Tennis News & Results from Newsday.com

Novak Djokovic has lost to Matteo Arnaldi in the opening round of the Madrid Open.
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England has won a seventh successive Women's Six Nations title after surviving a sensational France fightback by 43-42 at Twickenham.
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Top seeds Alexander Zverev and Aryna Sabalenka have scored comfortable victories in their opening matches at the Madrid Open.
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Joao Fonseca needed to rest his mind and reflect on everything happening to him.
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Novak Djokovic says he can feel the changes taking place in tennis.
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This time Iga Swiatek had the answers against teenage sensation Alexandra Eala.
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Home-crowd favorite Carlos Alcaraz has withdrawn from the Madrid Open because of muscle injuries.
2m readItalian teenager Federico Cina has picked up his second ATP 1000 victory by defeating Coleman Wong in straight sets at the Madrid Open.
2m readUTEP has disbanded its women's tennis program after more than four decades, citing increasing costs.
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Naomi Osaka's clay-court season has started with a loss in the first round of the Madrid Open against Lucia Bronzetti.

Andre Agassi collected two of his eight Grand Slam tennis titles at the U.S. Open and now he'll be competing at a different racket event with that name.

Carlos Alcaraz says he is feeling fine but will wait on results from medical tests to decide whether he will play at the Madrid Open.

Former champion Novak Djokovic has returned to the Madrid Open for the first time in three years in hopes of achieving his 100th tour-level title.
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Jelena Ostapenko has upset No. 1-ranked Aryna Sabalenka 6-4, 6-1 in the Porsche Grand Prix final in Stuttgart.

Holger Rune has upset home-crowd favorite Carlos Alcaraz in straight sets to win the Barcelona Open for his first title since 2023.
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Top-seeded Alexander Zverev has beaten second-seeded American Ben Shelton 6-2, 6-4 to win his third Munich title.

Top-seeded Aryna Sabalenka has won 7-5, 6-4 against Jasmine Paolini of Italy to set up a clay-court Porsche Grand Prix final against unseeded Jelena Ostapenko.
Top-seeded Carlos Alcaraz will play Holger Rune for the Barcelona Open title after straight-set semifinals.

Top-seeded Alexander Zverev will play for a record-equalling third ATP Munich title after reaching the final.

Jelena Ostapenko continued her dominance over Iga Swiatek, this time beating the world No. 2 on her favorite surface.
Top-seeded Carlos Alcaraz has earned his season-best eighth straight win after beating Alex de Minaur 7-5, 6-3 in the Barcelona Open quarterfinals.

Ben Shelton has advanced to his second clay-court semifinals by beating Luciano Darderi 6-4, 6-3 at the BMW Open in Munich.
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Third-ranked Jessica Pegula cruised into the quarterfinals of the Porsche Grand Prix with a 6-1, 6-1 victory over Magdalena Frech.

Ukrainian tennis player Lesia Tsurenko has filed an amended lawsuit that accuses the WTA Tour and its chairman, Steve Simon, of a breach of contract, negligence and the "negligent infliction of emotional distress."
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Rafael Nadal will be honored at the French Open with a tribute on Court Philippe-Chatrier during the opening day on May 25.
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Justin Rose has been down this road before.
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Rory McIlroy is the latest golfer to achieve the coveted career Grand Slam and he's been invited to sprinkle some of his stardust at Old Trafford.

British tennis player Harriet Dart has apologized after asking the chair umpire to tell her opponent to put on deodorant because she "smells really bad."

Seventeen-year-old German Diego Dedura-Palomero has made his mark on tennis in more than one way.
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Rory McIlroy is now part of the most elite club in golf with the career Grand Slam.
4m readThe list of players with the career Grand Slam that Rory McIlroy joined Sunday when he won the final leg at the Masters.
Hailey Baptiste and Bernarda Pera had straight-set wins to give the United States a spot in the Billie Jean King Cup Finals with a 2-1 victory over host Slovakia.
Carlos Alcaraz has defeated an injury-striken Lorenzo Musetti 3-6, 6-1, 6-0 to win the Monte Carlo final and secure his sixth Masters 1000 career title.
1m readElina Svitolina has sent Ukraine to the Billie Jean King Cup Finals for the first time with a 6-4, 6-2 win over Switzerland's Jil Teichmann to level the countries' qualifier 1-1.
Carlos Alcaraz needed six match points to put away Spanish compatriot Alejandro Davidovich Fokina 7-6 (2), 6-4 and reach the final of the Monte Carlo Masters.
Carlos Alcaraz has won from behind against Arthur Fils while defending champion Stefanos Tsitsipas has been bundled out in the Monte Carlo Masters quarterfinals.
1m readSecond-seeded Carlos Alcaraz has moved into the quarterfinals at the Monte Carlo Masters after beating qualifier Daniel Altmaier 6-3, 6-1.

The finals of the Billie Jean King Cup have been brought forward two months to September.

Novak Djokovic's latest bid to win a 100th career title has ended in another stunning defeat.
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Basketball great LeBron James has become the first professional male athlete to have his likeness depicted in a Ken doll.
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Jannik Sinner's return from his three-month doping ban is a month away and Italian Open organizers can't wait to welcome back the first home No. 1 player in the tournament's history.
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Formula 1 has done it, so has professional golf, the National Hockey League and the elite tennis tour.
1m readSecond-ranked Alexander Zverev lost 2-6, 6-3, 7-5 to fellow big-hitter Matteo Berrettini in the second round of the Monte Carlo Masters.
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Rory McIlroy is back for either more heartache or a green jacket that will allow him to take his place in golf history.
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A look at the five players who have won the career Grand Slam in golf and how long it took them to get the final leg.
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Billie Jean King became the first woman to receive a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in the new sports entertainment category.
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Novak Djokovic will get the chance to avenge one of the more surprising losses of his career.

Qualifier Jenson Brooksby earned his first ATP Tour title by beating Frances Tiafoe 6-4, 6-2 in the final of the U.S. Men's Clay Court Championship.

The Charleston Open is keeping Credit One Bank as its title partner through 2031 with the tennis tournament paying equal prize money to both men and women starting in 2026.
1m readVeteran Richard Gasquet beat Matteo Arnaldi 6-3, 4-6, 6-4 to reach the second round of the Monte Carlo Masters.
One low-ranked French tennis player has been banned for life from the sport, and four others were given suspensions varying from two to 10 years, for match-fixing linked to a syndicate in Belgium.
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