ATP Tour News

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 […]

After Historic Year, Zarazua Wants To Get Better

MONTERREY/WASHINGTON, March 16, 2021 (by Michael Dickens) Renata Zarazua has been trailblazer in her native Mexico – and it runs in the family. Last year, following a breakthrough semifinal run in Acapulco, Zarazua became just the fourth Mexican woman in […]

Sloane Stephens: Eager To Start Winning Again

MONTERREY/WASHINGTON, March 15, 2021 (by Michael Dickens) Sloane Stephens has always been a bit of a slow starter. Last year, before the WTA tour was shut down because of the global pandemic, she lost five of her first six matches […]