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Nadal withdraws from Canadian Open, Andreescu into round three

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Defending champion and 20-time major winner Rafael Nadal has withdrawn from the Canadian Open because of a foot injury.

Routliffe and the Netherlands’ Rosalie Van Der Hoek.In the men’s doubles, Hurkacz and Italian partner Jannik

Sinner were knocked out by fifth seeds Lukasz Kubot of Poland and Marcelo Melo of Brazil in the first


Canadian Open tennis tournaments return to start hard-court season

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The Canadian Open returns tomorrow after its absence from the tennis calendar in 2020 because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

other seeds are Australia’s Alex de Minaur, France’s Gael Monfils, Chile’s Cristian Garin and Italy’s Jannik

Sinner in the top half, and in the bottom half Diego Schwartzman of Argentina, Roberto Bautista-Agut


Tiafoe stuns Tsitsipas in first-round upset at Wimbledon

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Third seed and French Open runner-up Stefanos Tsitsipas crashed out of the first round at Wimbledon after losing in straight sets to unseeded American Frances Tiafoe.

sets and 5-0 and had to repel a fightback from the Georgian to claim a 6-4, 6-3, 5-7, 6-3 win.Italian Jannik

Sinner, the 19th seed, is also out after he lost 5-7, 6-3, 7-5, 6-3 to Hungary's Marton Fucsovics.In



Djokovic survives scare to stage comeback in fourth round of French Open

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Serbia's Novak Djokovic came from two sets down to win his fourth round tie against Italian teenager Lorenzo Musetti at the French Open at Roland-Garros in Paris.

Spain's Rafael Nadal, who has won the French Open a record 13 times.Nadal faced young Italian upstart Jannik

Sinner in his match and despite the 18th seed keeping the Spaniard honest in the first two sets, Nadal


Women’s top seeds continue to tumble at French Open as Svitolina exits

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Just three of the women’s top 10 seeds will head into the second week of the French Open after Elina Svitolina became the latest casualty in Paris.

-3, 6-3, 6-3 to remain on track for a 14th Roland Garros title.Nadal will now meet Italian teenager Jannik

Sinner who battled past Mikael Ymer of Sweden 6-1, 7-5, 6-3.Rafael Nadal refused to take the foot off


World number one Barty suffers "heartbreaking" French Open exit with injury

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World number one Ashleigh Barty limped out of this year’s French Open after retiring injured in her second round match against Magda Linette of Poland.

Garros third round for the third time as he saw off Argentina’s Federico Coria 6-3, 6-3, 6-2.Italians Jannik

Sinner, Lorenzo Musetti and Marco Cecchinato joined compatriots Berrettini and Fabio Fognini in the



Osaka, Halep and Kenin all out of Italian Open but Nadal overcomes Sinner test

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Naomi Osaka, Simona Halep and Sofia Kenin - three of the top four seeds in the women's singles - were all knocked out of the Italian Open on a dramatic day in Rome, as was Serena Williams.

the men's singles, the match between 20-time Grand Slam champion Rafael Nadal and rising Italian star Jannik

Sinner was the main attraction.Nineteen-year-old Sinner put up a good fight, but, on his favoured clay


Kvitová survives scare at Italian Open as Świątek profits from retirement

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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.

victories for American trio Jessica Pegula, Jessica Brady and Amanda Anisimova.In the men’s event, Italy’s Jannik

Sinner set up a blockbuster second-round clash against nine-time champion Rafael Nadal of Spain.Sinner

his 20th match win of the season by moving past Frenchman Ugo Humbert 6-2, 6-4.Aslan Karatsev joined Sinner


Nadal and Djokovic back with wins at Monte-Carlo Masters as Ruud stuns Schwartzman

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Former champions Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic progressed through to the third round of the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) Monte-Carlo Masters as they returned to action.

February.But the Serbian world number one showed no signs of rustiness as he defeated Italian rising star Jannik

Sinner 6-4, 6-2 in one hour and 34 minutes at the at the Monte Carlo Country Club in this ATP Masters


Medvedev tests COVID-19 positive as training partner Nadal gets all-clear at Monte-Carlo Masters

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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.

Italian teenager 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 Tour ©Getty ImagesMaking his Monte-Carlo Masters debut, Sinner recovered from

2017 finalist Albert Ramos-Vinolas of Spain 6-3, 6-4.It will be the first ATP Tour meeting between Sinner


Nadal seeks 12th title as Monte-Carlo Masters returns to circuit after 2020 absence

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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.

match, with the world number one set to face either Spain’s Albert Ramos Viñolas or Italy’s 19-year-old Jannik

Sinner.The latter heads into the tournament in form, with Sinner having finished as the runner-up at


Hurkacz wins underdog men's singles final at Miami Open

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Miami Open men's singles title win, which came thanks to a straight sets victory over Italian teenager Jannik

Sinner at the Hard Rock Stadium.

competition.Hurkacz made the final after a straight sets victory over Russian fourth seed Andrey Rublev, while Sinner

in nearly 18 years.Hurkacz broke serve immediately and established a 3-0 lead in the first set, but Sinner

 Despite a strong end to the second set, Sinner found himself 4-0 down and Hurkacz took advantage

Hurkacz's victory moves him from 37th to 16th in the world rankings - a career high.Despite his defeat, Sinner


Barty retains Miami Open title after Andreescu retires with ankle injury

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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.

world rankings.Tomorrow the men's final will take place between Italy's 19-year-old Miami debutant Jannik

Sinner - the youngest Association of Tennis Professionals Masters 1000 finalist since Rafael