Pablo Carreño Busta Finally Wins A Masters Title, CoCo Gauff Rises To Top Of Doubles Ranking

Pablo Carreño Busta beat Hubert Hurkacz to win the Canadian Open, his first Masters title. While this win may be surprising to some, Busta is a two-time US Open semifinalist who won the bronze medal at the 2022 Tokyo Olympics. (ATP)

Simona Halep won the Canadian Open title beating Beatriz Haddad Maia in three sets. This is Halep’s first title with new coach Patrick Mouratoglou bur her third Canadian Open title overall.(ESPN)

Coco Gauff and Jessica Pegula won the doubles title in Toronto. With the win, Gauff will reach the world number 1 ranking in doubles. She is the second youngest player to achieve this feat after Martina Hingis who was 17 years old when she became world number 1. (WTA)

Brenda Fruhvirtová just won the Danderyd 25 title. She will be the youngest player in the Top 300 (Twitter)

Hubert Hurkacz will donate 100 Euros for every ace he hits during the 2022 US Open series (Twitter)

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Nick Kyrgios Wins Two Titles At Citi Open, Three Chinese Men In Top 250

Shang “Jerry” Juncheng won his first Challenger title in Lexington. The 17-year-old Chinese star will rise to 241 in the rankings with this win. Juncheng is coached by former world number 1 Marcelo Rios. There are now three Chinese men ranked in the top 250 in the world – Zhizhen Zhang, Yibing Wu, and Juncheng Shang. (Twitter).

Nick Kyrgios, proving that his run at Wimbledon was no fluke, won the singles and doubles title at the Citi Open. Kyrgios easily beat Yoshihito Nishioka in the singles final to end his three-year title drought. He partnered with Jack Sock on his way to the doubles title. (ESPN)

Zhizhen Zhang won his third Challenger title in Cordenons. It’s his first Challenger title in three years. (Xinhua)

Daria Kasatkina won the Silicon Valley Classic title beating Shelby Rogers. Kasatkina will return to the Top 10 in rankings with her win. (WTA)

Victoria Azarenka withdrew from the Canadian Open after she could not get a visa to enter the country. 

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