After 10 ATP 250 level titles, Casper Ruud has finally graduated to the 500 level. Today, the 2-time Grand Slam finalist collected the biggest title of his career, his first at the 500 level defeating an in-form Stefanos Tsitsipas 7-5, 6-3.

“Honestly, this has been worth the wait,” …

Three-time champion Novak Djokovic has withdrawn from the upcoming Madrid Masters.

Djokovic last won the Madrid title in 2019 but has only played the event since, that a semifinal run in 2022. It’s the second straight year he’ll miss the event.

Djokovic remains world No. 1 but is without a title on the season after recent Monte Carlo semifinals and a shock third round exit at Indian …

Spanish tennis great Garbine Muguruza announced her retirement from pro tennis yesterday.

“If 25 years ago, when I started hitting my first tennis balls someone had told me that I would become a professional tennis player, that I would fulfill my dream of winning Roland Garros and Wimbledon, that I would become No.1 …

Two weeks, two Stefanos Tsitsipas v Casper Ruud finals on clay.

Tsitsipas, who won Monte Carlo, ran his clay win straight to 10 coming from a set down to defeat Dusan Lajovic 5-7, 6-4, 6-2.

“I would say the first game of the second set showed a direction where it felt if …

Iga Swiatek’s undefeated reign in Stuttgart is over. Elena Rybakina stopped to world No. 1’s attempt for a third straight title downing Swiatek 6-3, 4-6, 6-3.

“It was very tough match, like always, against Iga,” Rybakina said. “Really happy that I won on clay. Gives confidence, of course.

“Of course she likes the courts. For me, it’s a bit difficult to …

The last four Grand Slam champions were in action Friday at the Stuttgart indoor clay event, and the most recent two were sent home.

Aryna Sabalenka fell to Wimbledon champion Marketa Vondrousova in a compelling three sets 3-6, 6-3, 7-5.

The Czech lefty ended a 4-match skid to Sabalenka by coming from …

The women’s Big 4 are all in the Stuttgart quarterfinals on Friday. Two-time defending champion Iga Swiatek leads the way after a win over Elise Mertens 6-3, 6-4.

“There is always pressure behind me somewhere,” said Swiatek who has won the last two years and is 9-0 at the event. “You can’t avoid that on this level and when you’re …

Alex De Minaur put a convincing end to Rafael Nadal’s comeback this week with a 7-5, 6-1 in Barcelona on Wednesday.

Nadal played the Australian tough until late in the first when De Minaur pulled away and then didn’t continued to pour it on in the second set.

“I think about the only thing I …

A full 22 months away from his favorite surface, Rafael Nadal looked right at home on the clay Tuesday in Barcelona.

The 12-time tournament champion rolled in his return clubbing Flavio Cobolli 6-2, 6-3.

“Every time it is more difficult and especially when you are at an advanced age, …

While Rafael Nadal confirmed his return today in Barcelona, Carlos Alcaraz met the press today to discuss why he is unable to defending his title.

“I wanted to come and explain in my own words. This is a club I’ve spent a lot of my life at, I wanted to do it in person …

Earlier today in Barcelona, Rafael Nadal confirmed that he is good tomorrow for his first round match Tuesday against Flavio Cobolli.

Nadal has just three matches since the Australian Open last year, those coming in January at Brisbane. In fact, he hasn’t played on clay since his 2022 French Open title.

The 12-time champion in …

Carlos Alcaraz’s European clay season has been put on hold another week. The 20-year-old missed Monte Carlo and announced today that he will be unable to defending his Barcelona title this week.

Alcaraz, who has won the last two Barcelona titles, said he’s still struggling with a right arm injury.

Alcaraz will now target another event which has has twice won, the Madrid Masters which begins on the 24th of …

Fingers crossed but Rafael Nadal is expected back this week in Barcelona, an event he’s won 12 times.

Nadal has played just one event in the last 14 months — Brisbane in January when he injured a different area of his hip. He was scheduled to return at the March Masters events but withdrew, then pulled out of Monte …

While Rafael Nadal’s reign has all but ended in Monte Carlo, Stefanos Tsitsipas’s is well underway. Today, the Greek collected his third Monte Carlo Masters title in four years sweeping past Casper Ruud 6-1, 6-4.

“I did need a week like this a lot, especially the rough months that I have been through the last half of 2023 …

It was a Saturday of upsets in Monte Carlo with both underdogs Stefanos Tsitsipas and Casper Ruud advancing to the finals of the first Masters on clay this season.

First up, Stefanos Tsitsipas continued his success at the Monte Carlo Masters and over Jannik Sinner defeating the Italian 6-4, 3-6, …