American Sloane Stephens put together her best week of tennis in nearly four years as she defeated Marie Bouzkova 7-5, 1-6, 6-2 to win the Abierto Akron Zapopan title in Guadalajara, Mexico on Sunday. “It’s the beginning of the season, so there’s still a lot of tennis to be played, but I’m excited to…
Rafael Nadal has now won 15 straight matches as the Spaniard captured the title at the Abierto Mexicano Telcel in Acapulco, Mexico on Sunday. Nadal defeated Cameron Norrie 6-4, 6-4 to win Acapulco for the fourth time in his career. “It always has been a very special place,” said Nadal. “The energy that the…
In a battle between the event’s top two seeds, Great Britain’s Cameron Norrie took on second-seeded American Reilly Opelka in the finals of the Delray Beach Open on Sunday. Norrie, a former standout at TCU, got the better of the American in both tiebreakers, edging out a 7-6(1), 7-6(4) victory to claim his third…
Sebastian Korda moved through to the Round of 16 at the Delray Beach Open on Tuesday, defeating Australia’s Thanasi Kokkinakis 6-4, 6-1. Korda will take on Italy’s Andreas Seppi next. Below are more results from Tuesday: Singles [7] Adrian Mannarino (France) def. [Q] Liam Broady (Great Britain) 6-2, 6-3 [Q] Denis Istomin (Uzbekistan) def….
For the first time in his career, Canada’s Felix Auger-Aliassime has an ATP Tour title. Auger-Aliassime defeated Stefanos Tsitsipas 6-4, 6-2 to win the ABN Amro World Tennis Tournament in Rotterdam, Netherlands on Sunday. “It has not been the smoothest road since my first final three years ago,” said Auger-Aliassime. “It is an amazing…
Estonia’s Anett Kontaveit won her 20th straight match indoors on Sunday, outlasting Greece’s Maria Sakkari 5-7, 7-6(4), 7-5 to win the St. Petersburg Ladies Trophy. “It was such a tough battle. I was behind in the score so many times that I couldn’t quite believe that I managed to pull that off,” Kontaveit told…
World No. 25 Grigor Dimitrov and 2022 Australian Open junior champion Bruno Kuzuhara have been given wild cards for the Delray Beach Open by VITACOST.com’s 30th anniversary tournament that begins Friday. Dimitrov, an eight-time winner on the ATP Tour, receives entry into the main draw while the World No. 1 junior Kuzuhara (17) will play qualifying. In honor of the 30th…
The Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP), the governing body of men’s professional tennis, is pleased to announce the return of the Arizona Tennis Classic now called the “Carvana Arizona Tennis Classic” after a two-year hiatus due to COVID-19. Running from March 14 through March 20, the tournament, which is part of the ATP Challenger Tour, takes place at Phoenix Country Club,…
Prior to the start of the 2022 Australian Open, the general consensus was that a player on the men’s side would be in line to win his record-setting 21st Slam title. While the consensus was it would be nine-time Australian Open champion Novak Djokovic, but instead on Sunday, it was Spain’s Rafael Nadal who…
Let the Barty Party begin. Australia’s Ashleigh Barty completed her dominant two-week run in Melbourne and captured the Australian Open title, defeating American Danielle Collins 6-3, 7-6(2) on Saturday. The win gives Barty her third career Slam title, and she becomes the first Australian woman to win the title in her home country since…