Garbine Muguruza successfully defended her Monterrey title Sunday in Mexico when her opponent, Victoria Azarenka, retired down 6-3, 3-1 with a right calf injury.

It’s a great feeling to come back and defend a title,” Muguruza said. “It’s never easy.”

In this battle of multi-Slam winners and former No. 1s, Muguruza pounced early on the Belarussian.

Azarenka, who was playing in her first singles final as a mom, needed treatment on her …

Madison Keys got back to the winners’ circle for the first time in 20 months, beating former No. 1 Caroline Wozniacki 7-6(5), 6-3 to win the Charleston title.

Keys last won a title back at Stanford in 2017. This was her fourth overall title and first on clay, giving her wins on all three surfaces.

“It means so much,” Keys said. “I’ve always loved Charleston. It’s always been one of my favorite …

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After his knee scare at Indian Wells which forced him out of a match against Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal is already back training on the clay at his academy, and been doing so for about a week now.

Nadal is set to make his official return in 13 days in Monte Carlo where the King of Clay will seek a 12th title.

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Good news for Andy Murray fans, just two months after hip surgery, he’s back hitting tennis balls again.

Murray posted the video on Instagram with the caption, “It’s a start”. Of course he now plays with a metal socket in the hip.

The 31-year-old earlier said he was hopeful of some kind of return at Wimbledon. But as he posted, this is just a start.

Bob Bryan, who also had …

One of the biggest stories this upcoming clay season is the return of Roger Federer to the slippery surface. The Swiss hasn’t hit a ball on dirt since a loss to Dominic Thiem almost three years ago at 2016 Rome, so it’s not surprising Federer, despite an 18-2 start to the year, is downplaying his chances on the clay.

“I’m not very confident going into this clay court season, I …

At 37, Roger Federer isn’t done yet. Far from it. Remarkably, as the oldest player in the Top 75 on the rankings, the Swiss is the new leader of the 2019 ATP points race going into the clay season.

Thanks to his 4th Miami title, Federer is now just ahead of Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal. With Federer slated to only play Madrid while Djokovic and Nadal play a heavier …

Roger Federer made the decision to receive when he won the coin toss and in some ways that proved the difference today in the Miami final against big man John Isner.

Federer forced Isner to serve and the defending champion was promptly broken. Federer, who has never been broken by Isner on hard courts, breezed from there breaking Isner two more times in the first set and again late in the …

Somewhat fittingly, the last two players to have won the Miami title in Key Biscayne, John Isner and Roger Federer, will do the honors of facing each other for the first title in the event’s new home at the Hard Rock, which from the reviews and comments, was a well received.

Looking back to the semifinals, the two teen Canadian’s were simply not ready to take that big step. Not yet.

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Ash Barty collected the biggest win of her career upending Karolina Pliskova 7-6(1), 6-3 to win her first Premier Mandatory level event in Miami.

The 22-year-old Barty had never even reached a Premier Mandatory quarterfinal before, but this week she eliminated four straight Top 20 players in succession to become the second straight improbable Mandatory champion this month, after Bianca Andreescu at Indian Wells.

“There are zero expectations,” said Barty. “I think …

The veterans once again for the better of the youngsters as thirty-somethings Roger Federer and John Isner advanced to the finals in Miami after giving lessons to Canadian teens Felix Auger-Aliassime and Denis Shapovalov in the semifinals Friday.

Isner was up first during the day and the defending champion started out the match cracking ace after ace against the 18-year-old Auger-Aliassime who was getting his first taste of the American’s massive …

In a rain-hampered match, Karolina Pliskova ended the hopes of Simona Halep returning to the No. 1 ranking Thursday night in Miami. The Czech knocked out Halep winning 10 of the last 11 games from 5-3 down in the first set for a 7-5, 6-1 victory.

Halep, who had beaten Pliskova in 7 of 10 meetings, would have returned to No. 1 with a win, and also reached her first Miami …

Roger Federer was scary good early on against Kevin Anderson in the Miami quarterfinal tonight, rolling out to a 8-0 lead and took it 6-0, 6-4.

After getting overmatched in the first set, Anderson came back in the second to level and played Federer tough down the stretch, but the South Floridian couldn’t conjure that same comeback he authored at Wimbledon last year.

Federer improved to 6-1 against Anderson and he’s now …

Despite a week of upsets, the Miami women’s tournament will have an all-Top 5 battle in the semifinals of the bottom half of the draw tonight. Former No. 1s Simona Halep and Karolina Pliskova advanced to their meeting and straight set wins on Wednesday in the quarterfinals.

Halep overcame a 5-1 second set hole and three set points to deny Wang Qiang 6-4, 7-5.

“Until 1-5 down I was not great,” Halep …

A change in time due and day due to rain had zero negative on Roger Federer in Miami. The 3-time champion had his match against Daniil Medvedev pushed from Tuesday night to Wednesday afternoon, and the Swiss never missed a beat hammering the Russian 6-4, 6-2.

Long rallies, short rallies, Federer was in control and in a comfort zone against the Medvedev who is 14 years junior.

“It’s not always simple. Margins …