The 2015 WTA claycourt season kicks off in Charleston with the Premier-level Family Circle Cup, and the not-so-premier Katowice Open in Poland. Top 10ers Aggie Radwanska, Eugenie Bouchard, Ekaterina Makarova, Andrea Petkovic are in action, here’s a look at the two fields:

FAMILY CIRCLE CUP
Charleston, S.C., USA; Surface: clay

Seeds: Eugenie Bouchard, Ekaterina Makarova, Andrea Petkovic, Sara Errani, Angelique Kerber, Jelena Jankovic, Madison Keys, Caroline Garcia, Samantha Stosur, Varvara Lepchenko, Zarina Diyas, …

The 2015 clay court season on the ATP World Tour kicks off with low-key events in Houston and Casablanca, featuring American No. 1 John Isner, former world No. 1 Lleyton Hewitt, and more Spaniards than you can shake a stick at. Here’s a look:

FAYEZ SAROFIM & CO. U.S. MEN’S CLAY COURT CHAMPIONSHIP
Houston, Texas, U.S.A.; Surface: clay

Seeds: Feliciano Lopez, Roberto Bautista Agut, Kevin Anderson, John Isner, Santiago Giraldo, Fernando Verdasco, Jeremy …

I’m having a really hard time finding any reason to pick Andy Murray to upset Novak Djokovic Sunday in the Miami Open final. I’ve been digging through their head-to-head numbers, watching tape, eating right and going to the gym, but nothing has jumped out and screamed, “Pick Andy!”

Since returning from back surgery, the Scot has been Dominated (with a capital D) by Djokovic who has won their last six meetings …

Eight Miami Open singles titles. A streak of 21 wins in a row stretching back to last year. Like a fine wine, Serena Williams seems to get better with age.

World No. 1 Serena Williams breezed past Carla Suarez Navarro in a forgone conclusion 6-2, 6-0 on Saturday, improving to 5-0 career against the Spaniard in once again raising the trophy on Key Biscayne.

The title for many was a lock for …

On Saturday in the Miami Open final, Carla Suarez Navarro will try to become just the 8th player to beat both Williams sisters in the same tournament.

Earlier this week, the 26-year-old ousted Venus Williams in a three-set thriller. Now she takes on younger sisters, Serena, for the Miami title.

The last player to accomplish the feat was Jelena Jankovic who did it at the 2010 Rome event.

Here’s the list according to …

World No. 1 Serena Williams will seek her 8th Miami Open title Saturday in the women’s final against Carla Suarez Navarro.

Serena, who lives about an hour north of the Miami, has won her last 20 matches (17-0 this year) and will be the heavy favorite against the Spaniard who holds just one career title to her name and had never made it to the quarterfinals in Miami before.

The 26-year-old Suarez …

Two rivals and good friends meet again for the third time this year, the 26th overall as World No. 1 Novak Djokovic clashes with Andy Murray in the Miami Open final.

Djokovic leads 17-8 winning the last six meeting since Murray’s return from back surgery 15 months ago. The two met at the Australian Open and again last month at Indian Wells, won easily by the Serb.

Murray does have a …

We are down to just four at the last stop on this mini hardcourt Masters swing. And what we have is three guys we thought would be there and a very tall interloper named John Isner who is playing some sick tennis at the moment.

Today, the American played one of the best matches of his career smashing the foot-shorter World No. 5 Kei Nishikori 6-4, 6-3 in a match that …

After a very disappointing March Masters swing, Rafael Nadal is already back on his favorite clay surface preparing for Monte Carlo which begins a week from Sunday.

Nadal put this video out on his official youtube account. Is he trying to send a message to his fans and foes that he’s intent on getting back to the top? If so it’s message received. The forehand …

World No. 1 Serena Williams and the player who handed her one of the worst losses of her career last year, Simona Halep, will renew their rivalry in the semifinals of the Miami Open after posting not-so-easy victories on Wednesday.

Williams recovered from a 6-1 thrashing in the second set to rebound and defeat Sabine Lisicki, topping the No. 27-seeded German 7-6(4), 1-6, 6-3.

“Today wasn’t my best day,” said Williams, who …

As was discussed on ESPN2 earlier today during the Andy Murray-Dominic Thiem match, Rafael Nadal will drop out of the Top 4 in the rankings on Monday, and he could fall to No. 6 if David Ferrer wins the title.

Fortunately for Nadal, he will have points to pick on the clay. Usually he has to defend week after week on the dirt, but not this season. After a down pre-French …

Following a tough 3-set win over the tricky Alexandr Dolgopolov in Miami yesterday, 27-year-old Novak Djokovic was asked about his quarterfinal match against David Ferer, a battle of “two veterans” the reported stated.

“Did you say ‘two veterans’?” Djokovic smiled. “Thank you. That’s the first, I haven’t heard that. Thank you.

“This is a milestone,” Djokovic said. “This is a big thing for me to hear. I need to gather my thoughts …

Andy Murray became just the 46th player to win 500 career matches on the ATP circuit yesterday following a 64, 36, 63 win over Kevin Anderson in the Miami fourth round.

“It means a lot,” Murray told Sky Sports. “There’s not a whole lot [of players] that have managed to get to 500. It’s very nice to have done that. To do it here in Miami was quite fitting. I’ve done …

For the second time in the event defending champion Novak Djokovic needed the distance to prevail, this round overcoming a set down and 4-2 to deny Alexandr Dolgopolov 6-7(3), 7-5, 6-0.

“I fought my way through,” said Djokovic who won 11 of the last 12 games. “I was frustrated. I was losing my composure in the first set, because I didn’t feel good. So I was just trying to find a …

Top-seeded Serena Williams would not take her foot off the pedal against an opponent that had beaten her twice and reached No. 2 in the world on Monday at the Miami Open, steamrolling past No. 24 seed Svetlana Kuznetsova 6-2, 6-3.

“Playing Svetlana, I know she’s super tough — we always have super tough matches,” Williams said. “The last time we played I was just fighting my hardest and I was …