Radu Albot booked a place in his first ATP Tour semi-final for 19 months on Friday after he beat top-seeded Frenchman Adrian Mannarino 6-3, 6-4 in one hour and 35 minutes at the Singapore Tennis Open. Albot, who last reached a semi-final in August 2019 at the Abierto de Tenis Mifel presentado por Cinemex in Los Cabos (l. to Fritz), …

Rafael Nadal, Naomi Osaka, Dominic Thiem and Iga Swiatek have been nominated or Laureus World Sports Awards. 20-time Grand Slam champion Nadal is one of six nominees for the Laureus World Sportsman of the Year Award, along with Lewis Hamilton, LeBron James, Joshua Cheptegei, Armand Duplantis and Robert Lewandowski. The Spanish legend won the award in 2011. He has also …

Four Top 10 players will hit the courts at the ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament in Rotterdam, the first ATP 500 event of the 2021 season. Reigning Nitto ATP Finals champion Daniil Medevev and World No. 6 Stefanos Tsitsipas will headline the action. Both players are searching for their first Rotterdam crown at the 47th edition of the historic ATP …

The Andy Roddick Foundation focusses on supporting underprivileged children by providing high quality out-of-school learning and enrichment opportunities for families that wouldn’t otherwise be able to afford them. But due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the foundation has pivoted to support those same families in new ways over the past year. And last week, when millions in Texas were left without …

World No. 335 Juan Manuel Cerundolo had not played a tour-level match before this week’s Cordoba Open. Now the 19-year-old Argentine is into his first ATP Tour quarter-final. Cerundolo battled past third seed Miomir Kecmanovic 6-7(3), 7-5, 6-2 on Thursday in two hours and 19 minutes to reach the last eight at this ATP 250. The lefty broke the Serbian’s …

Will this be the week Diego Schwartzman breaks through for his first title on home soil? The Argentine star reached the quarter-finals of the Cordoba Open on Thursday with a 6-2, 6-2 win against 2018 Roland Garros semi-finalist Marco Cecchinato. The 2020 Nitto ATP Finals competitor will next play fifth seed Albert Ramos-Vinolas or qualifier Tomas Martin Etcheverry. “I’m very, …

It is one of the novelties of life on the ATP Challenger Tour. More and more former players have made the transition to a different role, stepping into the office as tournament director. From Top 10 stalwarts Arnaud Clement (Aix-en-Provence) and Andres Gomez (Guayaquil), to the likes of Luis Horna (Lima), Rik De Voest (Vancouver) and Nicolas Escude (Brest), past …

By Erik Gudris | Thursday, February 25, 2021 Former Miami Open champion John Isner took to Twitter to respond to the news that this year’s event will have a significant drop in overall prize money—and slam the ATP as “a broken system” for the inequity. Isner, the 2018 Miami Open champion, posted several Tweets on his account regarding the news …

Naomi Osaka has gone from the deep blue Australian Open courts to head-turning hot pink. The two-time Australian Open champion traded her trademark brown curly hair for a straight hot pink wig (we think) and matching pink eye shadow in an Instagram shot she shared today. Osaka referenced Sakura, an anime character. The major makeover caught the attention of Olympic …

Roger Federer rocked Hard Rock Stadium two years ago. The 2019 Miami Open champion headlines the entry list for the 2021 Miami Open. The 2021 Miami Open presented by Itaú will once again host the world’s greatest players at Hard Rock Stadium, March 22 – April 4. A limited number of fans will have the opportunity to see tennis’ biggest …