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VIDEO SHOWS: FILE VIDEO AND STILLS OF RUSSIAN-BORN AUSTRALIAN TENNIS PLAYER DARIA KASATKINA / SCREEN GRABS OF POST ON DARIA KASATKINA’S X FEED ANNOUNCING SHE IS ENDING HER SEASON EARLY COMPLETE SHOTLIST AND SCRIPT TO FOLLOW STORY: (Production: Jeenah Moon, Toby Melville, Conal Quinn, Kurt Michael Hall)

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VIDEO SHOWS: HIGHLIGHTS OF THE WTA WUHAN OPEN ROUND OF 64 RESENDING WITH FULL SCRIPT AND SHOTLIST  SHOWS: STORY: The Czech Republic's Katerina Siniakova scored the first upset of the Wuhan Open on Monday with a 6-4, 6-4 victory over 15th-seeded Diana Shnaider of Russia. Siniakova, who entered the tournament as a qualifier, converted four of five break chances to advance to the second round of the final WTA 1000 tournament of 2025. Siniakova will face Australia's Maya Joint, who held off China's Lin Zhu 7-5, 7-6 (10). Joint fought off a set point trailing 10-9 in the tiebreak before finishing the match in just over two hours. Only two other matches featured seeded players Monday. No. 9 Ekaterina Alexandrova of Russia beat Victoria Mboko of Canada 6-3, 6-2 and No. 10 Clara Tauson of Denmark ousted Olga Danilovic of Serbia 6-3, 7-5. Spain's Jessica Bouzas Maneiro defeated France's Varvara Gracheva 7-6 (0), 6-2 to set up a second-round match with American Iva Jovic. Hailey Baptiste rallied to beat fellow American Ashlyn Krueger 2-6, 6-4, 6-2. Awaiting her in the second round is another compatriot, No. 6 seed Jessica Pegula. Croatia's Antonio Ruzic was a 6-2, 6-3 winner against Poland's Magda Linette. China's Yuan Yue edged Italy's Lucia Bronzetti 7-6 (2), 7-6 (1). Japan's Moyuka Uchijima eliminated China's Xinyu Wang 6-4, 7-6 (3). Belgium's Elise Mertens won 7-6 (5), 6-3 over Russia's Polina Kudermetova. Czech Marie Bouzkova took down Colombia's Camila Osorio 6-3, 6-4. Germany's Laura Siegemund was leading 7-5, 4-6, 4-1 when Ukraine's Dayana Yastremska was forced to retire. (Production: Oliver Regan)

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VIDEO SHOWS: HIGHLIGHTS OF THE WTA WUHAN OPEN ROUND OF 64 RESENDING WITH COMPLETE SCRIPT SHOWS: WUHAN, CHINA (OCTOBER 6, 2025) WTA / DAZN – See restrictions before use) DIANA SHNAIDER v KATERINA SINIAKOVA 1. PLAYERS AT NET BEFORE MATCH FIRST SET 2. SINIAKOVA WINNING POINT WITH OVERHEAD SHOT AT NET 3. SINIAKOVA WINNING POINT AND SET WITH BACKHAND CROSSCOURT WINNER SECOND SET 4. SINIAKOVA WINNING POINT WITH RUNNING FOREHAND WINNER 5. MATCH POINT – SINIAKOVA WINNING POINT AND MATCH AS SHNAIDER HITS FOREHAND LONG SINIAKOVA WINS 6-4 6-4 6. VARIOUS OF PLAYERS EMBRACING AT NET / SINIAKOVA CELEBRATING MOYUKA UCHIJIMA v XINYU WANG  7. PLAYERS AT NET BEFORE MATCH FIRST SET 8. UCHIJIMA WINNING POINT WITH PASSING SHOT SECOND SET 9. WANG WINNING POINT WITH FOREHAND WINNER 10. UCHIJIMA WINNING POINT WITH FOREHAND WINNER 11. MATCH POINT – UCHIJIMA WINNING POINT AND MATCH AS WANG HITS NET WITH BACKHAND UCHIJIMA WINS 6-4 7-6(3) 12. VARIOUS OF PLAYERS EMBRACING AT NET / UCHIJIMA CELEBRATING EKATERINA ALEXANDROVA v VICTORIA MBOKO 13. PLAYERS AT NET BEFORE MATCH FIRST SET 14. ALEXANDROVA WINNING POINT WITH RUNNING FOREHAND 15. ALEXANDROVA WINNING POINT AND SET AS MBOKO HITS RETURN OF SERVE INTO NET SECOND SET 16. ALEXANDROVA WINNING POINT WITH FOREHAND WINNER 17. MATCH POINT – ALEXANDROVA WINNING POINT AND MATCH WITH ACE ALEXANDROVA WINS 6-3 6-2 18. VARIOUS OF PLAYERS EMBRACING AT NET / ALEXANDROVA CELEBRATING STORY: The Czech Republic's Katerina Siniakova secured the first upset of the Wuhan Open on Monday with a 6-4 6-4 victory over 15th-seeded Diana Shnaider of Russia. Siniakova, who entered the tournament as a qualifier, converted four of five break chances to advance to the second round of the final WTA 1000 tournament of 2025. Siniakova will face Australia's Maya Joint, who held off China's Lin Zhu 7-5 7-6(10). Joint fought off a set point trailing 10-9 in the tiebreak before finishing the match in just over two hours. Only two other matches featured seeded players on Monday. Number 9 Ekaterina Alexandrova of Russia beat Victoria Mboko of Canada 6-3 6-2 and number 10 Clara Tauson of Denmark ousted Olga Danilovic of Serbia 6-3, 7-5. Spain's Jessica Bouzas Maneiro defeated France's Varvara Gracheva 7-6(0) 6-2 to set up a second-round match with American Iva Jovic. Hailey Baptiste rallied to beat fellow American Ashlyn Krueger 2-6 6-4 6-2. Awaiting her in the second round is another compatriot, number 6 seed Jessica Pegula. Croatia's Antonio Ruzic was a 6-2 6-3 winner against Poland's Magda Linette. China's Yuan Yue edged Italy's Lucia Bronzetti 7-6(2) 7-6(1). Japan's Moyuka Uchijima eliminated China's Xinyu Wang 6-4 7-6(3). Belgium's Elise Mertens won 7-6(5) 6-3 over Russia's Polina Kudermetova. Czech Marie Bouzkova took down Colombia's Camila Osorio 6-3 6-4. Germany's Laura Siegemund was leading 7-5 4-6 4-1 when Ukraine's Dayana Yastremska was forced to retire. (Production: Oliver Regan)

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VIDEO SHOWS: FILE VIDEO AND STILLS OF RUSSIAN-BORN AUSTRALIAN TENNIS PLAYER DARIA KASATKINA / SCREEN GRABS OF POST ON DARIA KASATKINA’S X FEED ANNOUNCING SHE IS ENDING HER SEASON EARLY RESENDING WITH COMPLETE SCRIPT SHOWS: NEW YORK, NEW YORK, UNITED STATES (FILE – AUGUST 30, 2025) (ACTION IMAGES VIA REUTERS – Access all) 1. VARIOUS STILL PHOTOS OF RUSSIAN-BORN AUSTRALIAN TENNIS PLAYER DARIA KASATKINA IN ACTION IN U.S. OPEN THIRD ROUND MATCH AGAINST JAPAN’S NAOMI OSAKA (NOT PICTURED) 2. KASATKINA AND OSAKA SHAKING HANDS AFTER MATCH LONDON, ENGLAND, UNITED KINGDOM (FILE – JULY 5, 2025) (REUTERS – Access all) (MUTE)  3. STILL PHOTO OF KASATKINA IN ACTION DURING WIMBLEDON THIRD-ROUND MATCH AGAINST LIUDMILA SAMSONOVA (NOT PICTURED) INTERNET (OCTOBER 6, 2025) (X / @DKasatkina – Access all) (MUTE) 4. VARIOUS SCREEN GRABS OF POST ON DARIA KASATKINA’S X FEED ANNOUNCING SHE IS ENDING HER SEASON EARLY (SIX SCREEN GRABS) EASTBOURNE, ENGLAND, UNITED KINGDOM (FILE – JUNE 29, 2024) (ACTION IMAGES VIA REUTERS – Access all) (MUTE) 5. VARIOUS (THREE) STILL PHOTOS OF KASATKINA CELEBRATING WITH EASTBOURNE INTERNATIONAL TROPHY AFTER DEFEATING LEYLAH FERNANDEZ IN THE FINAL DUBAI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES (FILE – FEBRUARY 19, 2024) (REUTERS – Access all) (MUTE) 6. STILL OF KASATKINA IN ACTION DURING DUBAI TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIPS ROUND OF 64 MATCH AGAINST LUCIA BRONZETTI LONDON, ENGLAND, UNITED KINGDOM (FILE – JULY 5, 2023) (REUTERS – Access all) (MUTE) 7. STILL OF KASATKINA CELEBRATING WINNING HER WIMBLEDON SECOND-ROUND MATCH AGAINST JODIE BURRAGE MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA (FILE – JANUARY 16, 2025) (REUTERS – Access all) (MUTE) 8. STILL OF KASATKINA REACTING AFTER WINNING HER AUSTRALIAN OPEN SECOND-ROUND MATCH AGAINST WANG YAFAN ST PETERSBURG, RUSSIA (FILE – JULY 21, 2021) (REUTERS – Access all) (MUTE) 9. STILL OF KASATKINA CELEBRATING WITH ST PETERSBURG LADIES' TROPHY AFTER DEFEATING MARGARITA GASPARYAN IN THE FINAL MADRID, SPAIN (FILE – ABRIL 30, 2023) (REUTERS – Access all) (MUTE) 10. STILL OF KASATKINA IN ACTION AGAINST LESIA TSURENKO IN MADRID OPEN ROUND OF 32 MATCH 11. STILL OF FAN WAVING UKRAINIAN FLAG AS KASATKINA WALKS OFF COURT ADELAIDE, AUSTRALIA (FILE – JANUARY 7, 2024) (TENNIS AUSTRALIA – Editorial use only, no resales, no monetisation.) 12. VARIOUS OF KASATKINA PRACTISING HER SERVE DURING TRAINING SESSION 13. KASATKINA HITTING GROUNDSTROKES DURING TRAINING SESSION STORY: Daria Kasatkina has become the latest leading player to end her season early, saying she is at a breaking point, mentally and emotionally. The Russian-born Australian posted a statement on social media on Monday (October 6) explaining she had continued until now, saying she was 'fine' even though she knew that was not the case, and keeping a lid on her feelings so as not to sound weak or unappreciative. "I've been far from fine for a long time and truth be told, my results and performances show that," said the 28-year-old. "The fans aren't stupid, they can see it too. "Truth is, I've hit a wall and can't continue. I need a break. A break from the monotonous daily grind of life on the tour, the suitcases, the results, the pressure, the same faces (sorry girls), everything that comes with this life. "The schedule is too much, mentally and emotionally I am at breaking point and sadly I am not alone," added the world number 19. Kasatkina switched nationality this year after a spell as a neutral athlete. She has not returned to Russia after coming out as gay and speaking out against the war in Ukraine. She said she had not seen her father for four years and had suffered emotional stress in the battle to gain full Australian competition eligibility. "I know I am strong and I will get stronger by being away, recharging, regrouping and reenergising," said Kasatkina. "2025 is done for me, and like me, it's been far from fine." Other players ended their seasons early recently, some highlighting the length and intensity of the tennis calendar. (Production: Jeenah Moon, Toby Melville, Conal Quinn, Kurt Michael Hall)

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VIDEO SHOWS: FILE VIDEO AND STILLS OF NEWLY-NAMED UZBEKISTAN COACH, FABIO CANNAVARO RESENDING WITH COMPLETE SCRIPT SHOWS: ZAGREB, CROATIA (FILE – JANUARY 29, 2025) (REUTERS – Access all) (MUTE) 1. STILL PHOTO OF NEWLY-NAMED UZBEKISTAN COACH, THEN-COACH OF GNK DINAMO ZAGREB, FABIO CANNAVARO, ON SIDELINES DURING CHAMPIONS LEAGUE MATCH AGAINST AC MILAN LONDON, ENGLAND, UNITED KINGDOM (FILE – JANUARY 22, 2025) (ACTION IMAGES VIA REUTERS – Access all) (MUTE) 2. VARIOUS STILL PHOTOS OF CANNAVARO ON SIDELINES DURING DINAMO ZAGREB CHAMPIONS LEAGUE MATCH AGAINST ARSENAL (3 STILLS) FROSINONE, ITALY (FILE – MAY 26, 2024) (REUTERS – Access all) (MUTE) 3. STILL PHOTO OF THEN-UDINESE COACH, FABIO CANNAVARO, CELEBRATING AFTER SERIE A MATCH AGAINST FROSINONE BOLOGNA, ITALY (FILE – APRIL 28, 2024) (REUTERS – Access all) (MUTE) 4. STILL PHOTO OF THEN-UDINESE COACH FABIO CANNAVARO, WITH A BALL FROSINONE, ITALY (FILE – MAY 26, 2024) (REUTERS – Access all) (MUTE) 5. STILL PHOTO OF CANNAVARO SMILING PARIS, FRANCE (FILE – FEBRUARY 27, 2023) (REUTERS – Access all) (MUTE) 6. STILL PHOTO OF CANNAVARO AHEAD OF THE BEST FIFA FOOTBALL AWARDS PHNOM PENH, CAMBODIA (FILE – JANUARY 9, 2012) (REUTERS – Access all) 7. CANNAVARO ARRIVING FOR PRESS CONFERENCE 8. CANNAVARO IN ACTION DURING CLINIC 9. CANNAVARO SIGNING AUTOGRAPHS KAISERSLAUTERN, GERMANY (FILE – JUNE 25, 2006) (ORIGINALLY 4:3) (REUTERS – Access all) 10. CANNAVARO DURING ITALY TRAINING BERLIN, GERMANY (FILE – JULY 9, 2006) (REUTERS – Access all) (MUTE) 11. VARIOUS STILL PHOTOS OF CANNAVARO LIFTING THE FIFA WORLD CUP TROPHY AFTER BEATING FRANCE IN THE FINAL DUISBURG, GERMANY (FILE – JULY 10, 2006) (REUTERS – Access all) (MUTE) 12. STILL PHOTO OF CANNAVARO SEATED WITH FIFA WORLD CUP TROPHY ROME, ITALY (FILE – JULY 11, 2006) (ORIGINALLY 4:3) (REUTERS – Access all) 13. CANNAVARO HOLDING ALOFT THE FIFA WORLD CUP TROPHY IN FRONT OF CHEERING FANS 14. THEN-ITALIAN PRIME MINISTER, ROMANO PRODI, & THEN-ITALIAN SPORTS MINISTER, GIOVANNA MELANDRI, STANDING NEXT TO CANNAVARO HOLDING WORLD CUP TROPHY WITH CANNAVARO PASSING ON TROPHY TO WORLD CUP WINNING COACH, MARCELLO LIPPI PARIS, FRANCE (FILE – NOVEMBER 29, 2006) (ORIGINALLY 4:3) (REUTERS – Access all) 15. CANNAVARO POSING WITH HIS BALLON D’OR STORY: Italian Fabio Cannavaro will coach Uzbekistan as they prepare for their first World Cup next year, the Central Asian nation's soccer association said on Monday (October 6). Cannavaro won the World Cup with Italy as a player, captaining his country to the title in 2006, but his record as a coach is more mixed. His most recent job was with Dinamo Zagreb but that was a short-lived spell of less than four months that ended in April. The 52-year-old has previously had coaching roles with clubs in China and Saudi Arabia as well as in Italy. He also had a short spell as caretaker manager of China in 2019. He will succeed Timur Kapadze, who was in charge in June when the Central Asian country qualified for the World Cup for the first time. (Production: Antonio Bronic, Jennifer Lorenzini, Alberto Lingria, Sarah Meyssonnier, Jerry Lampen, Michael Dalder, Tony Gentile, Stefan Haskins, Kurt Michael Hall)

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VIDEO SHOWS: HIGHLIGHTS OF THE WTA WUHAN OPEN ROUND OF 64 RESENDING WITH FULL SCRIPT AND SHOTLIST  SHOWS: STORY: The Czech Republic's Katerina Siniakova scored the first upset of the Wuhan Open on Monday with a 6-4, 6-4 victory over 15th-seeded Diana Shnaider of Russia. Siniakova, who entered the tournament as a qualifier, converted four of five break chances to advance to the second round of the final WTA 1000 tournament of 2025. Siniakova will face Australia's Maya Joint, who held off China's Lin Zhu 7-5, 7-6 (10). Joint fought off a set point trailing 10-9 in the tiebreak before finishing the match in just over two hours. Only two other matches featured seeded players Monday. No. 9 Ekaterina Alexandrova of Russia beat Victoria Mboko of Canada 6-3, 6-2 and No. 10 Clara Tauson of Denmark ousted Olga Danilovic of Serbia 6-3, 7-5. Spain's Jessica Bouzas Maneiro defeated France's Varvara Gracheva 7-6 (0), 6-2 to set up a second-round match with American Iva Jovic. Hailey Baptiste rallied to beat fellow American Ashlyn Krueger 2-6, 6-4, 6-2. Awaiting her in the second round is another compatriot, No. 6 seed Jessica Pegula. Croatia's Antonio Ruzic was a 6-2, 6-3 winner against Poland's Magda Linette. China's Yuan Yue edged Italy's Lucia Bronzetti 7-6 (2), 7-6 (1). Japan's Moyuka Uchijima eliminated China's Xinyu Wang 6-4, 7-6 (3). Belgium's Elise Mertens won 7-6 (5), 6-3 over Russia's Polina Kudermetova. Czech Marie Bouzkova took down Colombia's Camila Osorio 6-3, 6-4. Germany's Laura Siegemund was leading 7-5, 4-6, 4-1 when Ukraine's Dayana Yastremska was forced to retire. (Production: Oliver Regan)

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VIDEO SHOWS: HIGHLIGHTS OF THE WTA WUHAN OPEN ROUND OF 64 RESENDING WITH FULL SCRIPT AND SHOTLIST  SHOWS: STORY: The Czech Republic's Katerina Siniakova scored the first upset of the Wuhan Open on Monday with a 6-4, 6-4 victory over 15th-seeded Diana Shnaider of Russia. Siniakova, who entered the tournament as a qualifier, converted four of five break chances to advance to the second round of the final WTA 1000 tournament of 2025. Siniakova will face Australia's Maya Joint, who held off China's Lin Zhu 7-5, 7-6 (10). Joint fought off a set point trailing 10-9 in the tiebreak before finishing the match in just over two hours. Only two other matches featured seeded players Monday. No. 9 Ekaterina Alexandrova of Russia beat Victoria Mboko of Canada 6-3, 6-2 and No. 10 Clara Tauson of Denmark ousted Olga Danilovic of Serbia 6-3, 7-5. Spain's Jessica Bouzas Maneiro defeated France's Varvara Gracheva 7-6 (0), 6-2 to set up a second-round match with American Iva Jovic. Hailey Baptiste rallied to beat fellow American Ashlyn Krueger 2-6, 6-4, 6-2. Awaiting her in the second round is another compatriot, No. 6 seed Jessica Pegula. Croatia's Antonio Ruzic was a 6-2, 6-3 winner against Poland's Magda Linette. China's Yuan Yue edged Italy's Lucia Bronzetti 7-6 (2), 7-6 (1). Japan's Moyuka Uchijima eliminated China's Xinyu Wang 6-4, 7-6 (3). Belgium's Elise Mertens won 7-6 (5), 6-3 over Russia's Polina Kudermetova. Czech Marie Bouzkova took down Colombia's Camila Osorio 6-3, 6-4. Germany's Laura Siegemund was leading 7-5, 4-6, 4-1 when Ukraine's Dayana Yastremska was forced to retire. (Production: Oliver Regan)

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VIDEO SHOWS: HIGHLIGHTS OF THE WTA WUHAN OPEN ROUND OF 64 RESENDING WITH FULL SCRIPT AND SHOTLIST  SHOWS: STORY: The Czech Republic's Katerina Siniakova scored the first upset of the Wuhan Open on Monday with a 6-4, 6-4 victory over 15th-seeded Diana Shnaider of Russia. Siniakova, who entered the tournament as a qualifier, converted four of five break chances to advance to the second round of the final WTA 1000 tournament of 2025. Siniakova will face Australia's Maya Joint, who held off China's Lin Zhu 7-5, 7-6 (10). Joint fought off a set point trailing 10-9 in the tiebreak before finishing the match in just over two hours. Only two other matches featured seeded players Monday. No. 9 Ekaterina Alexandrova of Russia beat Victoria Mboko of Canada 6-3, 6-2 and No. 10 Clara Tauson of Denmark ousted Olga Danilovic of Serbia 6-3, 7-5. Spain's Jessica Bouzas Maneiro defeated France's Varvara Gracheva 7-6 (0), 6-2 to set up a second-round match with American Iva Jovic. Hailey Baptiste rallied to beat fellow American Ashlyn Krueger 2-6, 6-4, 6-2. Awaiting her in the second round is another compatriot, No. 6 seed Jessica Pegula. Croatia's Antonio Ruzic was a 6-2, 6-3 winner against Poland's Magda Linette. China's Yuan Yue edged Italy's Lucia Bronzetti 7-6 (2), 7-6 (1). Japan's Moyuka Uchijima eliminated China's Xinyu Wang 6-4, 7-6 (3). Belgium's Elise Mertens won 7-6 (5), 6-3 over Russia's Polina Kudermetova. Czech Marie Bouzkova took down Colombia's Camila Osorio 6-3, 6-4. Germany's Laura Siegemund was leading 7-5, 4-6, 4-1 when Ukraine's Dayana Yastremska was forced to retire. (Production: Oliver Regan)

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VIDEO SHOWS: FILE VIDEO AND STILLS OF RUSSIAN-BORN AUSTRALIAN TENNIS PLAYER DARIA KASATKINA / SCREEN GRABS OF POST ON DARIA KASATKINA’S X FEED ANNOUNCING SHE IS ENDING HER SEASON EARLY COMPLETE SHOTLIST AND SCRIPT TO FOLLOW STORY: (Production: Jeenah Moon, Toby Melville, Conal Quinn, Kurt Michael Hall)

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VIDEO SHOWS: FILE VIDEO AND STILLS OF NEWLY-NAMED UZBEKISTAN COACH, FABIO CANNAVARO COMPLETE SHOTLIST AND SCRIPT TO FOLLOW STORY: (Production: Antonio Bronic, Jennifer Lorenzini, Alberto Lingria, Sarah Meyssonnier, Jerry Lampen, Michael Dalder, Tony Gentile, Stefan Haskins, Kurt Michael Hall)

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