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Rybakina clinches year-end No. 1. Elena Rybakina beat Yulia Putintseva 6-2, 6-3 in Tokyo to lock up the year-end No. 1 ranking. She plays Leylah Fernandez in the quarterfinals, a rematch of last week's Ningbo final, and defends her WTA Finals title at Indian Wells, Nov 8-15. BBC Sport · Results
Zverev one win from world No. 1. Alexander Zverev saved four match points to beat wild card Martin Landaluce 7-5, 3-6, 7-6(11) in Vienna. If he beats Tallon Griekspoor to reach the quarterfinals, he becomes No. 1 for the first time on Nov 2. ATP · Results
Wawrinka says goodbye in Basel. Stan Wawrinka, 41, played his final match at the Swiss Indoors, a 7-5, 7-6(2) loss to Jiri Lehecka (8). The three-time major champion retires with 16 tour-level titles and 590 match wins. ATP
Djokovic and Fritz stay in the Turin chase. Novak Djokovic came back to beat Ugo Humbert 4-6, 6-3, 6-4 and is 11th in the Live Race, 319 points behind ninth-placed Rafael Jodar. Taylor Fritz beat Rinky Hijikata on his 29th birthday and is 12th. ATP · Live Race
Paris Masters next week. The Rolex Paris Masters runs Nov 2-8, with qualifying Oct 31 and Nov 1 and the draw on Friday, Oct 30. Defending champion Jannik Sinner is out after ending his season. Paris Masters
Next Wake County singles flex leagues: Nov 11 to Dec 15. Sign up by Tue, Nov 10, 5 PM ET. The fall session (Oct 7 to Nov 10) is in progress. UTR

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WTA Finals, Nov 8-15. Rybakina defends her title at Indian Wells, where the singles field is Rybakina, Sabalenka, Andreeva, Pegula, Gauff, Svitolina, Muchova and Noskova. The last doubles place is still being settled in Tokyo: Mihalikova and Nicholls reached the semifinals and Errani and Paolini the quarterfinals, while Routliffe and Sutjiadi, Eikeri and Gleason, and Aoyama and Liang lost. BBC Sport · Tokyo doubles draw
Race to Turin. Zverev, Alcaraz and Shelton have qualified for the Nitto ATP Finals (Nov 15-22), and Sinner is out for the rest of 2026, so ninth place is effectively the last qualifying spot. In the Live Race after Wednesday: Medvedev 3,710, Cobolli 3,690, Fils 3,475, Tiafoe 3,380 and Jodar 3,209 hold fifth to ninth. De Minaur is 10th with 2,980 after reaching the Vienna quarterfinals, Djokovic 11th with 2,890, Fritz 12th with 2,735 and Paul 13th with 2,725. Basel, Vienna and Paris remain. ATP Live Race
Rankings this week. The Oct 26 lists are out. ATP: Sinner, Zverev, Alcaraz, Shelton and Medvedev lead. Fils climbs two places to No. 8 and Fritz one to No. 13, Struff rises 11 places to No. 47, Griekspoor 10 to No. 50, and Basilashvili 33 to No. 95. WTA: Rybakina, Sabalenka, Andreeva, Pegula and Gauff lead. Swiatek moves back to No. 8, Fernandez rises from No. 30 to No. 23, Krueger from No. 55 to No. 44 and Siniakova from No. 86 to No. 49. ATP · WTA
Vienna (ATP 500). First round: Zverev (1) d. Landaluce (WC) 7-5, 3-6, 7-6(11), Alcaraz (2) d. Khachanov 6-4, 7-6(5), Medvedev (3) d. Merida 7-6(5), 6-1, Cobolli (4) d. Dimitrov (WC) 6-4, 3-6, 6-3, Paul (7) d. Rublev 7-5, 6-2, Musetti d. Tiafoe (6) 7-6(6), 7-5, Griekspoor d. Nakashima 6-1, 4-6, 7-6(2) and Norrie d. F. Cerundolo 6-4, 6-1. Second round: de Minaur (5) d. Tien 6-4, 6-2 and qualifier Mannarino d. Mensik (8) 6-4, 7-5. Results · ATP
Basel (ATP 500). First round: Shelton (1) d. Kovacevic (LL) 6-7(4), 7-6(3), 7-6(4), Fils (2) d. Mpetshi Perricard (Q) 7-6(5), 7-5, Jodar (3) d. Tabilo 6-4, 6-2, Djokovic (4) d. Humbert 4-6, 6-3, 6-4, Fritz (6) d. Hijikata (LL) 6-4, 7-6(3) and Lehecka (8) d. Wawrinka (WC) 7-5, 7-6(2). Second round: Borges d. Ruud (9) 1-6, 6-3, 6-4, and Rune saved a match point to beat Hurkacz (10) 3-6, 6-3 in a third-set tie-break. Next: Djokovic vs Struff and Fritz vs Shapovalov. Results · ATP
Tokyo (WTA 500). Quarterfinals: Rybakina (1) vs Fernandez, Rakhimova (LL) vs Joint (Q), Eala (8) vs Shnaider (3) and Pohankova (WC) vs Parks (Q). Second round: Rybakina d. Putintseva (Q) 6-2, 6-3, Fernandez d. Mertens (5) 6-2, 7-6(8), Pohankova d. Osaka (7) 6-3, 7-5, Parks d. Birrell (LL) 6-3, 6-1, Eala d. Gibson 4-6, 6-2, 6-0, Shnaider d. Sasnovich (Q) 6-3, 5-7, 6-3, Joint d. Bucsa 6-1, 2-6, 6-4 and Rakhimova d. Alexandrova 6-4, 4-6, 7-6(5). Thu results · Wed results · Draw
Guangzhou (WTA 250). Tagger (4) d. Venus Williams (WC) 6-2, 6-2, and Siniakova withdrew with a right shoulder injury after her first-round win, sending Claire Liu to the quarterfinals. Second round: Shi Han (WC) d. Yastremska (Q) 7-5, 6-4, Badosa (5) d. Kraus 6-1, 6-4 and Dart (Q) d. Prozorova (Q) 6-4, 3-6, 6-3. Draw
Rolex Paris Masters, Nov 2-8. Qualifying is Oct 31 and Nov 1, and the draw is Friday, Oct 30. Sinner will not defend his title. Zverev, Alcaraz and seven-time champion Djokovic head the field, Rafael Jodar makes his debut, and 2022 champion Holger Rune returns on a protected ranking. Schedule · Entry list
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Fritz wins on his birthday. Taylor Fritz (6) hit 19 aces to beat Rinky Hijikata 6-4, 7-6(3) on his 29th birthday in Basel and plays Denis Shapovalov next. He is 12th in the Live Race to Turin, 155 points behind Djokovic. ATP
Shelton survives three tie-breaks. Top seed Ben Shelton beat lucky loser Aleksandar Kovacevic 6-7(4), 7-6(3), 7-6(4) in an all-American first round in Basel, and Alex Michelsen beat Botic van de Zandschulp 5-7, 6-3, 6-3. Basel results
Tiafoe out in Vienna, Paul through. Lorenzo Musetti beat Frances Tiafoe (6) 7-6(6), 7-5. Tiafoe stays eighth in the Live Race with 3,380 points, 171 ahead of Jodar. Tommy Paul (7) beat Andrey Rublev 7-5, 6-2. Learner Tien beat Luca Van Assche 6-3, 6-1 before losing to Alex de Minaur 6-4, 6-2, and Brandon Nakashima lost to Tallon Griekspoor 6-1, 4-6, 7-6(2). Vienna results · Live Race
Parks into the Tokyo quarterfinals. Qualifier Alycia Parks beat Kimberly Birrell 6-3, 6-1 and plays wild card Mia Pohankova next. Ann Li lost to Ekaterina Alexandrova 6-4, 6-4. Results · Draw
Americans in Guangzhou. Claire Liu beat Antonia Ruzic 4-6, 7-6(5), 6-4 and reached the quarterfinals when Katerina Siniakova withdrew. Venus Williams (WC) lost to Lilli Tagger (4) 6-2, 6-2, Sofia Kenin (WC) lost to Kaitlin Quevedo 6-4, 6-7(5), 6-4, and Katie Volynets (8) lost to qualifier Dayana Yastremska 7-5, 1-6, 7-6(7). Guangzhou draw
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Wake County singles flex leagues, fall session: Oct 7 to Nov 10, in progress. Registration for this session is closed. UTR
Next session: Wed, Nov 11 to Tue, Dec 15. Sign up by Tue, Nov 10, 5 PM ET. Coed singles (adults 16+), women's singles (16+) and coed junior singles (12 and under, 13-17). Four matches over five weeks, plus a make-up week. UTR · Big NC
Junior UTR qualifiers: Nov 14-15 and Dec 5-6. Nov 14-15 is at the Neills Creek courts behind Harnett Central, Angier, for juniors rated UTR 1.0-4.99, and registration is open. Big NC
Hunter Harris d. Zizhan Shangguan · Div 1 Summer District Slam Angier Aug 29-30 (archive)
Daniel Butenko d. Abhiram Muppavarapu · Div 2 Summer District Slam Angier Aug 29-30
Kenan Aghajanian d. Arnav Reddy Choudepally · Div 3 Summer District Slam Angier Aug 29-30
Event: Summer District Slam Angier (UTR 381597) · Article
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