Rafael Nadal the world number one earlier, beat Grigor Dimitrov to reach the semi-finals of the Shanghai Masters. This is recorded to be his 15th consecutive win registered yet. This defeat was by no means swift as the Spaniard won Dimitrov to a 6-4 6-7 (4-7) 6-4 in two hours and 35 minutes game.
Aruna Quadri has won the men’s singles event of the ITTF Challenge Polish Open. The Nigerian defeated Japan’s Kaii Yoshida after six sets (11-7, 11-13 11-8, 6-11, 11-8, 14-12) to become the first African to win an ITTF title outside the continent. The match against the Japanese lived up to expectation as both players tested each other strength-for-strength and skill-for-skill but it was the Nigerian who had the last laugh.
World Number One Rafael Nadal swept Australian Nick Kyrgios aside to win the China Open, 6-2 6-1 on Sunday in Beijing. It was Nadal’s 61st win this season and his fourth final at the China Open. It was however his second title since 2005 when he beat fellow Spaniard, Coria.
World number one Rafa Nadal will be missing from next week’s Basel indoors tournament due to a knee injury. With the ATP Finals coming up next month, Nadal said on his Facebook page he had made the decision to pull out of the tournament after getting medical advice.
Rafael Nadal won his third US Open and 16th Grand Slam title with a straight set victory trouncing South Africa's Kevin Anderson, 6-3 6-3 6-4, at the Flushing Meadows, New York. The Spaniard, 31, has now won two Slams in the same year for the first time since 2013, having won the French Open in June.
All four semi finalist of the 2017 US Open women’s singles semifinals is now occupied by American women. Venus Williams, Sloane Stephens, CoCo Vandeweghe and Madison Keys are all into the penultimate round after impressive runs beating all opponents to get to the semis. It’s the first time since 1981 that four American women have been in the semifinals at a Grand Slam.
