Tennis Tracker: Sinner defeats Medvedev in Six Kings Slam, Alcaraz defeats Rune

Big names are taking to the pitch across Asia and Europe today to round out their 2024 season in style.

23:52 CET – In the last game of the day in Antwerp and indeed at all major tournaments, third seed Felix Auger-Aliassime (24) fought back, defeated Marton Fucsovics (32) 6:7, 6:4, 6:2 and moved into the League before quarterfinals.

All results from Antwerp can be found here.

23:30 CET – 23-time Grand Slam singles champion Serena Williams, 43, has revealed that she has had a grapefruit-sized cyst removed from her neck and is doing well while recovering.

Read the full story here.

22:00 CET – In the last game of the day in Stockholm, fourth seed Tommy Paul (27) beat Laslo Djere (29) 6:2, 7:6 and moved into the quarter-finals.

All results from Stockholm can be found here.

21:29 CET – Carlos Alcaraz (21) pushed aside Holger Rune (21) and won 6:4, 6:2 at the Six Kings Slam in Saudi Arabia.

Alcaraz follows Jannik Sinner (23) into the second round, the semi-finals – the Italian previously beat Daniil Medvedev (28) 6:0, 6:3.

In the Final Four, Sinner will face Novak Djokovic (37), while Alacraz will face his compatriot Rafael Nadal (38).

21:00 CET – Top seed Alex De Minaur (25) made it to the last eight in Antwerp after defeating Roberto Carbellas Baena (31) 2-6, 6-4, 6-2.

The Australian will next face Frenchman Hugo Gaston (24).

20:08 CET – Second seed Casper Ruud (25) is moving to Sweden and is a man who was not one of the “Six Kings”. He reached the quarterfinals in Stockholm after defeating Lorenzo Sonego (29) 6-3, 7-0. 6.

Ruud will next face Tallon Griekspoor (28).

19:56 CET – Jannik Sinner (23) won the opening game of the Six Kings Slam, defeating Daniil Medvedev (28) 6:0, 6:3.

18:05 CET – Paula Badosa's (26) fantastic second half of the season continues: The Spaniard fought back and defeated Xiyu Wang (23) in Ningbo 6:7 (4), 6:1, 6:2.

18:02 CET – It still takes just under half an hour until the first Six Kings Slam in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, where Jannik Sinner (23), Carlos Alcaraz (21), Novak Djokovic (37), Daniil Medvedev (28), Holger Rune (21 ) and Rafael Nadal (38) – who is competing in his penultimate event – ​​are in a neck-and-neck race for the title, which includes a whopping six million dollars for the winner.

Since this is not an official ATP event, no ranking points are awarded. However, each player receives one and a half million dollars just for appearing.

World No. 1 Sinner faces Medvedev in the first game of the tournament, followed by Alcaraz against Rune.

The winners of these games advance to the semi-finals, where Djokovic and Nadal – who both received byes – await them.

17:45 CET – Italian Matteo Berrettini (28) was stunned by world number 317 Dominic Stricker and lost 6:7 (6), 4:6 in Stockholm.

However, Tallon Griekspoor (28) had fewer problems and defeated Jacob Fearnley (23) 7:6(0), 6:3.

16:00 CET – Stan Wawrinka (39) turned back the years with a 6:4, 6:4 victory over number six seed Brandon Nakashima (23) in Stockholm.

15:12 CET – Mirra Andreeva (17) had little problems asserting herself in Ningbo and defeated Tamara Korpatsch (29) 6:4, 6:0.

Meanwhile, Robert Bautista-Agut (36) and Alejandro Davidovich Fokina (25) took victories in Antwerp and Stockholm respectively.

13:39 CET – Alejandro Tabilo (27) got through easily in Almaty, but Borna Coric (27) was thrown out by Gabriel Diallo (23).

13:36 CET – Daria Kasatkina (27) fought back from a set down against Katerina Siniakova (28) to a 1:6, 6:3, 6:2 win and moved into the quarter-finals in Ningbo.

11:21 CET – Tomas Machac (24) picked up where he left off last week after reaching the semi-finals in Shanghai and beat Timofey Skatov (23) 6:3, 6:4.

Meanwhile, Yue Yuan (26) won on home soil in Ningbo, defeating Ajla Tomljanovic (31) 6-4, 6-2.

10:02 CET – Karolina Muchova (28) was involved in a real duel in the second set, but in the end the talented Czech defeated Olivia Gadecki (22) 6:3, 7:5 in Ningbo.

09:43 CET – There have already been a number of results from Asia as all of today's round of 16 games concluded in Osaka. Suzan Lamens (25), Eva Lys (22), Clara Tauson (21) and Aoi Ito (20) advanced to the quarterfinals as winners.

In Kazakhstan, Aleksandar Vukic (28) and Francisco Cerundolo (26) were the first two winners of the day, while in Ningbo Yulia Putintseeva (29) defeated Ella Seidel (19) 6-4, 6-4.

Players such as Casper Ruud (25), Alex de Minaur (25) and Paula Badosa (26) will be in action throughout the day, with the Six Kings Slam event making its debut in Saudi Arabia later in the evening.

Daniil Medvedev (28) meets world number one Jannik Sinner (23). 6:30 p.m. CETbefore Holger Rune (21) takes on Carlos Alcaraz (21) in two exciting quarter-finals.

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