After a miserable few years, Caroline Garcia is back playing Top 5 tennis again. The former world No. 4 won her ninth career title on Sunday cruising past Ana Bogdan in 81 minutes 6-4, 6-1 to win the Warsaw title.

“It was a tough match, every final is always tricky,” Garcia said. “You know you’re at the last step and you want to make it happen, to hold the trophy in …

In a much-anticipated clash of youth, it was Jannik Sinner getting the better of Carlos Alcaraz for the second time this month, upending the teen 6-7(5), 6-1, 6-1 to win the Umag title, his first of the season.

“I am obviously very happy,” said Sinner after the match. “I have a tough year until now, I had some unfortunate moments, but we worked every time to play better, to be a …

Alex De Minaur racked up his first title in over a year and sixth overall taking down Jenson Brooksby 6-3, 6-3 to win the Atlanta crown.

“It was great to get another title under my name. It’s my sixth title. It feels good. Not a lot of people have been able to do that, so I feel great,” De Minaur said. “I feel great about my game. I’ve put a lot …

Roberto Bautista Agut captured the Kitzbuhel title on clay on Saturday defeating home phenom Filip Misolic 6-2, 6-2.

The title was Bautista Agut’s 11th of his career, first since winning Qatar in February and first on clay since Stuttgart in 2014.

“I enjoyed the final, I think I managed the pressure very well,” said Bautista Agut. “I knew I was a little bit the favorite today, but he had so many good …

After seeing her 37-match win streak come to end to Alize Cornet at Wimbledon, Iga Swiatek is back on court on her favorite clay surface and in her home event in Poland.

The world No. 1 is the only Top 40 player in the field, with the next highest player in Sara Sorribes Tormo.

Swiatek opens against countrywoman Magdalena Frech and could meet Wimbledon fourth rounder Caroline Garcia in the …

Three of the best young talents are assembled at the clay stop in Umag this week. 5-time ATP champion Carlos Alcaraz headlines a field that includes Jannik Sinner, Holger Rune and the Argentine Sebastian Baez.

Newly crowned winner Lorenzo Musetti joins in along with Fabio Fognini.

Alcaraz could meet Rune or Fognini in the semifinals. In the bottom half, Musetti is slated to face Baez in the quarters and then Sinner …

Casper Ruud successfully defended his Gstaad title coming from a set down to beat Matteo Berrettini 4-6, 7-6(4), 6-2.

The big Italian took the first then missed break chances in the second.

“I changed up a little bit in the third set especially, which helped,” said Ruud. “The games and the points go by here fast. If you are not ready and focused, you can get broken or you can break, …

In a battle of NextGen talents, Lorenzo Musetti got the better of the favored Carlos Alcaraz 6-4, 6-7(6), 6-4 to win the Hamburg ATP 500 title.

With a combined age of just 39, Musetti, 20, was appearing in his first ATP final while the teen Alcaraz was a perfect 5-0 (10-0 in sets) in title matches.

Alcaraz has been a master at comebacks, and today saved match points in the second to …

Bernarda Pera is enjoying the July of her life. The 27-year-old Pera won her second title in as many weeks cruising past world No. 2 Anett Kontaveit 6-2, 6-4 to win in Hamburg on Saturday.

Pera began her journey as a qualifier in Budapest last week. Then stormed to that title, the first of her career. Then this week, she’s continued her form racing past the Estonian today for her second …

Serena Williams heads the list of entries for next month’s US Open.

The 6-time winner Williams is joined by other stars including Iga Swiatek, Naomi Osaka, Coco Gauff and defending champion Emma Raducanu.

The big news, though, was Novak Djokovic’s appearance on the men’s list. While he was automatically entered, the Serb could have withdrawn. However, for now he’ll try to get into the country as an unvaxxed foreigner, which is presently …

Maxime Cressy dropped nine of the first 11 games to Alexander Bublik in the Newport final before rallying to win it 2-6, 6-3, 7-6(3) in thrilling fashion.

“It’s an incredible feeling to win my first title, I never thought I would win it this way,” said Cressy. “I played my first ATP tournament here, and it’s always an incredible atmosphere. There were a lot of ups and downs today but I’m …

Just a small WTA 250 level event, but the Hamburg field is top-heavy with Anett Kontaveit, French Open semifinalist Daria Kasatkina and former French champion Barbora Krejcikova as the Top 3 seeds.

Aliaksandra Sasnovich is seeded fourth.

The tournament also boasts Wimbledon quarterfinalist Jule Niemeier, new Budapest champion Bernarda Pera, former Top 10 and 2021 runner-up Andrea Petkovic and once Wimbledon finalist Sabine Lisicki.

Play already got underway today and second seed …

Hoping to get back on track, French Open finalist Casper Ruud leads the field on the clay in Gstaad this week.

Since getting routed by Rafael Nadal in the French Open final, Ruud is just 1-3 including a second round loss at Wimbledon and first round loss last week in Bastad.

Ruud, though, won the Gstaad title last year defeating Hugo Gaston.

Ruud could face the talented young Czech …

After a month away from the clay, Carlos Alcaraz returns to his home surface this week at the ATP 500 stop in Hamburg as the top seed and tournament favorite.

The 19-year-old who is 19-2 on the dirt is joined by No. 2 seed and former champion Andrey Rublev, No. 3 Diego Schwartzman and the fourth-seeded Pablo Carreno Busta who is out to defend his 2021 title.

Alcaraz could face Bastad finalist …

Former French Open quarterfinalist Petra Martic won her second career title cruising past qualifier Olga Danilovic 6-4, 6-2 in the final of Lausanne.

Ranked 85 but once a Top 15 player, Martic scored strong wins to reach the final besting Belinda Bencic and Caroline Garcia on her favored clay surface.

“I think I played pretty consistent from the beginning until the end,” Martic said. “Yesterday and the matches before, I couldn’t do …