Radu Albot made history Sunday in Delray Beach becoming the first Moldovan player to win an ATP title beating the rain and Dan Evans 3-6, 6-3, 7-6(7).

Albot, who had dropped the first set, also had to overcome a 56-minute rain delay which came while up a break 2-1, 15-0 in the third set.

The 29-year-old stayed strong though despite a momentum shift after the rain. Evans broke back and in the …

A first ATP title was on the line at the upset-riddled ATP 500 stop in Rio on Sunday. In the end, the crown went to Serbian Laslo Djere who stopped the run of 18-year-old Canadian phenom Felix Auger-Aliassime 6-3, 7-5.

Neither player had ever been to an ATP final before Sunday, but after a week filled with upsets the two players who knocked out both top two seeds (Dominic Thiem and …

There will be a heavy American flavor at the WTA event in Mexico this week. Three of the Top 5 seeds are Americans with top seed Sloane Stephens, No. 2 Danielle Collins and No. 5 Sofia Kenin.

Stephens won the title back in 2016 beating Dominika Cibulkova. She’ll open against Frenchwoman Pauline Parmentier.

Collins, who stunned the tennis world reaching the Australian Open semifinals, faces off with former No. 1 …

Rafael Nadal opens his North American hard court swing this week at the Mexican Open in Acapulco. The former No. 1 has twice won the Acapulco title in 2005 and 2013.

In his first match since losing in the Australian Open final to Novak Djokovic, Nadal begins play against Mischa Zverev with either Andreas Seppi or Nick Kyrgios in round two.

Nadal had won all 14 matches at the event until …

Roger Federer makes his post-Australian return at his second home in Dubai this upcoming week. Federer has won the event seven times, but this year he’ll look for an 8th which would give him 100 career titles.

Federer is seeded second behind No. 1 Kei Nishikori. Seeded third is Marin Cilic and No. 4 is Khachanov.

Federer opens against German veteran Philipp Kohlschreiber Monday and would face either former finalist Fernando Verdasco …

Stefanos Tsitsipas lived up to his top seed billing cruising to his second career title Sunday in Marseille, beating Mikhail Kukushkin 7-5, 7-6(5).

The 20-year-old Greek never never dropped a set in four matches during the week, though after several upsets he only faced one player in the top 45 – No. 24 David Goffin in the semifinals.

This was the first ATP event Tsitsipas was seeded No. 1. He is now …

After years of injuries, Belinda Bencic may finally be on the road back to the top. The former Top 10 has slipped out of the Top 40, but her ranking is moving up again thanks to a huge title today in Dubai where she stunned favorite Petra Kvitova 6-3, 1-6, 6-2.

The win marked Bencic’s first, and third overall, since her other Premier 5 title at Canada in 2015 when …

Controversy is not far behind wherever Nick Kyrgios goes. The embattled Australian is in (or was in) Delray Beach this week where he got into trouble once again.

After a lethargic first round win over countryman John Millman, Kyrgios fell apart yesterday against Radu Albot in the second round in three sets, and among the antics he pulled was a spat with a fan prompting a code violation. And there …

Following hip resurfacing surgery, the question is, will Andy Murray ever play again? His mom, Judy, thinks there’s a chance.

“I think he will, [but] I think he’s aware that it might not be possible,” Judy Murray told the AP in Rio where she’s on site for a speaking event. “He is a smart guy, he has a lot of interest in different things, he has a lot of options …

Following major renovations at the other Grand Slams and top events, the French Open is finally making changes to their site.

Among them, a new Court Philippe Chatrier will be in place for 2019. As you can see in the video, the old one was completely torn down after Nadal’s win last June.

The hope is that Chatrier will have a roof over its head by 2020. As part of a …

Roger Federer will finally return to the clay this spring for the first time since 2016. Federer will open his clay season at the Madrid Masters.

“Federer is one of the best players of all time, it’s no secret”, said tournament director Feliciano Lopez,. “We are happy because his return to Madrid is a gift to the tournament, but above all the fans will be able to see a unique player …

During his Laureus acceptance speech Monday night in Monaco for a fourth Sportsman of the Year honor, Novak Djokovic revealed that he was close to quitting the sport, but his wife, Jelena, helped him back. And she got a big Thank You on the world stage.

“Yes, I did think about leaving tennis,” Djokovic told the audience. “I did think about everything else and I just didn’t find myself in …

Following an incredible second half to 2018, Novak Djokovic picked up his fourth Laureus World Sportsman of the Year Award Monday in Monaco.

“A Laureus Award is what every athlete wants to win, and this one is a huge honour for me,” Djokovic said. “Being among so many sporting greats here tonight, and hearing about the inspirational work Laureus is doing around the world, gives this Award a special meaning for …

Simona Halep gave it a go with David Goffin’s former coach, Thierry Van Cleemput, but the trial bore no fruit. After a meeting in Australia, two got together official in Doha last week where Halep made the final. But the Romanian decided Van Cleemput was not for her.

“So we tried for one week and it’s finished,” Halep told the WTA. “We decided to stop because we are not a good …

The big news post-Australian Open was Naomi Osaka letting go of coach Sascha Bajin who helped lead her to back-to-back Grand Slam titles. The Japanese star make it sound like there was a personal conflict.

“It was kind of brewing in Australia. I think some people could see that if they saw how we interacted,” Osaka told the media in Dubai yesterday.

“I would not want to split on really bad …