Coco Gauff enjoyed one of her best days of her young career. The teen won not only the singles but also the doubles on Saturday at the WTA event in Parma.

The 17-year-old overwhelmed Qiang Wang 6-1, 6-3 in just 74 minutes to win her second career singles title after 2019 Linz.

“It definitely means a lot, especially on clay, which is not really a surface I feel like people associate …

Following a calf tear last week in Rome, Simona Halep officially withdrew from the French Open today.

The 2018 French champion hurt her left calf during an opening round match against Angelique Kerber in Rome.

Halep posted this statement on social media:
“It’s with a heavy heart that I announce my withdrawal from @rolandgarros this year. Unfortunately the tear in my left calf needs more time to recover and the …

Serena Williams’s French Open clay prep ended Tuesday in Parma where the 23-time Slam winner was upset by Czech Katerina Siniakova.

The 39-year-old Williams enjoyed an Italian wildcard in her opener, but today the top-seeded Williams met Siniakova who has been seeded in Grand Slams and won doubles Slams. The first-time meeting went the way of the 25-year-old who won it going away 7-6(4), 6-2.

Siniakova proved the steadier player as Serena …

Roger Federer played his first clay match in almost two years today at his home Swiss event in Geneva. It didn’t go well early, and it didn’t go well late for the former No. 1 as clay veteran Pablo Andujar pulled the mild upset 6-4, 4-6, 6-4.

Federer had flashes during match. His forehand had some heat on it as did his backhand. After two knee surgeries, the movement was decent …

Despite a tough loss today in the Rome Masters final to rival Rafael Nadal, Novak Djokovic was upbeat about his chances at Roland Garros later this month.

The Serb showed his fitness and game with two very good wins yesterday over Stefanos Tsitsipas and Lorenzo Sonego. Then today, had multiple break chances in the third.

So after a tough start to the clay season, things are looking better for Djokovic …

Hopes for an appearance by Andy Murray on the clay this season were dashed today when the former No. 1 withdrew from the French Open.

Murray, who was in Rome this past week practicing (with Novak Djokovic) and playing doubles. But the court time led to an apparent groin issue which will keep him from playing either Lyon or Geneva, or the French Open.

Murray will instead focus on Wimbledon, potentially returning …

A strong Lyon draw gets underway this week with six players in the Top 20 led by Top 10s Dominic Thiem, Stefanos Tsitsipas and Diego Schwartzman.

David Goffin, Gael Monfils, Jannik Sinner, Felix Auger-Aliassime and Karen Khachanov round out the Top 8 seeds at the event which was once indoors but returned in 2017 on the clay.

Thiem won the 2018 edition beating Gilles Simon. He’ll open against either Corentin Moutet or …

The Geneva tournament got a much-needed star power boost when their home country hero Roger Federer opted to play the clay event for a first time.

Federer hasn’t hit a ball on the dirt since his semifinal loss to Rafael Nadal at the French Open two years ago. The former No. 1 skipped the fall 2020 clay season due to his knee and then decided to continue training instead of …

The greatest rivalry in men’s tennis resumed Sunday in Italy with Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic battling for the Rome Masters title. Djokovic came in as defending champion having won it a total of five times, but Nadal was a nine-time champion and the undisputed king when it comes to playing on clay.

In the end, it was Nadal maintaining his dominance over his rival on the dirt with a 7-5, …

Iga Swiatek continued to show why she’s among the elite on the clay. Today in Italy, she destroyed former champion Karolina Pliskova 6-0, 6-0 to capture the Rome Masters title.

Swiatek took home the 10th record double bagel WTA final (first in a Rome final) in just 46 minutes.

“From the beginning I felt that she may be a little bit nervous, and I wanted to use that and actually play as …

Lol. It’s 2021 and Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic are still the best in the business on clay right now. It’s been that way for about 10 years now, and who knows how much longer that continues.

Credit to both, though, for enduring a tough week of tennis and coming back from the brink to remain in the hunt.

Nadal was on the edge of elimination two days against to Denis …

Karolina Pliskova will meet Iga Swiatek Sunday in the WTA Rome Masters final. Pliskova, who won the title in 2019, has made this final three straight years, but will likely go in as the underdog against the hot-handed Pol who won the French Open six months ago.

Today in the semifinals, Pliskova enjoyed a three-set win over former French quarterfinals Petra Martic 6-1, 3-6, 6-2.

“I think the best start overall what …

After losing to Alexander Zverev last week in the Madrid quarterfinals week ago, Rafael Nadal had his revenge today at the very same stage in Rome.

The 9-time Rome champion had scary tumble late in the first but otherwise was in control of the hot-handed German in a 6-3, 6-4 win. Nadal, who had just played two very tough matches against Jannik Sinner and yesterday’s marathon against Denis Shapovalov, …

On a wet and dreary quarterfinal Friday at the Rome Masters, Ash Barty called it quits early in the second up a set against American Coco Gauff.

The match was paused due to rain at 2-all in the first. The two returned after the 2-hour stoppage to only play one more game before the rains returned.

Upon resumption, Barty gained the upper hand taking the first, but then at 2-1 in the …

Rafael Nadal was once against pushed to the very brink on his favorite surface. Today, at the Rome Masters, the 9-time tournament champ was though to have a straightforward day against the Canadian Denis Shapovalov.

But Shapovalov had other things in mind. The youngster came out red hot, dominating Nadal early. Rafa was unable to get anything going on serve while Shapovalov was sizzling.

The 22-year-old took the opener then had …