1:46 PM ET D’Arcy MaineESPNW Writer Eugenie Bouchard came out strong over Donna Vekic in their Mutua Madrid Open Virtual Pro round-robin match on Monday, with the Canadian blanking her opponent in the first game and trailing 0-15 in the second. Then she was disconnected. Vekic saw a message on her screen that declared her

9:49 AM ET World No. 1 Novak Djokovic has said he initially struggled to adjust to the coronavirus shutdown and felt “empty and confused” at the uncertainty around the season restart. The sport is suspended until at least mid-July due to the virus, which has infected more than 3.19 million people and killed almost 227,000.

11:45 AM ET ESPN Facebook Twitter Facebook Messenger Pinterest Email print Nick Kyrgios has criticised Dominic Thiem for opposing the notion that the top tennis players should help lower-ranked competitors who are struggling financially after the Austrian said “none of them are going to starve.” World No. 1 Novak Djokovic has urged players to contribute

3:01 PM ET Maria Sharapova is coming out of retirement to play. Serena Williams is embarking on another Grand Slam quest. Kevin Anderson, a 2018 Wimbledon finalist, is about to discover what it’s like to play doubles with an NFL quarterback. Those athletes and others will take part in the “Stay at Home Slam” on

9:15 AM ET Tennis can emerge stronger from its lengthy shutdown due to the coronavirus if the idea of merging the men’s and women’s tours becomes a reality, multiple Grand Slam winners Simona Halep and Petra Kvitova have said. The tennis season was suspended in March due to the coronavirus pandemic, and the hiatus will

1:41 AM ET Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia — Stefanos Tsitsipas sent his tennis mate Nick Kyrgios a special 25th birthday greeting. Unfortunately for Kyrgios, it contained too much information. Tsitsipas, who is Greek, sent an Instagram message to Kyrgios, who is an Australian of Greek heritage. In it, Tsitsipas held up a cardboard sign that

1:45 PM ET Associated Press So here’s a dose of realism — or surrealism — for the first video game tournament of the coronavirus pandemic involving professional tennis players: Thanks to Rafael Nadal‘s balky back, a match got postponed Monday. That bit of news from Day 1 at the controller-instead-of-racket Madrid Open came 24 hours

11:08 AM ET Associated Press A group of professional tennis players led by Dustin Brown will meet in a series of exhibition tournaments in Germany starting Friday. The live-streamed event will take place at an academy near the small town of Hohr-Grenzhausen. The men’s and women’s professional tours are currently suspended until July because of

8:59 AM ET D’Arcy MaineESPNW Writer The ATP and WTA tours are currently suspended due to the global coronavirus pandemic, but that doesn’t mean you can’t see your favorite tennis players working on their skills. Thanks to the wonder of the internet, stars like Roger Federer and Andy Murray have started their own viral challenges,

10:02 AM ET Manoj BhagavatulaESPN Welcome to another edition of ESPN’s lockdown diaries, where we put down our journalist caps and let the sports fan inside take over. This week, we step away from football and towards tennis. Where football has Lionel Messi vs. Cristiano Ronaldo for its GOAT debate, tennis has Roger Federer vs.