Novak Djokovic's intentions in organising the ill-fated Adria Tour were good but the world number one could have applied a bit more common sense to how the exhibition event was run, former ATP players' council head Vijay Amritraj said. The Serbian has faced fierce criticism after he, Grigor Dimitrov, Borna Coric and Viktor Troicki contracted COVID-19 following the charity event in Serbia and Croatia.
Italian top seed Matteo Berrettini marked himself down as a genuine Wimbledon threat after beating Britain's Cameron Norrie 6-4, 6-7(5), 6-3 to win the Queen's Club title on Sunday.
Prakash Amritraj lost to Mardy Fish at the ATP event in Las Vegas while Uberoi lost to Maria Vento-Kabchi in Doha
The Indian has won five ATP Masters 1000 titles with five different partners, although he has never won a major championship in men's doubles. Not bad for someone whose knees lack cartilage.
Andy Murray's dedication to the Davis Cup has proved invaluable to the British team, but it may also rob the ATP Tour Finals of one of it's biggest draws this year.
Nadal's participation in the season-ending Tour finals hung in the balance when the Spaniard pulled out of the Paris Masters
Rohan Bopanna and his Romanian partner Florin Mergea on Saturday made it to the final of the men's doubles event at the ATP World Tour Finals, in London, after registering a straight-set victory against Croatian Ivan Dodig and Marcelo Melo of Brazil.
British World No 4 Andy Murray has been made the top seed for next week's LA Open after the late withdrawal of second-ranked Novak Djokovic.
The Indo-Pak express of Rohan Bopanna and Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi suffered an upset defeat at the hands of Belgian Xavier Malisse and Ukrainian Alexandr Dolgopolov in the men's doubles semi-finals to bow out of the BNP Paribas ATP Tour 1000 tournament in Indian Wells on Thursday.
Japan's Kei Nishikori made a stunning start to what will surely be the first of many appearances at the ATP World Tour Finals with a 6-4, 6-4 win over home favourite Andy Murray on Sunday.
Andy Murray overcame a slow start and a third set service break to beat Taro Daniel 1-6, 6-2, 6-4 in the first round of Indian Wells on Friday and notch his 700th career win.
World No 2 Rafael Nadal thrashed top seed Novak Djokovic 6-3, 6-1 in the Monte Carlo Masters final to win the clay court title for an eighth consecutive time.
Top seed Roger Federer dispatched Greek third seed Stefanos Tsitsipas 6-4, 6-4 in the semi-finals of the Swiss Indoors championships in Basel.
At an age when most players contemplate retirement, Bopanna is looking forward to what could potentially be the best year of his career.
World number one Novak Djokovic continued his dominant form in Tokyo to storm past Frenchman Lucas Pouille 6-1, 6-2 and into the semi-finals of the Japan Open.
Somdev Devvarman's fans may still be relishing his stunning victories over Carlos Moya and Ivo Karlovic but the new Indian tennis star has left behind those wins and is completely focussed on the title clash of the Chennai Open against third seed Marin Cilic on Sunday.
Continuing their red-hot form, Rohan Bopanna and Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi advanced to their third ATP Tour final of the season with an upset win over second seeds Mahesh Bhupathi and Max Mirnyi at the Pilot Pen Tennis tournament in New Haven.
US Open champion Juan Martin Del Potro will be unable to defend his title this month, having failed to recover from a wrist injury which has kept him out since January.
Wawrinka's last ATP title came in 2017 before the former world number three underwent knee surgery.
Eighth seed American Andy Roddick has pulled out of the Toronto Masters because of illness, the ATP Tour said on Tuesday.
'Receiving this honour culminates a professional journey of a lifetime, standing on the shoulders of greats and sets the tone for other youngsters in Asia and around the world.'
'I've been practising the last few days and trying to manage it, but after playing some points today, I decided that it was not going to be good enough to play.'
Wimbledon champion Andy Murray lost 3-6, 6-4, 6-2 to German Florian Mayer in the Qatar Open second round on Wednesday, his second competitive match since returning from a back injury.
Bob and Mike Bryan came from a set down to win a record 62nd ATP Tour doubles title together with a gripping victory over Eric Butorac and Jean-Julien Rojer at the LA Open on Sunday.
Sparks flew when they met for the first time on the ATP Tour in Miami, with Medvedev confronting the Greek over his on-court conduct.
American Andy Roddick has booked his place at the World Tour Finals with four weeks of the season remaining, the ATP said on Tuesday.
Former world tennis number one Andy Murray said he can finally play without worrying about his hip following career-saving surgery in January, but expects next year's Australian Open to be the biggest test of his progress.
The ATP Tour got on board and last month fans were able to bid for private sessions with celebrated tennis coaches on-site during tournaments in 2021.
Frenchman Jo-Wilfried Tsonga staged a spectacular third set comeback to stun world number one Roger Federer 7-6, 1-6, 7-6 on Friday and reach the semi-finals of the Montreal Masters. Juan Martin Del Potro ended Nadal's Montreal title defence with a clinical 7-6, 6-1 win.
Top men's doubles player Jamie Murray has called for an end to the ATP Tour's scoring system in the format and says there is widespread support for it to be changed.
Both scored contrasting semi-final victories on Saturday.
Indian Davis Cupper Rohan Bopanna and doubles partner Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi are in line for their second ATP Tour title of the season after making the final of the clay court event in Casablanca, Morocco.
Third seed Feliciano Lopez claimed his second ATP Tour title when he beat France's Stephane Robert 7-5 6-1 in the final of the South African Open on Sunday.
Crowd favourite John Isner advanced to his second career ATP Tour final on Friday with an 6-2, 7-6 victory over Spanish eighth seed Albert Montanes.
Defending champion Marin Cilic of Croatia bested Switzerland's Stanislas Wawrinka 7-6 (2), 7-6 (3) on Sunday to win the 2010 Chennai Open for a second straight year.
Somdev Devvarman's tennis career has not only taken flight but is also going higher. As he puts it, he's playing better than ever!
Retirement is a dirty word for Australian tennis star Lleyton Hewitt, and he can't wait to launch his summer campaign on Saturday at the Hopman Cup in Perth after reviving his career in 2009 under former junior doubles partner Nathan Healey.
Kyrgios out of Australian ATP Cup team as world ranking slips.
Tomas Berdych became the first top-10 seed to fall at the French Open when he unexpectedly lost to qualifier Stephane Robert in the first round on Monday. Czech Berdych, the sixth seed and a semi-finalist last year, was beaten 3-6, 3-6, 6-2, 6-2, 9-7 on Court Two.
Rafael Nadal will team up with fellow Mallorcan Bartolome Salva-Vidal at the Chennai Open.
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