Never count Carlos Alcaraz out. The Spaniard produced a remarkable comeback on Friday night, when he saved two match points to defeat Taylor Fritz 6-7(10), 7-5, 6-3 and reach the semi-finals of the Rolex Paris Masters for the first time.
Canada’s Leylah Annie Fernandez was eliminated from the Wuhan Open tennis tournament Thursday with a 6-1, 1-6, 6-4 loss to Latvia’s Jelena Ostapenko.
Canadian Felix Auger-Aliassime is out of the Shanghai Masters after suffering a knee injury. The fifth-ranked Montrealer was forced to retire from his fourth-round match against Norway’s Casper Ruud.
Arthur Ashe was the first Black male to win the singles titles at Wimbledon, the U.S. Open and the Australian Open. His commitment to social justice, health and humanitarian issues left his mark on and off the court.
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