World No. 2 Rafael Nadal and last year’s Australian Open finalist Dominic Thiem have both suffered setbacks with their coaches unable to make the trip Down Under for the year’s first tennis Grand Slam. Players and officials have to undergo a mandatory 14-day quarantine on arrival in Australia before they participate in warm-up events from … Read more Nadal, Thiem to be without coaches at Aus Open
DELRAY BEACH, Fla. — Hubert Hurkacz was too good for Sebastian Korda in the final at the Delray Beach Open and, on the last point, a little lucky. Hurkacz hit a cross-court lob winner corner to corner to close out a 6-3, 6-3 victory Wednesday for his second career ATP Tour title. With a laugh, … Read more Hurkacz beats Korda at Delray Beach for 2nd title
American tennis player Christian Harrison has been fined $3,000 by the ATP after refusing to take part in a mandatory on-court interview at the Delray Beach Open in Florida as it required him to wear a mask. The qualifier, ranked No. 789 in the world, stunned top seed Cristian Garin of Chile 7-6(3), 6-2 on … Read more Harrison fined for not doing interview in mask
DELRAY BEACH, Fla. — American Christian Harrison won playing in his first career quarterfinal Monday, beating Gianluca Mager of Italy 7-6 (2), 6-4 at the Delray Beach Open. Harrison’s opponent Tuesday will be No. 4-seeded Hubert Hurkacz of Poland, who swept qualifier Roberto Quiroz of Ecuador 6-4, 6-4. The 26-year-old Harrison’s career has been slowed … Read more Harrison, ranked No. 789, into Delray semis
Alexander Bublik produced one of the best performances of his career to reach the Antalya Open semifinals on Monday. Bublik stunned top seed Matteo Berrettini and battled to a 7-6(6), 6-4 victory. The No. 8 seed recorded 12 aces and saved five of six break points to win the match in one hour and 31 … Read more Bublik upsets Berrettini to reach Antalya semis
DELRAY BEACH, Fla. — Frances Tiafoe gained momentum Sunday in his bid for another Delray Beach Open title by winning a seesaw match against fellow American Bjorn Fratangelo, 6-4, 3-6, 6-1. Tiafoe won his first ATP Tour title as a 20-year-old wild card at Delray Beach in 2018. His career record is 9-2 in the … Read more Tiafoe tops fellow American Fratangelo at Delray
Top seed Matteo Berrettini cruised into the quarterfinals of the Antalya Open with a 6-2, 6-3 victory over Dimitar Kuzmanov. The world No. 10 broke serve on five occasions to win the match in 68 minutes. Berrettini will meet Alexander Bublik for a place in the last four after he overcame Frenchman Tristan Lamasine with … Read more Berrettini eases into Antalya Open quarterfinals
DELRAY BEACH, Fla. — American qualifier Christian Harrison upset top-seeded Cristian Garin of Chile 7-6 (3), 6-2 Saturday in the second round at the Delray Beach Open. Harrison, ranked No. 789, squandered three consecutive set points serving at 6-5 in the first set and lost serve, but regrouped to dominate the tiebreaker. He swept the … Read more Qualifier Harrison beats top seed at Delray Beach
DELRAY BEACH, Fla. — Tommy Paul made the most of his home-court advantage Thursday, sweeping Ji Sung Nam of South Korea 6-1, 6-4 in the first round at the Delray Beach Open. Paul, who lives in Delray Beach, came into the tournament seeded fifth and ranked a career-high No. 52. Gianluca Mager of Italy rallied … Read more Tommy Paul wins opener at Delray Beach
Ukraine’s Dayana Yastremska has been provisionally suspended after the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) found a banned substance in an out-of-competition urine sample, the International Tennis Federation (ITF) said on Thursday. Yastremska, 20, provided the sample in November and a WADA lab in Montreal found the presence of mesterolone metabolite, an anabolic agent on its Prohibited … Read more Yastremska suspended for doping