Kei Nishikori posted the biggest upset thus far in the men’s Olympic event ousting Andrey Rublev 6-3, 6-4 in comprehensive fashion. Nishikori, who is a star in Japan, won the bronze back at 2016 Rio.

“It’s been a while I’ve been playing like this,” said Nishikori.

“I was struggling playing Top 10 players the last couple of months, or maybe all this year. This is the first time I’m playing a very …

There will be no gold in singles for Ash Barty this year at the Olympics. The 25-year-old who just won Wimbledon crashed out of the first round in Tokyo this morning falling to the feisty Spaniard Sara Sorribes Tormo 6-4, 6-3.

“It was incredible I don’t know what to say,” said Sorribes Tormo. “I still have goosebumps. It’s amazing.

“It’s the best victory in my career, for sure,” she said. “Because of …

A right thigh strain has ended the hopes of Andy Murray’s Tokyo Olympics. Due to the injury, the 2-time defending gold medal winner withdrew today from his first round match against Felix Auger-Aliassime.

“I am really disappointed at having to withdraw but the medical staff have advised me against playing in both events, so I have made the difficult decision to withdraw from the singles and focus on playing doubles with …

The last two French Open champions – Barbora Krejcikova and Iga Swiatek – shared the women’s spotlight on opening day at the Tokyo Olympics on Saturday, and neither disappointed.

Swiatek was the first match on Centre and the 20-year-old rolled past the double faulting Mona Barthel 6-2, 6-2 in 67 minutes. Barthel tossed in 10 doubles to help in the Poland No. 1’s Olympic debut.

“My Dad’s told me a lot about …

Novak Djokovic moved one win closer to a first Olympic gold medal. The World No. 1 opened his Tokyo campaign cruising past Bolivia’s Hugo Dellien in just over an hour.

“It’s just a different kind of energy, coming into the Olympics and representing your country, than any other tournament,” Djokovic said. “The Olympics is once every four years, we have four Grand Slams and many tournaments every year in our sport …

Ahead for Novak Djokovic are the most important seven weeks of his tennis career, and it begins Saturday in Tokyo where he will open play in his bid for a first gold medal at the Olympics.

If he’s successful at completing the “Career Golden Slam” joining Rafael Nadal and Andre Agassi as men to do it, he’ll move on to New York for the US Open where he’ll try for the …

Novak Djokovic resumes his quest for the “Golden Slam” tonight at the Tokyo Olympics which get underway with first round play.

Djokovic, who has never won gold and only a bronze at 2008 Beijing, will opening play against Bolivia’s Hugo Dellien. The 28-year-old Dellien has just five career hard court wins to his name.

No. 2 seed Daniil Medvedev makes his Olympic debut against familiar face Alexander Bublik. Medvedev just …

Naomi Osaka made history Friday night in Tokyo becoming the first tennis player to light the Olympic cauldron.

“Undoubtedly the greatest athletic achievement and honor I will ever have in my life,” she wrote on social media. “I have no words to describe the feelings I have right now but I do know I am currently filled with gratefulness and thankfulness ❤️ love you guys thank you.”

The 23-year-old Osaka was a …

Kazakh veteran Yulia Putintseva won her second career title besting Anhelina Kalinina 6-4, 6-0 in the clay final at Budapest on Sunday.

For the 26-year-old Putintseva, it was her first WTA title since Nurnberg in May 2019 when she beat Tamara Zidansek (Zidansek just won Lausanne today).

The top-seeded Putintseva needed three sets in her previous two matches, beating Kateryna Kozlova in the quarters and then in the semifinals the surprise Hungarian …

Former Top 5 Kevin Anderson won his first career title since the start of 2019 with a grass victory today in Newport over American upstart Jenson Brooksby 7-6(8), 6-4.

Anderson’s sixth career win was his first since 2019 in Pune, India. The 35-year-old who twice made a Grand Slam final has been snakebit by injuries having dealt with shoulder, elbow and two right knee surgeries.

“It’s been a pretty tough run with …

American teen sensation Coco Gauff had to pull out of the upcoming Olympic games in Tokyo after testing positive for COVID-19, the star announced today on social media.

The 17-year-old will have to put off her Olympic debut three years due to the result and wait for Paris 2024. And her summer schedule will also be impacted.

Gauff was also scheduled to play in the women’s doubles event with Top 10 Nicole …

A decimated men’s field in Tokyo took yet another hit on Sunday when Wimbledon finalist Matteo Berrettini announced that he cannot play the Olympics due to a thigh strain he suffered in his semifinal Wimbledon win over Hubert Hurkacz.

The 25-year-old showed up in the Wimbledon final against Novak Djokovic with his left thigh heavily taped. Following an MRI, it was determined the injury which will keep him off the …

French Open champion Barbora Krejcikova continues to prove her Roland Garros title run was now fluke. The Czech today earned her home country Prague title crushing countrywoman Tereza Martincova 6-2, 6-0.

The 25-year-old blew through the field without losing a set, and only once did anyone win more than four games in a set en route to her first hard court title. She won the last 10 games of the final.

“I …

Casper Ruud continued to build his clay court resume. And at just 22, it’s already a good one. The 3-time Masters semifinalist won his third career title on Sunday besting Federico Coria 6-3, 6-3 in the final of Bastad.

In a rare title run, the top-seeded Ruud only played three matches. He had a bye in the first round, then received a walkover form Henri Laaksonen in the quarters. The Norwegian …

Spanish veteran Pablo Carreno Busta won the biggest title of his career Sunday taking the Hamburg clay crown over Filip Krajinovic 6-2, 6-4.

Playing in his ninth career ATP final, the 29-year-old Carreno Busta won his first 500 level event and overall sixth career title, second of 2021 after his Marbella triumph.

“It’s an incredible feeling,” the second-seeded Carreno Busta told the crowd. “I think that I worked very, very hard to …