4:46 PM ET Associated Press STUTTGART, Germany — Top-ranked Iga Swiatek rallied to beat Karolina Pliskova 4-6, 6-1, 6-2 on Friday for a place in the Porsche Grand Prix semifinals. Swiatek hadn’t played since last month in the Indian Wells semifinals because of a rib injury but began her clay season Thursday with a convincing

3:55 PM ET Associated Press BANJA LUKA, Bosnia and Herzegovina — Novak Djokovic lost to a Serb countryman for the first time in 11 years in the quarterfinals of the Srpska Open on Friday. Dusan Lajovic won 6-4, 7-6 (6) to down a world No. 1-ranked player for the first time. “It is the biggest

2:37 PM ET Associated Press MUNICH — Danish teenager Holger Rune comfortably reached the semifinals of the BMW Open in beating Chilean player Cristian Garin 6-2, 6-4 on Friday. The top-seeded Rune, at a career-high No. 7 in the rankings, advanced to a meeting with Christopher O’Connell, who overcame Italian qualifier Flavio Cobolli 7-6 (5),

1:43 PM ET Associated Press BARCELONA, Spain — Defending champion Carlos Alcaraz overcame windy conditions to advance to the quarterfinals of the Barcelona Open with a 6-3, 7-5 victory over fellow Spaniard Roberto Bautista Agut on Thursday. Stefanos Tsitsipas also reached the last eight in Barcelona, defeating Denis Shapovalov 6-3, 6-2, while Casper Ruud lost

2:17 PM ET Associated Press MUNICH — After waiting an extra day to get on court at the BMW Open, Alexander Zverev‘s tournament was ended in straight sets by Christopher O’Connell on Thursday while top-seeded Holger Rune won his opening match. Zverev had a first-round bye, and his second-round match with O’Connell was delayed a

1:34 PM ET Associated Press STUTTGART, Germany — Top-ranked Iga Swiatek returned from a rib injury with a convincing 6-1, 6-4 win over Qinwen Zheng to reach the quarterfinals of the Porsche Grand Prix on Thursday. Coco Gauff, the No. 6 seed, suffered an upset loss to Anastasia Potapova. Swiatek hadn’t played since reaching the

6:16 AM ET ESPN News Services Rafael Nadal will miss the Madrid Open next week because his recovery from a hip injury is going much slower than expected. The 22-time Grand Slam winner has been sidelined since January by a left hip flexor injury he picked up at the Australian Open. The issue has kept

2:47 PM ET Associated Press STUTTGART, Germany — Second-ranked Aryna Sabalenka advanced to the quarterfinals at the Porsche Grand Prix by beating Barbora Krejcikova 6-2, 6-3 on Wednesday. The Australian Open champion has reached the final in Stuttgart for two straight years but has yet to win the clay-court tournament. Krejcikova, the 2021 French Open

2:36 PM ET Associated Press BANJA LUKA, Bosnia-Herzegovina — Top-ranked Novak Djokovic had to rally from a set down to beat 18-year-old Luca Van Assche 6-7 (4), 6-3, 6-2 at the Srpska Open on Wednesday. Djokovic, coming off an early exit at Monte Carlo, was also down an early break in the decider before advancing

11:25 PM ET Iga Swiatek said she has recovered from a rib injury and is ready to defend her Stuttgart Open title, though the world No. 1 concedes she may be a bit rusty following a monthlong absence. The Pole, who is also gearing up for the start of her French Open title defense next