Tennis News

Denis Shapovalov of Canada beat American Taylor Fritz 7-5, 6-4 on Friday at the Delray Beach Open to earn the second semifinal berth of his career.

Top-seeded defending-champion Dominic Thiem of Austria tumbled out of the Rio Open on Friday, falling 6-4, 6-0 to Spain's Fernando Verdasco in the quarterfinals of the clay-court event.

The men's semifinals at the Open 13 shaped up when third-seeded Lucas Pouille knocked off his seeded opponent and fourth-seeded Tomas Berdych advanced after the opposition retired.

Peter Gojowczyk beat Steve Johnson on Saturday to reach the Delray Beach Open final. Gojowczyk will face the winner of the semifinal between Denis Shapovalov and Frances Tiafoe.

French third seed Lucas Pouille will face unseeded Russian Karen Khachanov in the final of the ATP event in Marseille.

Ukrainian top seed Elina Svitolina beats Russia's Daria Kasatkina to retain her Dubai Duty Free Championships title.

Top seed Elina Svitolina successfully defended her Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships title after defeating Russia's Daria Kasatkina 6-4 6-0 in the final.

There will be no Roger Federer, so Grigor Dimitrov has been thrust into the favourite's role at the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships - live on Sky Sports.

Veteran Spaniard Fernando Verdasco crushed a monster forehand on his way to a shock straight-sets win over against Dominic Thiem to reach the semi-finals in Rio.