Both finalists from last year — Felix Auger-Aliassime and Stefanos Tsitsipas — are back in Rotterdam this week.

The field features five players in the Top 10 among the 32-draw event. The top seeds are: 1 Stefanos Tsitsipas, 2 Andrey Rublev, 3 Felix Auger Aliassime, 4 Holger Rune, 5 Hubert Hurkacz, 6 Daniil Medvedev, 7 Pablo Carreno Busta and 8 Alexander Zverev.

No. 1 Tsitsipas is slated to meet 7 Carreno Busta …

Iga Swiatek leads a loaded field for the WTA 500 event in Doha. The world No. 1 is one of seven players in the Top 10 in the tournament along with Jessica Pegula, Caroline Garcia and Coco Gauff.

This is Swiatek’s first event since an Australian Open loss to Elena Rybakina.

Top seeds are 1 Iga Swiatek, 2 Jessica Pegula, 3 Caroline Garcia, 4 Coco Gauff, 5 Maria Sakkari, 6 Daria Kasatkina, …

Top seed Taylor Fritz suffered a shock defeat in the Dallas semifinals to Yibing Wu 6-7(3-7), 7-5, 6-4.

The 23-year-old advances to his first career ATP final. Wu, ranked 97th, finished with six aces, saved all 9 break points he faced never losing serve to the American No. 1.

Wu managed to break for 3-2 in the third then held on for the biggest win of his young career, and his first …

Maxime Cressy is American but has roots in France, and today he become French.

In semifinal play in Montpellier, Cressy bounced The top seeded Holger Rune in three sets 7-5, 6-7(3-7), 7-6(7-4). Cressy’s rode his serve to the title. He never face a break point against the world No. 9 finishing with 15 aces, 10 doubles, he won 65/74 (88%) of first serves, 14/26 (54%) on second serves.

Cressy took the lone …

Second seed Belinda Bencic will seek her second title of the season Sunday against Liudmila Samsonova in the Abu Dhabi WTA 500 final.

The second-seeded Bencic topped No. 6 seed Beatriz Haddad Maia 6-2, 6-3. In the match, Bencic was solid on serve tallying four aces, winning 20/27 (74%) of first service points, 13/17 (76%) on second serves, and never dropping serve and only facing one break point. The Swiss broke …

Top seed Maria Sakkari tumbled out of the WTA 250 Linz event falling to No. 6 seed Petra Martic 3-6, 6-3, 6-4. Martic, ranked 34th, finished with eight aces, won 37/52 (71%) on first serve points, 19/40 (48%) on second serves, was 4 of 11 on break chances. She won the last three games of the match.

After dropping the opener, Martic broke in the ninth game of the third set …

Three Americans advanced to the semifinals at the ATP event in Dallas on Friday, including new star JJ World.

The sixth-seeded former Ohio State Buckeye upset No. 2 Frances Tiafoe in a match that went the distance 4-6, 6-3, 6-4. Wolf cracked 11 aces, won 47/57 (82%) on first serve points, 18/38 (47%) on second serves. Wolf broke in the ninth game of the third set for 5-4 then served it …

Second-seeded Jannik Sinner moved past Italy’s Lorenzo Sonego 6-4, 6-2 to reach the semifinals in Montpellier, France on Friday. The 17th-ranked Sinner won 26/39 (67%) on first serve points, 9/13 (69%) on second serves. Sinner was broken once but was able to break serve four times, breaking for a final time in the second for 4-1. Sinner broke in the first game of the second set for 1-0.

Sinner advances …

Three of the top four seeds at the Abu Dhabi Open were eliminated Friday in quarterfinal play.

Chinese sensation Qinwen Zheng upended the top seeded Daria Kasatkina 6-1, 6-2. In the match, Zheng hit four aces, won 28/34 (82%) of first service points, 9/17 (53%) on second serves and never lost serve. The 20-year-old broke the Russian four times in this first meeting

Zheng advances her 3rd career semifinal.

No. 6 seed Beatriz …

In an all-American affair, top seed Taylor Fritz eliminated Jack Sock 7-6(7-5), 6-4 in the second round at the Dallas Open.

The American No. 1 Fritz fired 10 aces, won 42/47 (89%) on first serves, and never dropped serve in the win, his fourth over Sock in six career tour-level meetings.

“I thought I played pretty well,” Fritz said. “He served well and when I got chances on his serve he …

The top three seeds in Montpellier have advanced to the quarterfinals of the 250 event in France. On Thursday in second round action 3rd-seeded Borna Coric eliminated Arthur Rinderknech of France 6-3, 7-5. In the match, Coric smacked 10 aces, won 34/43 (79%) of first serve points, 10/14 (71%) on second serves and never lost serve. The Croatian improves to a perfect 2-0 in tour-level head-to-head battles with Rinderknech.

“In the …

Two of the biggest serves in tennis met in the second round at Abu Dhabi on Thursday, and the youth was served. The 3rd-seeded Elena Rybakina got past Karolina Pliskova of the Czech Republic 6-4, 6-2. The 23-year-old Rybakina hit three aces, won 23/31 (74%) first service points, 15/21 (71%) on second serves and never lost serve.

Pliskova, ranked No. 20, fired seven aces, hit four doubles, won 31/47 (66%) …

In first round action at the Dalls Open on Wednesday, China’s Yibing Wu bounced No. 3 Denis Shapovalov 7-6(7-1), 6-4 in the upset of the day.

“I’ve been playing great tennis the past few months,” Wu told the crowd after one of his biggest career wins. “Hopefully I can keep playing good. Thanks for all the fans, especially Chinese fans. I can hear you guys.”

The 23-year-old Wu won 32/48 (67%) …

Second-seeded Belinda Bencic eliminated Marta Kostyuk 6-4, 7-5 in the second round today at Abu Dhabi.

Bencic tossed in three doubles, won 23/35 (66%) on first serve points, 16/20 (80%) on second serves. Bencic was broken twice but broke serve four times. In the match, Kostyuk cracked seven aces, hit four doubles but won just 11/27 (41%) on second serves.

“I was expecting it to be a tough match …

American seeds went 3-0 Tuesday at the Dallas Open led by veteran John Isner who No. 5 John Isner moved past Chun-Hsin Tseng in two sets 7-6(7-5), 7-6(7-1). The 37-year-old cracked 22 aces in the win, but lamented on his 0-2 start in Australia.

“I would love to win some tennis matches in Australia. It just never happens,” said Isner who resides in Dallas. “I normally play my best at home, …