Tennis

Men's second seed Stefanos Tsitsipas was sent packing by Karen Khachanov at the Miami Open on Tuesday.

Khachanov, seeded 14th, earned his first win over Tsitsipas in seven meetings, taking down the Greek world number three 7-6(4) 6-4 in the fourth round to end a 23-match winless run against a top-10 opponent.

American Coco Gauff was knocked out of the Miami Open on March 25 after an intense three-set battle with Anastasia Potapova while Indian Wells champion Elena Rybakina earned a hard-fought comeback win against Spain's Paula Badosa.

MONTE CARLO - Serbia's Novak Djokovic, the world number one in men's tennis, is on the list of participants of the April 9-16 Monte Carlo Masters tournament.

Djokovic has missed the Indian Wells Masters after being denied permission to enter the US.

For the same reason, he is also likely to miss the Miami Masters, which begins on March 22.

World number three Stefanos Tsitsipas said he does not expect to put up much of a fight at Indian Wells or the Miami Open as he continues to nurse a shoulder injury he suffered earlier in the year.

BANJALUKA - The world number one in men's tennis, Serbia's Novak Djokovic, Gael Monfils of France and Stanislas Wawrinka of Switzerland will play at the April 16-23 Srpska Open ATP tournament in Banjaluka, the organisers announced on Tuesday.

Serbians Laslo Djere, Filip Krajinovic and Dusan Lajovic will also compete at the tournament.

LOS ANGELES - Serbia's Novak Djokovic, the world number one in men's tennis, has officially withdrawn from the draw of the Indian Wells Masters tournament.

The decision is due to the fact an entry ban for foreign nationals who are not vaccinated against the coronavirus remains in place in the US, Reuters reported.

The number one tennis player in the world, Novak Djokovic, will not play in the year's first Masters 1000 tournament in Indian Wells after authorities in the United States refused him permission to enter the country without a Covid-19 vaccine. The Serbian has withdrawn his bid for the tournament in California, which will take place from March 8 to 19.

World No. 1, Novak Djokovic, has officially withdrawn from the draw for the Masters tournament in Indian Wells.
Djokovic withdrew because the decision in the United States is still in force that foreigners who have not been vaccinated against the coronavirus cannot enter that country.

DUBAI - Serbia's Novak Djokovic, the world number one in men's tennis, is out of the ATP tournament in Dubai after losing to Russian Daniil Medvedev 6-4, 6-4 in the semi-finals on Friday evening.

Djokovic is now 9-5 head-to-head against Medvedev.

DUBAI - Serbia's Novak Djokovic, the world number one in men's tennis, is through to the semi-finals of the Dubai ATP tournament after defeating Hubert Hurkacz of Poland 6-3, 7-5 on Thursday evening.

Djokovic won after 102 minutes of play and is now 5-0 head-to-head against Hurkacz.