Riyadh Season has moved the six-player tennis exhibition from 21-24 October to 27-30 December. The change follows Houthi strikes on Saudi Arabia, including a missile attack on Riyadh's airport that the BBC says killed 13 people.
Alexander Zverev beat Alexander Bublik 7-6, 4-6, 7-6 in 2 hours and 41 minutes on Tuesday, 13 October, to reach the Shanghai Masters quarter-finals against Alex de Minaur. The win came a day after Carlos Alcaraz's loss to Zizou Bergs left Zverev assured of finishing 2026 as world No. 1.
Rafa Jódar beat Botic van de Zandschulp 6-7(4), 6-4, 6-2 in two hours and 30 minutes, and will play Casper Ruud next. It is his fourth Masters 1000 quarterfinal this season.
Ann Li needed ten match points to finish off the win, sending the highest-seeded player out of the Wuhan draw on 14 October. Iga Świątek and Maja Chwalińska both advanced the same day.
Hubert Hurkacz lost to Alejandro Davidovich Fokina in the Shanghai Masters fourth round on Tuesday, 13 October, after saving two match points in the decider. The loss ends his run at the tournament, which included a win over Novak Djokovic and a nine-match winning streak entering the match.
The world number one Italian tennis player will miss the ATP Finals and Davis Cup to undergo conservative therapy for iliotibial band syndrome, targeting a return at the 2027 Australian Open.
Novak Djokovic secured his 102nd career singles title at the China Open on Tuesday when Alex de Minaur retired in the second set, keeping the Serbian player undefeated in Beijing with 34 career match wins.
The 29-year-old Polish player fired 19 aces across 81 minutes in his opening match at the Rolex Shanghai Masters, advancing to meet the four-time champion on Centre Court on Friday.
Maja Chwalińska, ranked 22nd by the WTA, faces Sherif, ranked 52nd, in Wuhan singles. The winner meets Marie Bouzkova, ranked 28th, in the next round, while Chwalińska and Nikola Bartunkova also play doubles.
Magdalena Fręch enters the main draw in Wuhan as a lucky loser and will face seventh seed Iga Świątek after winning her opening match.
World number 56 Arthur Gea beat world number four Ben Shelton 7-6(5), 7-6(3) on Sunday in the third round at Shanghai. The result also removed Shelton as a possible quarter-final opponent for Hubert Hurkacz.
World No. 3 Carlos Alcaraz secured his 27th career title on Tuesday, defeating Czech opponent Jiri Lehecka 7-6(4), 6-4 at the Ariake Coliseum to win the Japan Open for the second consecutive year.
Elise Mertens beat Coco Gauff 6-3, 6-3 in Beijing to reach her first China Open quarter-final, two days after Gauff faced online racist abuse over a disputed point.
Ahead of his Shanghai debut, Alcaraz said players are being pushed too far by too many tournaments, while only one of four Spanish entrants won on day one.
Czech player Nikola Bartunkova defeated world number two Aryna Sabalenka in straight sets in Beijing, one day after top seed Elena Rybakina exited the tournament.
Defending champion Carlos Alcaraz will headline the one-point exhibition at Rod Laver Arena on 13 January 2027, four days before the main draw starts. The winner receives A$1 million.
World number one Jannik Sinner has pulled out of the Shanghai Masters on 3 October 2026, extending a three-month absence caused by right knee tendinopathy and putting his ranking lead over Alexander Zverev under pressure.
Carlos Alcaraz advanced to the Japan Open semifinals at 7-6(3), 2-1 after Denis Shapovalov suffered an upper thigh injury, setting up an all-Spanish clash with Jaume Munar.
Former world No. 1 Juan Carlos Ferrero confirmed in an interview that joining world No. 1 Jannik Sinner's team remains a possibility for 2027, one year after ending his coaching partnership with Carlos Alcaraz.
World No. 1 Jelena Rybakina suffered a 6-3, 4-6, 3-6 defeat against 118th-ranked Alina Czarajewa in the second round of the China Open on Saturday, marking her first match since taking the top ranking.
Hubert Hurkacz withdrew during the second set of his China Open semi-final against Alex de Minaur due to a thigh strain, sending the Australian to the Beijing final.
World number three Carlos Alcaraz overcame a 6-2 tiebreak deficit in the opening set to eliminate Matteo Arnaldi 7-6(6), 6-1 in one hour and 46 minutes in Tokyo.
Jannik Sinner will skip the Shanghai Masters due to an ongoing right knee injury, but Alexander Zverev's quarterfinal loss to Novak Djokovic in Beijing guarantees the Italian will remain world number one until at least 1 November.
Starting in 2027, the Italian Open, Canadian Open, and Cincinnati Open will match ATP payouts, while top-50 players will see mandatory 500-level commitments drop from six tournaments to four.
The Polish Tennis Association announced that Roland Garros finalist Maja Chwalińska will play Wimbledon winner Linda Nosková at ERGO Arena on 11 December 2026.
Germany's Yannick Hanfmann defeated Poland's Kamil Majchrzak in a three-set opening-round match at the ATP tournament in Shanghai, with every set decided by a tie-break.
Rafael Nadal played his first public tennis matches since his 2024 retirement, captaining Team Nadal to a 4-3 exhibition victory in Manacor to mark his academy's tenth anniversary.
World number two Alexander Zverev defeated Britain's Cameron Norrie 7-6 (7-1), 6-4 at the China Open in Beijing on Thursday, advancing to the round of 16 while pursuing the top ranking.
Alexander Zverev defeated Juncheng Shang 6-0, 6-3 in 55 minutes at the China Open in Beijing, advancing to face six-time tournament champion Novak Djokovic in the quarterfinals.
Wildcard Xinyu Gao eliminated Panna Udvardy in straight sets at the China Open on Thursday, advancing to play ninth-ranked Iga Swiatek on Saturday.
Belgian world No. 19 Elise Mertens beat ninth-ranked Iga Swiatek 7-6 (7/0), 6-3 on Friday to reach the semifinals of the WTA 1000 in Beijing. She will play Qinwen Zheng on Saturday, after Zheng beat Elina Svitolina earlier the same day.
Hubert Hurkacz overcame a first-set loss to beat world number 15 Learner Tien 5:7, 6:3, 6:4 in the China Open, setting up a second-round match with Arthur Gea.
Seeded 17th after a first-round bye, Poland's Maja Chwalińska meets Ukraine's Dayana Yastremska on Friday in the round of 64 at the China Open.
Maja Chwalinska and Nikola Bartunkova defeated Caty McNally and Janice Tjen in straight sets on Sunday to reach the second round of the WTA 1000 tournament in Beijing.
World number one tennis player Jannik Sinner has earned his full motorcycle license after four previous failed attempts, passing the test at Monaco Bonne Conduite while sidelined from the ATP Tour with a right knee injury.
World number three Carlos Alcaraz won the Japan Open Tennis Championships on Tuesday with a straight-sets victory against Jiri Lehecka, securing his 27th career ATP title.
Rafael Nadal plays his first public tennis match since November 2024, captaining a four-man team against Andy Murray at his Manacor academy on Saturday.
Poland's Magdalena Fręch secured a 7:5, 3:6, 6:4 win over Elsa Jacquemot in 163 minutes at the China Open, earning a second-round matchup against Czech seed Nikola Bartunkova.
Speaking at the Japan Open in Tokyo, world number three Carlos Alcaraz rejected calls to shorten Grand Slam matches, arguing that reducing men's singles to three sets would erode tournament history following record late finishes at the US Open.
Katerina Siniakova eliminated Magda Linette 6-4, 6-3 at the WTA 1000 China Open in Beijing, extending the Polish player's winless run to two months.