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Holger Rune and Patrick Mouratoglou part ways after six months - 'We've successfully completed our mission'

Holger Rune and Patrick Mouratoglou have parted ways after six months, the pair have announced. Mouratoglou helped Rune move into the top 10 of the ATP rankings and oversaw the 19-year-old’s unexpected Paris Masters win, where he beat Novak Djokovic in a thrilling final. Ad Rune, who went out in the fourth round of the Australian Open this year, has lost in the last 32 and last 16 at Indian Wells and the Miami Open.

Iga Swiatek: Will world No. 1 become first repeat WTA winner at Indian Wells since Martina Navratilova in 1991?

Indian Wells is often regarded as the biggest tournament of the tennis season outside the Grand Slams and season-ending finals – so why has it been so unpredictable in recent years? On the men’s side there have been five different champions in the last five editions, including Taylor Fritz in 2022 and Cameron Norrie in 2021, and on the women’s side there has not been a repeat winner since Martina Navratilova won back-to-back titles in 1990 and 1991. Ad That’s the longest streak without a repeat champion at a WTA 1000.

Big guns Swiatek and Sabalenka come out firing at Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships

Even by this tournament's standards, the field assembled at the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships this week is something special. Eighteen of the world's top 20 were part of the lineup at the start of the week and the two missing would almost certainly have been involved under different circumstances; Tunisian star Ons Jabeur recovering from injury while two-time champion Simona Halep is serving a provisional doping ban.

Iga Swiatek keeps world No.1 spot after Qatar victory

The French and US Open champion, Swiatek, 21, dropped just five games all week on her way to a second straight Doha title on Saturday by beating Jessica Pegula.Aryna Sabalenka is second and American Pegula moves up to third in the standings despite defeat to Swiatek with Tunisian Ons Jabeur dropping to fourth.Jabeur has been sidelined through injury since January and will miss this week's Dubai WTA event.