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Emma Raducanu got her US hard court campaign off to a nervy start with what ultimately proved to be an impressive win alongside former Wimbledon champion Elena Rybakina in Washington.

Raducanu has limited doubles experience an admitted she has limited knowledge was a concern when she teamed up with fellow Brit Katie Boulter in the WTA 500 event at the Queen’s Club last month.

The Raducanu/Boulter pairing won a match in that tournament and now the intriguing pairing with Rybakina has produced an opening victory, as they beat the experienced doubles duo of Britain’s Olivia Nicholls and Czechia’s Tereza Mihalikova.

Raducanu and Rybakina were an eye-catching team entering the Washington draw and while they have no experience playing together, they found a way to win 2-6, 7-6(4), 11-9.

That scoreline only tells part of the story as Raducanu and Rybakina were 9-5 up in the decisive championship tie-break and were pulled back to 9-9 before pushing over the winning line.

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The duo shared an embrace as the final point was won, with a big crowd watching the high-profile duo team up.

It was a positive sign that Raducanu entered the doubles in Washington, as it suggests the back problems that have hampered her since a defeat against Danielle Collins on clay in Strasbourg in May are not concerning her.

The doubles experience will also be welcome before her eagerly anticipated partnership with world No 2 Carlos Alcaraz in the revamped mixed doubles at the US Open next month.

Raducanu will play her first singles match in Washington on Tuesday, when she takes on Ukraine’s Marta Kostyuk and former British No 1 Tim Henman believes the 22-year-old is in a good place as she looks to make an impression on hard courts leading up to the US Open.

After reaching the quarter-finals at the new WTA 500 tournament at the Queen’s Club, Raducanu pushed world No 1 Aryna Sabalenka in the third round at Wimbledon and Henman believes she is now maturing into a player ready to compete at the top of the women’s game.

“She’s a much better player than she was in 2021 because she’s had four more years of experience and now she’s started to build more of a team around her,” Henman told Sky Sports News.

“She’s been competing so much more this year, which therefore emphasises the physical resilience that she’s got because she was always getting injuries.

”So I just hope she can continue in that vein because if she keeps doing the right things on the practice court, the results will come on the match because she’s that good a player. And I think it was great to see her on the biggest stage in our sport against the number one player in the world.

“She had a really good chance to win that match and I’m sure that will motivate her now moving onto the hardcourt swing in America to keep building.”

Raducanu has a big chance to get close to a seeded position in the top 32 of the WTA Rankings ahead of the US Open if she can put some solid wins together in Washington and then at the WTA 1000 events in Montreal and Cincinnati.

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Holger Rune says that he reached out to Andre Agassi for some ‘extra input’, and feels that he can reach the world No 1 spot, challenging Jannik Sinner and Carlos Alcaraz.

The former world No 4 is next scheduled to participate at Citi DC Open, an ATP 500 tournament, and was intriguingly spotted practising whilst being watched by eight-time Grand Slam champion Andre Agassi.

Rune is currently coached by Kenneth Carlsen and Lars Christensen, whilst Patrick Mouratoglou was formerly part of the team.

“I reached out to him [Agassi] some months ago,” Rune said to Tennis.com, on the eve of the Washington event.

“He’s an amazing man, first of all, and he’s very wise, as well. He sees the game in a unique way that I’ve never experienced before.

“I thought now was a good moment to reach out to Agassi because my base is back and I’m playing well again. When you’re changing coaches a lot, you don’t play as well because you’re not following one opinion or a single structure.

“I thought this was the right time to get some extra input. It’s not anything magic, but he obviously had some very wise words I can use.”

The Dane has struggled for form in the last 18 months, with his season highlight occurring through reaching the showpiece match at the Indian Wells Masters – losing out to Jack Draper.

Rune reached the fourth round at both the Australian Open and the French Open, before being defeated by Nicholas Jarry in his first match at Wimbledon.

“If you’re happy to stick around and be No. 5, 10, 15, or 20 in the world, some players can do that without doing more. My goal was always to be No. 1; it still is, and I believe I can do it,” Rune adamantly stated.

“I also believe there’s a few things I need to do differently. That’s one of the reasons why I reached out to Andre, to hear his point of view.”

Rune is just one month older than world No 2 Carlos Alcaraz and nearly two years younger than world No 1 Jannik Sinner.

Despite the comparable age, their results in the Grand Slams have been anything but, with the Spaniard and Italian winning all of the last seven Grand Slams – clashing in both the French Open and Wimbledon final this season.

Rune, as ever, is not one to be easily disheartened by relatively poor results and, instead, has a strong conviction that his level is ‘not far away’ from the world’s two best players.

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“I think [the gap] is very distant for some, but for some others, they’re not that far away [from Sinner and Alcaraz],” Rune analysed.

“I’m going to include myself when I say we’re not that far away. I see my high end of tennis to be really, really high, so I just have to lift the button, really, and stay more consistent to win more matches. I do need to stop feeling like I need to play spectacular tennis all the time to beat them.”

At the moment, Rune fills the world No 8 spot and is more than 6300 points behind Alcaraz – with Sinner 8500 ahead.

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The 2025 Canadian Open has been rocked by another huge blow as Carlos Alcaraz is reportedly the fourth star name to pull out of the event.

It was confirmed on Sunday that Jannik Sinner, Novak Djokovic and Jack Draper have all withdrawn from the Masters 1000 event in Toronto.

According to a report by Spanish newspaper Marca, Alcaraz will join that trio by skipping the Canadian Open, which will be held from July 27 to August 7.

The world No 2 was beaten in four sets by Jannik Sinner in the Wimbledon final earlier this month — a loss that snapped his 24-match win streak.

The five-time Grand Slam champion is expected to return to action at the Masters 1000 event in Cincinnati, which begins on August 8.

Alcaraz also missed the 2024 edition of the Canada Masters in Montreal, which was staged after the Olympic Games in Paris.

Alex Corretja, a Spanish tennis great and renowned analyst, recently urged Alcaraz not to play in Canada.

“I never interfere in the schedule my great friend Juan Carlos Ferrero decides with Carlos Alcaraz, but I just hope he doesn’t go to Toronto,” the two-time French Open runner-up and former world No 2 told Carrusel Deportivo.

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“I say this with all the affection and respect for the Canadian tournament. But I think Alcaraz would need to recover from all these efforts now.

“We’re not talking about whether he won the Wimbledon final or lost it. We’re talking about the fact that he’s been in London for a month, that he won Queens.

“All of that takes its toll, and the surface changes, press conferences, doping controls, now a hotel, then a plane…

“All of this is very tiring. I think Carlos Alcaraz needs a bit of rest right now, so that in the second half of the season, when he sometimes loses some steam, he doesn’t really end up feeling so weak for the rest of the season.

“They should seriously consider what they have to do, and whatever they decide will be fine because they are the team. But from the outside, I think, please don’t let him go.”

In the absence of Sinner, Alcaraz, Draper and Djokovic, the top four seeds in Toronto are set to be Alexander Zverev, Taylor Fritz, Lorenzo Musetti and Ben Shelton.

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The latest edition of the ATP Rankings is out, and Novak Djokovic has reached yet another remarkable milestone.

Djokovic, who was beaten by Jannik Sinner in the Wimbledon semi-finals in his most recent match, has entered his 900th week in the top 10 of the rankings.

The Serbian, currently ranked sixth, holds the record for the most weeks spent as the ATP world No 1 with 428.

The only men to hold a position in the top 10 for more weeks than Djokovic are his greatest rivals: Roger Federer (968) and Rafael Nadal (912).

Djokovic is currently on a streak of 345 straight weeks in the top 10 — a run that began in July 2018. The 38-year-old amassed his other 555 weeks as a top 10 player consecutively between March 2007 and November 2017.

In the week after Wimbledon, there were ATP 250 tournaments in Los Cabos (hard-court), Bastad and Gstaad (both clay).

Andrey Rublev (Los Cabos), Casper Ruud (Gstaad) and Francisco Cerundolo (Bastad) were the only top 20 players in action, but none went beyond the semi-finals at their respective events.

Former world No 10 Denis Shapovalov has jumped five places from 33rd to 28th after defeating Aleksandar Kovacevic in the Los Cabos final. Kovacevic has climbed from 76th to 66th.

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Alexander Bublik was the champion in Gstaad, where he overcame Juan Manuel Cerundolo in the championship match. Bublik has moved up four places to 30th, while Cerdundolo has surged 28 spots to 81st — two below his career-high of 79th.

At the Swedish Open, Luciano Darderi saw off Jesper de Jong, a triumph that has lifted him from 55th to 46th. For reaching his first ATP final, de Jong has been rewarded with a new career-high ranking of 83rd (+23 from 106th).

Ben Shelton has reached a new career-best of world No 8 despite not playing last week as Holger Rune has fallen to ninth after losing the points from his Hamburg Open quarter-final run in 2024.

Arthur Fils has fallen out of the top 20, sliding from 15th to 21st, as he has dropped the 500 points from his Hamburg title last year. Zverev, who was a 2024 Hamburg runner-up, has lost 280 points but remains the world No 3.

ATP Rankings Top 20 (July 21, 2025)

1) Jannik Sinner, 12,030
2) Carlos Alcaraz, 8,600
3) Alexander Zverev, 6,030
4) Taylor Fritz, 5,035
5) Jack Draper, 4,650
6) Novak Djokovic, 4,130
7) Lorenzo Musetti, 3,350
8) Ben Shelton, 3,330 (+1)
9) Holger Rune, 3,250 (-1)
10) Andrey Rublev, 3,160
11) Frances Tiafoe, 2,940
12) Casper Ruud, 2,905 (+1)
13) Alex de Minaur, 2,885 (-1)
14) Daniil Medvedev, 2,630
15) Tommy Paul, 2,620 (+1)
16) Karen Khachanov, 2,590 (+1)
17) Jakub Mensik, 2,446 (+1)
18) Flavio Cobolli, 2,360 (+1)
19) Francisco Cerundolo, 2,285 (+1)
20) Grigor Dimitrov, 2,155 (+1)

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The biggest names on the WTA Tour did not compete in the week after Wimbledon, but there have still been some significant changes further down the rankings.

Aryna Sabalenka retains a huge lead at the top as she enters her 39th consecutive week as the world No 1 and 47th overall.

The clay-court WTA 250s in Hamburg and Iasi were the only events staged on the main women’s tour last week.

Lois Boisson‘s stunning run to the 2025 French Open semi-finals as a wildcard saw her surge almost 300 places to 65th in the rankings.

The Frenchwoman has continued her rise by securing her maiden WTA Tour title at the Hamburg Open.

The 22-year-old, who was seeded fifth after accepting a wildcard, dropped just a single set in her five victories in Germany.

With the 250 points earned for her triumph, Boisson has broken into the top 50 for the first time, climbing from 63rd to 44th place.

Anna Bondar, who was beaten 7-5, 6-3 by Boisson in the Hamburg final, has jumped 18 places from 77th to 59th.

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Dayana Yastremska, who fell to Boisson in the semi-finals, is up six spots from 39th to 33rd.

Kaya Juvan also made the last four, and this run has seen her move up 41 positions from 207th to 166th.

Romania’s Irina-Camelia Begu ensured there was a home champion at the Iasi Open as she downed Jil Teichmann 6-0, 7-5 in the title match.

Begu’s victory lifted her from 110th to 82nd, while Teichmann has moved from 102nd to 80th.

Alex Eala has fallen from 56th to 69th after dropping the 100 points from her title at the ITF event in Vitoria-Gazteiz in 2024. This is the biggest drop among top 100 players this week.

Diane Parry has dropped out of the top 100, falling from 98th to 110th.

WTA Rankings Top 20

1. Aryna Sabalenka – 12,420
2. Coco Gauff, United States – 7,669
3. Iga Swiatek, Poland – 6,813
4. Jessica Pegula, United States – 6,423
5. Mirra Andreeva – 5,163
6. Zheng Qinwen, China – 4,553
7. Amanda Anisimova, United States – 4,470
8. Madison Keys, United States – 4,374
9. Jasmine Paolini, Italy – 3,576
10. Paula Badosa, Spain – 3,454
11. Emma Navarro, United States – 3,420
12. Elena Rybakina, Kazakhstan – 2,806 (+1)
13. Elina Svitolina, Ukraine – 2,794 (+1)
14. Karolina Muchova, Czech Republic – 2,718 (-2)
15. Ekaterina Alexandrova – 2,666 (+1)
16. Liudmila Samsonova – 2,576 (+1)
17. Diana Shnaider – 2,526 (-2)
18. Daria Kasatkina, Australia – 2,361
19. Clara Tauson, Denmark – 2,292
20. Belinda Bencic, Switzerland – 2,190

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The grass court season is over for another year and we are about to kick-start the countdown to next month’s US Open.

Iga Swiatek and Jannik Sinner were the big winners at Wimbledon this year as they carried off the big titles at the All England Club and those two will be the players to beat as they hit the hard courts in Canada and America over the next few weeks.

World No 1’s Sinner and Aryna Sabalenka have plenty of ranking points to defend after their stellar form at this time last season and here are our Tennis365 predictions for the upcoming hard court season.

Sinner under threat

Even after his three-month doping suspension, Sinner has been dominant at the top of the world rankings over the last year, but he could face his first big threats to that position over the next few weeks.

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The Italian has 3,200 ranking points to defend in this spell of the season after his wins at the ATP 1000 event in Cincinnati was backed up by his US Open success a few weeks later.

World No 2 Carlos Alcaraz may be eyeing up a chance to trim Sinner’s lead in the race for finish the year at the top of the rankings as he has limited points to defend after disappointing early exits in Cincinnati and the US Open last year.

After confirming he has pulled out of the ATP 1000 event in Montreal, presumably due to the elbow problem he suffered at Wimbledon, he will have limited time on hard courts as he headi the Cincinnati Masters next month.

It all means Alcaraz should only be able to gain ground on his big rival over the next few weeks in the ATP rankings, as their compelling rivalry continues.

Verdict: Sinner is in a league of his own and will defend his US Open title.

Raducanu and Eala to make a rise

Bizarrely, Emma Raducanu played just one tournament between Wimbledon and the US Open last year, with her first round exit at Flushing Meadows ensuring she has plenty of ranking points to chase over the next few weeks.

A handful of wins could give Raducanu up to 1,000 ranking points across the WTA 1000 events in Montreal, Cincinnati and the US Open.

If she could add that kind of total to her current rankings tally, she could be back in the top 20 of the world rankings by the end of the final Grand Slam of the year.

Alex Eala also has a big chance to make ground over the next few weeks, as the trailblazer from the Philippines star was playing lower-ranked events this time last year and some wins over the next month will fire her rapidly up the rankings.

Verdict: If she stays fit, Raducanu will be back in the top 20 of the WTA Rankings by the end of the year.

Swiatek vs Sabelanka

The two players considered by many observers to be the best in the women’s game could renew their rivalry after Swiatek’s impressive Wimbledon win.

Iga’s slide in form saw her drop down to No 8 in the rankings ahead of her sixth Grand Slam win, but she is back up to No 3 and will be eyeing a second US Open win next month.

She also has a chance to collect plenty of ranking points over the next few weeks, after disappointing displays in America following her draining experience at the Olympic Games last summer.

Sabalenka has been taking some time away from tennis to reflect on a challenging start to the year, with heartbreaking defeats in two Grand Slam finals in Australia and France backed up by a Wimbledon semi-final exit.

Sabalenka will not want this year to end without another major title coming her way, so expect her to be fired up for the US Open.

Verdict: Sabalanka to bounce back and win in New York.

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Novak Djokovic, Jannik Sinner, and Jack Draper have sparked injury concerns after withdrawing from the upcoming Canadian Masters.

Whilst withdrawals from the sixth Masters 1000 of the season are not rare – considering their place in the post-Wimbledon calendar – the latest news will be a significant blow for organisers.

To make matters potentially trickier for players, both the Canadian Masters and the Cincinnati Masters are now two-week events, with participants having a day off between matches, but within a further expanded draw.

The 24-time Grand Slam champion recently exited Wimbledon looking severely compromised in a 6-3, 6-3, 6-4 loss to Jannik Sinner in the semi-finals of Wimbledon.

Djokovic suffered a nasty slip on match point against Flavio Cobolli in the round prior, but was unwilling to detail specifics about the true extent of what appeared to be a hip or upper-leg issue.

“Honestly, it wasn’t really a pleasant feeling on the court,” said Djokovic, after his loss fifth-consecutive loss to Sinner

“I don’t want to talk, in details, about my injury and just whine about not managing to play my best. I want to congratulate Jannik for another great performance. That’s it. He’s in the finals. He was too strong.

“I do feel disappointed that I just wasn’t able to move as well as I thought or hoped that I would.

“It’s just age, the wear and tear of the body. As much as I’m taking care of it, the reality hits me right now, last year and a half, like never before, to be honest.”

The Serbian superstar hasn’t competed in Canada since 2018.

Meanwhile, Sinner – who recently lifted his first Wimbledon title – also made the decision to skip the event, where he is a former champion (2023).

Whilst the world’s best player looked in scintillating form for much of the grass-court Grand Slam, he did suffer from elbow discomfort during his fourth-round and quarter-final matches, wearing an arm sleeve for the remainder of the tournament.

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Draper went one step further than the Serb and Italian, withdrawing from both the Canadian and Cincinnati Masters, but added that he expects to be ready for the final Grand Slam of the season.

“After Wimbledon I picked up an injury in my left arm, nothing serious, but I have to make sure it recovers fully for the rest of the season,” the British No 1 said on X.

“Unfortunately, I won’t be able to compete in Toronto and Cincinnati. See you in NYC!”

Draper, most recently, crashed out in the second round of Wimbledon to Marin Cilic in a 6-4, 6-4, 1-6, 6-4 match after reaching the last four at the ATP 500 event in Queen’s.

Whilst the specifics of the arm issue aren’t known, the drastic move to withdraw from both Masters 1000 events has led to growing speculation about what his preparation will, ultimately, look like.

Carlos Alcaraz and Alexander Zverev will lead the tournament as the top seeds, with Taylor Fritz, Lorenzo Musetti and Holger Rune also competing for the title from July 27 to August 7.

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Emma Raducanu has been handed a glorious opportunity to get her US hard court campaign off to a flying start after landing an enticing draw at the WTA 500 Mubadala Citi DC Open after being drawn against a woefully out-of-form Marta Kostyuk.

Raducanu showed some encouraging form on grass courts in recent weeks, with her run to the quarter-finals at the brand new WTA 500 tournament at the Queen’s Club last month before going on to push world No 1 Aryna Sabalenka all the way in a thrilling contest on Wimbledon’s Centre Court.

The 22-year-old wasted little time in getting back on court as she started practising on hard courts she has always enjoyed.

While her US Open win in 2021 is an increasingly distant memory, Raducanu should have gained confidence from her impressive performance against Sabalanka and she has been drawn against a player who is in horrible form heading into the North American hard court swing on the WTA Tour.

Raducanu reached the quarter-finals in Washington last year and she will look to improve on that run this year by starting off with a win against an out-of-touch Kostyuk.

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The Ukrainian has lost her last five matches, with that woeful run including four straight first round defeats, including a disappointing defeat against qualifier Veronika Erjavec at Wimbledon.

Kostyuk has a 2-1 winning record against Raducanu, with her most recent success against the Brit coming in the Madrid Open on clay in May.

That match was an even contest and Raducanu will hope the faster clay court will give her a chance to gain some quick revenge.

If Raducanu beats world No 27 Kostyuk, she will face either four-time Grand Slam champion Naomi Osaka or Yulia Putintseva in the second round.

A clash against Emma Navarro or her British compatriot Katie Boulter could lie in wait in the quarter-finals in what is a challenging draw, but what comes next could be hugely significant for Raducanu.

Roll the clock back to this time last year and Raducanu was showing a reluctance to play in qualifying rounds of big WTA Tour events, with her ranking not good enough to get her direct entry into elite tournaments.

It meant her US hard court season consisted of a run fo the quarter-finals in Washington and no more matches until she played and lost in the first round at the US Open.

As her ranking has now improved, she will gain direct entry into the draws for the upcoming WTA 1000 tournaments in Canada and Cincinnati before she returns to Flushing Meadows to play at the US Open.

That means she will be challenging for 4,000 new points over the next few weeks and she will only need to win a few matches to reclaim the British No 1 ranking and maybe even return to the top 20 of the WTA Rankings by the end of the US hard court swing.

Such lofty ambitions may seem a little ambitious for a player who has yet to reach a WTA Tour final at any level, but the expectations around Raducanu are always high and Olympic silver medalist Wang Xinyu suggested the young Brit is dealing with more pressure than most players on the WTA Tour.

Chinese star Wang spoke exclusively to Tennis365 at an Adidas event in London and she suggested Raducanu faces unique challenges as she aims to replicate her famous US Open win.

“I would imagine it is difficult for her,” said Wang. “Yeah, she has won a Grand Slam, but there is a lot of pressure that is now on her every time she plays.

“She won the US Open in one of her first tournaments on the WTA Tour, so it was never going to be easy after that.

“I think she is still growing as a player and also as a person. She is still young. I would say the best thing is to keep yourself away from the pressure and social media. It really doesn’t matter what they say on social media.”

Raducanu in 2025 is a very different athlete than she was as a raw teenager and she will aim to prove as much when she returns to US hard courts.

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Carlos Alcaraz is keen to play down expectations around his younger brother Jaime amid hopes that he would shine as a professional tennis player, but those words may fall on deaf ears if his progress continues on its current path.

Now 14, Carlos’ youngest brother has always shown a keen interest in tennis, as he looks to follow in the footsteps of his wildly successful sibling.

Jaime has been competing on the junior circuit and making his mark with some impressive wins, but the Alcaraz clan are keen to downplay hopes that he will be competing against his brother on the ATP Tour in years to come.

Now footage has emerged of young Jaime practicing at La Manga Club in Spain, which is a familiar spot for Carlos as he also practised at the clay court performance location prior to what was a successful clay court season that concluded with his memorable win against Jannik Sinner in the French Open final.

Carlos has urged the media to give Jamie time to develop his game away from the spotlight, but the similarities between the two are hard to ignore on the La Manga Club footage.

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It is clear that Jaime has learned much of his technique from watching his brother, with five-time Grand Slam winner Carlos confirming he is impressed by the progress of his brother.

“Honestly, he plays well, I’m not gonna lie. He’s getting to a really good level,” said Alcaraz last year when he was asked about Jaime.

“There are a lot of people around, a lot of videos and accounts from social media that are saying he’s going to be similar to his brother. And I don’t really like that you know in that way.

“I just want all the people or all the social media [users] to just leave him alone because he plays well but it’s not the best [yet].

“For me, I’m a little bit worried for the people who are around him during the tournament that they’re gonna go to watch him because he’s my brother and then he’ll probably put pressure on himself.

“Let’s see how he handles it. I’ll be there for him for sure. He loves tennis and every time he can, he goes to court – he asks my father to go to the court and hit some balls. For me that’s great, that he loves playing tennis and let’s see if he’s gonna get better and better and hopefully one year I’ll play against him.”

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