Tennis
Sakkari lost a place in the world rankings, Tsitsipas is firmly in 6th place
Maria Sakkari lost a place in the WTA world rankings and is ranked 7th in the world as of Monday (26/9), while Stefanos Tsitsipas remained firmly at 6th at the same time.
Maria Sakkari, who will make her debut at the Parma 250 clay court tournament on Monday (26/9), lost a place in the WTA rankings and is now ranked 7th in the world.
The Greek tennis player lost 304 points in the final of last year’s tournament in Ostrava, dropping one place and moving Arina Sabalenka to 6th place in the ranking.
That wasn’t the only change in the top-10, however, as Annette Kontaveit (who had won the title in Ostrava) dropped to No. 4, while Spain’s Paula Bandosa rose to world No. 3.
From there, winners in Tokyo and Seoul, Lyudmila Samsonova and Ekaterina Alexandrova, rose 23 and 21 spots, respectively, setting a new career high, with the Belarusian now at No. 23 and the Russian at No. 21.
On the Greek side and outside of Sakkari, Despina Papamichail gained 35 spots and climbed to world No. 178, while Valetini Grammatikopoulou remained stable at No. 200.
Also for Sappho Sakellaridis, who climbed 9 places and climbed to 322, Martha Matoula was 557 and gained 12 places, while Michaela Laki climbed to 668 and gained 6 places.
A jump of 12 places for Eleni Christofi at #780, but also good for Dimitra Pavlou at #877 with 9 places.
The WTA World Rankings (09/26/22)
Tsitsipas is firmly in 6th place
There was only one change in the top-10 in the updated ATP rankings, with Yannick Sinner returning to the top-10 and omitting Hubert Hurkacs.
Other than that, there were no other changes in the top 10 positions, with Carlos Alcarath remaining at world No. 1, followed by Casper Rudd at No. 2. Completing the top 5 are Rafa Nadal, Daniil Medvedev and Alexander Zverev, while Stefanos Tsitsipas sits at No. 6 in the world.
The Greek tennis player is followed by Novak Djokovic, who is expected to compete in Tel Aviv, although Cameron Norrie is 8th, while Andrei Rublev is 9th as wrist problems have stopped.
Mets tournament winner Lorenzo Sonego made an impressive climb to No. 45 and gained 20 places, while San Diego tournament-winning Jason Nakashima climbed 21 places.
The ATP world rankings (09/26/22)
Source: Tennis24
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Tennis
22-28.12 Schedule and results of matches between Ukrainians and Ukrainians at ITF tournaments
Sport.ua presents the schedule and results of matches of Ukrainian tennis players at the ITF World Tour tournaments from December 15 to 21
men
M15 Antalya (Türkiye – location), Antalya Series
Singles, elimination, first round
- Maxim Khlyvnyuk (Ukraine) – Ibrahim Yego (Kenya) – absent
- Filip Pavic (Kosovo) – Andrey Bilata (Ukraine) – without
Singles, qualifiers, second round
- Maxim Khlyvnyuk (Ukraine) – Stefanos Schinas (Greece, 15) – 23.12, at 10:00 at the latest
- Alexandru Balan (Canada, 6) – Andrey Bilata (Ukraine) – 23.12, 12:30 at the latest
Singles, first round
- TVA – Nikita Bilozertsev (Ukraine, 6) –TVA
- TVA – Ilya Biloborodko (Ukraine) –TVA
- TVA – Alexander Ovcharenko (Ukraine, 2) –TVA
Doubles, first round
- Dillon Beckles (USA) and Alexander Wagner (Austria) – Nikita Bilozertsev (Ukraine) and Alp Horoz (Türkiye) – TVA
- William Mirarchi (Italy) and Daniil Stepanov – Mihai Marinescu (Romania) and Alexander Ovcharenko (Ukraine, 4) –TVA
M15 Monastir (Tunisia – difficult), FTT by Magic Hotel Tours
Singles, elimination, first round
- Kazuki Nishiwaki (Japan, 6) – Arseniy Mironov (Ukraine) – 6:0, 6:0
Women
W15 Antalya (Türkiye – ground), Antalya Series
Singles, elimination, first round
- Anastasia Necule (Romania) – Yaroslava Sribnaya (Ukraine) –TVA
- Arina Yakusheva (Ukraine) – Naz Kaynak (Türkiye) – TVA
- Jamie Collinson (Australia) – Helen Grab (Ukraine) –TVA
- Serafima Vasilyeva (Ukraine) – Öykü Şahbaz (Ukraine) – none
Singles, qualifiers, second round
- Eva Galievskaya (Ukraine, 6) – Honoka Uchiyama (Japan) or Alisa Aksiyanova – TVA
- Serafima Vasilyeva (Ukraine) – Sabina Shaidullina or Ema Garayda (Czech Republic, 14) – TVA
Doubles, first round
- Asylzhan Arystanbekova (Kazakhstan) and Ingkar Dyusebay (Kazakhstan) – Sara Balan (Romania) and Eva Galievskaya (Ukraine) –TVA
- Nanari Katsumi (Romania) and Honoka Uchiyama (Japan) – Helen Grab (Ukraine) and Arina Yakusheva (Ukraine) –TVA
Source: Sport UA
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20-year-old American tennis player Lerner Tien (ATP 28) Became the winner of the ATP 2025 Junior Final Tournament.
The Americans were defeated in the final of the competition held on indoor courts in Jeddah (Saudi Arabia). Alexander Blox (Belgium, ATP 116) 1 hour 1 minute.
Next Generation ATP Finals 2025. Final, December 21
Lerner Tien (AMERICA) [1] –Alexander Blox (Belgium) [2] – 4:3 (7:4), 4:2, 4:1
Tien played in the Next Generation finals for the second time. He lost to João Fonseca in the decisive match in 2024.
Lerner suffered one defeat, losing to Rafael Hodar in the first round of the group stage in Jeddah. He then defeated Blox as well as Martin Landaluse, Nikolay Budkov Kjaer and Nishesh Basavareddy.
Tien becomes the second Youth Finals champion after Brandon Nakashima – Nakashima won the Next Gen award in 2022.
Lerner Thien received $502,250 in prize money for his victory at the Next Gen ATP Finals 2025.
Photo gallery of the award ceremony
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The final match will be held on December 21 ATP Youth Final Tournament 2025 In Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
The Net Gen ATP Finals cup will be played on: Alexander Blocks (Belgium, ATP 116) and Lerner Tien (USA, ATP 28). The starting time of the meeting is 19.00 Kyiv time.
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This will be the first head-to-head meeting between the rivals at Tour level and the third if you take into account the junior competitions (1:1).
The winner of the match will receive the Junior Final award.
Source: Sport UA
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