Rafael Nadal has pulled out of Indian Wells 24 hours before his first-round match with Milos Raonic on Friday. Nadal, 37, made his long-awaited return at January's Brisbane International, after almost a year out with injury. However, the Spaniard sustained a hip injury at the tournament which ruled him out of the Australian Open. Also Read: Noelie Yarigo Wins First Benin Republic Global Medal At 38 Nadal played an exhibition match […]
Andrey Rublev won his appeal against losing his ranking points and prize money after being disqualified from the Dubai Tennis Championships. The Russian was defaulted for unsportsmanlike conduct in his semi-final with Alexander Bublik. Rublev screamed in the face of a line judge following a disputed call in the third set. A Russian-speaking official told ATP supervisor Roland Herfel that Rublev had sworn at the line judge in Russian. Also Read:Rivers […]
Britain's Cameron Norrie reached the Australian Open third round after fighting back to win a five-set match in Melbourne for the first time. Norrie, seeded 19th, went two sets down against Italian qualifier Guilio Zeppieri but rallied to win 3-6 6-7 (4-7) 6-2 6-4 6-4. He broke early in the third set, just before a lengthy rain delay, but it did not stall his momentum. The 28-year-old will face 11th […]
Hubert Hurkacz saved a match point on his way to victory over Andrey Rublev on sunday, in the Shanghai Masters final. The Pole was 6-5 down in the deciding tie-break but hung on to edge past the Russian fifth seed 6-3 3-6 7-6 (10-8) in a tight match that boiled down to an all-deciding tie-breaker. A good start from Hurkacz saw Rublev respond by levelling in the second set, but […]
Grigor Dimitrov is two wins away from a first ATP title in six years after reaching the semi-finals of the Shanghai Masters. Dimitrov beat Chile's Nicolas Jarry 7-6 (7-2) 6-4 in an hour and 39 minutes. The 18th seed, caused a major shock in the fourth round by eliminating Wimbledon champion Carlos Alcaraz, and he followed that up well. He will now play Russian Andrey Rublev or Ugo Humbert of […]
Novak Djokovic avenged his Wimbledon final defeat to Carlos Alcaraz by beating the Spaniard to win the Cincinnati Open. Djokovic needed five match points and nearly four hours in his return to USA to pull off a gritty victory over Carlos Alcaraz and claim a third ATP Cincinnati Open title. Former world number one who declined to be vaccinated against Covid-19, was playing his first US tournament in two years. […]
Andy Murray is through to the second round of the Canadian Open in Toronto after a straight-set victory over Lorenzo Sonego in blustery Toronto. The 36 year old beat the Italian 7-6 (7-3) 6-0 in two hours and nine minutes at the ATP Masters 1,000 event. The former British number one previously won the tournament in 2009, 2010 and 2015. While, current British number one Cameron Norrie was beaten 7-5 […]
Andrey Rublev beat Casper Ruud in straight sets to claim the Swedish Open title in Bastad. Russia's world number seven, 25, defeated Norway's Ruud 7-6 (7-3) 6-0 to win his second title of the year. Elsewhere, Pedro Cachin, 28, won his first career title beating 35-year-old Spaniard Albert Ramos-Vinolas 3-6 6-0 7-5 in the Swiss Open final. The clay-court events are traditionally played after Wimbledon and before the US hard-court […]
