11:35 AM ET Rafael Nadal has been knocked out of the Monte Carlo Masters after suffering a shock 6-4, 6-2 defeat to Fabio Fognini in the semifinals. It is the second upset in as many days at the Masters with world No. 1 seed Novak Djokovic eliminated in the previous round. Fognini produced a sensational
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12:03 PM ET Associated Press LONDON — Brazilian tennis player Joao Souza has been provisionally suspended again amid a corruption investigation by the Tennis Integrity Unit. Souza had already been provisionally suspended on March 29 but was reinstated on April 8 following a successful appeal. The TIU says that the provisional suspension has been put
10:19 AM ET Novak Djokovic is out of the Monte Carlo Masters after defeat to Daniil Medvedev Clive Brunskill/Getty Images Novak Djokovic has been eliminated from the Monte Carlo Masters after losing his quarterfinal 3-6, 6-4, 2-6 to No. 10 seed Daniil Medvedev. The world No. 1 fought back to level the match after losing the
2:24 PM ET Novak Djokovic is out of the Monte Carlo Masters after defeat to Daniil Medvedev Clive Brunskill/Getty Images Novak Djokovic has been eliminated from the Monte Carlo Masters after losing his quarterfinal 3-6, 6-4, 2-6 to No. 10 seed Daniil Medvedev. The world No. 1 fought back to level the match after losing the
4:39 PM ET Champion Rafael Nadal and top-ranked Novak Djokovic turned in impressive displays to reach the Monte Carlo Masters quarter-finals on Thursday. 1 Related Nadal, chasing a record-extending 12th Monte Carlo title, broke Grigor Dimitrov‘s serve on four occasions to defeat the Bulgarian 6-4 6-1. After recovering from two break points down in his
3:34 PM ET Associated Press MONACO — Back on his favorite surface, Rafael Nadal showed no lingering effects of a recent injury as he breezed into the third round of the Monte Carlo Masters Wednesday with a 6-1, 6-1 win against Roberto Bautista Agut. Nadal was making his season debut on clay and playing his
8:48 AM ET Juan Martin del Potro will soon be back among us, belting those monstrous forehands and serves, unless things go horribly wrong. In Del Potro’s case, that worst-case scenario is an omnipresent possibility. The Argentinian star is entered in the upcoming Madrid Masters tournament (May 5-12). Apart from an aborted February comeback, it
7:00 PM ET World number one Novak Djokovic took out his frustration on the racket in a scrappy performance but did enough to overcome German Philipp Kohlschreiber in a 6-3 4-6 6-4 win in the second round of the Monte Carlo Masters on Tuesday. The Serb, who received a first round bye, clinched the first
10:16 AM ET Simon Cambers We have been here before. When Rafael Nadal begins his clay-court season at the Rolex Monte Carlo Masters on Wednesday, he will do so with a few doubts hanging in the air about his fitness, namely whether his ailing knees will be ready for the rigors of the red stuff.
2:24 PM ET Associated Press Denis Shapovalov‘s clay-court campaign got off to a poor start as he lost 5-7, 6-3, 6-1 to Jan-Lennard Struff in the first round of the Monte Carlo Masters on Monday. The 20-year-old Shapovalov arrived after a good run on hard courts at the Miami Open, where he lost to Roger