Stefanos Tsitsipas will end 2018 on a high note after taking the 2018 NextGen title in Milan today. The 20-year-old ousted Australian Alex De Minaur 2-4, 4-1, 4-3(3), 4-3(3) in the short-set scoring format.

“It feels great. I’ve been playing some great tennis this week here in Milan,” Tsitsipas said. “It was a fantastic match. I stayed calm although I had a chance twice to win the match, but remained calm. …

After winning her first Grand Slam at the French Open helping her first finish No. 1 for a second straight year, Simona Halep is now coachless after Darren Cahill has decided to take a break from the job.

Cahill, who began working with Halep in 2015, made the announcement on his Instagram account on Friday.

“I would like to announce that Simona and I will not be continuing our partnership in 2019 …

Six-time champion Roger Federer opens play Sunday at the ATP Finals in London against Kei Nishikori. The Swiss, who no longer can finish No. 1 at the event, has owned the Japanese star winning the last six and seven of nine overall.

And he’s won both meetings with Nishikori at the ATP Finals, in 2014 and in three sets in 2015. It’s also their third clash in the last month.

“When I …

The ATP announced its annual player awards, and no surprise the Big 3 lead the way once again.

Novak Djokovic won the ATP No. 1 and the Comeback player of the year awards.

Rafael Nadal was given the Stefan Edberg Sportsmanship Away and Roger Federer won his 16th straight Fan Favorite title.

Stefanos Tsitsipas won the Most Improved award while Alex De Minaur took the Newcomer title.

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It was first announced as a full-strength Czech Republic squad against a U.S. team of newbies for the Fed Cup final after the top U.S. players bowed out citing injuries or a long season.

Then former No. 1 Karolina Pliskova announced she would not play, citing wrist and calf injuries.

Now today two-time Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitova was announced out for day one, and perhaps the entire weekend, after coming down with …

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The groupings for the ATP Finals were announced Monday for the year-end event which begins on Sunday.

Former champions and favorites Novak Djokovic and Roger Federer are the only players to have made the finals of the tournament before.

Year-end No. 1 Djokovic is mixed in with big men Alexander Zverev, Marin Cilic and John Isner, all of whom are at least 6-foot-6. Overall, the Serb is 25-5 against those three players.

While …

Rafael Nadal officially withdrew from next week’s ATP Finals due to an ab issue and ankle injury which required surgery today, the Spaniard announced today.

“I am writing these words to announce the end of my season,” Nadal said in a statement. “It has been a complicated year. I played at a very high level when I was able to compete, but at the same time it was very bad as …

Novak Djokovic had beaten Karen Khachanov at Wimbledon earlier this year, and when Djokovic broke for a 3-1 lead in the opening set, journalists were looking at their watches in anticipation of a late lunch or early dinner in Paris.

But what followed was an early coming-out party as the 22-year-old Russian toppled the soon-to-be No. 1 (on Monday) Djokovic 7-5, 6-4 for his first Masters Series victory at the Rolex …

Juan Martin del Potro official withdrew from the ATP Finals due to a knee injury. The fourth-ranked Del Potro hasn’t played in a month since suffering the injury in Shanghai.

“It’s frustrating for me not to be able to compete in London,” said Del Potro. “It’s a very special tournament and I’ve tried everything possible to get my knee better. The rehabilitation is making good progress, but I need more time. …

Novak Djokovic continued his dominance of the ATP Tour, outlasting Roger Federer in a thrilling semifinal at the Paris Masters tonight 7-6(6), 5-7, 7-6(3) in just over three hours.

Djokovic never broke serve in the match going 0/12 on break chances, but in the final set breaker was the far steadier player while Federer offered up a double fault and multiple errors.

“We had epic matches throughout our rivalry but this one …

The field of 8 at the ATP Finals was completed on Friday in Paris. With Roger Federer beating Kei Nishikori, Marin Cilic and Dominic Thiem took the last two spots in the year-end event.

As of Friday evening, the 8 are as follow:
1 Novak Djokovic
2 Rafael Nadal
3 Roger Federer
4 Juan Martin del Potro
5 Alexander Zverev
6 Kevin Anderson
7 Marin Cilic
8 Dominic Thiem

9 Kei Nishikori
10 John Isner

With Rafael Nadal battling an ab injury …

For a 47th time Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic will meet, this one for a spot in the Paris Masters final.
Despite battling a bit of the flu, Djokovic ran his win streak to 21 after coming from a set down to deny Marin Cilic 4-6, 6-2, 6-3. Djokovic now leads the Croat 16-2 in their series, but the Serb’s set streak of 30 came to an end.

“It was a …

Roger Federer rolled in his first real match at the Paris Masters this week. After a walkover yesterday over Milos Raonic, Federer cruised past Fabio Fognini 6-4, 6-3 to advance to the quarterfinals and keep his slim hopes for a year-end No. 1 ranking alive.

“I think both of us were far from our best, but we fought with what we had and at the end I think I maybe served …

Star attractions Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal didn’t hit a ball on Wednesday in Paris. Rafael Nadal had to withdraw due to an ab injury leaving the No. 1 ranking for now to Novak Djokovic.

“It was great to be here in Paris for a couple of days and practise with the guys,” said Nadal who has never won the Paris title. “I enjoyed it [and] I felt in terms of …