Champion of Champions: Judd Trump beats Barry Hawkins 6-3 to reach final
Judd Trump is into his third successive – and fifth overall – Champion of Champions final Judd Trump held off a Barry Hawkins fightback to secure his place in the final of the Champion of Champions tournament. The world number two won 6-3 to reach a fifth final of an impressive season, in which he […]
ATP Finals: Carlos Alcaraz beats Daniil Medvedev to set up semi-final with Novak Djokovic
Carlos Alcaraz has a 3-2 record against Medvedev Carlos Alcaraz beat Daniil Medvedev to top his ATP Finals group and set up a semi-final meeting with Novak Djokovic. Wimbledon champion Alcaraz won 6-4 6-4 against the Russian, who had already qualified for the last four of the season-ending event in Turin. “Obviously Novak is Novak, […]
ATP Finals: Jannik Sinner beats Holger Rune to help Novak Djokovic reach semi-finals
Jannik Sinner is ranked fourth in the world Jannik Sinner beat Holger Rune to maintain his perfect start at the ATP Finals – and help send Novak Djokovic into the last four in Turin. World number one Djokovic, who beat Hubert Hurkacz 7-6 (7-1) 4-6 6-1 earlier on Thursday, needed a Sinner victory to advance […]
ATP Finals 2023 results: Carlos Alcaraz beats Andrey Rublev for first win in Turin
Alcaraz is appearing in the season-ending ATP Finals for the first time after missing last year’s event through injury Carlos Alcaraz kept alive his semi-final hopes in his maiden ATP Finals campaign with a win over Andrey Rublev in which the Russian hit himself so hard with his racquet he drew blood. Wimbledon champion Alcaraz […]
Champion of Champions: Mark Allen beats Jimmy White 4-1 in opener
Mark Allen beat Neil Robertson 10-6 in the 2020 Champion of Champions final Mark Allen recovered from losing the opening frame to beat Jimmy White 4-1 in the first group semi-final at the Champion of Champions event in Bolton. White won a scrappy first but a break of 76 drew Allen level, then a run […]
WTA Finals: Iga Swiatek beats Aryna Sabalenka to reach final
Iga Swiatek has won five of her eight meetings with Jessica Pegula Iga Swiatek will return to the top of the world rankings if she beats Jessica Pegula to win the end-of season WTA Finals in Cancun on Monday. Swiatek beat Belarus’ Aryna Sabalenka, who in September replaced her as world number one after 75 […]
UFC: Jailton Almeida beats Derrick Lewis on points in Sao Paulo
Jailton Almeida has won all six of his UFC fights Brazil’s Jailton Almeida claimed a unanimous points win over Derrick Lewis in their heavyweight UFC bout in Sao Paulo. Almedia, taken to five rounds for the first time, was adjudged a 50-44 winner by two judges and 50-45 by another. Almeida landed 120 strikes to […]
WTA Finals: World number one Aryna Sabalenka beats Elena Rybakina to reach semi-finals
Sabalenka finished runner-up at last year’s WTA Finals after losing to Caroline Garcia of France World number one Aryna Sabalenka defeated Elena Rybakina to secure her place in the last four of the season-ending WTA Finals in Cancun, Mexico. Sabalenka led 6-2 3-5 against Rybakina when play was suspended at 23:40 local time on Thursday […]
WTA Finals: Iga Swiatek beats Coco Gauff in Cancun group stage
Gauff earned her first career win over Swiatek in Cincinnati in August, but has now lost nine of their 10 meetings Polish second seed Iga Swiatek moved within touching distance of the WTA Finals last four after a confident win against US Open champion Coco Gauff. Gauff, 19, served for the second set at 5-4 […]
European Championship: Peter Wright beats James Wade to win second European title in Dortmund
Wright hit four 180s in the final Peter Wright beat James Wade 11-6 in Dortmund to land the European Championship title for a second time. The Scot, 53, averaged 97.39 and hit four 180s on his way to his first ranking title win of the year. After Wade levelled the match at 1-1 with a […]