Tennis News

Blue Jay tennis heading to State for first time in 5 years

Oct. 8—JAMESTOWN — Members of the Jamestown High School tennis team were in a must-win situation last weekend at the West Region Tennis Tournament. "I'd say the boys were feeling — hungry," JHS head coach Isaac Mimong said. "They were looking for that state tournament berth and they knew that they had to play some good tennis in order to get it done." Good tennis was certainly played. The Blue ...

De Minaur wins 50th match of the season to reach quarterfinals at Shanghai Masters

SHANGHAI (AP) — Seventh-seeded Alex de Minaur became the third player this season to win 50 tour-level games by defeating Nuno Borges 7-5, 6-2 at the Shanghai Masters on Wednesday.

De Minaur hit 19 winners on the way to reach his seventh Masters 1000 quarterfinal in one hour and 47 minutes.

Only top-ranked Carlos Alcaraz with 67 wins and Taylor Fritz with 50 have already reached the 50-win mark in 2025.

In his previous best season, De Minaur had 47 wins in 2024, and two titles.

He will be facing next 16th-seeded Daniil Medvedev who defeated Learner Tien 7-6 (6), 6-7 (1), 6-4.

Also, the 12th-seeded Felix Auger-Aliassime knocked out eighth-seeded Lorenzo Musetti 6-4, 6-2 to set up up a quarterfinal against Arthur Rinderknech who upset another seeded player, No. 15 Jiri Lehecka 6-3, 7-6 (5).

The 54th-ranked Rinderknech who eliminated third-seeded Alexander Zverev, has joined his cousin Valentin Vacherot in the quarters.

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Aryna Sabalenka overcomes early scare to advance at Wuhan Open, Naomi Osaka loses to Linda Noskova

Top-ranked Aryna Sabalenka overcame an early scare to beat unseeded Rebecca Sramkova 4-6, 6-3, 6-1 at the Wuhan Open on Wednesday. The U.S. Open champion Sabalenka broke her 68th-ranked opponent in the opening game of the final set and went on before converting her second match point to win in almost two hours. “I knew that after that little break … it will be not that easy to get back in my rhythm,” Sabalenka said in her on-court interview.

Tennis Star Jessica Pegula Catches Attention With 'Stunning' Photo

American tennis star Jessica Pegula certainly appears to be enjoying her time in China. Pegula, the No. 6 ranked player in the world, is coming off back-to-back really impressive tournaments. After losing to Aryna Sabalenka in a three-set thriller during the semifinals of the US Open, she reached ...

Lew-Port’s Ellie Latorre leading 3-time Section VI champ Lancers

LEWISTON — There is an alternate universe that exists where one of the best tennis players in the region never picked up a tennis racket and instead would be plying her trade on the soccer field. That is not the universe we are living in, however, and Lewiston-Porter is thankful for that. As an eighth-grader, Lancers junior Ellie Latorre said she tried out for the girls’ soccer team but did ...

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