Apr 4, 2023 Rafael Nadal will miss next week’s Monte Carlo Masters tournament having failed to recover in time from an injury that has sidelined him for months, he said Tuesday, shortly before top-10 players Carlos Alcaraz and Felix Auger-Aliassime also pulled out of the tournament. Nadal was forced to skip the Masters 1000 event

7:02 PM ET Associated Press CHARLESTON, S.C. — Two-time Grand Slam semifinalist Elina Svitolina did not exactly ease her way back in her first match as a mother: Her return after more than a year away from the tennis tour was a back-and-forth three-setter lasting 2 hours, 46 minutes at the Charleston Open on Monday.

2:05 PM ET Garbiñe Muguruza is taking an extended break from tennis which will see her miss the clay and grass season this year, the former French Open and Wimbledon champion said on Monday. Muguruza, who won the French Open in 2016 and Wimbledon in 2017, has played only four matches this year, with no

9:12 AM ET The International Tennis Federation will conduct its World Tennis Tour tournaments in China this year, marking a return to the Asian nation after a gap of three years due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the sport’s global governing body said Monday. The ITF announcement accompanied the release of its calendar for the second

3:12 PM ET Associated Press MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. — Daniil Medvedev won his fourth ATP title of the year Sunday, beating Jannik Sinner 7-5, 6-3 in the Miami Open to move to 6-0 in their career matchup. Medvedev is now the most sizzling player on the men’s tour, winning 24 of his last 25 matches

5:32 PM ET Associated Press MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. — Twelfth-seeded veteran Petra Kvitova, in her 13th appearance at the Miami Open, finally won her first crown here, upsetting seventh-seeded Elena Rybakina on Saturday with a marathon tiebreaker in a 7-6 (14), 6-2 win. The 33-year-old Kvitova, 10 years older than her opponent, snapped Rybakina’s 13-match

4:31 PM ET Associated Press MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. — Tenth-seeded Jannik Sinner of Italy stunned top-ranked Carlos Alcaraz on Friday night in the Miami Open semifinals, rallying from a set down to beat the defending champion, 6-7 (5), 6-4, 6-2 in a three-hour thriller. Sinner ended Alcaraz’s winning streak at 10 matches before a packed

4:31 PM ET Associated Press MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. — Daniil Medvedev hasn’t won a title in the U.S. since capturing the 2021 US Open when he turned away Novak Djokovic‘s bid for a Grand Slam. Now the Miami Open’s No. 4 seed is one victory from a fresh American title, beating fellow Russian player Karen

7:37 AM ET Associated Press LONDON — Russian and Belarusian players will be able to compete at Wimbledon as neutral athletes after the All England Club on Friday reversed its ban from last year. The players must sign declarations of neutrality and comply with “appropriate conditions,” including not expressing support for Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

Mar 31, 2023 World No. 2 Aryna Sabalenka says she has withdrawn from next week’s Charleston Open after picking up an injury in Miami. The Australian Open champion was stunned 6-4, 6-4 by unseeded Sorana Cirstea in the Miami Open quarterfinals Wednesday after suffering the injury earlier in the tournament. She did not specify the