Top seed Paula Badosa has been knocked out of the Madrid Open in the second round by two-time champion Simona Halep.

Association of Tennis Professionals Tour Masters 1000 tournament begins tomorrow at the same venue.Serbia's Novak

Djokovic is the top seed, despite having played relatively little tennis in 2022 due to be unvaccinated

German tennis star Boris Becker has been sentenced to two-and-a-half years in prison for hiding assets in a bid to avoid paying debts.

and 75,000 shares in a tech firm.Boris Becker has previously coached men's singles world number one Novak

Djokovic ©Getty ImagesThe court heard that Becker had used his business account as a "piggy bank" for

racket, Becker has worked as a commentator for the BBC and had a spell as coach of world number one Novak

Djokovic of Serbia.Becker was also head of men's tennis at the German Tennis Association before stepping

city for this year's Davis Cup, and could stage a match involving Spain's Rafael Nadal and Serbia's Novak

Djokovic.

21st men's singles Grand Slam at the Australian Open earlier this year, could face world number one Djokovic

The All England Lawn Tennis Club (AELTC) has announced plans to celebrate the centenary of Centre Court after two pandemic impacted years, with the organisation also confirming unvaccinated players will be permitted to compete at Wimbledon.

nbsp;will also be marked, with the organisations having begun their relationship 95 years ago.Novak Djokovic

against COVID-19 will be able to compete at the Grand Slam event, allowing Serbia’s world number one Novak

Djokovic to defend his title.Djokovic was deported prior to the Australian Open due to his vaccination

The Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi is believed to be weighing up a ban on Russian players from entering the country for tennis' Italian Open, following a similar stance currently held by the organisers of one of the four Grand Slam tournaments, Wimbledon.

Open would be "in line with the decisions of the IOC on individual sports".Serbian world number one Novak

Djokovic will be permitted to play at the tournament despite his unvaccinated status against COVID-19

, unseeded Alejandro Davidovich Fokina from Spain.Although proof of vaccination is needed in Italy, Djokovic

The Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) has suggested it will impose sanctions against Wimbledon and the Lawn Tennis Association (LTA) after the decision to bar Russian and Belarusian players.

Russian and Belarusian players to be "discrimination" ©Getty ImagesSerbia's men's world number one Novak

Djokovic has also labelled the decision as "crazy".Tennis legends Billie Jean King and Martina Navratilova

Tennis star Novak Djokovic met with Serbia's Paralympic team on the side-lines of the Serbian Open in

 Djokovic was pictured laughing with the Paralympic team and exchanged tennis balls and table tennis

pic.twitter.com/xi2f3VOQju— Novak Djokovic (@DjokerNole) April 20, 2022The Serbian met with his countrymen

after an exhausting win over 26-year-old compatriot Laslo Đere in the round of 16.Djokovic came back

Nikola Pilić, the former coach of world number one men's singles tennis player Novak Djokovic, has criticised

Pilić is Croatian while former charge Djokovic, who is Serbian, has pledged financial support for ex-player

Third seed Stefanos Tsitsipas defended his Monte-Carlo Masters men's singles crown successfully today, finishing his campaign with a straight sets victory over surprise package of the tournament, Alejandro Davidovich Fokina of Spain.

Masters three years ago, who was ranked 48th.Despite a run that included defeating world number one Novak

Djokovic of Serbia, American 10th seed Taylor Fritz and Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov, Davidovich Fokina

Greece’s Stefanos Tsitsipas will bid to become the sixth player to defend their Monte-Carlo Masters title after beating Germany’s Alexander Zverev in the semi-finals in Monaco.

matches at the tournament in three sets, including his shock second round victory over world number one Novak

Djokovic of Serbia.He will now seek to prevent Tsitsipas from becoming only the sixth player to win

Reigning champion Stefanos Tsitsipas overcame a stern test from Diego Schwartzman to reach the semi-finals of the Monte-Carlo Masters.

first tournament win of the season and knows claiming the title will close the gap to world number one Novak

Djokovic in the rankings.Alexander Zverev earned a hard-fought win over Jannik Sinner ©Getty ImagesSpain

’s Alejandro Davidovich Fokina, who beat Djokovic in the second round, continued his fine run at the

French tennis player Ugo Humbert has suggested his form at the end of the 2021 season may have been impacted by an adverse reaction to being vaccinated for COVID-19.

vaccines.COVID-19 vaccinations have been a major talking point in tennis this year, with men’s world number one Novak

Djokovic of Serbia being deported from Australia on the eve of the tournament due to being unvaccinated.The

Germany's Alexander Zverev and Greece's Stefanos Tsitsipas - the remaining top seeds - have progressed to the quarter-finals of the Monte-Carlo Masters, but other main contenders for the title have been eliminated.

, 6-4, 6-3.Finally, Alejandro Davidovich Fokina of Spain - who knocked out Serbian world number one Novak

Djokovic - defeated Belgium's David Goffin in straight sets 6-4, 6-1.

World number one Novak Djokovic’s return to the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) Tour ended

Djokovic was competing in just his fourth match of the year, with his COVID-19 vaccination status having

lack of match practice appeared to take its toll against Davidovich Fokina, with the Spaniard breaking Djokovic

earned a 6-3, 6-7, 6-1 victory to reach the third round at the ATP Masters 1000 event.The result saw Djokovic

Three-time Grand Slam winner Stan Wawrinka suffered defeat in the first round of the Monte-Carlo Masters in his first Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) Tour match in 13 months.

round.Jannik Sinner won his first round match in three sets against Borna Coric ©Getty ImagesWorld number one Novak

Djokovic discovered his second round opponent, with Spain’s Alejandro Davidovich Fokina beating the

United States’ Marcos Giron 7-5, 6-3.Djokovic is making his return to the tour for the first time since