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2 weeks ago | 
tennismajors.com | Ayush Vashistha
Norway’s Casper Ruud dug deep to defeat Argentina’s Francisco Cerundolo 6-4, 7-5 in the 2025 Madrid Open semi-finals on Friday, May 2. The win meant Ruud reached his third ATP Masters 1000 final—first in Madrid, and confirmed his return to the ATP top 10 only a couple of weeks after slipping out. The world No 15 raised retirement concerns early on as he experienced discomfort in his ribs and needed medical attention after the third game.
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2 weeks ago | 
tennismajors.com | Ayush Vashistha
Jack Draper talked about his progress after reaching the 2025 Madrid Open semi-finals on Thursday Jack Draper, the swashbuckling lefty from Britain, is taking inspiration from Rafael Nadal to improve his tennis. Draper has been in prime form in the last 12 months. He started 2024 outside the top 60 in the ATP rankings but will make his top 5 debut coming Monday.
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3 weeks ago | 
tennismajors.com | Ayush Vashistha
The WTA released its updated rankings on Monday after the crowning of Jelena Ostapenko in Stuttgart © Marijan Murat / AP / SIPA Jelena Ostapenko entered the WTA top 20 on Monday after beating world No 1 Aryna Sabalenka in the Stuttgart Open final. The win added 500 ranking points to Ostapenko’s tally, helping her jump six spots to become the world No 18 with a total of 2,345points.
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3 weeks ago | 
tennismajors.com | Ayush Vashistha
The 2025 Madrid Open women’s singles draw was unveiled on Sunday. It has Iga Swiatek and Jelena Ostapenko on a collision course for the fourth round Iga Swiatek (L) and Jelena Ostapenko | © Imago / Psnewz Iga Swiatek and Jelena Ostapenko can clash again in the coming few days as the two landed in the same half of the 2025 Madrid Open draw, which was unveiled this Sunday.
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3 weeks ago | 
tennismajors.com | Ayush Vashistha
Novak Djokovic and Carlos Alcaraz will start their 2025 Madrid Open campaign in the same half of the draw, with the possibility of the two clashing in the semi-finals. Both players have received byes in the first round. Djokovic will face either Matteo Arnaldi from Italy or a qualifier in the second round, whereas Alcaraz will lock horns with the winner of the first-round battle between Belgium’s Zizou Bergs and Japan’s Yoshihito Nishioka.
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3 weeks ago | 
tennismajors.com | Ayush Vashistha
Alexander Zverev and Holger Rune won titles on Sunday to improve their positions in the world rankings Alexander Zverev took back the world No 2 spot from Carlos Alcaraz in the ATP rankings on Monday by winning the BMW Open in Munich. Alcaraz replaced the German last Monday after triumphing at the Monte-Carlo Masters. The Spaniard would have remained in the second place if he had defeated Holger Rune in the Barcelona Open title clash on Sunday, but fortunes favoured the latter.
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1 month ago | 
tennismajors.com | Ayush Vashistha
Tomas Machac feels Casper Ruud was “better prepared” for the Saturday final, which was played at the historic Arènes de Nîmes Tomas Machac missed out on back-to-back UTS glory on Saturday due to a lack of preparation, as “The Ice Man” Casper Ruud trumped him 3-1 in the Bastide Médical UTS Nîmes final. “The Air Machete” triumphed at UTS Guadalajara a few weeks ago, thus, he walked in against Ruud with great confidence and took an early lead by claiming the first quarter.
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1 month ago | 
tennismajors.com | Ayush Vashistha
‘The Air Machete’ won on his UTS debut in Guadalajara earlier this year Czech Tomas Machac will have the opportunity to win back-to-back UTS titles this week after he was added to the field for the inauguaral Bastide Médical UTS Nîmes. The “The Air Machete”, who won on his UTS debut in Guadalajara in February, replaces Taylor Fritz for the April 4-5 event, which will be played at the historic amphitheatre Les Arènes de Nîmes.
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1 month ago | 
sportskeeda.com | Ayush Vashistha
Andy Roddick suggested a double standard in Reilly Opelka supporting the PTPA lawsuit as a fellow plaintiff of the doubles players he once called 'greedy'. The PTPA has sued the ATP, WTA, ITF, and ITIA for anti-competitive practices. The petitioners include Opelka, Nick Kyrgios, Vasek Pospisil, Anastasia Rodionova, Zheng Saisai, Nicole Melichar Martinez, and other singles and doubles players on the Tours.
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1 month ago | 
tennismajors.com | Ayush Vashistha
Joao Fonseca exited the Miami Open amid roaring support after losing to Alex de Minaur in the third round on Monday © Julien Nouet / Tennis Majors Joao Fonseca marched on in Miami fearlessly until he stepped on the court against Alex de Minaur in the third round on Monday.
