Ahead of her third round clash with Anastasija Sevastova, former No. 1 Simona Halep withdrew from the Miami Masters due to a right shoulder injury she carried from her previous match.

“I’m very sorry I have to pull out of singles and doubles at the Miami Open, but my injury doesn’t let me play here as expected,” Halep stated. “I’m sad that I can’t continue, I wanted to come here to …

On the very first day of the Miami Open when seeds played, the tournament has lost a Top 3 seed as No. 3 Alexander Zverev was stunned in his opening match Friday by Finnish talent Emil Ruusuvuori 1-6, 6-3, 6-1.

The 21-year-old Ruusuvuori earned his biggest career win after calmly rolling the former Miami finalist winning 12 of the last 16 games.

“He’s a top-10 player, great player. He came from …

Australian Open champion Naomi Osaka returned to the courts Friday in Miami and kept her winning ways. In her first match since Melbourne, the 23-year-old edged out Ajla Tomljanovic 7-6(3), 6-4 to up her current win streak to 22.

Osaka, who was broken twice, was aided by 13 aces. The Australian also served for the first set.

“I would say what I’m most proud of today, just being able to handle my …

Nearby Miami resident Coco Gauff was upset in her opening match at the 1000 event Thursday night. The 17-year-old who lives in Delray Beach lost to former US Open semifinalist Anastasija Sevastova 1-6, 6-2, 6-3.

“I’m really happy that I fought so hard, I didn’t start good and somehow I found my game in the second set. She was in front in the third set and somehow I fought back,” Sevastova …

Former Masters champions Daniil Medvedev, Alexander Zverev and John Isner open play at the Masters Masters on Friday when the men’s seeds hit the court.

Medvedev, a 4-time Masters champion and tournament favorite, will take on Yen-Hsun Lu in his opener. The Russian has won 24 of his last 26 matches but has never done well in Miami. He’ll make his debut today on court as a World No. 2 and …

Stan Wawrinka gave his fans an update on the injury to his left foot. The Swiss announced earlier today that he just had surgery to repair the issue and that he hopes to be back “soon”.

“Hey guys, just wanted to update you . After having some problems in my left foot for a while, I have decided to do a small procedure 💉🔬🔪🦶 on it. Everything went well 🙏🏼. I …

Nick Kyrgios isn’t very impressed with two of the younger generation players, Emil Ruusuvuori and Carlos Alcaraz, who met yesterday in the first round at the Miami Masters.

On twitter, a video from a point of their match was posted with the comment that this could we “Should see a lot of this matchup over the next decade”.

Kyrgios, who passed on playing from Miami, found it easy to sit at home …

The story of the first day of play in the men’s draw at the Miami Masters was Vasek Pospisil’s epic meltdown during his match in which he blasted current ATP head Andrea Gaudenzi.

Pospisil lost his match to Mackenzie McDonald 6-3, 4-6, 6-3 but the Canadian made global headlines at the end of the first set.

Pospisil was out of sorts having just look two straight games to go down 5-3. Serving …

Seeds hit the court Thursday in the women’s draw at the Miami Masters.

Leading the way are former Grand Slam champions Ash Barty and Simona Halep and Petra Kvitova.

All three will be making their first appearances since Melbourne. In her first match outside of Australia in over a year, Barty opens her title defense against Kristina Kucova. Halep begins against Caroline Garcia while Kvitova collides with Alize Cornet. Two-time champion Victoria …

You have to go back to Paris 2004 (Marat Safin def. Radek Stepanek) to find the last time none of the Big 4 participated at an ATP Masters event. That changes this week in Miami where the four biggest stars — Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal, Novak Djokovic and Andy Murray — all passed on the very first Masters event of 2021.

Tournament champions collect about $300K for the title. That …

Andy Murray would have been the most decorated name in the Masters Masters field, but the 2-time tournament champion withdrew due to a groin issue.

Murray told the Miami Herald, “I had no issues while training, felt fine, did some gym work Friday, no problem…. Then I woke up about three in the morning, felt pain in the groin, not on the side I had my surgery, and when I got …

Juan Martin del Potro will undergo a fourth surgery on his right knee, the former US Open champion announced today on Instagram.

The 32-year-old hasn’t played since Queen’s 2019 when he withdrew ahead of his second match due to the knee. He underwent surgeries in June 2019, January 2020 and August 2020 and now a fourth.

He wrote:
Hey there! I wanted to say hello and tell you I’m currently in Chicago. I’ve …

World No. 1 Ash Barty will make her first appearance outside of the Australia in over a year when she returns this week at the Miami Masters to defend her 2019 crown she won over Karolina Pliskova.

The 24-year-old Barty is party of a very strong field which features 15 of the Top 16 players, missing only Serena Williams who withdrew over the weekend.

The Top 4 seeds including Naomi …

Daria Kasatkina won her 4th career title after her Russian countrywoman Margarita Gasparyan retired due to a lower back injury at 6-3, 2-1 in the St. Petersburg final.

Kasatkina improves to 15-4 on the season with a title at the Philips Island in Melbourne last month. She also won 2018 Moscow and 2017 Charleston and was a finalist at 2018 Indian Wells. She’s now 4-3 in WTA finals.

The former Top 10 …

Promising teen Leylah Fernandez picked up her first career title Sunday in Monterrey, Mexico where she beat qualifier Viktorija Golubic 6-1, 6-4.

The 18-year-old Fernandez didn’t drop a set and was in dominant form in her second career final, cruising in the opening set then breaking the Swiss at 4-all in the second to seal it.

“The last game basically, especially the last two points, I was very nervous there,” Fernandez said. …