On Tuesday the ITF released their official team rosters for the Davis Cup quarterfinals next weekend. The top two in the world, Andy Murray and Novak Djokovic, are both battling elbow injuries and were in doubt for the event.

And it’s Murray who will not play while Djokovic will compete for Serbia as they meet Spain, who will not have the services of Rafael Nadal in part because the tie, played …

Behind an improved backhand, Roger Federer has been the story of the 2017 season, winning 16 of 17 matches this year and closing in on a third Indian Wells-Miami double. And he hasn’t lost a set in his last eight matches! So is he playing better now than ever? He says times have changed.

“I think I play different to when I was 24,” Federer said of his level of play …

No. 5 seed Rafael Nadal and his nemesis Fabio Fognini set up an unlikely semifinal on Wednesday at the Miami Open.

Nadal overpowered No. 13-seeded American Jack Sock 6-2, 6-3 while Fognini upset No. 2-seeded Kei Nishikori 6-4, 6-2.

After dominating the first set, Nadal went down a break 2-0 in the second with Sock having four chances for a second break. But Nadal turned up the heat winning six of the …

Venus Williams and Johanna Konta both orchestrated huge upsets on Wednesday at the Miami Open to advance into a semifinal battle on Key Biscayne.

The No. 11-seeded Williams ousted propped-up world No. 1 Angie Kerber 7-5, 6-3, and the No. 10-seeded Konta came from a set down to defeat No. 3-seeded Simona Halep 3-6, 7-6(7), 6-2.

Konta is the first British woman to reach the Miami Open semifinals. Halep served for the …

The first semifinal at the Miami Open is set and it features US Open runner-ups Caroline Wozniacki against Karolina Pliskova, after both scored comprehensive straight set wins on Tuesday.

Pliskova reached her first Miami semifinal beating Mirjana Lucic-Baroni 6-3, 6-4 and avenging her loss to the Croat at the Australian Open.

“I think I played much better here than I was playing [in Melbourne],” Pliskova said. “Also, the conditions here are different, …

Are Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal headed for another final collision? It looks that way in Miami where the two Hall of Fame legends continued to play up to their credentials.

Today in fourth round action Federer held off an in-form Roberto Bautista Agut in two tiebreakers 7-6(5), 7-6(4) to notch his 16th win in 17 tries this season.

“I felt good overall. It was a different kind of match,” said Federer …

Tournament favorites and Top 3 seeds Angelique Kerber, Karolina Pliskova and Simona Halep all advanced to the quarterfinals at the Miami Open on Monday.

Kerber cruised past qualifier Risa Ozaki 6-2, 6-2 in a first meeting. Pliskova also won in straight sets, upending Barbora Strycova 6-1, 6-4. And Halep needed to save a match point serving 4-5 in the the second to come back and beat Sam Stosur 4-6, 7-5, 6-2. …

Roger Federer kept his momentum rolling into the fourth round at Miami with a comfortable 6-3, 6-4 victory over Juan Martin del Potro.

It was the first meeting between the two who share the same management agency since the ATP Finals in 2013 which went three sets. But Federer started out hot and once again was solid on serve and from the baseline. After breaking the Argentine to seize the lead. …

According to his brother, Jamie, Andy Murray has an elbow tear which will leave him unfit for Great Britain’s Davis Cup tie next month against France. And it could jeopardize his participation in the first clay Masters event of the season in Monte Carlo in three weeks.

“It’s some sort of tear in his elbow,” Jamie told the British press in Miami.

“[Andy] said he can do everything except serve and …

It’s been one injury after another for Milos Raonic. The big-serving Canadian had to withdraw from Miami yesterday do to continued issues with his hamstring. The same hamstring which kept him out of Indian Wells and forced him to also withdraw from the Delray Beach final.

“It’s related to the previous injury I sustained almost four weeks ago, if not a little bit more than four weeks ago, in Delray,” Raonic …

Rafael Nadal losing a set 6-0?

The former No. 1 rebounded from one of the worst starts of his career on Sunday at the Miami Open to eventually defeat No. 26 seed Philipp Kohlschreiber 0-6, 6-2, 6-3.

“He was doing everything good, so that’s sport,” Nadal said. “When somebody is playing the way that he was playing that first set, I lose the set because he was playing too good. That’s it. …

World No. 1 Angelique Kerber led the third-round winners on Sunday at the Miami Open, defeating unseeded American Shelby Rogers 6-4, 7-5 to advance to a meeting with Japan’s dangerous unseeded Risa Ozaki.

“It was a good match,” said Kerber, who was down a break in both sets. “I was trying to feel my game again. I was moving good, but it was not so easy because she didn’t play badly. …

2012 champion Agnieszka Radwanska was bounced in the third round of Miami by veteran Mirjana Lucic-Baroni 6-0, 6-3 Saturday.

Lucic-Baroni had just beaten Radwanska at the Australian Open and she did it against Saturday in South Florida.

“It was a great match today, she’s obviously a top player and has been for many years,” Lucic-Baroni told WTA. “I know what I had to do when I walked into the court. It’s always …

Roger Federer and Juan Martin del Potro advanced to a Monday third round in Miami. Federer upped his sparkling 2017 record to 14-1 after beating American teen Frances Tiafoe 7-6(2), 6-3 on a rainy Saturday.

“I’ve hit with Frances maybe twice before. I saw the power he had, the explosivity he had, how he easily can generate pace. He seemed to be fearless, good serving, taking the ball early and making …

Congratulations to Jo-Wilfried Tsonga and his girlfriend Noura El Shwekh who welcomed a baby boy Friday, the tennis star revealed on twitter.

Des étoiles plein les yeux, je vous annonce la naissance de notre fils ! 👶🏽 pic.twitter.com/hM5XZrFYXY

— Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (@tsonga7) March 24, 2017

The French No. 1 skipped Miami to be there for the birth of his first child.

Tsonga becomes the …