The ATP revised its ranking system once again. Previous, the rankings would return to its customary 52-week system with Miami later this month. Now, that’s been changed to August 16 with Cincinnati.

Points earned from Miami 2019 until August 2019 Cincinnati, will remain on the rankings but at a 50% level. Players competing in events like Miami next month will take the greater of their 2021 points or their 2019 points.

Roger …

South Florida fans will have to wait another year to see Roger Federer in their home state. The Swiss will not defend his 2019 Miami Masters title, his agent confirmed to the Miami Herald.

With the reduction in prize money and COVID issues, more big name withdrawals from the first Masters event of the year will follow.

Federer, who hasn’t played since his semifinal loss to Novak Djokovic at the 2019 …

Novak Djokovic has matched Roger Federer today on the ATP’s list of all-time weeks ranked No. 1 at 310.

Incredibly, Djokovic first reached No. 1 on July 4, 2011 after his first Wimbledon title. Ten years later, the Serb is still No. 1.

Djokovic will officially pass Federer next week at 311. If not for the pandemic, Djokovic was to have moved ahead of Federer last year. But thanks to …

The WTA revs back up in full force this week with a 500 stop in Doha. But the field lost several big names due to withdrawals including former Grand Slam champions Ash Barty, Simona Halep, Bianca Andreescu and Sofia Kenin.

That leaves Elina Svitolina, Karolina Pliskova, Aryna Sabalenka and Petra Kvitova as the top 4 seeds (and lone Top 10 players) in the 28-woman field.

Recent Slam finalists Jennifer Brady and Victoria …

A week ago, Juan Manuel Cerundolo had never even played a main draw ATP match before. Now, the 19-year-old is an ATP champion after running through the Cordoba, Argentina field to win his first title, beating today Albert Ramos-Vinolas 6-0, 2-6, 6-2 in the final.

The Argentinian lefty was ranked No. 335 and had to qualify just get into his first main draw. He then knocked off four straight Top 100 …

David Goffin won his fifth career title coming from a set down to defeat Roberto Bautista Agut 5-7, 6-4, 6-2 in the final Sunday in Montpellier, France.

The title was the Belgian’s first since 2017 Tokyo where he beat Adrian Mannarino. He had lost three straight finals since.

“It’s never easy to win tournaments. This is my fifth and every tournament that I’ve won was very special,” said Goffin. “I had …

Alexei Popyrin collected his first career ATP title Sunday in Singapore beating Alexander Bublik 4-6, 6-0, 6-2.

“It feels unbelievable,” said Popyrin. “A lot of sacrifice, a lot of dedication and a lot of hard work went into this from myself, my team and my whole entire family. I have done it for everybody who was involved. I am just so proud that I could actually get it done.”

The 6-foot-5 Popyrin …

In a series of tweets earlier this week, John Isner lashed out at the Miami Masters and the ATP for their lack of transparency over recent prize money reductions due to COVID.

Nearly all of the events thus far since the tour restarted in August have had to reduce prize money due to sponsorship shortcomings, fan restrictions, safety requirements and other issues.

Isner voiced his concerns calling the current ATP equal partnership …

July 24, 2005 is the date in tennis history. That’s the last time a Big 4 player was not ranked in the Top 2. The next day, Rafael Nadal passed Lleyton Hewitt after winning Stuttgart, and that began a ranking run which could end on Monday, March 8.

Daniil Medvedev will break that stranglehold by reaching the Rotterdam final this upcoming week. Andy Murray on August 17, 2009 was the …

Iga Swiatek capped an impressive week in Adelaide sweeping past Belinda Bencic 6-2, 6-2 to win her second career WTA title, first on hard courts.

“I would say that this tournament is kind of the high of the year,” Swiatek said after the 62-minute win.

“I’m happy that I had great momentum in the second set because it gave me a lot of confidence.

“I felt really confident here and really solid on …

Roger Federer is ready for his return on March 8 in Doha.

Follow two surgeries on his right knee, the former No. 1 hasn’t been on tour since his Australian Open semifinal loss last year to Novak Djokovic.

Federer was hopeful to return in Australia but even the late start wasn’t enough to sway the Swiss.

Federer announced the “countdown” on social media. He’s won Doha three times, though most recently …

Rafael Nadal was signed up to play in the Rotterdam indoor event next week. He is no longer playing so he can rest his back, he posted on social media.

It is with great sadness that I have to forfeit from Rotterdam. As most of the fans know, I suffered some back problems in Australia that started in Adelaide and continued during Melbourne. We found a temporary solution that allowed me …

Wrapping a busy month in Melbourne when some thoughts on our first Grand Slam champions of 2021:

1. DJOKOVIC DOMINATION
This was supposed to be it. The end of Novak Djokovic’s reign in Australia.

Riding his 20-match win streak, with all those titles, wins over Top 10s and with Djokovic struggling against the likes of Taylor Fritz, Frances Tiafoe, and with injury; the Russian Daniil Medvedev was going to do what have never …

Daniil Medvedev was supposed to be a true test, a true threat to Novak Djokovic’s domination Down Under at the Australian Open. That didn’t happen.

Djokovic masters Medvedev with ease rolling the Russian 7-5, 6-2, 6-2 to win his 9th Australian Open title and 18th Slam. And he did it in under two hours.

“I would like to thank this court, I would like to thank Rod Laver Arena, I love you …

In an unsurprising men’s final at the Australian Open tonight, it’s the top two tournament favorites from the start with Novak Djokovic going for a record-extending ninth Melbourne title against Daniil Medvedev who has never won a final this big before.

I picked Djokovic at the start of the event (as did so many others), and I’m going to stick with that prediction. But…Wow is Medvedev playing some good tennis.

The big …