued updates to the 2022 ATP Tour calendar, including cancellation of events in China. However, it has included six additional single-year events for pandemic hit China.
Srikanth will be looking for a turnaround in the tournament as his struggle to emulate his form in 2017 continues.
Currently ranked 9 in the world rankings, Saina has now lost five of her last six tournaments in the opening round itself.
In contrast to these results, the Indian duo of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Ashwini Ponnappa defeated the Canadian pair of Joshua Hurlburt-Yu and Josephine Wu 21-19, 21-19.
The Spanish star player had lost to Tai in their last six matches. She even lost the first game in this particular final.
The gold medal winner will now play Japan’s Sayaka Takahashi on Saturday and a place in the finals of the tournament will be at stake.
Starting from where she left in the World Championship, the Olympic silver-medallist brought another one of her strong performances on the court to defeat the 20th ranked Chinese player.
2019 hasn't been a great year for the former World No 1. Ever since her comeback from injury, things haven't panned out the way she would have liked.
The Indian duo defeated the sixth-seeded pair 22-20, 17-21, 21-17 in a thrilling opening round clash that lasted for more than 50 minutes.
