BMW MALAYSIAN OPEN
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia; Surface: hard

Seeds: Roberta Vinci, Elina Svitolina, Sabine Lisicki, Annika Beck, Nao Hibino, Eugenie Bouchard, Hsieh Su-wei, Zheng Saisai

Floaters: Zarina Diyas

Notes: Vinci the lone Top 10er in the field…(4) Beck with a tricky opener vs. Diyas…Vinci took a wildcard, with additional main draw entries awarded to seeds Lisicki, Svitolina, and Hong Kong’s unseeded Zhang Ling…Appearance money must have been scant…Only four players in the Top 50, …

No. 8-seeded Carla Suarez Navarro’s 1-8 record going into the championship of the Qatar Total Open was not inspiring, but the Spaniard nonetheless found a gear to rally from a set down to beat 18-year-old Jelena Ostapenko 1-6, 6-4, 6-4 for her second and biggest title of her career.

“It’s amazing, a dream come true,” said the Spaniard who will rise to a career-high No. 6 on the WTA rankings. “I …

Stan Wawrinka hadn’t lost a final in three years, and he wasn’t about to let the streak go South on Saturday, defeating Marcos Baghdatis 6-4, 7-6(13) in the championship of the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships.

“I’m really happy to have another trophy,” said the Swiss after capturing his second of 2016 after Chenai. “It’s [an] amazing feeling, especially today when I was playing some really good tennis. It was a …

As his rehab from knee surgery continues, Roger Federer officially withdrew from the Indian Wells event and took himself out of any Miami wildcard possibility, he announced today.

Federer did add that he well return in mid-April at Monte Carlo.

“The Rehab for my knee is going really well!” Federer posted on Facebook. “I have now had a lot of great practices on the court and in the gym. As it …

After a week of upsets, two surprising finals in the Middle East were set on Friday. In Dubai, after the departure of top seed Novak Djokovic yesterday, former Top 10 Marcos Baghdatis took advantage of the opening beating the Serb’s ouster Feliciano Lopez 3-6, 7-6(1), 6-1.

The final is Baghdatis’s biggest final since reaching the Washington title match back in 2010.

“It’s amazing,” said Baghdatis. “It’s been a long road …

Sam Querrey overcame a shaky first set to stop the run of surging 18-year-old American Taylor Fritz 2-6, 6-4, 6-4 in the quarterfinal at Acapulco late Thursday night.

Querrey, the winner in Delray Beach on Sunday, was broken twice and dominated early by the young Fritz who made the Memphis finals earlier this month. But Querrey secured a late break in the second and kept control in the third …

Bad boy Nick Kyrgios actually proved to his many critics that he is capable of sportsmanship. Early in his impressive 6-4, 6-4 win over Tomas Berdych, the 20-year-old told the Czech to challenge one his missed serves. And the Berdych followed Nick’s suggestion and got an ace out of it!

Next for the streaking Kyrgios is a date with Stan Wawrinka in the Dubai semifinals. The …

Roger Federer posted a heartfelt message on his website, thanking his fans for all the kind words following surgery on his left knee earlier this month.

I would like to send out a heartfelt thank you for all your kind words after my injury and the surgery. It was an amazingly positive boost to receive all your cards, letters, presents and posts on the web. It really means a …

Novak Djokovic’s incredible run hit a bump today in Dubai when the world No. 1 was forced to retire from his match against Feliciano Lopez due to an eye infection.

Djokovic had just dropped the first set of their quarterfinal to Lopez 6-3 when the Serb went over to the chair to end the match.

“It’s an eye problem,” Djokovic said. “I have had it ever since I arrived in Dubai. It …

Novak Djokovic cruised to his 700th career win on Thursday, burying Malek Jaziri 6-1, 6-2 in the second round at the Roger Federer-less Dubai event.

Djokovic’s has lost just six games in two matches and he hasn’t lost – 17 straight now – since Federer beat him in London over three months ago. Of course, with Federer still recovering there’s little hope of anyone even pushing Novak this week …

Novak Djokovic joined an elite group of players to reach the 700 career win plateau on the ATP Tour. The Serb won No. 700 beating Malek Jaziri 6-1, 6-2 today in the Dubai second round.

“Every milestone is special and it gives you an extra incentive and motivation to play well,” Djokovic told ATPWorldTour.com. “Being a part of the history books is a huge honour and is something that is always …

At the Dubai players party, world No. 1 Novak Djokovic showed some of his off courts skills with this belly dancer.

After some brief instruction, Djokovic found the rhythm. See for yourself:

Djokovic plays later today in Dubai against Malek Jaziri seeking a 700th career match win.

Roger Federer took to social media yesterday to show he’s back on the tennis court and making progress after undergoing surgery to repair a torn meniscus in his left knee earlier this month.

“Rarely felt so happy being back on a practice court,” Federer posted.

Rarely felt so happy being back on a practice court 😄 pic.twitter.com/2BJTqLqhTW

— Roger Federer (@rogerfederer) February 23, 2016…

Taylor Fritz continued his breakout season Tuesday in Acapulco. The 18-year-old who made the Memphis final 10 days ago pulled off one of his best career wins defeating the 30th-ranked Jeremy Chardy 6-4, 3-6, 6-3.

“It feels amazing to have that consistency, to show I didn’t just do it that one time, to come back and do it again,” Fritz said after his second career Top 30 win. “I felt like …

Stan Wawrinka found himself serving down 0-30, 4-5 in the third set but the 2-time Grand Slam champion didn’t lose another game to beat a pesky Sergiy Stakhovsky 5-7, 6-3, 7-5 in the opening round in Dubai.

“It’s good for my confidence but it was a tough first match,” said Wawrinka. “I was hesitating, always being behind, staying aggressive. And it’s tough to play especially against Stakhovsky, who doesn’t give you …