The top-seeded Jabeur won her fifth career title in Ningbo, defeating teenager Diana Shnaider, while Pegula put herself in pole position to reach the WTA Finals.

Top-seeded Ons Jabeur also overcame a mid-match stumble to beat Nadia Podoroska to advance to the final of the Ningbo Open and a shot at her fifth career title.

Kudermetova had won a total of just 10 games in their four previous meetings, but battled to a three-set win this time.

The top seed went down an early double break Wednesday before finding her way past Mai Hontama at the Toray Pan Pacific Open Tennis.

The 43-year-old is still out proving what an inexhaustible source of enjoyment the sport can be.

The 43-year-old Williams, a seven-time Grand Slam champion, improved her match record this year to 3-5. She came to Cincinnati ranked 533rd.

Not much has separated these two players over the years, so why not bet on this match going the distance?

The All England Club did not allow Wimbledon to be aired on television in Russia or Belarus, and all entrants from those two countries needed to—and did—sign a declaration agreeing to three stipulations.

Aryna was beaten 6-2, 7-6 (2) by Veronika Kudermetova; Coco lost 6-4, 6-0 to Ekaterina Alexandrova.

The No. 4 seed defeated top seed Veronika Kudermetova in the longest WTA final of 2023 thus far to retain her title in ‘s-Hertogenbosch.