Shanghai Masters a family affair as Rinderknech joins cousin Vacherot in semifinals
The semifinals of the Shanghai Masters will be a family affair. The 30-year-old Arthur Rinderknech eased past Felix Auger-Aliassime on Friday for the biggest win of the Frenchman's career and followed his cousin Valentin Vacherot into the final four of the tournament. It will be a first Masters 1000 semifinal for either of them with the cousins potentially meeting in the final.
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Swiatek stunned by Paolini at Wuhan Open. Sabalenka, Gauff advance to semifinals
Iga Swiatek was knocked out of the Wuhan Open on Friday in a straight-set defeat to Jasmine Paolini — a player the Wimbledon champion had never previously lost against. Paolini powered her way to a 6-1, 6-2 victory over the second-ranked Swiatek in a quarterfinal that was over in 65 minutes. It was the Italian’s first victory over Swiatek in their seventh meeting — with Paolini having previously won only one set — and secured her a semifinal spot against the third-ranked Coco Gauff.
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Aryna Sabalenka takes down Elena Rybakina to extend Wuhan Open winning run
Oct. 9—ST. PETER — The Litchfield girls tennis team has a singles player and both of its doubles teams moving into the Section 5A individual semifinals Thursday. Emma Wuotila, a junior who plays No. 3 singles, has advanced, as has the doubles teams of Isla Dille and Molly Patten and Elly Woelfel and Marcella Bruning for the Section 5A individual semifinals at 9 a.m. Tuesday at Gustavus ...
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Sabalenka extends Wuhan winning streak to 20 matches, Gauff also advances to semifinals
Aryna Sabalenka extended her winning streak at Wuhan to 20 matches with a 6-3, 6-3 victory over eighth-seeded Elena Rybakina on Friday to reach the semifinals of the WTA 1000-level tournament. The U.S. Open champion won the Wuhan Open title in 2018, ’19 and again last year on her return to the Chinese city. Top-ranked Sabalenka broke Rybakina's serve three times in the 1-hour, 25-minute match to advance into the semifinals for the 11th time this season, and then waved and blew kisses to the crowd.
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