Australian Bernard Tomic missed out on a chance to test himself against world No. 1 Novak Djokovic as the youngest member of the ATP top 50 lost an early lead to go down in the opening round 5-7, 6-3, 6-3 to German Florian Mayer.
The event which is already short the injured (hamstring) Maria Sharapova lost world No. 3 Victoria Azarenka through a late pullout after the weekend Carlsbad finalist took a wild card and then withdrew due to back pain.
The USTA today announced that four-time Grammy Award winning rocker Lenny Kravitz, who has sold 38 million albums world-wide, will headline the Opening Ceremony of the 2013 US Open on Monday, August 26.
Stosur: "This is obviously a huge boost for me. I haven't had great results all year really, so to be able to bounce back, especially from last week's first round loss, and play better and better each day, it's really exciting and a good boost going into the last Grand Slam tournament of the year.”
Tennis Canada announced late Sunday that world No.3 Victoria Azarenka has had to withdraw from Rogers Cup presented by National Bank in Toronto due to a low back injury.
It was the end of an era at Crandon Park for the Miami Open last year. From the Lipton, to the Nasdaq 100, to the Sony Ericsson, to the Sony, to the Miami Open presented by Itau, Key Biscayne saw it all.
Roger Federer of Switzerland in action during his men's singles final match against Marin Cilic of Croatia at the Australian Open Grand Slam tennis tournament in Melbourne, Australia, 28 January 2018.
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The ATP announced a group of potential host sites for the Nitto ATP Finals starting in 2021, and it includes London, Manchester, Singapore, Tokyo, and Turin.
