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Schwartzman hopes to end Argentine drought

The South American clay court circuit having moved from Cordoba to Buenos Aires, the capital of Argentina, where no home player has won in the past 13 years, saw six of the local nine competing in this year’s field, make first round exits.

Garcia and Mladenovic open Lyon campaigns

The tricolour of France flew brightly as Caroline Garcia and Kristina Mladenovic bounced back from early exits in Australia to advance to the second round of the Open 6ème Sens - Métropole de Lyon on Tuesday.

Keys, Pegula and Jabeur make R2 in Doha

Two Americans advanced at the Qatar Total Open on Tuesday, Madison Keys, who upset No 6 seed Belinda Bencic, and Jessica Pegula, with an impressive win over Qiang Wang, while Ons Jabeur and Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova got past qualifiers to also reach the second round.

Tsitsipas gets off the mark

With the reigning Rotterdam champion of the past two years, Gael Monfils, absent and only two other former title holders in the ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament’s field, the race to lift the trophy this year is on.

Tauson takes out top seed in Lyon

Denmark’s former junior World No 1 Clara Tauson took out Ekaterina Alexandrova, the top seed, at the Open 6ème Sens - Métropole de Lyon on Monday, 6-3 6-4, in 1 hour and 32 minutes.

Brady and Bertens beaten in Doha, as Azarenka, Muguruza and Kerber advance

On a cloudy day in Doha, Australian Open finalist Jennifer Brady was knocked out in the first round of the Qatar Total Open by Anett Kontaveit, while Victoria Azarenka, Garbiñe Muguruza, Jelena Ostapenko and Angelique Kerber all won their opening-round matches.

Norrie and Murray win their Rotterdam openers

The ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament, an ATP 500 event, got underway on Monday with a schedule of just four singles matches, two of which involved British players.

Original 9 and Lleyton Hewitt to enter ITHOF

The Original 9, who laid the groundwork for the WTA Tour, are the first group elected together to the International Tennis Hall of Fame, joining Lleyton Hewitt and Dennis Van der Meer in the class of 2021.

Vekic has knee surgery

Donna Vekic has revealed on social media that she has undergone minor knee surgery following the Australian Open.

Cerundolo completes dream week

Juan Manuel Cerundolo, who had never competed in an ATP Tour event before this week, has ended it by becoming the Cordoba Open champion by beating the fifth seeded Albert Ramos-Vinolas in the final.