by The four biggest names in the tennis world are fighting today: Novak Djokovic (37) meets Jannik Sinner (23) in Saudi Arabia and Rafael Nadal (38) meets Carlos Alcaraz (21).
23:02 CET – Second seed Grigor Dimitrov (33) secured the final quarter-final spot in Stockholm after beating Quentin Halys (27) 7-6, 6-3.
Over in Antwerp, local hope Zizou Bergs (25) defeated Sebastian Baez (23) 6-4, 6-4 to advance to the last eight.
Find out about all the results from Stockholm here and from Antwerp here.
22:54 CET – Well, there will be no fairy tales for Rafael Nadal (38) in Saudi Arabia – not that fairy tales belong there. The retiring legend was clearly beaten by Carlos Alcaraz (21) 6:3, 6:3 in the second semifinal of the Six Kings Slam.
Alcaraz will face world number one Jannik Sinner (23) in the final on Saturday. Nadal will also face his old opponent Novak Djokovic (37) in a playoff for third place on Saturday.
22:19 CET – Carlos Alcaraz (21) won the opening set against retiring legend Rafael Nadal (38) 6:3.
21:13 CET – World number one Jannik Sinner (23) beat Novak Djokovic (37) 6:2, 6:7, 6:4 and thus reached the final of the Six Kings Slam in Saudi Arabia, where he will face the winner Rafael Nadal (38). will compete. and Carlos Alcaraz (21).
You can watch the battle of the Spanish here.
The second-placed Stefanos Tsitsipas (26), who is moving to Antwerp, secured his place in the quarter-finals with a 7:5, 4:6, 7:5 victory over Thiago Seyboth Wild (24). Marcos Giron (31) had previously also progressed.
During his time in Stockholm, top seed Andrey Rublev (26) made it to the last eight with a 6:4, 6:1 win over Alexandre Muller (27).
20:10 CET – Novak Djokovic (37) forced a third set against Jannik Sinner (23) after winning the second in a tiebreak to go 6-2, 6-7 at the Six Kings Slam.
19:41 CET – Stan Wawrinka (39) won two games in a row for the first time in over a year, defeating Alejandro Davidovich Fokina (25) 6:4, 3:6, 7:5 in Stockholm.
19:10 CET – In perhaps the best match of the day, Frances Tiafoe (26) beat Dan Evans (34) 6-7, 7-6, 6-3 in a nearly three-hour battle in Almaty.
Meanwhile, in Saudi Arabia, Jannik Sinner (23) won the first set 6-2.
18:27 CET – The semi-finals of the Six Kings Slam, Saudi Arabia’s new exhibition tournament, are about to begin with a rematch of the Shanghai final between Novak Djokovic (37) and Jannik Sinner (23). After that it will be even more spectacular when the Spaniards Rafael Nadal (38) and Carlos Alcaraz (21) compete against each other for the last time.
Follow the first semi-final here
17:10 CET – The final match of the day in Ningbo was won by Karolina Muchova (28), who claimed a 6-2, 6-1 victory over Jaqueline Cristian (26).
In Stockholm, fifth seed Nicolas Jarry (29) lost 6:4, 4:6, 7:6 to Miomir Kecmanovic (25).
15:30 CET – Anna Kalinskaya (25) beat Yuan Yue (26) 6:3, 6:3 and moved into the quarterfinals in Ningbo.
Over in Antwerp, the first game of the day ended with Jiri Lehecka (22) defeating Daniel Altmaier (26) 6-4, 6-3 to advance to the quarterfinals.
13:21 CET – Barbora Krejcikova (28), seeded fourth, advanced in Ningbo with a 7:6, 6:3 win over Yexin Ma (25).
In Almaty, Karen Khachanov (28) beat Otto Virtanen (23), while Adrian Mannarino (36) lost to Aleksandar Vukic (28).
11:16 CET – In Ningbo, number six seed Beatriz Haddad Maia (28) won 7:6, 7:5 against Katie Boulter (28) and moved into the quarter-finals.
11:12 CET – This morning, four matches were played at the WTA tournament in Osaka, all of which have now been completed. Find out what happened here.
09:32 CET – Hello and welcome to Flashscore coverage of today’s tennis!
The big news this morning is that fifth seed Tomas Machac (24) forfeited his match against Beibit Zhukayev (24) in Almaty 3-1, meaning he continues his bid for his first ATP Title has to wait.
