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Felix Auger Aliassime lost to the eventual champion, Taylor Fritz, in the semi-finals in Stuttgart at the weekend. This week the Canadian has moved on to Halle where he is unseeded in the singles event. His compatriot Denis Shapovalov is also unseeded in the singles event, and the two Canadians...

On Thursday in Stuttgart Felix Auger Aliassime beat Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard 6-4, 6-4 to reach the quarter-finals. Encouraging as this win is, it could be argued that the Frenchman is even more inconsistent than the Canadian. On Friday FAA will face 17-year-old Justin Engel for a place in the...

The first time Lorenzo Musetti and Carlos Alcaraz met at ATP level was in the final in Hamburg three years ago, when the Italian won a memorable three-set match. Since then the same two players have met five more times, with the Spaniard winning on each occasion, including three times on clay...

On Thursday, Jack Draper played very well and once again proved that he has a great temperament by beating Gael Monfils in four sets to reach the third round of the French Open. The final score was 6-3, 4-6, 6-3, 7-5. In the fourth set Monfils led 5-2 and had two set points at 5-4, 15-40 on...

On Sunday evening in Paris, Lorenzo Musetti takes on Holger Rune for a place in the quarter-finals at the French Open. The two players have met twice before and the Dane has won both encounters, but today’s meeting will be their first on clay. On Friday, Musetti overcome a slow start to beat...

In first-round action at the French Open on Tuesday, no. 5 seed Jack Draper beat the Italian Mattia Bellucci in four sets after a shaky set. The score was 3-6, 6-1, 6-4, 6-2. In the next round Draper will face 38-year-old home favourite Gael Monfils. The Englishman won their only previous...

Lorenzo Musetti has made an excellent start to this year's French Open by winning his first two matches in straight sets. On Sunday last the Italian, who is seeded no. 8, beat the German Yannick Hanfmann 7-5, 6-2, 6-0 in the first round, while earlier today he beat the Colombian Daniel Elahi...

A crushing 6-2, 6-1, 6-3 victory for Flavio Cobolli over Marin Cilic in first-round action at the French Open on Tuesday evening. In the next round the Italian will play his compatriot Matteo Arnaldi.

Fortune smiled on Ethan Quinn at the French Open in Paris on Tuesday afternoon when his opponent, Grigor Dimitrov, the no. 16 seed, had to retire from their first-round match with the score 6-2, 6-3, 2-6 in the Bulgarian's favour. In the second round Quinn will take on the Kazakh Alexander...

Casper Ruud was rarely threatened in his fourth-round victory against Jaume Munar in Rome on Wednesday afternoon. The Norwegian won in straight sets, 6-3, 6-4, to reach the quarter-finals. There he will meet the revenant Jannik Sinner, the top seed, who has never really played his best tennis on...

A dazzling display of magical tennis from Lorenzo Musetti against Alexander Zverev in quarter-final action in Rome late on Wednesday night. The Italian was never so dangerous as when he was down, and in the first set he saved four set points with Zverev serving at 6-5 in a pivotal game. The...

That most tricky of opponent's, Corentin Moutet, made a great start to his fourth-round match against Jack Draper in Rome on Tuesday, but was eventually undone, partly by cramp and partly by the young Englishman. After a one-sided first set, won by the Frenchman, Draper took the second set in...

Casper Ruud and Jaume Munar have previously met five times, including twice already this year. The Norwegian leads their head-to-head 4-1, but their two encounters earlier this year both went the full distance. Their last match, in the semi-finals in Dallas in February, ended in a 6-2, 2-6...

The weather held up Lorenzo Musetti for several hours in Rome on Tuesday, but in the end nothing could prevent him from reaching the quarter-finals at his national tournament, not even the skill of his opponent, Daniil Medvedev. When the rains came, the Italian stood at match point in the tenth...

Two straight sets wins, over Luciano Darderi and the Czech Vit Kopriva, have taken Jack Draper into the fourth round of the Italian Championships in Rome. Standing between the Englishman, the no. 5 seed, and a place in the quarter-finals is the unseeded Corentin Moutet, who upset Holger Rune...

Yes, a comfortable win, 6-4, 6-3, for Lorenzo Musetti over Brandon Nakashima in Rome on Sunday afternoon. The question now is, can the Italian beat Daniil Medvedev for a place in the quarter-finals? The Russian has won their two previous meetings, both of which were on a hard (cement) court.

A somewhat ignominious defeat for Denis Shapovalov yesterday in second-round action at the Italian Championships in Rome. The Canadian was facing the unheralded Lithuanian Vilius Gaubas, who is twenty years old and ranked no. 154. In the first set Shapovalov had five break points, but couldn't...

A comfortable 6-3, 6-2 win for Lorenzo Musetti against Otto Virtanen in second-round action at the Italian Championships in Rome on Friday. Musetti, the new world no. 9, is seeded no. 8 in Rome and will take on the no. 28 seed, Brandon Nakashima, in the third round. Their head-to-head is...

A successful return to competition for Casper Ruud earlier on Saturday at the Italian Championships in Rome, where he is the no. 7 seed. The Norwegian's second-round opponent was Alexander Bublik, who has slipped to no. 75 in the rankings, but is still a dangerous proposition. Ruud won the...

Earlier on Friday Jack Draper beat Lorenzo Musetti 6-3, 7-6(4) to advance to the final in Madrid and give himself the chance to win a second Masters Series 1000 tournament this year after his success at Indian Wells in March. In the final in Madrid Draper will face Casper Ruud for the first...

Casper Ruud beat Francisco Cerundolo 6-4, 7-5 to reach the final in Madrid earlier on Friday. Although the Norwegian won in straight sets, there was a lot of tennis in the match and at times the form of both players dipped enough for it not to be a classic. But it was certainly exciting and...

Yes, a comfortable 6-4, 6-3 win for Lorenzo Musetti against lucky loser Gabriel Diallo in the quarter-finals in Madrid on Thursday. On Friday evening the Italian will take on Jack Draper for a place in the final. The young Englishman has been in excellent form and currently leads his...

An ignominious defeat for Felix Auger Aliassime against Andrea Pellegrino in first-round action at the Challenger in Estoril earlier on Thursday. The Canadian led 3-1 in the first set, but was broken in the next game. FAA broke again to lead 4-2, but lost his serve again in the next game. At...

An encouraging win for Casper Ruud over Daniil Medvedev in quarter-final action in Madrid earlier on Thursday. The Norwegian won 6-3, 7-5 without dropping serve for his first victory over the Russian in four attempts. In the semi-final Ruud will take on Francisco Cerundolo, a familiar opponent...

In a match that began late on Wednesday night and ended at half past midnight on Thursday morning Lorenzo Musetti beat Alex De Minaur 6-4, 6-2 to advance to the quarter-finals in Madrid. The Australian was out of form and made a total of 27 unforced errors during the course of the match. At the...

Earlier on Wednesday Jack Draper reached the quarter-finals in Madrid by beating Tommy Paul 6-2, 6-2 in 70 minutes. The score is more an indication of Paul's play than it is of Draper's because the American made 31 unforced errors in the 16 games played, thereby greatly helping his opponent...

Although he has dropped to no. 15 in the singles rankings, Casper Ruud has been playing some good tennis this week at the Masters Series 1000 tournament in Madrid. On Tuesday evening the Norwegian, who is the no. 14 seed, beat the no. 3 seed, Taylor Fritz, in straight sets to reach the...

On Tuesday afternoon in Madrid Jack Draper reached the fourth round of the singles event at the Masters Series 1000 tournament when his opponent, Matteo Berrettini, retired after losing the first set. The Italian has been struggling with an abdominal problem. Berrettini had led 3-1 with a break...

An excellent performance from Lorenzo Musetti against Stefanos Tsitsipas in third-round action in Madrid on Tuesday afternoon. The Italian came from 0-3 and 3-5 down in the first set to win it 7-5, saving a set point at 4-5 along the way. In the second set Musetti had four break points at 4-all...

On Saturday Denis Shapovalov comfortably beat Kei Nishikori, 6-1, 6-4, to reach the third round in Madrid. The Japanese player made a lot of unforced errors, and the Canadian was able to capitalise on them while not playing spectacularly himself. On Monday Shapovalov will face Alex De Minaur for...