the Italian Open endured a difficult day in Rome, with Ashleigh Barty of Australia retiring hurt, and Novak

Djokovic trailing when rain forced his match to be carried over to the following day.

away, she made the difficult decision not to finish the match.Meanwhile in the men’s event, Serbia's Djokovic

Rafael Nadal of Spain, the second seed, and Alexander Zverev of Germany, the sixth seed.Men's top seed Novak

Djokovic was trailing by a set and a break when rain forced his Italian Open quarter-final to be suspended

tournament as he defeated Argentine qualifier Federico Delbonis 7-5, 7-6 (7-2).Along with the completion of Djokovic

Rafael Nadal came from a set down to battle through in a final set tie-break and reach the quarter-finals of the Association of Tennis Professionals Italian Open in Rome.

Nishikori 4-6 6-3 6-4, setting up a rematch against the Spaniard in the last eight tomorrow.Top seed Novak

Djokovic of Serbia cruised through in the opening match of the day dropping just three games as he beat

Madison Keys got the better of Sloane Stephens in an all-American opening-round clash as she gained revenge over her long-standing rival at the Italian Open in Rome.

now face Australia’s John Millman, who defeated Dušan Lajović of Serbia 6-3, 6-4.Lajović's compatriot Novak

Djokovic - the top seed - beat American Taylor Fritz 6-3, 7-6 (7-5) to reach the third round, another

another Djokovic win was hardly the main takeaway from the match.An angry Djokovic berated the umpire

The Czech Republic's Petra Kvitová came from a set down to advance to the second round of the Italian Open, while fellow Grand Slam champion Iga Świątek of Poland faced an early deficit before profiting from an injury-enforced retirement.

commanding performance to beat Britain’s Dan Evans 6-3, 6-2.Five-time champion and world number one Novak

Djokovic of Serbia is Fritz’s next opponent at Foro Italico.

World number one Ashleigh Barty battled to a three-set victory in the second round of the Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) Madrid Open.

tournament was released yesterday with the top eight seeds receiving a first round bye.Defending champion Novak

Djokovic of Serbia is absent after electing not to travel to Madrid.Rafael Nadal begins as the top seed

Men's world number one Novak Djokovic will not defend his Madrid Open title after deciding against travelling

Sorry that I won’t be able to travel to Madrid this year and meet all my fans," Djokovic said."

Djokovic is expected to participate at the Rome Masters, scheduled to run from May 9 to 16, before heading

Canada's Bianca Andreescu has been forced to withdraw from the Madrid Open after testing positive for COVID-19.

Open competition last year, where players competed on a PlayStation game.The men’s tournament will see Novak

Djokovic return as the defending champion, with the Serbian star having beaten Greece's Stefanos Tsitsipas

Russian Andrey Rublev produced a fearless display to defeat 11-time champion Rafael Nadal of Spain in the quarter-finals of the Monte-Carlo Masters.

Monte-Carlo Masters ©Getty ImagesBritain’s Daniel Evans backed up his win over Serbian world number one Novak

Djokovic with a hard-fought victory over David Goffin of Belgium.The world number 33, who had come into

Britain's Dan Evans stunned world number one Novak Djokovic to claim the biggest win of his career and

Evans, who had never beaten a player inside the top six prior to his meeting with Djokovic, won 6-4,

 "You can never be confident coming into such a big match like that against Novak.

Novak Djokovic claimed it had been one of the worst performances of his career ©Getty ImagesDjokovic,

Former champions Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic progressed through to the third round of the Association

The Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) has confirmed the withdrawal of world number two Daniil Medvedev from the Monte-Carlo Masters after testing positive for coronavirus.

Jannik Sinner who reached the final of the Miami Open booked a blockbuster meeting with world number one Novak

Djokovic of Serbia.Italy's Jannik Sinner is set to face Novak Djokovic for the first time on the ATP

finalist Albert Ramos-Vinolas of Spain 6-3, 6-4.It will be the first ATP Tour meeting between Sinner and Djokovic

Russia’s Aslan Karatsev set up a second-round meeting with Greece’s Stefanos Tsitsipas at the Monte-Carlo Masters by winning his opening match in Monaco.

Kecmanović.Last year’s event was cancelled due to COVID-19.Tournament favourites Rafael Nadal of Spain, Novak

Djokovic of Serbia and Russia’s Daniil Medvedev are among the players to have received byes into the

Belgium’s David Goffin earned a three-set victory over Croatia’s Marin Čilić as the main draw of the Monte-Carlo Masters began in Monaco.

semi-finalist Aslan Karatsev of Russia among the players in action.Tournament favourites Rafael Nadal of Spain, Novak

Djokovic of Serbia and Russia’s Daniil Medvedev all received byes into the second round.Defending champion

Spain’s Rafael Nadal will seek to claim a 12th title at the Monte-Carlo Masters as the clay-court contest returns after a COVID-19 enforced break last year.

, with the world number three having earned 11 titles in the past 15 editions of the event.Serbia’s Novak

Djokovic is the only other player to win more than one title at the event during that period, winning

final could include a third-round meeting with Russia's Daniil Medvedev, the world number two.Novak Djokovic

Australia's world number one Ashleigh Barty successfully defended her Miami Open title after Bianca Andreescu was forced to retire from their final after spraining an ankle.

and Switzerland's Roger Federer opting to focus on the clay court season and Serbian world number one Novak

Djokovic pulling out due to COVID-19 restrictions.Tipped players Russia's Daniil Medvedev, Stefanos