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Jannik Sinner will reportedly not play at the Paris Masters or the Davis Cup after his bid to retain the world No 1 spot was mathematically ended.

After Carlos Alcaraz took the top spot following their clash in the US Open final, Sinner’s retirement in Shanghai meant the Spaniard would remain at No 1 until the end of the year.

With that in mind, Europsport Italy’s journalist Simone Eterno reports that Sinner will sit out the Paris Masters and the Davis Cup but will feature in Vienna and at the ATP Finals.

The Vienna Open will begin later this month while the ATP Finals kick off in Turin on November 9.

Sinner’s decision to sit out Paris means he will have gone the whole year without winning an ATP 1000 event, with his last success coming in Miami last year.

As for the Davis Cup, Sinner has largely carried Italy to success in recent times and was their star player last season when he beat Tallon Griekspoor to secure a 2-0 win against the Netherlands. In total, Sinner has played 18 Davis Cup matches, winning all but three of them.

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Sinner’s Shanghai injury had brought concerns about his immediate playing future, but he will, however, feature in the exhibition matches at the 6 Kings Slam in Saudi Arabia which could earn him up to £6m.

A victory at the ATP Finals event could end what has been an up-and-down season for the Italian. He started the year by winning his second Australian Open but then was given a three-month ban for doping.

He returned to action to lose a dramatic French Open final to Alcaraz but got his revenge with victory at Wimbledon.

It was to be the Spaniard who had the last laugh with his US Open victory confirming his return to the No 1 spot.

Australian Open tournament director Craig Tiley suggested those two could be the “greatest” rivalry tennis has ever seen.

“We’re witnessing the birth of what could be the greatest rivalry tennis has ever seen,” Tiley said.

“Jannik Sinner and Carlos Alcaraz are pushing each other to extraordinary levels. They force each other to new heights every time they compete; their contrasting styles make for electric matches and they both fight to the final point.

“This is a rivalry that could define the sport for years to come.”

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Emma Raducanu has declared that players “need to push harder physically” at this stage of the season following her concerning retirement at the 2025 Wuhan Open.

The 2021 US Open winner’s campaign at the WTA 1000 event in Wuhan came to an early and unfortunate conclusion as she retired when trailing Ann Li 1-6, 1-4 in her opening match.

Raducanu appeared to struggle physically throughout the match, which was played in brutal heat and humidity, and she had her blood pressure checked by the doctor in the second set before deciding to pull the plug.

Four days after the match, Raducanu gave an update on her condition as she took to Threads to post a photo of herself sitting on a hospital bed.

The 22-year-old captioned the post with: “Last day at the doctor’s in Wuhan… feeling better now, shame I couldn’t continue there but thank you for the messages.”

Raducanu’s participation at this week’s WTA 500 tournament in Ningbo had been in doubt, but she has recovered in time to compete. On Sunday, Raducanu shared an image from inside a gym on Threads.

The Brit will face 230th-ranked Chinese wildcard Zhu Lin in her opening match in Ningbo on Tuesday.

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Raducanu spoke about playing in China ahead of her debut in Ningbo.

“I think it’s a special feeling. I feel very comfortable,” she said.

“I feel like I get amazing support here, which is so nice. I love how invested the Chinese fans are and how much support they give.”

The world No 29 also addressed the physical challenge that comes with competing in the latter part of the season.

“I think where it’s different is just, it’s at the end of the season, so you need to push harder physically, you’re feeling it a bit more, and mentally as well, to just focus. That’s probably the biggest difference,” Raducanu added.

Raducanu spoke to Tennis365 in Wuhan and revealed that being seeded at the 2026 Australian Open is a big motivation for her.

“Being seeded for Australia is a big target for me over the next few weeks,” said the former world No 10. “I think the higher you can go, the better it is, but it is still down to the luck of the draw.

“I’ve just been happy with the improvements in the last few weeks I’ve made in my game, and I just want to keep going with that.”

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The schedule for the second edition of the lucrative 6 Kings Slam has been confirmed, but Jannik Sinner won’t receive a bye despite being No 2 in the ATP Rankings.

The exhibition tournament will run from October 15 to 18 at the anb arena in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, and it will feature six of the biggest names on the ATP Tour.

Six-time Grand Slam winner and reigning world No 1 Carlos Alcaraz will headline the tournament, and he will be joined by four-time major winner Sinner, world No 3 Alexander Zverev, world No 4 Taylor Fritz, No 5 and 24-time Grand Slam champion Novak Djokovic and world No 24 Stefanos Tsitsipas.

How Does The 6 Kings Slam Work?

The tournament is by invitation only, and with big money involved, organisers try to get only the best in the business involved.

Last year, they managed to lure five Grand Slam winners as Djokovic, Alcaraz and Sinner were joined by Rafael Nadal and Daniil Medvedev with Holger Rune the odd man out as he hasn’t won a major yet.

This year, the Grand Slam winners are down to three with Djokovic, Alcaraz and Sinner in the draw.

As for the format, there will be quarter-finals, semi-finals and a final.

The top two seeds receive byes and head straight into the semi-finals while the other four players have to battle it out for two spots for the honour to face the top two.

Who Are The Two Seeds?

World No 1 Alcaraz is the top seed and headlines the semi-final in the top bracket while Djokovic headlines the bottom bracket and has also received a bye.

If you are wondering why Djokovic, and not Sinner, is seeded second, the reason is simple: organisers select seedings based on Grand Slams and the Serbian has won 24 compared to Sinner’s four.

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As for the rest of the draw, Fritz will take on Zverev with the winner going on to face Alcaraz in the semi-final, while Sinner and Tsitsipas will battle it out for the honour of taking on Djokovic.

What About The Schedule?

Although the tournament runs from October 15-18, it will only be played over three days (October 15, 16 and 18) due to an ATP rule that prevents players from competing for three consecutive days at an exhibition tournament.

So you will have quarter-final matches on Wednesday, the semi-finals on Thursday, a rest day before the third-place play-off match and the big final take place on Saturday.

Last year, Sinner beat Medvedev, Djokovic and Alcaraz to win the big prize.

Prize Money Available

Mind-blowing totals are available to all players with the winner cashing in one of the biggest prize cheques in sport.

Each player is guaranteed a participation fee of $1,500,000 and the last man standing will earn an extra $4.5 million to take his tally to $6 million total.

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Coco Gauff was the big winner at the 2025 Wuhan Open as she won the trophy and also secured the American year-end No 1 ranking, while Aryna Sabalenka did enough to virtually wrap up the year-end No 1 spot in the WTA Rankings.

Following the in-form Amanda Anisimova’s title run at the China Open, Gauff’s position at No 3 as well as the top American woman in the rankings came under threat with only a handful of events left on the calendar.

However, she was first boosted by Anisimova’s withdrawal from the Wuhan event due to a calf injury and then completed the job by going all the way, defeating former doubles partner and fellow American Jessica Pegula 6-4, 7-5 to win her second title of the year following her success at Roland Garros in June.

Gauff has increased her lead over Anisimova to 1,900-odd points with the gap big enough to secure third place in the rankings despite the 1,300 points she will drop at the upcoming WTA Finals.

Anisimova, who doesn’t have any points to defend for the remainder of the year, had initially signed up for this week’s Ningbo Open where a title run would’ve kept the race alive, but later withdrew from the WTA 500 event.

Ahead of the two Americans are Sabalenka at No 1 and Swiatek at No 2.

Sabalenka was the defending champion in Wuhan, but her title defence was ended by Pegula in the semi-final and, as a result, she dropped 610 points. However, Swiatek’s quarter-final exit means she now has a 1,632-point lead with only the WTA Finals to come.

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With a maximum of 1,500 points available at the season-ending event, Sabalenka is set to be the year-end No 1 for the second consecutive year, although there is still the small matter of a WTA rule that could come into effect.

Both Sabalenka and Swiatek have not played the required number of WTA 500 events in 2025 and it could result in points being docked, but for now the WTA is yet to make an announcement.

Pegula’s run to the final has seen her move up to fifth place and she could still pass Anisimova before the end of the year while there is one new entrant to the top 10 with Ekaterina Alexandrova making her bow.

There were also minimal changes in the rest of the top 20 with Karolina Muchova back at No 20 while Daria Kasatkina dropped two places to No 22.

Outside the top 20, the likes of Victoria Mboko and Emma Raducanu had opportunities to climb up the rankings after Wuhan, but their first-round exits meant limited changes with Mboko staying at No 24 while Raducanu is up one spot to No 29.

Maya Joint No (34), Iva Jovic (No 35), Ann Li (No 42), Eva Lys (No 44), Emiliana Arango (No 46), Elsa Jacquemot (No 61), Priscilla Hon (No 94), Simona Waltert (No 97), Janice Tjen (No 98) and Sára Bejlek (No 100) are the players to claim new career-highs in the top 100.

WTA Rankings Top 20

1. Aryna Sabalenka – 10,400 points
2. Iga Swiatek Poland – 8,768
3. Coco Gauff United States – 7,873
4. Amanda Anisimova United States – 5,934
5. Jessica Pegula United States – 5,183 (+1)
6. Mirra Andreeva – 4,643 (-1)
7. Madison Keys United States – 4,449
8. Jasmine Paolini Italy – 4,331
9. Elena Rybakina Kazakhstan – 4,113
10. Ekaterina Alexandrova – 3,158 (+1)
11. Zheng Qinwen China – 3,028 (-1)
12. Clara Tauson Denmark – 2,789
13. Elina Svitolina Ukraine – 2,606
14. Belinda Bencic Switzerland – 2,564 (+1)
15. Emma Navarro United States – 2,515 (-1)
16. Naomi Osaka Japan – 2,444
17. Linda Noskova Czech Republic – 2,376
18. Luidmila Sansonova – 2,159 (+2)
19. Diana Shnaider – 2,056 (-1)
20. Karolina Muchova Czech Republic – 2,023 (+2)

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The 2025 Shanghai Masters was a tournament played in brutal conditions and defined by shock results, but how have the ATP Rankings been impacted by events in China?

In a remarkable story, cousins Valentin Vacherot and Arthur Rinderknech faced off in the championship match in just the third-ever meeting between two unseeded players in an ATP Masters 1000 final.

Vacherot, a 204th-ranked Monegasque qualifier, defeated Rinderknech 4-6, 6-3, 6-3 in the final to complete a fairytale run to his first-ever ATP Tour title. The 26-year-old won nine consecutive matches, including two in the qualifying rounds.

Here, we look at the ATP Rankings Winners and Losers from the Masters 1000 tournament in Shanghai.

ATP Top 10 Before Shanghai Masters

1) Carlos Alcaraz, 11,540
2) Jannik Sinner, 10,950
3) Alexander Zverev, 5,980
4) Taylor Fritz, 4,995
5) Novak Djokovic, 4,830
6) Ben Shelton, 4,190
7) Alex de Minaur, 3,735
8) Jack Draper, 3,590
9) Lorenzo Musetti, 3,555
10) Karen Khachanov, 3,190

World No 1 Carlos Alcaraz withdrew ahead of Shanghai after his title run at the Japan Open, and he has dropped 200 points in the Live ATP Rankings having been a quarter-finalist last year.

Jannik Sinner was the reigning Shanghai champion, but he was unable to take advantage of Alcaraz’s absence as he retired in his third round match with Tallon Griekspoor due to cramping.

The Italian has, therefore, dropped a hefty 950 points, which leaves him 1,340 points adrift of Alcaraz.

Live Rankings ATP Top 10 After Shanghai Masters

1) Carlos Alcaraz, 11,340
2) Jannik Sinner, 10,000
3) Alexander Zverev, 5,930
4) Taylor Fritz, 4,645
5) Novak Djokovic, 4,580
6) Ben Shelton, 4,100
7) Alex de Minaur, 3,880
8) Lorenzo Musetti, 3,645 (+1)
9) Jack Draper, 3,590 (-1)
10) Karen Khachanov, 3,190

Third-ranked Alexander Zverev’s struggles continued as he was upset by Rinderknech in the third round — a result that has seen him drop 50 points.

Taylor Fritz’s third round loss to Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard has seen him drop 350 points as he reached the last four in Shanghai in 2024.

Novak Djokovic would have replaced Fritz as the world No 4 if he had reached a second successive Shanghai final. However, the Serb’s shock semi-final exit to Vacherot means he has dropped 250 points and will remain in fifth position.

World No 6 Ben Shelton has dropped 90 points after losing his opening match, while seventh-ranked Alex de Minaur has gained 145 points after making the quarter-finals.

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Lorenzo Musetti’s run to the last 16 increased his points tally by 90 points, which will see him displace Jack Draper as the world No 8. Draper ended his season after the US Open due to injury.

Karen Khachanov remains in 10th place after losing his opening match.

The Winners

Vacherot is undoubtedly the biggest winner as the 1,020 points he earned for winning the title as a qualifier has rocketed him 164 places from 204th to 40th in the live rankings. This will see him soar past his previous career-high ranking of 110th.

Rinderknech has gained 620 points for his runner-up result, which has lifted him 26 places to a projected new career-high of world No 28.

Given Sinner’s unfortunate exit, Alcaraz has to be seen as a winner from Shanghai despite not playing.

Daniil Medvedev’s semi-final loss to Rinderknech was a painful end to his encouraging run. The former world No 1 has, though, climbed from 18th to 14th, which is a welcome boost.

The Losers

Sinner’s early exit did significant damage to his already-slim hopes of reclaiming the world No 1 position from Alcaraz this year.

Djokovic, who suffered physically in his semi-final defeat, missed out on securing a top four spot, which could have been beneficial if he does compete in any big upcoming events.

Tomas Machac was a semi-finalist in Shanghai in 2024, but his third round exit this year has seen him slip from 23rd to 30th place.

Grigor Dimitrov, who continues to be sidelined through injury, has dropped from 27th to 32nd.

David Goffin has suffered a 22-place slide from 83rd to 105th after falling in the third round, having been a quarter-finalist in 2024.

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Novak Djokovic struggled with injury and the hot conditions throughout his run to the Shanghai Masters semi-final, raising questions over his participation at the upcoming 6 Kings Slam.

For now, Djokovic only has two events left on his calendar, the exhibition 6 Kings Slam and the Hellenic Championships in Greece, but given his woes at the ATP Masters 1000 event in China, he could well decide to call an early end to his 2025 season.

Playing in his first tournament since losing in the last four of the US Open against Jannik Sinner at the start of September, the world No 5 defeated Marin Cilic and Yannick Hanfmann in his first two matches to set up a clash against Jaume Munar.

He needed three sets to beat the Spaniard and looked a spent force most of the match as he took a medical timeout to receive treatment to his leg, while he also vomited on court as the humid conditions took its toll.

With age no longer on his side, the 38-year-old was also troubled during his win over Zizou Bergs in the quarter-final and it was a similar story against qualifier Valentin Vacherot in the last four.

At times, the drenched Djokovic was unable to chase down balls and eventually lost 6-3, 6-4 as the Monagasque player became one of the lowest-ranked players to defeat the 24-time Grand Slam winner.

After the match, the former world No 1 refused to answer questions about his fitness and health.

When asked “Can you talk about your physical condition?” the answer was short and he simply stated, “No. Next question, please”.

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Besides struggling with the heat, Djokovic had a heavily strapped right shoulder and he was also troubled by a left glute problem against Vacherot.

The tennis great will have only a few days to recover as he is scheduled to be back at the 6 Kings Slam, which runs from October 15-18 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

This year marks the second edition of the big-paying exhibition event, where the overall winner will receive a $6m cheque ($4.5m for winning the tournament and a $1.5m appearance fee).

The good news for Djokovic is he is only set to be in action on the second day as he has gone straight into the semi-final and will face either defending champion Jannik Sinner or Stefanos Tsitsipas. The winner of that last-four clash will take Carlos Alcaraz, Alexander Zverev or Taylor Fritz in the final on October 18.

If he keeps his calendar as is, he will then get an extended break after the Saudi Arabia event as his final regular ATP Tour event is the Hellenic Championships with the ATP 250 tournament starting on November 3.

Djokovic is on the cusp of qualifying for the season-ending ATP Finals, but so far he appears to be more out than in as he has made it clear in the past that he is not too keen on playing at the event again. Last year he opted not to defend his title in Turin.

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Coco Gauff overcame Jessica Pegula in two competitive sets to win the 2025 Wuhan Open, but how much prize money and how many ranking points did the American duo earn?

In the championship match in Wuhan, Gauff prevailed 6-4, 7-5 against Pegula to win her maiden title at the event and her second title of 2025 after she won the French Open.

Gauff earned the third and decisive break of the opening set with Pegula serving at 4-5, while she battled back from a 0-3 double break deficit and 3-5 down in the second set.

This was the seventh encounter between Gauff and Pegula, who are ranked third and sixth respectively. The head-to-head is now 4-3 in Pegula’s favour.

Here, we look at the prize money and ranking points earned by Gauff, Pegula and the other stars who competed at the WTA 1000 tournament in China.

Prize money

The main draw at the Wuhan Open featured 56 players, with the top eight seeds receiving a first round bye.

Gauff has secured a $596,000 paycheque for winning her third career WTA 1000 title, while Pegula will collect $351,003 for her runner-up result.

Aryna Sabalenka and Jasmine Paolini, who fell in the semi-finals, earned $180,100. The four beaten quarter-finalists — Iga Swiatek, Elena Rybakina, Katerina Siniakova and Laura Siegemund — all took home $83,250.

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Players who lost in the last 16, including Ekaterina Alexandrova and Belinda Bencic, earned $41,500.

Mirra Andreeva and Naomi Osaka were among the players to lose in the second round, and they left with $23,450. First round losers collected $16,860.

Champion: $596,000
Runner-up: $351,003
Semi-finalists: $180,100
Quarter-finalists: $83,250
Round of 16: $41,500
Round 2: $23,450
Round 1: $16,860

Ranking points

Gauff has secured 1,000 WTA ranking points for her triumph in Wuhan, which boosts her tally by 610 points to 7,873. This has seen her close the gap to world No 2 Swiatek to 895 points.

Pegula’s run to the final has seen her collect 650 points, which increases her points total by 530 and lifts her above Andreeva into the world No 5 spot in the Live WTA Rankings.

Sabalenka and Paolini earned 390 points for reaching the semi-finals, while Swiatek, Rybakina, Siniakova and Siegemund picked up 215 points for progressing to the last eight.

Players who fell in the last 16 secured 120 points, compared to 65 points for second round losers and 10 points for first round losers.

Champion: 1,000 points
Finalist: 650 points
Semi-finalists: 390 points
Quarter-finalists: 215 points
Round of 16: 120 points
Round 2: 65 points
Round 1: 10 points

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The 2025 Shanghai Masters was a family affair as cousins Valentin Vacherot and Arthur Rinderknech met in the final, but only one of them walked away with the title.

Vacherot ended his Shanghai fairytale run with the trophy – his maiden at ATP Tour level – as he defeated his Rinderknech – who started the tournament 150 places above him in the ATP Rankings – 4–6, 6–3, 6–3 in the showpiece match.

Besides holding his nerve to see off his cousin, Vacherot also claimed the upset of the year as he defeated 24-time Grand Slam winner Novak Djokovic in straight sets in the semi-final.

His other scalps included 14th seed Alexander Bublik and 10th Holger Rune while he became the first man from Monaco to reach the quarter-final of an ATP Masters 1000 event and he went two better to become the first Monagasque to win a top-level title.

Rinderknech, who was looking to become the first Frenchman since 2014 to win a Masters title, beat former world No 1 Daniil Medvedev in the semi-final, 14th seed Felix Auger-Aliassime in the quarter-final and third seed Alexander Zverev in the third round.

It was a productive time for the cousins in Shanghai.

Points Earned In Shanghai

Vacherot – whose previous career high was No 117 – will go home with the maximum points as he didn’t compete in Shanghai 12 months ago. In fact, he will go with more than the usual maximum as he started his campaign in the qualifiers.

Players earn 1,000 ranking points for winning ATP Masters 1000 events, but they also drop points from the corresponding period of the previous year as the ATP uses a rolling 52-week cumulative system.

But as mentioned, Vacherot didn’t play last year so he picks up 1,000 points plus 20 for his two wins in the qualifiers.

His 1,200 points will see him surge to No 40 when the ATP Rankings are updated after the tournament.

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Rinderknech, who was at No 54 before a ball was hit, was also looking for his first title, but has to settle for an ATP Masters 1000 runners-up trophy.

The 30-year-old picked up 620 points for his efforts will see jump 26 places to a new career high of No 28.

Prize Money Earned

Vacherot’s career earnings were $594,077 before the Shanghai Masters, but he has received a first-prize cheque of $1,124,380.

His cousin Rinderknech will go home with $597,890, pushing his career earnings to just over $5.6m.
“only” $594,077

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Aryna Sabalenka missed out on a four-peat at the Wuhan Open, but she did enough to win the year-end No 1 WTA Ranking battle with Iga Swiatek while Coco Gauff did her chances of securing the American No 1 ranking no harm.

Having won the tournament in 2018, 2019 and 2024, Sabalenka was looking to make it four in a row (the 2020-2023 editions were cancelled due to COVID-19), but her streak was ended by Jessica Pegula in the semi-final.

Although the world No 1 dropped points after being unable to defend her title, she was always guaranteed to remain at the top of the rankings after the tournament while Swiatek’s defeat in the quarter-final also gave her more reason to celebrate.

WTA Top 10 Before Wuhan Open

1. Aryna Sabalenka – 11,010
2. Iga Swiatek – 8,553
3. Coco Gauff – 7,263
4. Amanda Anisimova – 5,989
5. Mirra Andreeva – 4,698
6. Jessica Pegula – 4,653
7. Madison Keys – 4,459
8. Jasmine Paolini – 4,156
9. Elena Rybakina – 3,898
10. Zheng Qinwen – 3,678

As the defending champion, Sabalenka dropped 1000 points at the start of the tournament, but earned 390 for reaching the semi-final so she will be on 10,000 points when the WTA Rankings are updated on Monday.

Although Swiatek added 215 points to her tally, it means she is now more than 1,600 points behind the four-time Grand Slam winner and, with only the WTA Finals still left on the calendar, she won’t be able to reclaim the No 1 ranking before the year is out.

Reigning Wimbledon champion Swiatek, though, is set to finish No 2 with Gauff’s run to the final not enough to keep her hopes alive.

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Gauff will face fellow American Jessica Pegula in the showpiece match in Wuhan and her run to the final has given her breathing space in terms of the American No 1 fight with Amanda Anisimova.

Following Anisimova’s title at the China Open, she closed the gap to third place to 1,274 and with Gauff set to drop 1,300 points at the WTA Finals, the 26-year-old was in a good position to over her compatriot.

But Gauff has increased her advantage to 1,589 and that will increase to 1,939 if she wins the title.

Pegula, meanwhile, has moved up one place to No 5 with Mirra Andreeva dropping one spot after her early exit.

Meanwhile, Ekaterina Alexandrova is set to make her top-10 debut after reaching the last 16.

WTA Top 10 Live Rankings

1. Aryna Sabalenka – 10,400
2. Iga Swiatek – 8,768
3. Coco Gauff – 7,523/7,873
4. Amanda Anisimova – 5,934
5. Jessica Pegula – 5,183/5,533
6. Mirra Andreeva – 4,643
7. Madison Keys – 4,450
8. Jasmine Paolini – 4,331
9. Elena Rybakina – 4,113
10. Ekaterina Alexandrova

Wuhan Open Winners

Qualifier Katerina Siniakova and Laura Siegemund were the only two unseeded players to reach the quarter-final and the former will move up 17 places to No 45 following her run while Siegemund is projected to rise 18 places to No 39.

Although there were no major surges into the top 100, players who are set to crack new career-highs in the top 50 on Monday are Maya Joint (No 34), Iva Jovic (No 35), Ann Li (No 42), Eva Lys (No 44) and Emiliana Arango (No 46).

Outuside the top 100, former world No 22 Zhang Shuai received a wildcard entry into the main draw and she upset 14th seed Emma Navarro in the first round and ended up reaching the last 16, earning 23-place boost to No 119.

Wuhan Open Losers

Zheng will exit the top 10 as she will drop one spot to No 11 after the Chinese star withdrew from her home tournament.

Magda Linette, Magdalena Frech and Wang Xinyu all reached the quarter-finals at the 2024 edition, but failed to produce that form this year and they will all suffer drops in the rankings.

Linett is -16 to No 56, Wang is -25 to No 62 and Frech is -10 to No 63.

Those Who Missed Out

With very little on the line in terms of points to defend, Naomi Osaka, Victoria Mboko and Emma Raducanu had a chance to surge up the rankings, but they failed to live up to their potential.

Osaka lost in the second round against Linda Noskova and remains at No 16 while Mboko was beaten by Alexandrova in the first round and remains at No 25. Raducanu lost in the first round against Li, but will move up one place to No 29.

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Novak Djokovic has refused to comment on his physical state after limping out in the semi-finals of the Shanghai Masters.

The Serb fell to world No 204 Valentin Vacherot 6-3, 6-4 in the last four of the penultimate Masters 1000 of 2025, unable to effectively counter the Monegasque’s firepower.

Djokovic had willed his way through the field en route to the last four clash, prevailing over Marin Cilic, Yannick Hanfmann, Jaume Munar, and Zizou Bergs.

However, despite being the overwhelming favourite for the clash, the 24-time Grand Slam champion’s movement looked to be compromised, also being spotted wearing support taping on his hamstring.

Djokovic has won just one title in 2025 – at the ATP 250 event in Geneva – and has failed to lift a title at Masters-1000 level since the 2023 Paris Masters.

The last 24 months have marked a significant decline in Djokovic’s positive results and physical state.

In 2024, he won his sole Olympic gold medal against Carlos Alcaraz on the Parisian clay, producing a stunning performance to seal an impeccable tournament.

Additionally, he reached the showpiece match at Wimbledon that same year, but fell to the Spaniard in straight sets.

Just a few weeks prior, he had torn his meniscus at the French Open, forcing him to withdraw from the quarter-final stage and, a few months later, lost in the third round at the US Open – capping off his first year without a Grand Slam since 2017.

This season, Djokovic has reached the semi-finals at all four Grand Slams, but was unable to win a set in any of the four clashes, including a retirement against Alexander Zverev at the Australian Open.

More recently, the Serb slipped at Wimbledon prior to his last four meeting with Jannik Sinner, an incident with further hindered his chances against the Italian – with Djokovic blaming the discomfort on age-related ‘wear-and-tear.’

His schedule for the rest of the season remains somewhat unclear, with the upcoming Six Kings Slam exhibition and the ATP 250 event in Greece being the only events to which he has firmly committed.

At the moment, Djokovic is also ranked third in the Live ATP Race to Turin, being just 120 points from securing his place at the Nitto ATP Finals – should he wish to participate.

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Here is everything that the former world No 1 stated during his short post-match press conference.

Q: How do you feel after this match, how much did you risk to continue, and can I just ask you maybe next week you will just rest or you think to go to Arabia?

Djokovic: “I want to congratulate Valentin for reaching his first Masters final. Going from qualifications, it’s an amazing story.

“I told him at the net that he’s had an amazing tournament, but more so his attitude is very good, and his game was amazing as well.

“So it’s all about him. I wish him all the best in the finals, and the better player won today.”

Q: Can you talk about your physical condition?

Djokovic: “No. Next question, please.”

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