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Regardless of what happens in Rome this week, Alcaraz annexing his second Masters 1000 title in the manner that he did, must be sending chills down the back of all the New Gen players, and the younger wanna-be contenders.

World number one Ashleigh Barty’s surprise retirement from tennis was met with shock and an outpouring of well wishes from current and former greats Wednesday.

World number one Ashleigh Barty stunned the tennis world Wednesday by announcing her early retirement from the sport at the age of just 25. 

Local tennis gets set for a bigger serving next week when the PPS-PEPP Olivarez Cup Open Tennis Championship returns after a two-year hiatus due to pandemic featuring the country’s leading players and rising stars at the Olivarez Sports Center in Sucat.

Rafael Nadal survived a marathon first-set tiebreak to seal his spot in the quarter-finals of the Australian Open on Sunday and will face Denis Shapovalov after the Canadian stunned Alexander Zverev.

Big-serving Madison Keys stunned eighth seed Paula Badosa to power into an Australian Open quarterfinals for a third time Sunday in a clash between two of the season’s most in-form players.

Former Australian Open finalist Marin Cilic said he felt “really good” about his tennis and was confident of making an impact after reaching the second week at Melbourne Park.

World number one Novak Djokovic said Tuesday that he was heading to the Australian Open to defend his title after being granted a COVID-19 medical exemption to play.

(AFP) — US Open champion Emma Raducanu on Saturday pulled out of an Australian Open warm-up tournament next week as she continues to recover from coronavirus.

Britain's Cameron Norrie dominated Grigor Dimitrov 6-2, 6-4 on Saturday to book a title clash with Nikoloz Basilashvili at the ATP Indian Wells Masters.

Olympic gold medallist Alexander Zverev and French Open runner-up Stefanos Tsitsipas slumped to shock quarterfinal exits in the ATP Indian Wells Masters, losing in three sets at the main stadium on Friday.

Great Britain's Cameron Norrie used a precise service game to overpower Diego Schwartzman 6-0, 6-2 to reach the semifinals of the ATP Indian Wells Masters on Thursday.

Reigning US Open champion Daniil Medvedev is out of the ATP Indian Wells Masters, falling in stunning fashion in the fourth round to No. 23 seed Grigor Dimitrov 4-6, 6-4, 6-3 on Wednesday.

US Open champion Daniil Medvedev made a smooth return to ATP action Saturday, downing American Mackenzie McDonald 6-4, 6-2 to reach the third round at Indian Wells.

Emma Raducanu crashed out of the WTA Indian Wells tournament in the second round, losing in her first match since her stunning US Open triumph to Aliaksandra Sasnovich 6-2, 6-4 on Friday.

Ruben Gonzales and American Hunter Johnson survived their unseeded rivals to capture the Trofeul Tiriac-Nastase Challenger in Bucharest, Romania over the weekend.

Serena Williams turns 40 on Sunday with her longtime coach hailing her as the "greatest of all time" and a pioneer of tennis "intimidation".

Thanks to the US Open and New York City, for two glorious weeks, it was like the world was putting the COVID pandemic in the rear-view mirror - even if only for those moments that we’d be following what was happening.