
Guadalajara SF: Jovic Defends, Samsonova Rides Comeback Wave
Defending champion Iva Jovic meets Cristina Bucsa while Ludmilla Samsonova, fresh from stunning top seed Kostyuk, faces Peyton Stearns in the Guadalajara semi-finals.
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Defending champion Iva Jovic meets Cristina Bucsa while Ludmilla Samsonova, fresh from stunning top seed Kostyuk, faces Peyton Stearns in the Guadalajara semi-finals.

Felix Auger-Aliassime anchors Canada at home in Quebec City against a French team missing injured Arthur Fils in Davis Cup Qualifier Round 2.

US Open finalist Ben Shelton has withdrawn from the 2026 Laver Cup in London, replaced by Brandon Nakashima. Team World has now made two late changes from its original six-man lineup.

Iva Jovic, Liudmila Samsonova, Peyton Stearns and Cristina Bucsa are into Friday's Guadalajara semi-finals. Samsonova survived three sets; Stearns earned her first WTA 500 SF.

Rafael Jódar makes his Davis Cup debut for Spain in Santiago, leading a squad without Alcaraz against a Chile side that won 4-0 on home clay in the first qualifying round.

Seven ties kick off Friday as 14 nations compete for Final 8 spots in Bologna. Ben Shelton leads a depleted US squad to Prague without Fritz and Paul.

Defending champion Iva Jovic faces Magdalena Frech while top seed Marta Kostyuk meets Samsonova as four Guadalajara quarterfinals take court Thursday.

The 19-year-old Spaniard rose from virtually unranked to World No. 23 in 2026 and will make his Laver Cup debut for Team Europe at London's O2 Arena on September 25.

Four Wednesday R16 wins complete the Guadalajara WTA 500 quarterfinal draw. Stearns, Stephens, Bucsa and Bejlek join Kostyuk, Samsonova and Frech in Thursday's last eight.
World No. 10 Marta Kostyuk came back from a first-set loss to beat Taylor Townsend 6-7(0), 6-3, 6-2 in her first match as a top-10 player at the Guadalajara WTA 500 round of 16.
Tommy Paul withdraws from the 2026 Laver Cup in London with an elbow injury. Francisco Cerúndolo, with a 3-1 Laver Cup record, takes his spot in the defending-champion squad.
The WTA 500 Guadalajara Open reaches its round of 16 on Tuesday. Top seed Kostyuk faces Townsend, defending champion Jovic takes on Sönmez, and Parry also debuts.
Ben Shelton calls his US Open final defeat 'stings' but signals resolve for Laver Cup London (25–27 Sept.), where he faces Zverev again in the Team World squad captained by Andre Agassi.
Alexander Zverev beats Ben Shelton 6-3, 7-6(2), 5-7, 6-2 to win the 2026 US Open and join three other men as the only players in Open-era history to claim two Grand Slams in one calendar year.
Elena Rybakina defeated Aryna Sabalenka 6-4, 5-7, 6-2 in New York to win her first US Open title and third Grand Slam, sealing the world No. 1 ranking from Monday.
Sabalenka bids for a US Open three-peat today against new world No. 1 Rybakina – a feat only Chris Evert and Serena Williams have achieved. Match starts at 4 p.m. EDT.
Ben Shelton defeats Frances Tiafoe 4-6 6-3 6-3 7-5 to become the first Black American man in a US Open final since Arthur Ashe 1972; Zverev awaits on Sunday.
Defending champion Sabalenka dismantles Pegula 7-5, 6-2 as World No. 1 Rybakina rallies from a set down to beat Gauff 3-6, 6-4, 6-4. Final is Saturday.
Roland Garros champion Alexander Zverev faces unseeded Karen Khachanov in the US Open semi-finals, seeking a second Grand Slam title of a historic 2026 season.
Coco Gauff was a set down and facing match points against Mirra Andreeva before staging a stunning 2-6, 7-6(7), 6-2 comeback to reach the US Open semi-finals.
Elena Rybakina is officially WTA World No. 1 after reaching the US Open semi-finals, where she faces Coco Gauff. Sabalenka vs Pegula completes the draw.
For the first time since Andy Roddick, a US man is guaranteed in the US Open final. Shelton and Tiafoe meet Friday in a historic all-American semi-final.
Ben Shelton toppled defending champion Carlos Alcaraz 6-7, 6-1, 6-3, 1-6, 7-6 in the latest match in US Open history, finishing at 3:33 AM to book a semifinal berth.
Aryna Sabalenka edged Wimbledon champion Linda Noskova 7-6, 3-6, 7-6 from 2-4 down in the final tiebreak. Jessica Pegula beat Emma Navarro to earn a third successive US Open SF date with Sabalenka.