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6:05 AM ET The Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) and the Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) have suspended the 2022 Kremlin Cup following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, it was announced on Tuesday. The Kremlin Cup was Russia’s first international pro tennis tournament when it was founded in 1990, with this year’s event set to take place
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6:21 PM ET Associated Press Novak Djokovic and coach Marian Vajda are no longer working together, splitting up after 15 years and 20 Grand Slam titles. A statement that went up on Djokovic’s website on Tuesday said that the two men “agreed to end their partnership” after last year’s season-ending ATP Finals. “Marian has been
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12:12 PM ET Ukrainian tennis player, Marta Kostyuk, ranked No. 49 in the world, expressed “surprise and dissatisfaction” on her social media page with the lack of response from the Women’s Tennis Association on Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, and demanded that the WTA immediately condemn the Russian government and pull all tournaments out of Russia.
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11:01 AM ET Associated Press Daniil Medvedev officially moved up to No. 1 in the ATP rankings on Monday, overtaking Novak Djokovic to become the 27th man to hold the top spot since computerized rankings began in 1973. Medvedev, a 26-year-old from Russia who won the 2021 US Open and was the runner-up at this
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Sloane Stephens needed nearly two-and-a-half hours to land the trophy at the Abierto Akron Zapopan title in Guadalajara, Mexico, on Sunday, defeating Czech Marie Bouzkova, 7-5 1-6 6-2, to capture her first title in four years. I think I prepared all last year, I committed to training and my fitness and everything. Obviously I didn’t
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7:32 PM ET Associated Press SANTIAGO, Chile — Spain’s Pedro Martinez won the Chile Open clay-court tournament on Sunday with a 4-6, 6-4, 6-4 win over Argentina’s Sebastian Baez, Martinez’s first professional title. Martinez lost last year’s Kitzbuhel Open in Austria in another clay-court tournament. Baez was also attempting to win his first professional title.
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Iga Swiatek looked every inch the Grand Slam champion that she is, as she swept aside Anett Kontaveit, 6-2 6-0, in the final of the Qatar TotalEnergies Open in Doha on Saturday, adding the WTA 1000 title to the championships she won in Rome last year and at Roland Garros in 2020. Against Kontaveit I
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Andrey Rublev brought Jiri Vesely’s amazing run in Dubai to an end in the final of the Duty Free Tennis Championships by defeating the Czech qualifier relatively comfortably 6-3 6-4. I will sleep for at least two days,. Then, I will think about picking up a racket and, once I am back in shape, I
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1:07 AM ET Associated Press ACAPULCO, Mexico — Rafael Nadal said earlier in the week that he wasn’t aware of his career statistics. Now, he might want to have a look at them. The 35-year-old Spaniard defeated Cameron Norrie 6-4, 6-4 on Saturday to win the Mexican Open and extend his career-best start for a
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1:45 PM ET Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Andrey Rublev won his second singles title in less than a week — and 10th overall — when he beat Czech qualifier Jiri Vesely 6-3, 6-4 in the final of the Dubai Championships on Saturday. The seventh-ranked Russian won the Open 13 tournament last Sunday
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Daniil Medvedev may not yet have been crowned as world number one – that ‘ceremony’ will take place on Monday, but failed to live up to expectations and defeat the former top ranked player, Rafa Nadal, and avenge his loss to the Spaniard at last month’s Australian Open final. This week means a lot after
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