Alexander Zverev crashed out of Munich this afternoon going down to teen Holger Rune 6-3, 6-2.

The 2-time champion and top-seeded Zverev just came off a Monte Carlo semifinal and expectations were high, but the 18-year-old came out ahead collecting his first career Top 10 win.

“It was a difficult match from the beginning,” said Rune on court. “He’s in the top three in the world and has been playing some unbelievable …

There hasn’t been much news on the Roger Federer front, but there is a confirmation that the Swiss will play his home event in Basel in October, the tournament announced today.

“Roger Federer has officially entered the tournament and will appear on the entry list with the
protected ATP ranking No. 9 and will play his opening match on Tuesday, October 25, 2022.

“After getting through the first round, the next match …

Good news for Rafael Nadal, the King of Clay will return next week at the Madrid Masters.

Nadal was forced to miss the start of his clay season (didn’t play Monte Carlo and Barcelona) due to a rib injury he suffered at Indian Wells.

Nadal is a 5-time champion in Madrid but he hasn’t made the final since 2017.

Three-time winner Novak Djokovic, Stefanos Tsitsipas, Carlos Alcaraz, defending champion Alexander Zverev and …

Canadian star Felix Auger-Aliassime will be a top seed headlining this week’s stop in Estoril.

The 21-year-old Auger-Aliassime will make his debut at the event and he’ll hope his second stint as a top seed works out better than his first when he lost second round at Marrakech earlier this month.

Auger-Aliassime hasn’t made a clay final since Lyon and Rio in 2019. He’ll be joined by formidable men on this surface …

Alexander Zverev will bid for a third title in Munich and a first title of the season this week.

The German hasn’t found the form that took him to an ATP Finals last November, but instead has been mired in off court troubles.

He’ll hope to shake that in Munich where he claimed back-to-back titles in 2017 and 2018. Zverev., who just turned 25 a few days ago, will await the …

There’s no stopping Iga Swiatek. The World No. 1 upped her win streak to 23 by cruising past Aryna Sabalenka 6-2, 6-2 to win the Stuttgart title.

Swiatek has now won her fourth straight event and today’s outcome was never in doubt. The Polish star avoided an early break and then rolled to her seventh title, all in a row.

“For sure right now I need to work harder to keep this …

Carlos Alcaraz is turning into quite the marathon man.

On Friday, the 18-year-old had to win two matches beating Jaume Munar and then Stefanos Tsitsipas. Today, he did better battling past Alex De Minaur 6-7(4), 7-6(4), 6-4 in the semifinals.

Then in the finale, he topped his countryman Pablo Carreno Busta 6-3, 6-2 for his third title of 2022. He’s now a perfect 4-0 in ATP finals.

“It means a lot. I’ve watched …

Living on the edge finally caught up with Novak Djokovic. After three straight comebacks from a set down, Djokovic couldn’t make if four as he fell in his home Belgrade final to Andrey Rublev 6-2, 6-7(4), 6-0.

A 3-time champion in Belgrade, Djokovic ran out of gas in the end suffering his first lost to Rublev and a missed chance at a first title of 2022.

“I didn’t feel too tired until …

After 13 straight matches without dropping a set, Iga Swiatek finally let one go today in a very tough 6-7(4), 6-4, 7-5 win over Liumilla Samsonova.

Swiatek had won 22 straight matches and looked good early with a 4-1 lead. But it quickly evaporated. Samsonova gained momentum and even more pace on her shots slamming her way to an opening tiebreaker win, snapping the World No. 1’s 28-set win streak.

“For sure …

For the third straight match this week, Novak Djokovic had to rally from a set down to stay alive in his home event, dispatching Karen Khachanov 4-6, 6-1, 6-2.

It’s Djokovic’s first final of 2022 and first since Paris last fall.

“All three matches were key matches for me, to be honest,” said Djokovic. “Again I started not that great, losing the first set. I was a break down today as I …

In their first pro meeting, Iga Swiatek roughed-up teen starlet Emma Raducanu 6-4, 6-4 to reach the semifinals in Stuttgart.

Playing her first career Top 10 foe, Raducanu was broken immediately and never got back into the first set. But she drew blood early in the second however Swiatek got back into gear to win her 21st straight match, the last 13 of which have come in straight sets.

Up next will …

Due to the Thursday rain, players had to double-up Friday and all four quarterfinal winners were forced to play three sets to make the semifinals.

Tournament star Carlos Alcaraz cruised past Jaume Munar and then in the quarters faced off against Stefanos Tsitsipas.

Alcaraz beat the Greek at the US Open and in Miami, and today Tsitsipas was unable to turn the tables on the clay, falling 6-4, 5-7, 6-2.

“Probably my biggest …

On a big day of second round play in Stuttgart, US Open champion and teen superstar Emma Raducanu advanced to her first quarterfinal of 2022 getting through German lucky loser Tamara Korpatsch 6-0, 2-6, 6-1.

The win sets up a huge collision Friday between Raducanu and the streaking world No. 1 Iga Swiatek in a first tour meeting.

“Of course [Swiatek is] in great form, so it’s going to take a very …

Another rainy day hampered the schedule in Barcelona.

Just two matches were completed. Top seed Stefanos Tsitsipas continued his winning ways dispatching Ilya Ivashka 6-1, 4-6, 6-2. He’ll now get Grigor Dimitrov who ousted Federico Coria in three sets, also in the second round.

Dimitrov will now face Stefanos Tsitsipas in the third round tomorrow.

All players will be in action and that means Carlos Alcaraz returns to battle countryman Jaume Munar. If …

The struggle is real for Novak Djokovic. After surviving yesterday, Djokovic found himself in trouble again at his home event in Belgrade.

Facing the improving Miomir Kecmanovic, Djokovic again dropped the first set, but rallied to advance 4-6, 6-3, 6-3 to reach his first semifinal of 2022.

Kecmanovic, who has been in the midst of his best season, took the opening set without facing a break point, missed break chances in the …