Andreescu suffers straight-sets loss in Round of 16 match in Madrid
Canada's Bianca Andreescu was eliminated from the Round of 16 at the Madrid Open following a 7-5, 6-1 loss to American Jessica Pegula on Tuesday.
Alejandro Davidovich Fokina Sport News
Lloyd Harris ousted in Madrid Open 1st round
South Africa's Lloyd Harris suffered a first-round defeat at the Madrid Open clay court event on Monday.
Rafael Nadal, Novak Djokovic, Carlos Alcaraz, Stefanos Tsitsipas, Alexander Zverev face off ahead of French Open
Let’s get ready to rummmmmble! After three weeks of the ATP clay season where tennis’ prize fighters have managed to avoid each other like two heavyweight boxers in their prime, it’s finally time to slug it out in Madrid. Rafael Nadal will make his return to the ring after an injury-enforced absence, Novak Djokovic is raring to go again after battling his way to the final of the Serbia Open, Carlos Alcaraz comes in hot after winning the Barcelona Open, Stefanos Tsitsipas won Monte Carlo, then got knocked down by Alcaraz in Barcelona, but is back for more, and Alexander Zverev will be looking to find form as he defends his title. Ad/> It’s shaping up to be an intriguing tournament in the Spanish capital.
Djokovic still struggling mentally in battle to return to form
MADRID : World number one Novak Djokovic said that he was still struggling mentally to get back to his best after missing the Australian Open and a chunk of the early season due to his refusal to get vaccinated against COVID-19.
Novak Djokovic fights to build fitness at Serbia Open - but can he peak for French Open again?
If spending time on court was Novak Djokovic’s primary aim at the Serbia Open then the tournament could not have gone much better. Djokovic was pushed to three sets in all four of his matches in Belgrade and had over 10 hours of competitive action to hone his game and improve his fitness. He didn’t finish up with silverware after losing to second seed Andrey Rublev in the final, but spoke afterwards about “looking at the positives”.
Novak Djokovic blames ‘illness’ and apologises to crowd for final-set bagel in Serbia Open final loss to Andrey Rublev
World No.1 Novak Djokovic apologised to his home crowd and blamed a recent “illness” after losing the Serbia Open final when getting ‘bageled’ by Andrey Rublev in the decider. Djokovic was playing just his third ATP tournament of the season as he continues his clay-court preparations ahead of next month’s French Open. Ad/> The Serbian, who lost to Alejandro Davidovich Fokina in his opening match at Monte Carlo the previous week, beat Laslo Djere, Miomir Kecmanovic and Karen Khachanov en route to reaching the final in Belgrade.
Djokovic loses Serbia Open final to Rublev
World No 1 Novak Djokovic remains without an ATP Tour title this season after losing to Russia's Andrey Rublev in the final of the Serbia Open.
Rublev bests Djokovic to claim Serbia Open victory, earns 3rd title of season
Andrey Rublev defeated Novak Djokovic 6-2, 6-7 (4), 6-0 to win the Serbia Open for his third title of the season on Sunday in Belgrade, Serbia.