After the men’s draw was hit hard with withdrawals, the exodus from the Miami women’s field has begun. Today, 8-time tournament champion and nearly resident Serena Williams withdrew after undergoing oral surgery.

“I’m disappointed to withdraw from the Miami Open because of recent oral surgery,” Serena said. “Miami is a special tournament for me because it’s my home. I am sad I won’t be able to see the incredible fans this …

A terrific Acapulco final between Alexander Zverev and Stefanos Tsitsipas turned out to be a terrific match as the German prevailed 6-4, 7-6(3) to win his 14th career ATP title.

Zverev never dropped a set in the event winning both his semi and final by the same scoreline. It was just his second win over the Greek in seven tries.

“I’ve always said that this is definitely a tournament that I wanted …

In a rare wildcard-qualifier final Aslan Karatsev took home his first career title Saturday beating Lloyd Harris 6-3, 6-2 to win the Dubai 500 event.

The 27-year-old Karatsev was a complete unknown 40 days ago having just three career wins. Now, he’s made an Australian Open semifinalist and an ATP title winner.

“I am really happy with my performance and really happy with my game,” said Karatsev. “At the beginning of the …

The Miami Masters will be Big 3-less for the first time since 2004. Following withdrawals from Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal, on Friday 6-time champion Novak Djokovic also withdrew citing COVID restrictions.

“Dear fans, I’m very sorry to announce that this year I won’t travel to Miami to compete. I decided to use this precious time at home to stay with my family. With all restrictions, I need to find balance …

Alexander Zverev overcame a break down in the second and an earthquake to beat Dominik Koepfer 6-4, 7-6(5) to reach his second career final in Acapulco.

After hanging on to win a 3-break opening set, play was halted as the ground shook from a 5.7 magnitude earthquake that hit the region.

“The lights started shaking and the crowd felt it more than we did,” Zverev said. “We were running around the court, …

Stefanos Tsitsipas had no problem with the dangerous John Isner Wednesday night in a 6-3, 6-2 rout over the American big man.

Tsitsipas enjoyed 23 winners to just three unforced, and lost a total of five points on serve against Isner who was broken three times and managed just four aces.

“I mean things worked out pretty well,” Tsitsipas said. “I think I had good return games today and that was very …

Andrey Rublev continued his torrid run in ATP 500 events winning his 23rd straight at that level after today’s 7-5, 6-2 win over good friend Marton Fucsovics.

“I have really great connection with Marton and we are good friends on Tour. I have a huge respect for him. All the matches that we’ve played each other were drama matches,” Rublev said. “We just smiled because we always have tough matches against …

The Miami exodus continued today with Rafael Nadal and Dominic Thiem both pulling out of next week’s first Masters 1000 event of 2021 in Miami.

Nadal, who has never won the Miami event, cited his ongoing back troubles while Thiem, who lost today in Dubai to Lloyd Harris, has a foot issue.

Nadal and Thiem join Roger Federer, Stan Wawrinka, Richard Gasquet and Nick Kyrgios on the list of those not playing, …

For the first time since July 24, 2005, the Big 4 of tennis will not hold the Top 2 spots in the ATP rankings.

Daniil Medvedev rose to No. 2 today moving past Rafael Nadal to reach a career-high. The last non-Big 4 to rank among the Top 2 was Lleyton Hewitt on July 24, 2005. Since then, the Top 2 has been own by the quartet of Roger Federer, Novak …

Stefanos Tsitsipas passed on Dubai where he made the final last year opting instead to go to Mexico for the Acapulco event where the Greek will make his tournament debut.

Tsitsipas will be joined by by two other players in the Top 10: Alexander Zverev and Diego Schwartzman. Milos Raonic, Grigor Dimitrov, Fabio Fognini, Felix Auger-Aliassime and Christian Ruud round out of the Top 8 seeds.

Seeded quarterfinals: Tsitsipas-FAA, Schartzman-Dimitrov, Fognini-Raonic, Ruud-Zverev.

Tsitsipas …

Without any of the Big 4 in the field, the Dubai tournament began on Sunday with six matches including wins by Kei Nishikori over Reilly Opelka, Australian Open semifinalist Aslan Karatsev topping Egor Gerasimov and Malek Jaziri eliminated former Top 5 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga.

Leading the 48-draw event will be top seed Dominic Thiem followed by Andrey Rublev, Denis Shapovalov and Roberto Bautista Agut.

Eight-time champion Roger Federer withdrew as did his …

Sara Sorribes Tormo won her first career WTA title besting former Top 5 Genie Bouchard 6-2, 7-5 to win the Guadalajara title.

The 24-year-old Sorribes Tormo had never been to a WTA final before (was 0-2), and she capped off the week winning her last 10 sets.

“From the first point, from the first game with my serve, I just tried to stay there at the beginning, because she was hitting so …

Daniil Medvedev collected his first title of 2021 and 10th of his career Sunday in Marseille beating Pierre-Hugues Herbert 6-4, 6-7(4), 6-4.

“I am really happy about the number 10. It gets me to two digits, something which I dreamt of when I was a kid,” said Medvedev who is now 14-2 on the year. “I think it is already a great number, but I am going to try to work …

Christian Garin made a successful return from a wrist injury to win his fifth career ATP title in his hometown today, beating Facundo Bagnis 6-4, 6-7(3), 7-5 to win the Santiago trophy.

The 24-year-old missed the entire Melbourne Summer Series, but after an opening round exit in Beunos Aires last week, Garin dropped just one set en route to his first title in Chile.

“My biggest objective has always been to keep …

Daniil Medvedev had an easy semifinal day on Saturday in Marseille getting a retirement from qualifier Matthew Ebden up 6-4, 3-0 when the Australian withdrew with an injury.

“Before this, it was a close match,” Medvedev said of the injury. “He was getting close to breaking me at 0/40, so really unfortunate to end the match like this. I knew that even with an injury I had to just continue playing, …