Tennis

ACAPULCO — Canadian Denis Shapovalov came up on the short end of two tiebreakers and, as a result, came up one victory shy of reaching the men's singles final at the ATP 500 Mexican Open in Acapulco. The Richmond Hill, Ont.

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Stefanos Tsitsipas stands between Felix Auger-Aliassime and a tour-leading third title this year at the Dubai Championships. They will meet for the 10th time on tour in the final on Saturday.

DUBAI — Montreal's Felix Auger-Aliassime will play for his third title of 2025 after downing French qualifier Quentin Halys 5-7, 6-4, 6-3 in the semifinal at the Dubai Tennis Championships on Friday.

ACAPULCO DE JUÁREZ — Canada's Denis Shapovalov advanced to the semifinal of the Mexican Open with a three-set win over Marcus Giron of the United States on Thursday. The ninth-seeded Shapovalov of Richmond Hill, Ont.

TORONTO — Tennis Canada will award a singles main-draw wild card entry to the top Canadian man and woman accumulating the most points in national events preceding the National Bank Open in Montreal and Toronto.

DUBAI — Montreal's Félix Auger-Aliassime rallied past Marin Cilic 6-4, 3-6, 6-2 Thursday to reach the semifinals of the Dubai Tennis Championships. Auger-Aliassime fired 13 aces to Cilic’s three and broke the Croatian three times on 10 chances.

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Tallon Griekspoor saved four match points before beating top-seeded Daniil Medvedev 2-6, 7-6 (7), 7-5 to reach the semifinals at the Dubai Championships on Thursday.

LONDON (AP) — The nomination of Jannik Sinner for the Laureus sportsman of the year award was withdrawn Thursday because of the top-ranked tennis player's three-month ban for his two positive doping tests nearly a year ago.

ACAPULCO, Mexico (AP) — American teenager Learner Tien beat top-seeded Alexander Zverev 6-3, 6-4 on Wednesday to move into the quarterfinals of the Mexican Open in Acapulco It was his second career win over a top-five player.

Canada's Denis Shapovalov defeated American Alex Michelsen 6-4, 6-3 on Wednesday to advance to the quarterfinals of the Mexican Open tennis tournament. The Richmond Hill, Ont.