MALAYSIA OPEN
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia; surface: hard

Seeds: David Ferrer, Feliciano Lopez, Ivo Karlovic, Grigor Dimitrov, Viktor Troicki, Jeremy Chardy, Nick Kyrgios, Vasek Pospisil

Floaters: Radek “The Worm” Stepanek, Alexander Zverev, Nicolas Almagro, Marcos Baghdatis

Notes: Ferrer the lone Top 10 player in the field…Tough starts for (1) Ferrer vs. The Worm, (6) Chardy vs. Zverev, amd (8) Pospisil vs. the Almagro-Baghdatis winner…Wildcards were awarded to Almagro, Karlovic, and India’s Ramkumar Ramanathan…Pulling from …

WUHAN OPEN
Wuhan, China; surface: hard

Seeds: Simona Halep, Maria Sharapova, Petra Kvitova, Caroline Wozniacki, Garbine Muguruza, Angelique Kerber, Carla Suarez Navarro, Karolina Pliskova, Ana Ivanovic, Agnieszka Radwanska, Belinda Bencic, Elina Svitolina, Andrea Petkovic, Madison Keys, Roberta Vinci, Sara Errani

Floaters: Svetlana Kuznetsova, Victoria Azarenka, Venus Williams, Sam Stosur, Sloane Stephens, Jelena Jankovic, Genie Bouchard, Caroline Garcia

Notes: Seven of the Top 10 and a slew of floaters make Wuhan a much-watch from …

A few notable matches tomorrow before the tour heads to Asia. In France, JW Tsonga and Gilles Simon meet for the Metz title.

Tsonga scored a 6-3, 6-4 win over Phil Kohlschreiber. Simon beat Martin Klizan.

“I’m very happy to be in the final,” said Tsonga. “I already played in three finals here and won two. In French, we always say ‘never two without three’ so I hope I will do …

In a move that will likely spill over into the Grand Slams, the ITF announced that fifth sets in Davis Cup will now go to a tiebreaker at 6-6 starting in 2016.

The US Open already plays a fifth set tiebreak (and third set breaker in the women’s event), but with this change I expect the Australian, French and Wimbledon to follow suit in the next few years.

We love watching those …

Happy birthday to Serena Williams who turns 34 this year. Despite her shock loss in the US Open semifinals, the World No. 1 is enjoying one of her best seasons, winning three Grand Slam titles and clinching the top ranking again.

ON Thursday, Serena celebrated the 20th anniversary of turning pro back on September 24, 1995….

Top seed Stan Wawrinka had to withdraw from Metz earlier today due to a right ankle sprain. The French Open champion was scheduled to face Philipp Kohlschreiber in the quarterfinals, but the ankle he injured in a 46, 63, 76(4) win yesterday over Dustin Brown wouldn’t allow him to play.

French favorites Jo-Wilfried Tsonga and Gilles Simon are also in quarterfinal action today.

Reeling Grigor Dimitrov has settled on a new coach. After parting with Roger Rasheed after Wimbledon, the talented Bulgarian has tapped Juan Martin del Potro’s former coach Franco Davin to the same position on his team on a trial basis for the upcoming Asian swing.

Davin and del Potro this summer. The Argentine Davin stays in Roger Federer’s Team * agency which represents both del Potro and Dimitrov.

Dimitrov reached …

The 2016 Davis Cup draw was announced this evening. Among the highlights are a strong Canadian team led by Milos Raonic going to Europe to contest a deep French team.

The Americans will have to go all the way to Australia to take on the young Aussies. And that’s just before the big Indian Wells-Miami swing in March.

In the second round, Serbia and Novak Djokovic could meet Andy Murray’s Great Britain …

Belgium has chosen to play their tie on clay when they host Great Britain in the Davis Cup final next month, the team confirmed today.

Earlier this week, Murray admitted that he might skip the prestigious London-based ATP Finals if the Davis Cup final was on clay, so he could better train.

Now that Belgium will put the British on clay indoors in Ghent, what will Murray do? The ATP …

In a shock announcement, due to personal reasons, longtime WTA CEO Stacy Allaster announced her resignation from the post effective October 2.

“It’s been a privilege to lead the organization that Billie Jean King founded and to have worked with the world’s best female athletes, dedicated tournament promoters and passionate and professional WTA team members. For 25 years I have dedicated my professional life to the sport and I’m proud of …

Yannick Noah is back in tennis. After years travelling the world as a pop star, the former French Open champion will return to the sport that made him in a global sensation, now as the coach of the French Davis Cup team for 2016.

Noah will replace Arnaud Clement who was fired last week.

Despite a deep team, France hasn’t won the Davis Cup since 2001. And this summer they lost to …

A Roger Federer fan in Spain has quite the story to tell. According to reports, Jesus Aparicio (a fictional name to protect his true identity) of Seville woke up last month from an 11-year coma.

Aparicio was hit by a car on December 12, 2004 on his 19th birthday, leaving him critically injured.

After much hope and treatment, Aparicio regained consciousness just last month, and soon was able to become familiar …

Andy Murray admitted he might skip the prestigious ATP Finals in London in November if the Davis Cup final is played on clay. Belgium will host Great Britain for the November 27th tie, but has not decided on surface.

“The O2 would obviously be a question mark for me if we were playing on the clay,” Murray told BBC Radio 5 live Sunday.

“I would go and train and prepare on …

Roger Federer made the most of his appearance in Davis Cup this weekend clinching the tie for Switzerland beating Thiemo de Bakker and The Netherlands 6-3, 6-2, 6-4 Sunday in Geneva.

De Bakker joined with Middlekoop Saturday to stun Federer and Marco Chuidenelli in five set comeback, but Federer sealed the Swiss return to the World Group in the singles fourth rubber.

Federer led Switzerland to the Davis Cup title in 2014, …

Andy Murray will try to clinch his first Davis Cup title in November thanks to his effort this weekend. Murray led Great Britain winning all three of his rubbers including the clincher today against Australia beating Bernard Tomic 7-5, 6-3, 6-2.

“Reaching the final is a big achievement and something that hasn’t been done for a long time. Everyone in the team should be very proud of that,” Murray said of …