Tennis
Nadal beats Medvedev to reach the final
(Acapulco) In a rematch of the epic Australian Open final, Rafael Nadal once again defeated Daniil Medvedev, but this time in straight sets 6-3, 6-3 to earn his place in the Australian Open final. ‘Acapulco.
Nadal thus joins Cameron Norrie in the final of the Mexico Open.
Last month in Australia, the 35-year-old Spaniard trailed two sets to zero before stunning Russian Medvedev to win his 21and career Grand Slam title.
With his semi-final win in Acapulco, Nadal is a perfect 14-0 this season and he will be chasing a fourth title in Acapulco.
Despite the defeat, Medvedev will reach world number one on Monday due to the elimination of Novak Djokovic in the quarter-finals of the Dubai tournament. It will be the first time in over 18 years that the throne of world tennis has been occupied by someone other than Djokovic, Nadal, Roger Federer or Andy Murray.
PHOTO PEDRO PARDO, AGENCY FRANCE-PRESSE
Daniel Medvedev
Earlier, Cameron Norrie continued his strong run in February by upsetting Stefanos Tsitsipas in two identical sets 6-4, 6-4 to earn his way to the Acapulco tournament final.
After losing all four games in January, Norrie went 10-1 in February. He showed up in Mexico after winning the third tournament of his career in Delray Beach.
Norrie, 6and seed in Acapulco, tied his biggest career win by defeating 4and world racket for a second time.
PHOTO PEDRO PARDO, AGENCY FRANCE-PRESSE Cameron Norrie
“I served well today. I had a lot of fun during the match, it’s one of my best victories. Hopefully I can keep the good streak alive tomorrow,” Norrie said.
Norrie’s biggest career victory to date was when he defeated Dominic Thiem, then 4and world racket, in the semi-finals of the 2021 Lyon tournament.
The Briton is now 4-20 against opponents from the top 10 global.
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Saying goodbye to professional tennis in 2025 retired 27 players.
The most famous are Richard Gasquet, Fabio Fognini, Fernando Verdasco, Vasek Pospisil and Diego Schwartzman.
Ukrainian Vladislav Manafov He did not compete at the professional level for the entire year but did not announce his retirement.
He completed his professional career
- Grégoire Barrere
- Richardas Berankis
- Rohan Bopanna
- Pedro Cachin
- Salvatore Caruso
- Marius Kopil
- Marcus Daniell
- Ivan Dodig
- kyle edmund
- Ernesto Escobedo
- Christopher Eubanks
- Jonathan Esserick
- Fabio Fognini
- Richard Gasquet
- Martin Klizan
- Denis Kudla
- Gianluca the Wizard
- Nicolas Mahut
- Matve Middelkop
- Dennis Novak
- Vašek Pospisil
- Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi
- Albert Ramos-Vinolas
- Tim van Ruythoven
- Luke Saville
- Diego Schwartzman
- Fernando Verdasco
Tennis players who did not play during 2025 but did not announce their retirement
- André Begemann
- 🏳️ Teimuraz Gabashvili
- Fred Gil
- Emilio Gomez
- Marcel Ilhan
- 🏳️ Andrey Kuznetsov
- Juan Ignacio Londero
- Vladislav Manafov
- Fabrice Martin
- Gerald Meltzer
- Gonzalo Oliveira*
- Max Purcell**
- Milos Raonic
- Hunter Reese
- Blaj Rola
- Tennis Sandgren
- Weissborn himself
*– Oliveira was banned for using methamphetamine
** – Purcell was disqualified for use of prohibited substances
Source: Sport UA
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13 former tennis players have already announced their careers in 2025. end of career.
The most famous of the girls listed below are Simona Halep, Petra Kvitova, Alize Cornet, Caroline Garcia.
Ukrainian Lesya Tsurenko He has not played professionally since the fall of 2024, when he played for the Ukrainian national team in the KBDK Playoffs. Lesya did not announce the end of her career.
- Ysaline Bonaventure
- Eugenie Bouchard
- Alize Kornet
- Lauren Davis
- Andrea Gamis
- caroline garcía
- Simona Halep
- Michaela Krajicek
- Petra Kvitova
- Akiko Ohmae
- Bibiana Schofs
- Wang Qiang
- Yanina Wickmayer
Tennis players who did not play all year but did not announce their retirement
- Kaia Sofa
- Lesya Tsurenko
Tennis players who took a break from their careers due to motherhood
- Ounce Jabeur
- Daria Saville
- Anna Carolina Shmidlova
- Caroline Wozniacki
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On Monday, December 29, the Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) last updated the rating in 2025.
As in principle, there have been no significant changes since the end of the Final Tournament in November.
Thus, Aryna Sabalenka finished the season on top. Also in the top 5 were Iga Swiatek, Coco Gauff, Amanda Anisimova and Elena Rybakina.
As for Ukrainian women, the country’s best tennis player in 2025 is 14th-ranked Elina Svitolina. She is followed by Marta Kostyuk (26th) and Dayana Yastremskaya (27th). Alexandra Oleynikova also entered the top 100 at number 96.
There are six more representatives of Ukraine in the top 500: Yulia Starodubtseva, Angelina Kalinina, Daria Snigur, Anastasia Soboleva, Veronika Podrez and Katarina Zavatskaya.
The new season starts on January 2 – the United Cup team tournament will be held in Perth and Sydney, Australia. And on the 5th, the WTA 500 tournaments will start in Brisbane and the WTA 250 tournaments in Auckland. Sisters Kostyuk, Yastremskaya and Kichenok will play in Brisbane, while Svitolina and Starodubtseva will play in Auckland.
Ukrainian women in WTA singles rankings
Ukrainian women in WTA double the rankings
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