12:29 PM ET Associated Press BARCELONA, Spain — Defending champion Carlos Alcaraz eased into the final of the Barcelona Open after seeing off Daniel Evans 6-2, 6-2 on Saturday. The second-ranked Alcaraz will face Stefanos Tsitsipas in Sunday’s final after the Greek player advanced by beating Lorenzo Musetti 6-4, 5-7, 6-3 on the outdoor clay
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9:21 AM ET ESPN News Services Top-ranked Novak Djokovic will miss the Madrid Open, apparently due to a fitness issue, the Spanish event said Saturday. “Wishing you a speedy recovery, we hope to see you back on court as soon as possible, Nole,” the Madrid Open tweeted. While no specific reason was given for Djokovic’s
3:55 PM ET Associated Press BANJA LUKA, Bosnia and Herzegovina — Novak Djokovic lost to a Serb countryman for the first time in 11 years in the quarterfinals of the Srpska Open on Friday. Dusan Lajovic won 6-4, 7-6 (6) to down a world No. 1-ranked player for the first time. “It is the biggest
4:46 PM ET Associated Press STUTTGART, Germany — Top-ranked Iga Swiatek rallied to beat Karolina Pliskova 4-6, 6-1, 6-2 for a place in the Porsche Grand Prix semifinals on Friday. Swiatek hadn’t played since last month in the Indian Wells semifinals because of a rib injury but began her clay season on Thursday with a
2:37 PM ET Associated Press MUNICH — Danish teenager Holger Rune comfortably reached the semifinals of the BMW Open in beating Chilean player Cristian Garin 6-2, 6-4 on Friday. The top-seeded Rune, at a career-high No. 7 in the rankings, advanced to a meeting with Christopher O’Connell, who overcame Italian qualifier Flavio Cobolli 7-6 (5),
12:48 PM ET Associated Press BARCELONA, Spain — Defending champion Carlos Alcaraz advanced to the semifinals of the Barcelona Open by beating fellow Spaniard Alejandro Davidovich Fokina 7-6 (5), 6-4 on Friday. Alcaraz broke Fokina’s serve for the second time in the final game to clinch the victory on the Rafa Nadal center court. Alcaraz
7:54 AM ET The night session at the French Open will be brought forward by half an hour this year, tournament director Amelie Mauresmo said on Friday. “It will start at 8 p.m. (local time) with an interactive show and the first point will be played at 8:30 p.m.,” she told a news conference. Last
1:34 PM ET Associated Press STUTTGART, Germany — Top-ranked Iga Swiatek returned from a rib injury with a convincing 6-1, 6-4 win over Qinwen Zheng to reach the quarterfinals of the Porsche Grand Prix on Thursday. Coco Gauff, the No. 6 seed, suffered an upset loss to Anastasia Potapova. Swiatek hadn’t played since reaching the
2:17 PM ET Associated Press MUNICH — After waiting an extra day to get on court at the BMW Open, Alexander Zverev’s tournament was ended in straight sets by Christopher O’Connell on Thursday while top-seeded Holger Rune won his opening match. Zverev had a first-round bye, and his second-round match with O’Connell was delayed a
1:43 PM ET Associated Press BARCELONA, Spain — Defending champion Carlos Alcaraz overcame windy conditions to advance to the quarterfinals of the Barcelona Open with a 6-3, 7-5 victory over fellow Spaniard Roberto Bautista Agut on Thursday. Stefanos Tsitsipas also reached the last eight in Barcelona, defeating Denis Shapovalov 6-3, 6-2. Alcaraz was broken once
6:16 AM ET ESPN News Services Rafael Nadal will miss the Madrid Open next week because his recovery from a hip injury is going much slower than expected. The 22-time Grand Slam winner has been sidelined since January by a left hip flexor injury he picked up at the Australian Open. The issue has kept
11:40 PM ET Olympic champion Belinda Bencic will skip upcoming claycourt tournaments in Madrid and Rome due to “discomfort” in her hip but said she hopes to be fully fit for the French Open. Bencic said she was hampered by the issue during the WTA Tour’s U.S. swing, which included her run to the Charleston
2:47 PM ET Associated Press STUTTGART, Germany — Coco Gauff fought off a deciding-set comeback from Veronika Kudermetova to reach the second round of the Porsche Grand Prix on Wednesday, and Wimbledon champion Elena Rybakina beat Jule Niemeier. Seeded fifth on the Stuttgart clay, Gauff needed nearly three hours to beat Kudermetova 6-2, 4-6, 7-6
2:36 PM ET Associated Press BANJA LUKA, Bosnia-Herzegovina — Top-ranked Novak Djokovic had to rally from a set down to beat 18-year-old Luca Van Assche 6-7 (4), 6-3, 6-2 at the Srpska Open on Wednesday. Djokovic, coming off an early exit at Monte Carlo, was also down an early break in the decider before advancing
1:04 PM ET Associated Press MUNICH — Rain washed out most of the day’s play Wednesday at the BMW Open, with Alexander Zverev among several players left in limbo. Play was interrupted 2½ hours into the first match of the day between qualifier Aslan Karatsev and German wild card Daniel Altmaier. Karatsev was leading 4-6,
1:21 PM ET Associated Press BARCELONA, Spain — Stefanos Tsitsipas opened his Barcelona Open campaign with a comfortable 6-4, 6-2 win over Pedro Cachin on Wednesday. Tsitsipas did not face a break point and converted all three of his own to defeat the 69th-ranked Argentine. “It’s one of those matches I was able to figure
11:25 PM ET Iga Swiatek said she has recovered from a rib injury and is ready to defend her Stuttgart Open title, though the world No. 1 concedes she may be a bit rusty following a monthlong absence. The Pole, who is also gearing up for the start of her French Open title defense next
4:46 PM ET Associated Press STUTTGART, Germany — Jelena Ostapenko swept past Emma Raducanu 6-2, 6-1 at the indoor clay Porsche Grand Prix on Tuesday for the British player’s second consecutive first-round loss. In a meeting of two former Grand Slam champions, the 2017 French Open winner from Latvia broke Raducanu twice in the first
3:55 PM ET Associated Press MUNICH — Fifth-seeded Sebastian Baez was upset by Oscar Otte in the first round of the BMW Open on Tuesday as out-of-form Dominic Thiem progressed in his match thanks to a retirement. Otte was the only one of four German players to win in front of the home crowd Tuesday
12:56 PM ET Associated Press BARCELONA, Spain — Defending champion Carlos Alcaraz opened his title defense at the Barcelona Open with a comfortable 6-3, 6-1 win over Nuno Borges on Tuesday. The top-seeded Alcaraz, No. 2 in the world, converted five of his seven break opportunities to secure the win at the Rafa Nadal center