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No. 1 Simona Halep has MRI exam that shows herniated disc

No. 1-ranked Simona Halep has a herniated disc in her back

Kerber, Osaka, Garcia march into China Open 3rd round

Top-seeded Marin Cilic loses in 1st round at Japan Open

Top-seeded Marin Cilic beaten by Jan-Lennard Struff in first round at Japan Open

Osaka and Wozniacki both advance at China Open

US Open champion Naomi Osaka and second-ranked Caroline Wozniacki both advanced to the second round of the China Open

Nishikori, Raonic advance to 2nd round at Japan Open

Two-time champion Kei Nishikori and Milos Raonic both advanced to the second round of the Japan Open with straight-set victories

Tomic upsets top-seeded Fognini to win Chengdu Open

Bernard Tomic upset top-seeded Fabio Fognini 6-1, 3-6, 7-6 (7) to win the Chengdu Open championship on Sunday

Krunic wins Beijing opener after losing first nine games

Unseeded Aleksandra Krunic has made a remarkable comeback to oust sixth-seeded Elina Svitolina in the first round of the China Open in Beijing

Herbert saves 2 match points to reach Shenzhen final

Pierre-Hugues Herbert of France has saved two match points to upset seventh-seeded Alex de Minaur in three sets and reach the Shenzhen Open final

Sabalenka beats Kontaveit in Wuhan final

Aryna Sabalenka beat Anett Kontaveit of Estonia 6-3, 6-3 to win the Wuhan Open title on Saturday

Fognini going for 4th ATP title of the year in Chengdu

Top-seeded Fabio Fognini has reached his fourth ATP final of the year after beating Taylor Fritz of the United States in three sets at the Chengdu Open

Gasparyan wins in Tashkent for 1st title since 2015

After years of injury struggles, Margarita Gasparyan won her first WTA title since 2015 at the Tashkent Open on Saturday

Verdasco beats Murray at Shenzhen Open, reaches semifinals

Fernando Verdasco advanced to the semifinals of the Shenzhen Open by beating Andy Murray 6-4, 6-4

Sabalenka to face Kontaveit in Wuhan Open final

Aryna Sabalenka and Anett Kontaveit will play for the Wuhan Open title

17-year-old Potapova reaches Tashkent Open final

Seventeen-year-old Russian tennis prodigy Anastasia Potapova will play for her first WTA title at the Tashkent Open

Barty, Wang advance to semifinals at Wuhan Open

Ashleigh Barty and Wang Qiang both reached the semifinals at the Wuhan Open

Madrid to host Davis Cup finals in 2019 and 2020

Madrid will host the first two finals of the newly-transformed Davis Cup

Chung, Mannarino both upset at Chengdu Open

Second-seeded Hyeon Chung and fourth-seeded Adrian Mannarino both lost at the Chengdu Open

Herbert upsets 2nd-seeded Tsitsipas at Shenzhen Open

Pierre-Hugues Herbert advanced to the quarterfinals of the Shenzhen Open by beating second-seeded Stefanos Tsitsipas 6-3, 7-6 (4)

Argentina, Britain handed spots in revamped Davis Cup finals

Argentina and Britain have been given wild-card slots into the finals of the revamped Davis Cup

Top-seeded Begu knocked out of Tashkent Open

The top-seeded player at the Tashkent Open, Irina-Camelia Begu, has lost in the first round to Kateryna Kozlova

Wozniacki, Kerber, Kvitova reach Wuhan third round

No. 2-ranked Caroline Wozniacki has reached the third round of a tournament for the first time since June at the Wuhan Open in China

Muguruza wins in 1st round of Wuhan Open, Ostapenko loses

Gabrine Muguruza gets off to winning start at the Wuhan Open, Jelena Ostapenko doesn’t

Federer, Zverev lead Team Europe to Laver Cup victory

Roger Federer, Alexander Zverev lead Team Europe to Laver Cup victory

Thiem beats Klizan to win St. Petersburg title

Dominic Thiem breezed past Martin Klizan 6-3, 6-1 to win the St. Petersburg Open on Sunday

Kasatkina advances to 2nd round of Wuhan Open

Kiki Bertens wins Korea Open in 3 sets over Ajla Tomljanovic

Osaka's winning streak comes to an end in loss to Pliskova

Naomi Osaka’s dominant run came to end in a 6-4, 6-4 loss to fourth-seeded Karolina Pliskova in the final of the Pan Pacific Open

Bachinger upsets Nishikori to meet Simon in Metz final

Qualifier Matthias Bachinger of Germany rallied past second-seeded Kei Nishikori to reach his first final on the tour at the Moselle Open on Saturday

Bertens, Tomljanovic in Seoul final

Ajla Tomljanovic has ended Hsieh Su-wei’s eight-match winning streak with a 6-4, 5-7, 6-4 win over the Taiwanese player on Saturday at the Korea Open

Dimitrov, Edmund win to give Europe 2-0 lead in Laver Cup

Britain’s Kyle Edmund regained command in a tiebreaker and beat American Jack Sock as Team Europe took a 2-0 lead in the Laver Cup