Videos - This month

Maya Joint, ranked 99th, defeated No. 62 Lanlana Tararudee 6/4, 6/3 on hard court in the Seoul quarter-final. The 1h26min victory extends Joint’s strong recent hard-court run and sends her into the final four.

Maya Joint, ranked 99th, recovered from a set down to defeat 284th-ranked Xinxin Yao 2-6, 7-6(7), 6-3 on hard court in the Korea Open first round, extending a strong recent record in tightly contested matches.

World No. 135 Yue Yuan defeated No. 47 Oleksandra Oliynykova 6-2, 6-3 on the Beijing hard court in 90 minutes, overturning the ranking gap with a decisive opening-round performance and extending her recent advantage in competitive hard-court matches.

Ranked 82nd, Alina Korneeva overcame No. 203 Darya Astakhova 6/2, 3/6, 6/1 on hard court in Seoul after 2 hours and 14 minutes, extending her strong recent record against ranked opponents and ending Astakhova’s four-match winning run.

Alejandro Davidovich Fokina converted his hard-court momentum into a Chengdu Open title, defeating No. 46 Hubert Hurkacz 6-4, 7-6(7) in 1 hour 45 minutes. The No. 29 Spaniard completed a five-match winning run in Chengdu.

Ranked 199th, Lin Zhu defeated world No. 70 Alycia Parks 6-4, 6-2 on hard court in 1h14min at Beijing 2026, reversing their 2025 meeting and highlighting Zhu’s ability to disrupt a higher-ranked opponent in the opening round.

Ranked 50th, Denis Shapovalov defeated 71st-ranked Vit Kopriva 6-2, 6-3 in 63 minutes on hard court at the Chengdu Open. The Canadian advances after consecutive wins, while Kopriva’s competitive hard-court form was halted in Round 2.

Ranked 132nd, Aliaksandra Sasnovich overcame 84th-ranked Daria Kasatkina 7-5, 6-0 on hard court in 1 hour 19 minutes, extending her strong record against higher-ranked opponents while Kasatkina suffered another early-round defeat.

World No. 180 Tatiana Prozorova overcame No. 40 Xinyu Wang 3-6, 7-5, 6-4 on hard court in a three-hour Singapore Tennis Open quarter-final, extending her run of victories over Alexandra Eala and Sofia Costoulas.

Kimberly Birrell, ranked 60th, defeated fellow Australian Maya Joint, ranked 99th, 6-4, 6-2 in the Seoul hard-court final. The 82-minute victory capped Birrell’s five-match run and secured a significant title over a player who had reached the final with four wins.