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German tennis player Alexander Zverev, 29, after beating Tallon Griekspoor in Vienna, will become world No. 1 in the updated ATP rankings for the first time in his career. He will be the 30th leader of the rankings since 1973 and the second German after Boris Becker.
Otabek YusupovRussian tennis player Andrey Rublev, in a second-round match at the ATP-250 tournament in Almaty against Frenchman Adrian Mannarino, allowed himself obscene language during one of the rallies, reports Championat.com. The incident occurred in the eighth game of the deciding set on Rublev's serve after a quality return by Mannarino and an error by the Russian. Rublev lost the match 4:6, 6:3, 3:6.
Javlon TursunovSpaniard Alejandro Davidovich Fokina, ranked 27th in the world, came back after losing the first set and defeated 20-year-old compatriot Rafael Jodar 1-6, 7-6 (7/5), 6-4, claiming his first ATP 1000-level title — the biggest of his career. Jodar, the youngest finalist in the tournament's history, suffered injuries to both hips during the deciding set.
Bekzod NazarovSpaniard Alejandro Davidovich Fokina (world No. 26) defeated tournament top seed Alexander Zverev 5-7, 6-4, 6-3 in the semifinal of the Shanghai Masters and advanced to the final, where he will play either Daniil Medvedev or Rafael Jodar.
Bekzod NazarovNovak Djokovic has accepted an invitation to the ATP 500 tournament in Basel, which will take place in late October 2026. The 39-year-old Serb, ranked 11th in the race to the ATP Finals in Turin, will play there for the first time since 2011. Only Alexander Zverev and Carlos Alcaraz have so far secured qualification for Turin.
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