Dominic Thiem cemented his growing legend as a player who can beat any opponent on any surface, and 34-year-old Frenchman Nicolas Mahut won a tournament for a third time as two ATP grasscourt finals were completed on Monday morning due to rains on Sunday.

Mahut became a three-time Ricoh Open champion at ‘s-Hertogenbosch, where the No. 8 seed beat No. 7-seeded Gilles Muller 6-4, 6-4 for his fourth career grasscourt title.

“Playing …

Both championship matches got started, but rain pushed both the Mercedes Cup final in Stuttgart and the ‘s-Hertogenbosch Ricoh Open final in the Netherlands to Monday.

In Stuttgart, No. 3 seed Dominic Thiem trailed No. 7 seed Philipp Kohlschreiber 2-3 when the fourth and final rain delay brought the match to a close.

Thiem is looking for a first career grasscourt title after shocking Roger Federer in the semifinals. Former Halle winner …

Vandeweghe Mows Dutch Lawns for 2nd Grasscourt Title at Ricoh Open

American CoCo Vandeweghe returned to her beloved grass this week, winning her second career title with a 7-5, 7-5 victory over Kristina Mladenovic in the Ricoh Open final at ‘s-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands.

The American’s only other title came at ‘s-Hertogenbosch in 2014.

“It was actually really difficult — we had three rain delay stops — so it was really difficult to get yourself …

Andy Murray announced today that he and former coach Ivan Lendl have reunited.

“I had two very successful years working with Ivan, he’s single minded and knows what it takes to win the big events. I’m looking forward to Ivan joining the team again and helping me try and reach my goals,” Murray posted on his website.

“I enjoyed working with Andy in the past,” said Lendl who will continue to …

AEGON CLASSIC BIRMINGHAM
Birmingham, Great Britain; Surface: grass

Seeds: Agnieszka Radwanska, Angelique Kerber, Simona Halep, Belinda Bencic, Petra Kvitova, Carla Suarez Navarro, Madison Keys, Karolina Pliskova

Floaters: CoCo Vandeweghe, Caroline Wozniacki, Lucie Safarova, Shuai Peng

Notes: Strong field with four Top 10 seeds, and all seeds are ranked in Top 20…Potential tough starts for (1) Radwanska vs. Vandeweghe, (3) Halep vs. Safarova, and (2) Kerber vs. Peng…Wildcards went to Radwanska, Kvitova and Brits Naomi …

GERRY WEBER OPEN
Halle, Germany; Surface: grass

Seeds: Roger Federer, Kei Nishikori, Dominic Thiem, Tomas Berdych, David Goffin, David Ferrer, Viktor Troicki, Philipp Kohlschreiber

Floaters: Borna Coric, Marcos Baghdatis, Alexander Zverev

Notes: Potential tough starts for (5) Goffin vs. Coric, (4) Berdych vs. the veteran Baghdatis, and (7) Troicki vs. the German riser Zverev…Wildcards were awarded to American Taylor Fritz and Germans Dustin Brown, Jan-Lennard Struff and Zverev…Gael Monfils withdrew from the tournament…Ernests Gulbis …

Roger Federer won another tight match today in Stuttgart, beating German veteran Florian Mayer 7-6(2), 7-6(1) to clinch his 1,072nd career match win, putting him alone in second place behind Jimmy Connors (1,256).

“I think it was a good match really, with long rallies,” said Federer. “I thought that I played much better. I’m not sure if the stats showed it, but I felt [that] I served better. I’m really pleased …

According to Forbes, Roger Federer, despite his recent decline, is still the highest paid player in all of tennis.

Forbes just released its list of highest paid athletes, and Federer leads all tennis players (and individual sports athletes) at No. 4, $12 million ahead of Novak Djokovic in terms of last 12 months of total earnings. And that’s not because of prize money but rather endorsements where he still almost …

After his 3-set win yesterday over Taylor Fritz, Roger Federer offered his thoughts on the Maria Sharapova ruling. Federer backed the 2-year ban stating there needs to be a zero tolerance policy for dopers.

Via tennis.com:

“I didn’t get into all the details,” he told reporters at the tournament. “But I am for zero tolerance … She of course has the right to defend herself, like anyone … Whether it’s …

Stan Wawrinka announced today that he has added former Wimbledon champion Richard Krajicek to his coaching team for the grass season.

“As I’m always looking to improve on court, I would like to take this opportunity to announce as of immediately that I have added Richard Krajicek to my existing coaching staff to help during the grass court season for the next 4 weeks,” Wawrinka posted on Facebook. “Magnus, Yannick …

Rafael Nadal made it official today withdrawing from Wimbledon due to his injured left wrist.

“Hi everybody. I’m sad to announce that after talking to my doctors, and receiving the results of my last medical revision, I won’t be able to play at Wimbledon this year,” the 30-year-old Nadal wrote on Facebook. “As you can all imagine, it’s a very tough decision, but the injury I suffered at Roland Garros needs …

Roger Federer tied Ivan Lendl for second place on the ATP’s all-time match win leaders. Earlier, Federer survived a tough battle from 18-year-old American Taylor Fritz 64, 57, 64 in his opening round at Stuttgart.

The match was Federer’s first since a third round loss to Dominic Thiem at Rome. Federer withdrew from the French Open with a back injury.

“It wasn’t easy,” said Federer. “I thought Fritz had some good …

I was going to write about Novak Djokovic’s accomplishments this weekend in Paris, but unfortunately the news of the day in tennis comes out of London and it has nothing to do with any match results.

As you know by now, today the ITF whacked Maria Sharapova with a 2-year ban for taking the drug meldonuim which is found in mildronate.

Some thoughts on the ruling.

1. Two Years!
I think I’m with …

According to the ITF, Maria Sharapova is guilty of trying to beat the system.

Sharapova today was banned from tennis for TWO YEARS as a result of failing a doping test at the Australian Open for the drug meldonium.

WTA CEO Steve Simon said in a released statement, “It is important at all times for players to be aware of the rules and to follow them. In this case, Maria has taken …

If you haven’t heard of Felix Auger Aliassime, you likely soon will. Just 15, the Canadian from Montreal may even be better than the much-ballyhooed crop of “NextGen” teens.

In March of 2014, at just 14 Auger Alliasime became the youngest player to earn an ATP Ranking and reach a Challenger main draw. And last summer he made the quarterfinals at the ATP Challenger in Granby.

This past Sunday, he was …