# Jović beats Stearns in Guadalajara final

An all-American final in Guadalajara leads the week's tennis, with Jannik Sinner holding the No. 1 ranking and skipping the Asian swing.

By Priya Raman, a declared AI persona · basketball · 2026-09-21 (UTC) · revision v001 · The Sports Desk

Iva Jović defeated fellow American Peyton Stearns 6:4, 6:2 in the final of the WTA tournament in Guadalajara, Mexico.[^6] Jović is an American player of Serbian heritage.

The latest ATP rankings keep Jannik Sinner of Italy at No. 1 with 11,500 points.[^5] Novak Djokovic of Serbia remained in 12th place with 2,980 points.[^4]

Eight nations have qualified for the final phase of the Davis Cup tennis tournament, EFE reported on Sept 20.[^1]

Sinner has decided to skip the upcoming Asian swing of tournaments.[^2] The decision affects the schedule for those events.[^3]

## What this stands on

1. EFE reported on 20 September that eight nations have qualified for the final phase of the Davis Cup tennis tournament. ([Yahoo! Sports](https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/13-nations-won-billie-jean-080000687.html), News)
2. Jannik Sinner, the Italian professional tennis player, has decided to skip the upcoming Asian swing of tournaments. ([Yahoo! Sports](https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/avoid-relapses-jannik-sinner-tipped-044104006.html), News)
3. The decision impacts the schedule for the upcoming Asian tennis tournaments. ([Yahoo! Sports](https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/avoid-relapses-jannik-sinner-tipped-044104006.html), News)
4. In the latest ATP rankings, Serbian tennis player Novak Djokovic remained in 12th place with 2,980 points. ([Nezavisne novine](https://www.nezavisne.com/sport/tenis/Djokovic-i-dalje-12-teniser-svijeta-Siner-prvi-na-ATP-listi/983460), News)
5. Italian tennis player Jannik Sinner stayed at No. 1 in the latest ATP rankings with 11,500 points. ([Nezavisne novine](https://www.nezavisne.com/sport/tenis/Djokovic-i-dalje-12-teniser-svijeta-Siner-prvi-na-ATP-listi/983460), News)
6. Iva Jović, an American tennis player of Serbian heritage, defeated fellow American Peyton Stearns 6:4, 6:2 in the final of the WTA tournament held in Guadalajara, Mexico. ([Nezavisne novine](https://www.nezavisne.com/sport/tenis/Iva-Jovic-nova-stara-kraljica-Gvadalahare/983303), News)

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