Novak Djokovic makes his long awaited return to tennis this week at the Paris Indoors Masters. The Serb has been off the tour since his loss in the US Open final over 1.5 months ago.

Despite the time off, Djokovic still has a 1,900 point cushion for the year-end No. 1 ranking on Daniil Medvedev. But with 1,000 points available in Paris this week and another 1,500 possible at the …

Anett Kontaveit will go into next month’s WTA Finals as the hottest player on the tour. The “rolling Estonian” continued her torrid run Sunday easing past Simona Halep 6-2, 6-3 to win in Cluj-Napoca, Romania.

“I’m still unsure of what’s going on,” said Kontaveit. “Of course, I’m incredibly happy that I managed to play really well today and win the final. That was the main focus and I’m really, really proud …

Alexander Zverev stopped the upset-minded hopes of Frances Tiafoe taking care of the American in the Vienna final 7-5, 6-4.

Tiafoe had authored huge wins over Stefanos Tsitsipas and Jannik Sinner coming in, but dropped his fourth straight to the German.

“He didn’t let me play the way I wanted to play, tactically he was very good,” Zverev said of the win. “But I am happy with the win and I am …

Marin Cilic joined the 20-title club Sunday with a tough 7-6(3), 4-6, 6-4 victory over Taylor Fritz in the final of the St. Petersburg Open in Russia.

“During the whole week I think my level was really good. I felt that I can still get my game to a better level, and it was a little bit similar today,” Cilic said. “I was playing great on some occasions, missing some opportunities, …

Frances Tiafoe’s big week in Vienna continued on Friday. A day after stunning Stefanos Tsitsipas in three sets, the American upended Diego Schwartzman 6-4, 7-6(6).

Tiafoe nearly gave it back blowing a 5-1 lead in the second, but held on in the breaker. It’s his fourth Top 10 win since the start of the grass season.

“I was playing great tennis, I was happy where I was at. New balls came and …

The latest standings for ATP Finals to be held in Turin, Italy on November 14. Top 8 qualify.

1 Novak Djokovic
2 Daniil Medvedev
3 Stefanos Tsitsipas
4 Alexander Zverev
5 Andrey Rublev
6 Matteo Berrettini
7 Hubert Hurkacz
8 Casper Ruud
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9 Jannik Sinner 3,015
10 Rafael Nadal 2,985 (OUT)
11 Cameron Norrie 2,945
12 Felix Auger-Aliassime 2,464
13 Aslan Karatsev 2,290

Last updated: Close of play on Friday, November 5.

Andy Murray continues to show signs his still a top player. After his incredible win performance against Stefanos Tsitsipas last month at the US Open, the former No. 1 has Ugo Humbert, Carlos Alcaraz and now he’s added Hubert Hurkacz to a growing list of good wins.

Murray handled the Polish No. 1 coming from an early break down in the third to win it 6-4, 6-7(6), 6-3.

“It was a …

Standings to make the field of 8 at the WTA Finals in Guadalajara, Mexico set to begin the week of November 8.

1 Ash Barty (OUT)
2 Aryna Sabalenka
3 Barbora Krejcikova
4 Karolina Pliskova
5 Maria Sakkari
6 Iga Swiatek
7 Garbine Muguruza
8 Paula Badosa
9 Anett Kontaveit
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10 Ons Jabeur
11 Anett Kontaveit
13 Naomi Osaka 2,771
14 Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova
15 Elina Svitolina
16 Jessica Pegula

Last Update: Close of play Sunday, October 31.

The red-hot Anett Kontaveit was up against the ropes in the Moscow final down big to home hope Ekaterina Alexandrova. But Kontaveit’s winning ways came through and the Estonian came from a set and 4-0 down to win it 4-6, 6-4, 7-5.

“To go 4-0 down, she was really hitting the balls down the line, she was playing amazing tennis,” Kontaveit said. “I was just trying to stay in it as …

Aslan Karatsev won his home country event in Moscow topping 2-time champion Marin Cilic 6-2, 6-4.

“It is a dream come true,” Karatsev told the crowd. “It is a tournament where I have played in qualifying at and now I am winning the tournament. Thank you for all of your support. It was a very nervous final game, I hit a double fault and then on break point there was that …

Jannik Sinner collected career title No. 5 on Sunday rolling Diego Schwartzman in swift fashion 6-2, 6-2 in the Antwerp final.

“I felt great on court. I moved well. Today I also served better, I think,” Sinner said after. “I felt great, but in tennis every day is different. You have to be careful. I think I played well the whole tournament, to be honest, from the first point to the …

Anett Kontaveit has been the hottest player the second half of the season thus far. The Estonian cruised into yet another final by besting Olympic silver medalist Marketa Vondrousova 6-3, 6-4.

Kontaveit has now won 20 of her last 22 matches as she reaches her fifth final of 2021.

In the final, Kontaveit will challenge Ekaterina Alexandrova who advanced with Maria Sakkari retired down 4-1 due to dizziness.

Sakkari, who upset Simona Halep …

A Russian was assured in the Moscow final and that man is Aslan Karatsev who upended his countryman Karen Khachanov 7-6(7), 6-1 in semifinal action on Saturday.

Karatsev, who was a total unknown at this time last year, had to save four set points in the opening set before pulling away in the second.

“I tried to not think about the score in the tiebreak and just play point by point,” Karatsev …

The top two seeds in Antwerp have reached the singles final. Tomorrow, it will be Jannik Sinner taking on Diego Schwartzman for the indoor title.

Sinner advanced to his sixth career ATP final with an overwhelming 6-2, 6-2 win over Lloyd Harris.

“I am very happy to be in the final,” Sinner told the crowd. “He is having an incredible season, so best of luck for him to finish in the best …

It was a tough day for the Top 2 seeds in the women’s event in Moscow.

Top seed Garbine Muguruza was crushed by the red-hot Anett Kontaveit in stunning fashion 6-1, 6-1. Kontaveit cracked 22 winners with six aces. The “rolling Estonian” has now won 19 of her last 21 matches, all with new coach Dmitry Tursunov.

Tomorrow in the semifinals she’ll meet Olympic silver medalist Marketa Vondrousova who eliminated the …