ATP Tour News

Muguruza’s Love Of Miami Open Shows On Court

MIAMI/WASHINGTON, March 26, 2021 (by Michael Dickens) While the Miami Open presented by Itaú men’s draw may be devoid of many of its biggest stars – Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal, Novak Djokovic and Dominic Thiem come to mind – the […]

Halep Garners 400th Main Draw Win In Miami

MIAMI/WASHINGTON, March 26, 2021 (by Michael Dickens) Simona Halep garnered her 400th main draw victory Thursday evening at the Miami Open presented by Itaú, but it didn’t come easy. The World No. 3 from Romania rallied from down a set […]

Svitolina Wins Biggest Points, Advances In Miami

MIAMI/WASHINGTON, March 25, 2021 (by Michael Dickens) As Day Four of the Miami Open presented by Itaú unfolded at Hard Rock Stadium on Thursday, American Shelby Rogers arrived for her second-round match against World No. 5 Elina Svitolina of Ukraine bidding for her […]

Ruusuvuori Survives Big Battle Against Alcaraz

MIAMI/WASHINGTON, March 25, 2021 (by Michael Dickens) Wednesday evening’s final match on Court 1 at the Miami Open presented by Itaú, a #NextGenATP battle between Spanish 17-year-old Carlos Alcaraz and Finland’s Emil Ruusuvuori, 21, didn’t disappoint. This time, the 83rd-ranked […]

Dialed In, Linette Starts Season Solidly In Miami

MIAMI/WASHINGTON, March 24, 2021 (by Michael Dickens) When Magda Linette stepped onto the Grandstand show court at the Miami Open presented by Itaú to play the opening match in the combined ATP/WTA 1000-series event Tuesday afternoon, finally, she was making […]

Women’s Top Three Agree: WTA Depth Has Risen

MIAMI/WASHINGTON, March 24, 2021 (by Michael Dickens) Through the first two and one-half months of the 2021 WTA season, covering 13 tournaments, there have been 12 different winners on tour. The only repeat winner headed into this week’s WTA 1000-series […]

Zverev Takes Abierto Mexicano Acapulco Crown

ACAPULCO/STARNBERG, March 21, 2021 No. 2 seed Alexander Zverev claimed his 14th ATP Tour title on Saturday when he defeated top seed Stefanos Tsitsipas of Greece 6-4, 7-6(3) in the Abierto Mexicano Telcel presentado por HSBC final. The 23-year-old German entered […]

Li Cracks Zheng Code, Advances In Monterrey

MONTERREY/WASHINGTON, March 20, 2021 (by Michael Dickens) Ann Li fought through some difficult moments during her quarterfinal match with China’s Zheng Saisai at the WTA 250 Abierto GNP Seguros in Monterrey, Mexico, Friday afternoon. Dealing with the high altitude was […]

Zvonareva Shows She Still Knows How To Win

ST. PETERSBURG/WASHINGTON, March 18, 2021 (by Michael Dickens) Vera Zvonareva still knows what it takes to win. For her, sometimes, it’s mind over matter, but she’s willing to go the extra distance in order to beat a younger opponent with […]

Some Days, It’s Just Not Good To Be A No. 1 Seed

DUBAI/MONTERREY/WASHINGTON, March 17, 2021 (by Michael Dickens) It doesn’t happen often, but it did on Tuesday. The top seeds in two different tournaments were upset. Spread across 10 time zones – and with their matches occurring just a few hours […]