Eight of the Top 10 women’s players have assembled for the WTA 1000 in Doha this week.

The loaded 56-draw event boasts numerous big names but no clear favorite.

Aryna Sabalenka, who has been struggling with her serve, is the top seed followed by Barbora Krejcikova, Paula Badosa, Anett Kontaveit, Garbine Muguruza, Maria Sakkari and Iga Swiatek.

Angelique Kerber, Elise Mertens, Coco Gauff, Elina Svitolina, defending champion Petra Kvitova, Victoria Azarenka, Simona Halep, …

After getting deported from Australia, Novak Djokovic makes his long-awaited 2022 debut on the tennis courts this week in Dubai.

The Serb is not just going for a sixth Dubai title, but also trying to keep his No. 1 ranking, which he has held for the last 79 weeks. But that’s out of his control — if Daniil Medvedev wins Acapulco, he’s No. 1!

More importantly for Djokovic is the …

A loaded field will await Daniil Medvedev’s first attempt to dethrone Novak Djokovic and become the No. 1 player in the world.

The Russian will reach the top spot with a title this week in Acapulco, but the task will be far from easy.

In his way will be former champions Rafael Nadal and Alexander Zverev along with Stefanos Tsitsipas, Matteo Berrettini and many more.

Medvedev will open play in this 32-draw event …

The rematch went the other way this time. Last year, Nikolaz Basilashvili got the better of Roberto Bautista Agut in the Doha final, but this year the title went to the Spaniard 6-3, 6-4.

The victory was Agut’s 10th of his career and first since the start of 2019 when he also won Doha.

“I am very happy,” Bautista Agut said Saturday. “It has been a while since I lifted …

Felix Auger-Aliassime was looking to quickly add a second title following his breakout win last week in Rotterdam, but Andrey Rublev put a end to those hopes.

The big-hitting Russian rose up to the challenge and edged the Canadian 7-5, 7-6(4) to win his ninth career title, his first since Rotterdam last year when he upended Marton Fucsovics.

“All the battles I have had with Felix since the first time …

This past week in Dubai, Jelena Ostapenko unleashed the game that saw her once win the French Open title. The go-for-broke Latvian played some of her best tennis in years claiming her fifth career WTA title with a 6-0, 6-4 win over Veronika Kudermetova Saturday night in Dubai.

The title was arguably her biggest since her 2017 triumph at Roland Garros, and she did it defeating four former Grand Slam champions …

For now, Novak Djokovic is prepared to skip more Grand Slam tournaments and miss more chances at history.

In a new interview, Djokovic told the BBC that he’s still not vaccinated and ready to accept the fact he might not be allowed to enter future events like the French Open, Wimbledon and others.

While he might someday get the vaccine, right now he’s against getting it because, as he says, “the …

It’s a mega-week on the ATP Tour with no fewer than four events across the globe in Doha, Rio, Marseille and Delray Beach.

In Doha, Denis Shapovalov is the top seed followed Roberto Bautista Agut, Nikolaz Basilashvili and Marin Cilic.

Recent champion Alexander Bublik, Karen Khachanov, Lorenzo Musetti and Andy Murray are also in the field.

Murray opens against Taro Daniel with a date against Bautista Agut with a win.

In Marseille, Stefanos Tsitsipas …

With Ash Barty still celebrating her historic Australian Open title, the WTA goes full throttle this week for the big money event in Dubai.

Eight of the Top 11 players are in attendance led by top seeds Aryna Sabalenka, Barbora Krejcikova, Paula Badosa, Anett Kontaveit and defending champion Garbine Muguruza.

Iga Swiatek, Ons Jabeur, Danielle Collins and Coco Gauff are also in the field along with a few familiar names a little …

After a 4-2 run in Australia, Anett Konteviet got back to the comfort of indoor tennis and rolled to yet another title, topping Maria Sakkari 5-7, 7-6, 7-5 in the final of St. Petersburg.

Kontaveit, who ended the last half of 2021 on a torrid run, has now won her last 20 matches indoors. That span includes titles at Ostrava, Moscow, Cluj-Napoca and now St. Petersburg.

Sakkari had control of the match …

American big man Reilly Opelka rode his serve to a third career ATP title topping countryman Jenson Brooksby in two breakers 7-6(5), 7-6(3) in Dallas on Sunday.

The 7-footer bombed his serve all week, finally facing a break point today against the highly-touted Brooksby.

Opelka finished with exactly 100 aces with just one double fault for the week. He went 6-0 in tiebreakers including the longest ever, a 24-22 win over fellow-giant …

Casper Ruud ran off three straight clay titles last summer, winning in order Bastad, Gstaad and then Kitzbuhel to close his 2021 season on the dirt.

Well, the calendar flipped over and he hasn’t missed a beat. Today, Ruud won his fourth straight clay event besting Argentine No. 1 Diego Schwartzman 5-7, 6-2, 6-3.

“It’s been an unbelievable week,” said Ruud after sealing his seventh ATP Tour title. “To come back …

After eight losses in finals without winning a single set, Felix Auger-Aliassime finally got his title, and he did it in style. The Canadian topped Stefanos Tsitsipas rolling 6-4, 6-2 to claim the Rotterdam crown.

“It has not been the smoothest road since my first final three years ago,” Auger-Aliassime told the crowd. “It is an amazing day for me to get my first title and especially here. I played my …

It was an emotional night for Juan Martin Del Potro yesterday in the first round at Buenos Aires.

In what was his first match since 2019 Queen’s, the Argentine great’s return didn’t go so well. Del Potro fell to countryman Federico Delbonis 6-1, 6-3.

Serving to stay in the match down 5-3 in the second, Del Potro’s emotions got the best of him.

“It’s difficult to explain how I felt on the court. …

No surprise, the Americans are in charge at the ATP event in Dallas for the first-year event in Texas.

The 28-draw event features 14 Americans led by big men John Isner and Reilly Opelka.

The top seed, though, is Taylor Fritz who comes in off his first career Grand Slam fourth round at the Australian Open and enters as the new American No. 1.

Following a bye, Fritz could face former Top 10 …