Wk.41- The Anisimova Ascendency
Another trophy for @AnisimovaAmanda's cabinet ?? ??#2025ChinaOpen pic.twitter.com/vQ3vLzawST
— wta (@WTA) October 5, 2025


The championship is sealed fittingly with a backhand winner. ?
— Tennis Channel (@TennisChannel) October 5, 2025
The moment Amanda Anisimova earned her fourth career tour-level title. ??#2025ChinaOpen pic.twitter.com/1OZSF28foG
A victory to savor ??
— wta (@WTA) October 5, 2025
A second WTA 1000 title in the bag for @AnisimovaAmanda.#2025ChinaOpen pic.twitter.com/KmHKk21l1Y
It's the fourth career title for Anisimova, who further solidifies her #4 ranking. She's now offficially closer to #3 Gauff on the computer than she is #5 Mirra Andreeva, with her maiden appearance in the WTA Finals on the horizon.
What a battle ????
— Tennis Channel (@TennisChannel) October 4, 2025
Linda Noskova earns her second top 10 win this week and books her first WTA 1000 final! #2025ChinaOpen pic.twitter.com/Jt171oDGwO
Marta marches on ?
— wta (@WTA) September 29, 2025
Marta Kostyuk beats Sasnovich in straight sets 6-4, 6-2 to reach the Round of 16.#2025ChinaOpen pic.twitter.com/hU08g6MITB
Kostyuk has so far maintained a Top 30 ranking, but one would be hard-pressed to identify a "signature moment" in her season, aside from maybe that unnecessary underarm serve on MP and/or her wonderful Wilson tennis attire (she's probably the most consisently best-dressed player on tour on gameday). She's gone 29-18 on the year (3-1 of that in Cup play), but has not reached a single semifinal, going 0-3 in QF appearances in '25. But, still, with her Beijing result this time out (after wins over Ella Seidel and Aliaksandra Sasnovich before a three-set loss to Jessie Pegula), Kostyuk has posted eight 4r+ results in 1000/slam events (by comparison, #1 Aryna Sabalenka has 9, but 7 of *hers" were SF+) with her ten 1000 MD wins a career season high, as well as some of the best performances in *losses* by any player this year (including a pair of straight sets defeats vs. #1 Sabalenka which might qualify of the two most entertaining two-set encounters of the entire season). But Kostyuk's lone Top 10 win of '25 (Gauff in Doha) came almost eight months ago, and she slogged through a six-match losing streak during the summer. She *has* gone 11-3 since that slide, though, and helped lead Ukraine to its first BJK Cup semifinal in September. If the team had reached the final she *might* (2-0 in singles in the QF/SF, Kostyuk played in the deciding doubles loss vs. ITA) have been the star and MVP of the whole event in Shenzhen but, again, the ending to her story was left wanting. There's still time for a season-ending "moment" to send Kostyuk soaring into 2026 on a high note, but it's dwindling quite fast.
HUGE UPSET ??
— wta (@WTA) October 1, 2025
Sonay Kartal beats No. 4 seed Andreeva 7-5, 2-6, 7-5.#2025ChinaOpen pic.twitter.com/egHChkqk8r
Never say die:
— Jimmie48 Photography (@JJlovesTennis) September 29, 2025
Jessica Pegula saves three match points against Emma Raducanu to earn her R4 ticket in Beijing. pic.twitter.com/vPEgCn2PcC
Viktorija Golubic (n°70) ???? s'impose à Suzhou (Chine, WTA 125, dur extérieur) ! Tête de série n°6, elle a battu Katie Volynets (n°107) ???? en trois sets 4-7, 6-4, 6-4. À 32 ans, elle soulève son cinquième trophée ?? en WTA 125. #WTA pic.twitter.com/39X9IaMTkj
— Jeu, Set et Match (@Jeu_Set_EtMatch) October 5, 2025
In Suzhou, Golubic had quite the impressive week en route to her fifth career 125 crown. In a run that might rival (or surpass) more than a few 250 title jaunts, the 32-year old Swiss (33 this month) posted wins over Rebeka Masarova and Linda Fruhvirtova early on, then proceeded to take out #4 seed Alex Eala (saving two MP at 6-5 in the 3rd, then reeling off eleven straight points to end the match in a 7-0 TB win), #2 Tatjana Maria in straights in the semis, then Katie Volynets from a set down in the final. After finishing outside the Top 100 last season, Golubic has quietly scaled her way back up the rankings and will come in at #65 on Monday heading into the final five weeks of the WTA season.
Navarro d. Iga Swiatek 6-4 4-6 6-0 in Beijing
— The Tennis Letter (@TheTennisLetter) October 1, 2025
The world #2 is out.
Emma gets one of the biggest wins of her life.
Before today, she had never won more than 2 games in a set against Iga.
She is also the first player to ever beat Iga in Beijing.
?3rd win over a world #2… pic.twitter.com/9i8a4Mt4XU
Samsun Open’in ilk sampiyonu Kaja Juvan?? pic.twitter.com/MdJSkoAHVQ
— 0-40 (@040tenis) October 5, 2025
Meanwhile, Juvan's return from her second hiatus from the sport has truly started to sprout wings as the season has moved along. With the Slovenian's title run at the Samsun 125 in Turkey, Juvan is close to a Top 100 return (#107 on Monday) after having been outside the Top 500 in early May. Over the past five months, she's reached four singles finals (3 in 125 events, 1 ITF) after having not played in a title match since 2022 (WTA Strasbourg), collecting three titles (her first on any level since 2019) and running her season match win total to a career best 46. In Samsun, Juvan rallied from a set down vs. Linda Klimovicova to win a semifinal clash, then defeated Nikola Bartunkova 7-6(8)/6-3 to take the crown. Since the start of her Saint-Malo 125 final run (the one final she's lost in '25, vs. Naomi Osaka) this spring, Juvan has gone 32-10, and she's now 10-1 in her last 11.
Congratulations!?? Kaja Juvan is one of a kind you gotta love too!?? pic.twitter.com/YUIBmydReo
— Yuji_Og_ (@es225p90) October 5, 2025
Eva Lys reaches her first-ever WTA 1000 quarter-final with a win over McCartney Kessler in Beijing. pic.twitter.com/Dy2AW0YFgf
— Jimmie48 Photography (@JJlovesTennis) September 30, 2025
EVA WINS! ??@evalys_ comes from a set behind to beat Kessler 4-6, 6-1, 6-2 and reach the quarterfinal ??#2025ChinaOpen pic.twitter.com/2dq0L8gT2q
— wta (@WTA) September 30, 2025
While Lys generally stood her ground quite well, showing her vast improvement over the course of '25, against Coco Gauff in the QF, she nonetheless fell in two sets. A win would have taken her into the Top 40, but the world #66 will settle for cracking the Top 50 for the first time in the new rankings.
In Rende (ITA), 19-year old Bejlek claimed her third career 125 crown (second in '25), improving to 10-3 in pro singles finals. The Czech is nipping at the heels of her Top 100 debut, and will rise to a new career high of #106. Bejlek outlasted Serbia's Lola Radivojevic, the recent BJK Cup understudy who was playing in her biggest career final, in a 6-2/6-7(1)/6-3 final.
Sára Bejlek = Šampionka turnaje WTA 125 v Rende.
— Zdenek Perutka (@perdazd) October 5, 2025
Ceška si zítra vylepší své žebríckové maximum
Sáre bude patrit 107. místo žebrícku WTA.
Skvele. ?? pic.twitter.com/A9rD4JLujC
#ChinaOpen#Paolini#Errani#MatchPoint#Champions ?? pic.twitter.com/RaGvmcoRSl
— Claudio Knox (@KnoxConnor) October 5, 2025
LA NONA MERAVIGLIA ??
— ItaliaTeam (@ItaliaTeam_it) October 5, 2025
Con il successo al #ChinaOpen, Jasmine Paolini e Sara Errani hanno conquistato il loro nono trofeo di coppia! ??
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?? olimpico #Paris2024
?? #Pechino2024
??#Doha2025
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Jasmine Paolini and Sara Errani with the cutest camera lens signing after defending their title in Beijing ?? pic.twitter.com/NnUBuV0W7V
— Bastien Fachan (@BastienFachan) October 5, 2025

GAUFF GETS IT DONE ??@CocoGauff completes the comeback against Bencic over three sets, 4-6, 7-6, 6-2 ??#2025ChinaOpen pic.twitter.com/4wVgVFSXb0
— wta (@WTA) September 30, 2025
Wow a really tense exchange here between Belinda Bencic, the umpire and Coco Gauff in Beijing.
— Pavvy G (@pavyg) September 30, 2025
Bencic is normally always quite calm so must have really got rattled here, told Coco Gauff that's she's too old for the mind games that they are playing. ??pic.twitter.com/Y7PiQiNPSb
Ultimately, Gauff responded mostly with her racket, and sent Bencic packing (while also officially qualifying herself for the WTAF field for a fourth straight year).
Magnificent ??
— wta (@WTA) September 29, 2025
Both @EmmaRaducanu and @JPegula are treating us to some wonderful tennis in Beijing ??#2025ChinaOpen pic.twitter.com/iMWiBDEXJb
Grit and determination ??@JPegula fought back against Raducanu to win 3-6, 7-6(9), 6-0 and make it through to the Round of 16.#2025ChinaOpen pic.twitter.com/F3QUMdAnxW
— wta (@WTA) September 29, 2025
INCREDIBLE ??
— wta (@WTA) October 1, 2025
Emma Navarro has booked her place in the #2025ChinaOpen Quarterfinals, defeating the No.1 seed Swiatek 6-4, 4-6, 6-0. pic.twitter.com/hioZPhtLQc
Aldila Sutjiadi & Janice Tjen conquer WTA 125 Shuzuo Open 2025
— ?? (@licesyasr) October 5, 2025
What a duo!!! Proud ?????? pic.twitter.com/b3vBy3aVxs
Aldila Sutjiadi/Janice Tjen Juara WTA 125 Suzhou Open 2025 @WTA #Tennis #AldilaSutjiadi #JaniceTjen #Indonesia pic.twitter.com/Vcef4KarQt
— Sapto Hari Prabowo (@Sapto_hp) October 5, 2025

DJ played Adele during the changeover so Marta asked if they could have happier music ???? pic.twitter.com/tzaUFYXs4W
— Owen (@kostekcanu) September 27, 2025

Marta Kostyuk in action in her Beijing R3 match. pic.twitter.com/GX1IbgXVEA
— Jimmie48 Photography (@JJlovesTennis) September 29, 2025
.@CocoGauff in action under the Beijing sun pic.twitter.com/6Df0x5WZUF
— Jimmie48 Photography (@JJlovesTennis) September 30, 2025

Congratulations to Svetlana Kuznetsova on her Hall of Fame nomination! ??
— wta (@WTA) October 5, 2025
Kuznetsova captured 18 singles titles during her career, including the US Open in 2004 and Roland Garros in 2009, as well as two titles in Beijing.
Cast your vote for Svetlana now! https://t.co/JT9vsN1q1s pic.twitter.com/UZWldor24D

Just a routine post-practice interview from the 90s that I probably watch twice a year pic.twitter.com/bHbJMO2FXh
— Mike Sando (@SandoNFL) October 1, 2025
Example: "Did *she* play well in the final? I don't know, I guess. I know I played like s***, and she played better than me. So I guess that's a good thing." (pause) "For her. Not for me, because I played like s---t. *You* might've beaten me today."
Laura Branigan - Self Control (1984) pic.twitter.com/cWY4PaqCoe
— Oneway (@OneWayMusicX) September 27, 2025



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— Lorena Popa ???????? (@popalorena) September 26, 2025

We clean up pretty well ?? pic.twitter.com/k3rZI6ffOE
— Caroline Wozniacki (@CaroWozniacki) October 1, 2025

TennisPova ?? #MariaSharapova [IG stories] pic.twitter.com/CGu1qyNT1Y
— Sharapova News (@NewsSharapova) October 5, 2025

*MOST TOP 10 WINS IN 2025 (w/ #1 wins)*
10 - Sabalenka
8 - ANISIMOVA(1), Swiatek
7 - Gauff(1)
6 - M.Andreeva(1)
5 - Alexandrova(1), Keys(1), NOSKOVA
4 - Ostapenko(1), Paolini, Rybakina(1), Samsonova
4 - Svitolina, Tauson(1), Vondrousova(1)
3 - Bencic, Kalinskaya, Kessler
[most events w/ mult. Top 10 wins]
3 - Gauff (Madrid/Rome/RG)
3 - Sabalenka (Miami/RG/US)
2 - Alexandrova (Doha/Stuttgart)
2 - M.Andreeva (Dubai/IW)
2 - ANISIMOVA (London/Beijing)
2 - Keys (Adelaide/AO)
2 - Ostapenko (Doha/Stuttgart)
2 - Vondrousova (Berlin/US)
*MOST WTA FINALS in 2025*
8 - Aryna Sabalenka (4-4)
5 - Jessie Pegula (3-2)
5 - AMANDA ANISIMOVA (2-3)
4 - Iga Swiatek (3-1)
3 - McCartney Kessler (2-1)
3 - Elise Mertens (2-1)
3 - Ekaterina Alexandrova (1-2)
3 - Coco Gauff (1-2)
*2025 FINALISTS BY COUNTRY*
24 (12 wins) - USA [Anisimova]
10 (5) - RUS
8 (4) - BLR
5 (3) - POL
4 (2) - CZE [Noskova], ROU
*MOST WTA SF in 2025*
10 - Aryna Sabalenka (8-2)
9 - Iga Swiatek (4-5)
7 - JESSIE PEGULA (5-2)
7 - Ekaterina Alexandrova (3-4)
6 - AMANDA ANISIMOVA (5-1)
6 - Elena Rybakina (1-5)
5 - Jasmine Paolini (2-3)
4 - COCO GAUFF (3-1)
4 - Maya Joint (2-2)
4 - Madison Keys (2-2)
4 - LINDA NOSKOVA (2-2)
4 - Clara Tauson (2-2)
4 - Wang Xinyu (1-3)
[most by nation]
36 - USA (24-12)***
21 - RUS (10-11)
13 - CZE (4-9)*
11 - BLR (8-3)
11 - POL (5-6)
*2025 WTA DOUBLES TITLES*
4 - SARE ERRANI, ITA
4 - JASMINE PAOLINI, ITA
4 - Erin Routliffe, NZL
3 - Timea Babos, HUN
3 - Gaby Dabrowski, CAN
3 - Katerina Siniakova, CZE
3 - Luisa Stefani, BRA
3 - Taylor Townsend, USA
[duos]
4...ERRANI/PAOLINI
3...Babos/Stefani
3...Dabrowski/Routliffe
2...M.Andreeva/Shnaider
2...Guo/Panova
2...Jiang/Wu
2...N.Kichenok/Ninomiya
2...Muhammad/Schuurs
2...Siniakova/Townsend
*CAREER WTA DOUBLES TITLES - active*
36 - SARA ERRANI, ITA
35 - Hsieh Su-Wei, TPE
33 - Latisha Chan, TPE
31 - Katerina Siniakova, CZE
30 - Bethanie Mattek-Sands, USA
*2025 MOST SF FROM NATION*
[3]
Charleston: USA = Pegula (W); Kenin (RU); Anisimova (SF)
Iasi: ROU = Begu (W); Cristian (SF), Cirstea (SF)
Prague: CZE = Bouzkova (W); Noskova (RU); Valentova (SF)
Beijing: USA = Anisimova (W); Pegula (SF), Gauff (SF)


Jane Goodall, ethologist and conservationist, has died. She was 91 pic.twitter.com/LyUJVzDUbR
— philip lewis (@Phil_Lewis_) October 1, 2025
Dame Jane Goodall has passed away at 91. A pioneer, a dreamer, a voice for animals and the planet. She taught us to see ourselves in chimpanzees and hope in nature, and the world feels less friendly without her. pic.twitter.com/kGLWtzUYVG
— Eric Alper ?? (@ThatEricAlper) October 1, 2025
Jane Goodall, the renowned conservationist who shaped the world's knowledge of chimpanzees, has died at 91.
— CBS Sunday Morning ?? (@CBSSunday) October 1, 2025
The famed naturalist dedicated her life to protecting wildlife and the environment, and she reached out to as many people as possible to advocate for a more sustainable… pic.twitter.com/YNfn1IP23f

In 1987, newspapers ran this Far Side comic.
— Mike Beauvais (@MikeBeauvais) October 1, 2025
The director of the Jane Goodall Foundation wrote an angry letter over it, but Jane Goodall herself loved it.
"Wow! Fantastic! Real fame at last! Fancy being in a Gary Larson cartoon!"
She later wrote a forward for a Larsen book. pic.twitter.com/nOJPTsdsPG

I'm sure this has absolutely nothing to do with $5 billion golf resort that the Trump family is building in Qatar with the support of a government-backed real estate fund. or the plane that they gifted him. https://t.co/sW1RnRKyyP
— Dan Pfeiffer (@danpfeiffer) October 1, 2025

And after 40 minutes of cringe-Thunderous applause from the generals! Just kidding. Total silence. ?? ?? ??
— The Tennessee Holler (@thetnholler.bsky.social) September 30, 2025 at 9:33 AM
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— Fantagraphics (@fantagraphics) October 2, 2025
Today marks 75 years of Charlie Brown and the Peanuts gang.
— ???????? ?????????????? (@DrBradJohnson) October 2, 2025
Charles Schulz didn’t have it easy in school. He was shy, quiet, and often overlooked. A teacher even wrote: “Charles will never amount to much.” His art was rejected from the high school yearbook.
But he kept drawing.… pic.twitter.com/e36qXWHjXE

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One thing I've learned from the Internet is that a lie needs 0% proof to be believed, but the truth requires thousands of pages of proof and still won't be believed.
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1 Comments:
I remember being so shocked by Laura Branigan's death, and just as shocked by how it was most likely preventable; I'll never comprehend that. She had a beautiful voice. "Self Control" was my favorite.
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