Videos - This month

Sloane Stephens, ranked 169th, overcame 215th-ranked Carole Monnet 6/4, 7/6(5) on hard court at the Guadalajara Open Akron. The 1-hour, 48-minute victory sends Stephens through after a tightly contested opening-round battle.

World No. 33 Maria Sakkari advanced past Japan’s Nao Hibino in the hard-court second round in Singapore, winning 7-5, 6-1 in 85 minutes and strengthening her recent form against lower-ranked opponents.

Ranked 31st, Leylah Fernandez defeated 70th-ranked Alycia Parks 6/4, 6/3 on hard court in 1h30min, reversing their clay-court result from May and advancing to the Singapore Round of 16.

Peyton Stearns, ranked No. 60, defeated No. 30 Diane Parry 6-2, 7-5 on hard court in Round 2 of the Guadalajara Open. The result strengthens Stearns’ recent form while ending Parry’s run after a strong summer title campaign.

Karen Khachanov, ranked No. 27, defeated No. 5 Felix Auger-Aliassime 6-3, 6-3 on hard court in 71 minutes at the China Open. The result extends Khachanov’s recent surge and adds another significant win over a top-ranked opponent.

Denis Shapovalov, ranked 50th, defeated 55th-ranked Tallon Griekspoor 6-4, 7-6(3) on hard court in the Chengdu Open first round. The 90-minute victory strengthens Shapovalov’s recent hard-court form and repeats his April win over the Dutchman.

Ranked 47th, Oleksandra Oliynykova controlled the hard-court opener against world No. 240 Vivian Wolff, winning 6-1, 7-6(1) in 1 hour 40 minutes to advance while underlining the gap in recent high-level consistency.

Alycia Parks, ranked 79th, overcame fellow American Varvara Lepchenko, ranked 181st, 6-3, 1-6, 7-5 on hard court in the Guadalajara Open first round. The result extends Parks’ recent hard-court competitiveness against lower-ranked opponents.

World No. 40 Xinyu Wang advanced past No. 168 Joanna Garland 7-5, 6-4 on hard court in Singapore, converting a ranking advantage into a 96-minute Round 2 victory while extending a strong recent run on the surface.

Jaume Munar, ranked No. 64, overcame No. 12 Taylor Fritz 6-7(7), 6-4, 6-3 on hard court in the Japan Open Tennis Championships first round, extending a strong Tokyo run and exposing a recent decline in Fritz’s results.