Jagger Leach, the 15-year-old son of Lindsay Davenport, lost in the second round at the FILA International Junior Championships at Indian Wells.
Frances Tiafoe took out 2021 champ Cameron Norrie in straight sets to advance to the BNP Paribas semifinals, while Coco Gauff fell to Aryna Sabalenka.
Rafael Nadal is aiming to make his comeback from a hip injury at the clay-court Monte Carlo Masters next month, tournament organizers said.
Carlos Alcaraz, Coco Gauff and Taylor Fritz were among the players Tuesday to reach the Indian Wells quarterfinals. No. 3 Jessica Pegula wasn't as fortunate, losing to 15th-seed Petra Kvitova.
How will Carlos Alcaraz handle his first big title defense?
The WTA Miami Masters is set to begin Tuesday.
The battle of the last two US Open champions went to Carlos Alcaraz.
Elena Rybakina is your 2023 Indian Wells champion.
Two former US Open champions and No. 1s battle for a first Indian Wells title.
Jannik Sinner will try to win his third straight over a Top 5 player today at Indian Wells against Carlos Alcaraz.
While teenage World No. 1 Carlos Alcaraz is deservedly commanding the attention of the tennis world, 21-year-old Italian Jannik Sinner is quietly building an impressive season of his own.
In defeating Grigor Dimitrov 6-3, 6-4 Sunday night to reach the fourth round of the Miami Open presented by Itau, the former Next Gen ATP Finals champion moved to 18-4 on the season, his fastest start ever to a season.
Beginning with his title run in Montpellier, Sinner has won 14 of his past 16 matches and last week reached the semi-finals of the BNP Paribas Open before falling to Carlos Alcaraz.
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Jiri Lehecka has taken the ATP Tour by storm over the past four months. After reaching the championship match at the Next Gen ATP Finals, the Czech has sprinted forward with his momentum.
The 21-year-old defeated former World No. 2 Alexander Zverev at the season-opening United Cup and gained momentum from there. Lehecka battled to the quarter-finals of the Australian Open, where he upset three current or former Top 10 stars: Felix Auger-Aliassime, Cameron Norrie and Borna Coric.
The son of former professional athletes — father Jiri was a professional swimmer and mother Romana a track-and-field athlete — has the firepower to go blow for blow with some of the best players on Tour.
ATPTour.com caught up with Lehecka in Miami to learn more about his personality off the court.
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If you could choose any three people to go to dinner with, who would they be and why?
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World No. 5 Daniil Medvedev is through to the fourth round in Miami for the loss of just three games following the withdrawal of Alex Molcan from their scheduled third-round match Monday.
Medvedev had a bye in the first round and dismissed Roberto Carballes Baena 6-1, 6-2 in his opening match. On Sunday Molcan withdrew from the tournament with a right hip injury.
Medvedev, who has won 20 of his past 21 matches, will next face the winner of Frenchman Quentin Halys and American Mackenzie McDonald. He is seeded to meet 2021 Miami champion Hubert Hurkacz in the quarter-finals and second seed Stefanos Tsitsipas in the semi-finals. Should he make it to the final, Medvedev could face a BNP Paribas Open final rematch with World No. 1 Carlos Alcaraz.
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Medvedev has won four of the six ATP Masters 1000 hard court events, triumphing in Cincinnati (2019), Shanghai (2019), Paris/Bercy (2020) and Toronto (2021). Medvedev's runner-up finish in Indian Wells...
Carlos Alcaraz enjoyed a memorable day on and off the court Sunday at the Miami Open presented by Itau. After defeating Dusan Lajovic 6-0, 7-6(5), the World No. 1 enjoyed two meetings with celebrities.
Straight off the court inside Hard Rock Stadium, the 19-year-old caught up with NBA superstar Jimmy Butler of the Miami Heat. Butler, who also watched Alcaraz play in Buenos Aires earlier this year, had plenty of praise for the Spaniard.
“He’s always poised. He’s never rattled and more than anything, it looks like he’s having so much fun out there,” Butler told ATPTour.com. “I think whenever you have fun and you have that mentality that you know you’re the best, you go out there and you play as though you’re the best, results happen and he’s not No. 1 for no reason.”
Later on, Alcaraz posed for photographs with Dominican singer...
Holger Rune has had no trouble settling in to his main-draw debut at the Miami Open presented by Itau.
The seventh-seeded Dane notched his second consecutive straight-sets victory on Sunday by seeing off Diego Schwartzman 6-4, 6-2 to book his spot in the fourth round at the ATP Masters 1000 event. Up against the resilient Schwartzman for the first time, Rune converted all four break points he earned to seal a 92-minute victory and quieten the vociferous Argentine support on Court Butch Buchholz.
“It was very important [to get in front early],” said Rune after the match. “Diego is very strong… My focus was really to be strong every time I played to put him under pressure, and I did that very well. I’m super happy at how composed I stayed today.”
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Austin Krajicek and Nicolas Mahut’s seamless transition from doubles rivals to partners continued Sunday at the Miami Open presented by Itau.
Playing their first tournament as a pair, Krajicek and Mahut defeated Rafael Matos and David Vega Hernandez 6-3, 7-5 to reach the quarter-finals at the ATP Master 1000 event. The unseeded duo, which is competing together this week because Krajicek's usual partner, Ivan Dodig, is out with an injury, backed up its first-round upset of Nikola Mektic and Mate Pavic in style on Court 7.
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Their triumph against Brazil's Matos and Spain's Vega Hernandez was based on a high-class serving performance. Krajicek and Mahut sent down 10 aces, won 81 per cent (30/37) of points behind their first delivery and saved four of five break points they faced in their 90-minute triumph.
It was a 450th tour-level doubles victory for Mahut, who lifted the Miami trophy in 2016 alongside Pierre-Hugues Herbert. He and Krajicek’...
Taylor Fritz reached the fourth round at the Miami Open presented by Itau for the third consecutive year Sunday, earning a 6-4, 6-4 win against Denis Shapovalov.
In the latest chapter of their rivalry, the American was locked in from ball one inside Hard Rock Stadium, outlasting Shapovalov in the heavy-hitting baseline exchanges. Fritz committed just eight unforced errors to the Canadian’s 17, and was strong on serve, not facing a break point during the 81-minute clash.
"I couldn't really find that attacking formula because he was hitting the ball so hard and he was hitting his second serve so big," Fritz said. "It turned more into making balls and being steady. Because when he was putting balls in the court, I couldn't attack much off that."
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With his victory, Fritz improved to 4-5 in his ATP Head2Head series against Shapovalov, having also triumphed in Acapulco earlier this year. The 25-year-old, currently No. 9 in the Pepperstone ATP Live...
Dusan Lajovic has spent time in two special places this year: Middle Earth and Planet Alcaraz. On Sunday, the Serbian will try to invoke the spirit of the former to conquer the latter when he faces World No. 1 Carlos Alcaraz in the third round of the Miami Open presented by Itau.
Lord of the Rings fan Lajovic has lost all three of his previous ATP Head2Head meetings with Alcaraz, but he is excited to give it another shot against the defending champion inside Hard Rock Stadium.
“I think the unique thing is how much he loves the pressure points. He’s got a great forehand, great backhand, great drop shot. He feels the game really good. He’s got really good instincts,” Lajovic told ATPTour.com. “But this is what I feel like is separating him from the rest of the other guys that are up and coming.
“I can’t compare him to Novak, Rafa and Roger obviously. But from the rest of the guys, he just plays his best tennis when it’s most needed.”
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Four sets played, four sets won for Andrey Rublev at this year’s Miami Open presented by Itau.
On Sunday, the sixth seed backed up his opening-round victory against J.J. Wolf by dispatching Serbian Miomir Kecmanovic 6-1, 6-2 to reach the fourth round at the hard-court ATP Masters 1000 event.
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In a dominant display, Rublev timed his forehand cleanly throughout the 58-minute clash, striking the ball through 2022 quarter-finalist Kecmanovic on the fast courts to improve to 2-0 in their ATP Head2Head series.
Rublev’s fourth-round opponent will be Jannik Sinner or Grigor Dimitrov. Rublev is a 12-time tour-level titlist, a tally which includes five ATP 500 crowns, but is chasing his first Masters 1000 title in Florida.
The 25-year-old arrives in Miami off the back of a fourth-round exit in Indian Wells. His best result at the ATP Masters 1000 event in Miami came in 2021, when he reached the semi-finals.
In what will go down as one of the best comebacks and matches of the year, 2021 Miami Open presented by Itau champion Hubert Hurkacz saved five match points en route to a memorable 6-7(10), 7-6(7), 7-6(6) victory against Thanasi Kokkinakis on Saturday evening.
Hurkacz saved three match points in the second-set tie-break and another two in the final-set tie-break, ultimately finding a way to win after three hours and 31 minutes, marking the longest best-of-three match of the season.
“It’s tough to explain for me. I knew I was playing good tennis, I mean Thanasi [was] as well,” Hurkacz said directly after his win. “I was just trying to stay in there and compete, play some good shots. Either way, if I won or I lost — obviously I wanted to win so, so much — but either way [I] should have been happy with myself.”
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The eighth seed saved the first three match points at 4/6, 5/6 and 6/7 in the second-set tie-break. On the first of those points,...
British number one and two Cameron Norrie and Dan Evans are out of the Miami Open after both losing in the second round, while Coco Gauff also exits in the women's singles.
World number one Carlos Alcaraz starts his Miami Open title defence by losing just two games in an emphatic win over Facundo Bagnis.
Ukraine's Marta Kostyuk refuses to shake hands with Anastasia Potapova after being beaten by the Russian in the second round at the Miami Open.
Two-time champion Andy Murray suffers a straight-set loss to Serbia's Dusan Lajovic in the first round at the Miami Open.
British number one Emma Raducanu is out of the Miami Open after losing to Canada's Bianca Andreescu in an enjoyable battle between two former teenage US Open champions.
Spanish teenager Carlos Alcaraz is back on court and back as the world number one, setting up the prospect of a tantalising battle with Novak Djokovic in 2023.
Belarusian world number two Aryna Sabalenka says she has faced "hate" in the locker room over her country's role in Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
Martina Navratilova - an 18-time Grand Slam singles champion - says she is "cancer free" after fearing she "would not see next Christmas".
Frances Tiafoe took out 2021 champ Cameron Norrie in straight sets to advance to the BNP Paribas semifinals, while Coco Gauff fell to Aryna Sabalenka.
Rafael Nadal is aiming to make his comeback from a hip injury at the clay-court Monte Carlo Masters next month, tournament organizers said.
Carlos Alcaraz, Coco Gauff and Taylor Fritz were among the players Tuesday to reach the Indian Wells quarterfinals. No. 3 Jessica Pegula wasn't as fortunate, losing to 15th-seed Petra Kvitova.
Bianca Andreescu of Canada beat Sofia Kenin 6-4, 6-4 in the third round of the Miami Open on Sunday, while Americans Tommy Paul and Taylor Fritz also advanced in straight sets.
Coco Gauff let the second set slip away, making 34 unforced errors in a 6-7 (8), 7-5, 6-2 loss to Anastasia Potapova at the Miami Open.
Carlos Alcaraz picked up a straight-set win at the Miami Open Friday to keep his world No. 1 ranking over idle Novak Djokovic.
Coco Gauff opened her 2023 Miami Open with a 6-4, 6-3 victory over Rebecca Marino on Thursday, while Jessica Pegula beat Katherine Sebov 6-3, 6-1.
Former US Open champions Emma Raducanu and Sloane Stephens were knocked out of the Miami Open on Wednesday, as was three-time Grand Slam champion Andy Murray.
No. 1-ranked Iga Swiatek has pulled out of the Miami Open prior to her second-round match due to a rib injury suffered during last week's BNP Paribas Open.
World No. 2 Aryna Sabalenka, who is from Belarus, said she struggled to understand the "hate" she encountered in the locker room amid strained relations between some players following Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
The Belarussian says she has never experienced such tensions in the locker room before.
Carlos Alcaraz has taken top spot in the world rankings from Djokovic after winning at Indian Wells
Australian Open champion Sabalenka lost in the final of Indian Wells to Elena Rybakina
Injury in the Australian Open means he hasn’t featured since early January, costing the star a slide down the men’s rankings
Navratilova revealed she is now ‘cancer free’ after the tennis legend was diagnosed with throat and breast cancers in January
The 66-year-old former world number one had a positive health update in an interview on Talk TV.
Nine seeds fell Saturday at the Miami Masters.
Only 2 of the Top 6 women remain in Miami.
Just two of the Top 5 seeds made it to the third round at the Miami Masters.
Carlos Alcaraz didn't lose a point on serve in the first set of his Miami Masters opener.
The top 2 American women defeated Canadians on Thursday.
Both finalists from last year open play Friday in Miami.
Two former champions lost on the first day of the Miami Masters.
American stars Jessica Pegula and Coco Gauff headline play Thursday in Miami, plus Elena Rybakina.
Iga Swiatek will miss her title defense at the Miami Masters.
Three former champions are in action Wednesday in Miami.
