The title at the inaugural WTA event in Austin has gone to Marta Kostyuk of the Ukraine. The 20-year-old Kostyuk survived a break-filled match to top Russian Varvara Gracheva 6-3, 7-5.

“Very surreal,” Kostyuk told the WTA. “I was just playing match by match, and I think this is how you win tournaments, I guess! It’s not so easy to talk right now, but obviously I’m extremely happy.

“I’m just happy to …

It’s looks like another March miss for Novak Djokovic. The World No. 1 is apparently still fighting to get into the U.S. but with Indian Wells just days away, it’s not looking promising.

The U.S. — I believe — is still the only country that requires foreigners to have proof of vaccination to get into the country, and of course Djokovic remains unvaccinated. Djokovic hasn’t played in the U.S. since his …

Alex De Minaur came from a set down to deny Tommy Paul 3-6, 6-4, 6-1 in the Acapulco final Saturday night for the biggest win of his career.

“It feels great, it feels amazing,” De Minaur said to the ATP. “I know the hard work that’s put in to be here and it’s good to see the results. It’s not always that you win the tournament and you get to finish …

In the battle of Argentines, Tomas Martin Etcheverry bested his higher-ranked countryman Sebastian Baez 7-5, 6-3 to make his very first ATP final.

“Really I can’t believe it,” the 23-year-old Etcheverry said after. “This is a dream for me, for my family, for my friends, all the people that helped me to reach my goals. This is amazing. Just to enjoy tomorrow. That’s the key for my first final.”

Ranked no. 76, …

Americans went 0-2 Saturday in the Austin semifinals. Former Australian Open champion Danielle Collins fell in straight sets to 29-year-old Danielle Collins 6-4, 6-3.

The Ukrainian star broke Collins four times including a final break to take the match. And came from four breaks points down to take four of the last five games of the first set.

Kostyuk wins their first meeting at the tour level and it puts her …

Caroline Garcia eased into the Monterrey final besting Elise Mertens 6-3, 6-4.

The 5th-ranked Garcia was two of 12 on break chances but never dropped serve, lost just eight points on her serve in the second set. Garcia won the final 3 games of the contest to reach her 16th career final.

“It was very intense. Every point as super important since the very first game of the match. We …

Daniil Medvedev capped his best week since winning the US Open by taking the Dubai title, crushing countryman Andrey Rublev 6-2, 6-2 today in the final.

The 25-year-old Medvedev won the title — his 18th — without dropping a set. He’s now won three straight events and 14 consecutive matches.

“It is amazing because at the start of the year, it was not perfect. In tennis when you don’t win matches you …

Good friends and American compatriots Tommy Paul and Taylor Fritz played one of the best matches of the season last night in the Acapulco quarters. Paul came out ahead 6-3, 6-7(2), 7-6(2) in 3 hours, 25 minutes.

Paul, who had a match point in the second, was already struggling physically. Down an early break, Paul’s cramped kicked up as Fritz moved ahead and seemed destined to return to the final. But …

In Austin at the inaugural ATX Open, Danielle Collins rallied from a set down to defeat Russia’s Anna Kalinskaya 3-6, 6-2, 6-1.

The 29-year-old Collins took nine straight games from 2-1 in the second to break the match open. Kalinskaya had won six straight from 3-1 down in the first.

Collins is a perfect 2-0 in tour-level head-to-head meetings with Kalinskaya. In her 12th career semifinal, the American will take on …

Top seed Caroline Garcia stormed into the Monterrey semifinals, cruising past No. 7 seed Mayar Sherif 6-0, 6-4.

The 5th-ranked Garcia hit three aces, won 25/29 (86%) on first service points and never faced a break point. The Frenchwoman won the first seven games of the match. Then converted the only break point of the second to win the match.

Into her 28th career WTA semifinal, Garcia will take on former Top …

In Santiago, Chile, at the Movistar Chile Open in quarterfinals action the No. 3 seed Sebastian Baez eliminated No. 6 seed Laslo Djere in two sets 7-6(7-4), 6-4.

The 35th-ranked Baez won 12/17 (71%) on second serves and broke serve twice in the match. He overcame an early break in the second from 3-1 down to take five of the last six games.

“I feel so comfortable. The people, everything,” the …

After a tough 13 months or so, Daniil Medvedev might be back to his best form. Today, the Russian handed world No. 1 Novak Djokovic his first loss of the season in convincing fashion 6-4, 6-4 to reach his first final in Dubai.

The Russian has now won his last 13 matches and he snapped Djokovic’s 20-match win streak, giving Djokovic his first loss of the season after a 15-0 start.

“When …

Taylor Fritz continued his mastery over good friend and countryman Frances Tiafoe scoring a 6-3, 6-4.

The 5th-ranked Fritz never lost serve breaking serve twice in the match. Fritz broke in the fourth game of the first set for 3-1 and again to start the second. He served out the match at love to improve to 6-1 against Tiafoe.

“I’m happy with how I played the big points,” Fritz told the …

The two hottest men’s player on tour right now will meet Friday in the Dubai semifinals as Novak Djokovic collides with Daniil Medvedev.

Djokovic improved to 15-0 on the season with 6-3, 7-5 win over No. 5 Hubert Hurkacz. The Serb lost just 11 total points on his serve and never faced a break point while breaking the Polish No. 1 twice including one to get to 6-5 in the second …

The highest seed in the event, Casper Ruud, was upset Wednesday night in Acapulco by qualifier Taro Daniel in a thriller 7-5, 2-6, 7-6(7-5).

Ruud led with a break early and battled in the third to get to two match points on Daniel’s serve in the 5-6 game. Daniel stayed strong to earn arguably the biggest win of his career, his first over a Top 10 player (was 0-8).

“I think …