It should be a great weekend of tennis in Stuttgart with four Top 8 players in the semifinals. Leading the way is World No. 1 Ash Barty who came from a break down in the third to beat former champion Karolina Pliskova 2-6, 6-1, 7-5.

Pliskova, who won the 2018 title over Coco Vandeweghe, led 5-3 in the third and served for the match at 5-4.

“In a sense it was …

Playing on a court with his name on it, Novak Djokovic showed no mercy to country Miomir Kecmanovic as he dominated in a 6-1, 6-3 win to reach the Belgrade semifinals.

The World No. 1 needed just 75 minutes to improve to 12-1 on the year.

“I think personally I’m feeling very well on court, moving well, hitting the ball well and, of course, enjoying the home court advantage,” Djokovic said. “So …

After three straight 3-setters for Rafael Nadal, he finally had a easy day on the dirst on Friday, cruising past Cameron Norrie 6-1, 6-4 to reach the Barcelona semifinals.

Nadal, who is now two wins from a 12th title at the event, collects his 450th career win on clay and improves to 51-2 lifetime against lefties on his favorite surface.

“I played well at the beginning, especially in the first set. I …

Former French Open champion Simona Halep opener her 2021 clay campaign with a good 6-1, 6-3 win in under an hour over former French finalist Marketa Vondrousova in the second round in Stuttgart.

“Starting the clay court season makes me very happy and motivated, extra motivated actually,” said Halep who was 0-2 against the Czech. “I missed playing matches. I had a few weeks without an official match and it was …

Rafael Nadal has now gone the distance in his last three matches on clay. Today in Barcelona, the 1-time champion Nadal was pushed to three sets by 2-time tournament winner Kei Nishikori 6-0, 2-6, 6-2.

Nadal, who now leads Nishikori 11-2, rolled in brisk 30-minute opener but Nishikori retaliated in the second, breaking Nadal twice to force the finale.

Nadal was down 0-40 in his opening service game before winning five straight …

Novak Djokovic opened strong in Belgrade on Wednesday cruising past young Korean Soonwoo Kwon 6-1, 6-3.

“I thought I played very well from the very beginning, except that service game that I lost at 5-2 in the second. I thought it was a pretty flawless performance,” Djokovic said. “I moved well, I was mixing up the pace quite well, making him play. I served well in the important moments, overall I …

Rafael Nadal 2021 clay campaign is off to a rocky start. Following a rough loss last week to Andrey Rublev in Monte Carlo, Nadal was again under pressure today in his Barcelona opener against the lightly-regarded Ilya Ivashka.

Playing on the court named after him, Nadal dropped the first set to the 111th-ranked qualifier before getting some control in a 3-6, 6-2, 6-4 win. Nadal’s serve again let him down …

For the first time since 2012, Belgrade will host an ATP event. The city is back on the ATP calendar and does it with a splash securing world No. 1 and Serbian superstar Novak Djokovic as its headliner.

Djokovic won two of the previous editions of Belgrade back in 2009 and 2011, and to collect a third he might have to deal with the likes of No. 2 seed Matteo Berrettini, …

After a shockingly poor performance in a quarterfinal loss Friday to Andrey Rublev in Monte Carlo, Rafael Nadal will hope to regain his footing on his favorite surface in Barcelona this week.

The King of Clay has won this title 11 times already, will again will the big favorite. Though the field is tough with Monte Carlo champion Stefanos Tsitsipas seeded second, Rublev third followed by Diego Schwartzman, Roberto Bautista Agut, …

Astra Sharma of Australia rallied from a set down to stun the heavily-favored Ons Jabeur 2-6, 7-5, 6-1 to win her first WTA title in the Charleston final on Sunday.

“To come out of this with a win, it’s really unexpected, it’s amazing for me, I have no words,” Sharma said.

In just her second career final after 2019 Bogota two years ago, Sharma was blown away in the opening set before …

Stefanos Tsitsipas added his name to the growing list of Masters champions on Sunday easing past Andrey Rublev 6-3, 6-3 in the Monte Carlo final.

The 22-year-old Greek never dropped in a set in five matches en route to his sixth title, though faced just one player in the Top 20, his 8th-ranked opponent today.

“I just can’t describe it,” Tsitsipas said of the win. “It was unbelievable. So many things went …

For the second straight event at this level, there will be a new name added to the growing list of Masters champion.

Sunday in Monte Carlo, Stefanos Tsitsipas and Andrey Rublev will meet for the first Masters clay event of 2021. Tsitsipas is appearing in his third Masters final after 2018 Canada and 2019 Madrid while Rublev is in his first.

Rublev backed up his big victory over Rafael Nadal yesterday …

Rafael Nadal had one of his worst days on clay. The 11-time Monte Carlo champion was a shell of himself today in the quarterfinals against Andrey Rublev. The Russian capitalized on 36 unforced errors from Nadal for a 6-2, 4-6, 6-2 victory.

“For sure he didn’t play his even good level today,” Rublev said.

“Today I was a bit lucky, especially the first set, he was not really feeling the serve well. …

Dan Evans entered the week at the Monte Carlo Masters with a total four career wins on clay courts. Today, he collected his third victory of the week on his least favorite surface stunning World No. 1 Novak Djokovic 6-4, 7-5 in 2 hours, 9 minutes.

“Obviously I’m happy,” Evans said. “I’m still in the tournament. After the tournament, I’ll look back at what a good day it was. Yeah, it …

Novak Djokovic spoke very highly of Jannik Sinner. Djokovic beat the teen earlier today in Monte Carlo and not surprisingly, left his first official meeting with the Italian impressed.

“I think he’s very talented player,” Djokovic said of the 19-year-old. “He has established already himself at I feel like high level of the men’s game, playing Masters finals, winning already a couple of tournaments, for his age. I think what …