French prodigy Tiantsoa Sarah Rakotomanga Rajaonah lifted a maiden WTA title too, a feat matched by Iva Jovic.
©Philippe Montigny / FFTThe Grand Slam season might have been wrapped up in New York City, but there is still plenty to play for in the remainder of the 2025 campaign.
Whether it’s individual glory, or representing national colours, let’s take a look at the latest headlines…
The Davis Cup Finals take place in Bologna this year (18-23 November) and reigning champions Italy learned their remaining title rivals over the past weekend.
The quarter-final eight were confirmed following an action-packed round of qualifying.
Italy will be joined on home soil by Argentina, Austria, Belgium, Czechia, France, Germany and Spain.
10-time champions France (most recently in 2017) travelled to Osijek to face Croatia. Davis Cup debutant Corentin Moutet dazzled with his full shot repertoire to prevail past Dino Prizmic, before securing the Final 8 ticket in a 3-1 victory with a 7-5, 6-4 scoreline over Marin Cilic.
“Marin Cilic is a legend of our sport and I’m really happy to have lived this experience," said Moutet. "It was amazing to go through, I couldn’t have dreamed of a better outcome, but I knew I was capable of doing it. The team’s support was so valuable.
“I’m happy to have honoured the responsibilities I was given, and I’ve learned a lot these past two days. Representing the French team is something powerful and I will remember it all my life.”
Back in March, Jakub Mensik shot to prominence with Masters 1000 glory in Miami. Just an hour's drive along the east coast to Delray Beach, the Czech was at it again in his nation’s kit.
Down 1-2 to the hosts, Jiri Lehecka provided the platform for a memorable stateside comeback by overcoming world No.5 Taylor Fritz 6-4, 3-6, 6-4. Over to Mensik, and the 20-year-old proved his class with a 6-1, 6-4 dismissal of Frances Tiafoe to catapult Tomas Berdych’s talent-rich squad towards Bologna.
Meanwhile, Pedro Martinez saved match point to deny Denmark’s Holger Rune as Spain completed their first ever comeback from 0-2 down in a Davis Cup clash.
Across to Sydney and Raphaël Collignon was busy making a name for himself on the global stage.
The Belgian, who cracked the Top 100 earlier this season, was the hero to deny Australia in a thrilling 3-2 rollercoaster.
Collignon stunned Davis Cup stalwart and world No.8 Alex Minaur 7-5, 3-6, 6-3, prior to clinching the quarter-final spot with a 6-7(5), 6-2, 6-3 win across the net from Aleksandar Vukic.
The youngest player inside the WTA Top 100 conjured up another landmark moment on Sunday night. 17-year-old Iva Jovic lifted her first WTA title at the WTA 500 Guadalajara Open with a 6-4, 6-1 triumph over Colombia’s Emiliana Arango.
The stars and stripes teenager was taken the distance in three matches in Mexico and was rewarded for her perseverance as the youngest American to win a tour-level title since Coco Gauff in Parma four years ago.
“I know today you weren’t feeling your best, but this happens, and you still showed so much fight and gave the people a show, which I really respect,” said Jovic, hailing Arango during the trophy presentation.
“It’s not easy to start out on tour when you’re young and not have many friends. But people like Emiliana make it easier, she always has a smile on her face and makes me feel better on the tour.”
Jovic catapults up 37 spots to land in the Top 50 at a career-high world No.36 on Monday.
The likes of Maya Joint, Lois Boisson and Victoria Mboko, now Jovic, have been crowned first-time champions on the WTA Tour in 2025. Add France’s Tiantsoa Sarah Rakotomanga Rajaonah to that list.
The teenager clinched her first hard court title at any professional level with a 6-3, 6-4 scoreboard over Indonesia’s Janice Tjen in the Sao Paulo final.
“It was a really stressful week for me,” the 19-year-old told the crowd. “The first round was really difficult (5-0 down in the decider before storming back 6-4, 4-6, 7-6(7) versus Ana Sofia Sanchez) and I didn’t know I was going to win this 250 here in Brazil in the first edition. I don’t know what to say.”
Rakotomanga Rajaonah went on to topple No.8 seed Panna Udvardy and No.5 seed Renata Zarazua en route to becoming the first French teenager to win a WTA-level event since Oceane Dodin in 2016.
Striking gold in Brazil launches the teenager from No.214 all the way up to world No.131.
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