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  • Emma Raducanu’s probable comeback date revealed amid ongoing uncertainty

    The uncertainty around Emma Raducanu has been growing in recent weeks, with the British No 1 living through a troubled start to 2026.

    After being forced to pull out of events at the back end of last year due to injuries and illness, that pattern has continued into this season.

    Raducanu was less than fully fit in some of her early events and when she reached her first regular WTA Tour final in Cluj, she was well beaten in the final in a 6-0, 6-2 defeat against Sorana Cirstea.

    Since that match in early February, Raducanu has played one match against Camila Osorio in Qatar, which she failed to finish.

    Then she lost in the opening round in Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships against Antonia Ruzic, when she was struggling once more with physical issues.

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    One win at the Indian Wells Open was back up by a crushing defeat against Amanda Anisimova, with her absence from the Miami Open later in March due to what was described as an ongoing virus problem.

    Raducanu’s plans to return this week were abandoned when she pulled out of the Linz tournament with ongoing physical issues, with the mystery around the reason for her persistent ill health the subject of intense speculation.

    Now there are suggestions that Raducanu is eyeing up a return to action at the WTA 1000 event in Madrid that gets underway on April 22.

    There has been limited information on Raducanu’s condition and if she doesn’t return in Madrid, there will be big question marks over whether she will return for next month’s French Open at Roland Garros.

    “They said in Cluj that she had a chest infection and I was working on the next two tournaments when she retired and then lost in the Middle East,” Sky Sports presenter Gigi Salmon told Tennis365, as she questioned what the issue was for Raducanu.

    “I was wondering if it was the hangover from the chest infection. You are probably told not to play and to rest, but you want to play and try and put it behind you and chase the ranking points.

    “Is there an element of stress in there for Emma? I’ve asked a few ex-players to try and get my head around what it is. If it continues to happen, I will fall one way than the other.”

    Former British No 1 Tim Henman also gave his verdict on Raducanu, as he told Tennis365 that her physical conditioning is the big factor that can take the 2021 US Open champion back to the top.

    “She’s 23, you know, and there’s plenty of 18, 19, 20-year-olds now on the tour, who are overtaking her,” added Henman. “You can’t stand still, but she’s still a very good player.

    “It’s just my belief, and I think a lot of other people’s belief that she could be a lot better. 
And that’s an exciting, that’s an exciting thing. There’s no doubt that the scrutiny is a lot more for Emma than others, but she is used to that now.

    “She’s 25 in the world, but a lot of us believe she can be a lot better. It will be exciting to see whether she can make that step now.

    “It has been too stop-start. Whether it is a change of coach or a physical setback. She has to become physically more resilient to be faster and stronger to compete with the biggest hitters.

    “I think Raducanu needs to be physically stronger. She needs more physical resilience so she doesn’t get the little injuries that put her away from the court. They stop her building the momentum on the match court.

    “You can still do a lot of physical work on the court, whether it’s two on one when you’re hitting and moving and building up that physical resilience to get stronger, to get faster, to hit the ball harder, to serve bigger. If I could pinpoint one area, it would most definitely be fitness.”

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  • Jamie Murray hits out at Daniil Medvedev and says violent racket smash was ‘just for the show’

    Daniil Medvedev’s stunning meltdown during his 6-0 6-0 defeat against Matteo Berrettini instantly became a viral social media moment, but former world No 1 doubles player Jamie Murray suggested it should ‘never have happened’.

    Medvedev was taken apart by a brilliant performance from former Wimbledon finalist Berrettini, who made the most of his wild card in Monte Carlo to secure a convincing win.

    The anguish Medvedev was living through was evident long before he lost his temper on court, with the violence of his racket smash leaving the frame in pieces before he put the remains in a courtside bin.

    Murray was watching the drama unfold in the Sky Sports commentary box and he was not impressed by what he saw.

    “I think he was doing it for the show,” said Murray, as he talked over images of Medvedev smashing his racket time and again amid cheers from a laughing audience in Monte Carlo.

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    “You don’t really like to see it. Also, some of the throws when that racket leaves your hand, it’s completely out of your control. Who knows where it’s going to end up.

    “It was 2-0 at that point and it didn’t get any better for him.”

    When asked about how the crushing defeat will impact Medvedev, he added: “I’m not sure how it’s going to affect him moving forward. I’m sure he’s going to be pretty embarrassed walking back into the locker room.

    “I’d be wanting to get off-site pretty quickly if that was the performance I had put in.

    “Obviously, he talks about clay not being her favourite surface, he won in Rome and if you can win there, then you can play on clay.

    “It was a big surprise to see him go down with a couple of eggs (6-0 sets). Well done to Berrettini because that is not easy to do.”

    Remarkably, Medvedev didn’t have a single game point in any of his service games during the match, with his opponent suggesting he played flawless tennis.

    “I think it was one of the best performances of my life,” Berrettini said. “I think I missed three shots in the entire match and it is not easy against a tricky player like Daniil. I think the game plan was perfect and my weapons were working.

    “I faced two break points in the first game and then after that it felt I was playing better than him. I was not expecting to win zero, zero like that. But I kept my focus as I know one break or two breaks is not enough sometimes, so I kept pushing.”

    Berrettini will now take on Brazilian wonderkid Joao Fonseca in the last-16, in what looks certain to be a spectacular contest in front of the Monte Carlos fans.

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  • Carlos Alcaraz reveals why he did not expect Jannik Sinner to play Monte Carlo Masters

    Carlos Alcaraz has clarified why he was “surprised” that Jannik Sinner decided to compete at the 2026 Monte Carlo Masters.

    The seven-time major champion crushed 65th-ranked Sebastian Baez 6-1, 6-3 in his opening match at the Monte Carlo Country Club on Tuesday.

    The 22-year-old Spaniard is the defending champion at the Masters 1000 tournament, having secured his maiden title in the Principality last year.

    World No 1 Alcaraz is the top seed in Monte Carlo, while his biggest rival Sinner is the No 2 seed.

    Sinner, who is chasing his first Monte Carlo crown, cruised to a 6-3, 6-0 win over world No 34 Ugo Humbert in his opener on Tuesday.

    The 24-year-old Italian has won 13 straight matches and 26 consecutive sets, having triumphed in Indian Wells and Miami in March to complete the Sunshine Double.

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    Prior to his first match, Alcaraz admitted he did not expect Sinner to play at the season’s first clay-court Masters event.

    “Honestly, I was surprised that Jannik, after Indian Wells, Miami, and the whole tour, came to Monte Carlo to play, but obviously that speaks to the great physical condition he’s in right now, what he’s capable of,” said Alcaraz.

    In his press conference after his win against Baez, Alcaraz was asked why he was surprised by Sinner’s presence in Monte Carlo.

    “No, I mean, I just think a lot of things ahead of… it feels like we’re guessing, the players, which tournaments they’re gonna play sometimes,” Alcaraz explained.

    “Obviously, he was successful in Indian Wells, Miami — a lot of matches, a long swing. And from the last day in Miami until the first day here, it’s like one week, I would say.

    “So you’re coming from different time difference, different surface, different everything. Different balls. So it’s tricky when you don’t have that much time to prepare yourself for another surface, another kind of play, another tournament, another environment I would say.

    “But it’s up to him obviously, and it’s the decision of every player to go to one tournament or other. So if he decided to come here, that means that he feels good physically, feels good mentally, and he’s excited to come here.

    “But I was surprised because he has a lot of matches in the last month, playing on hard-court and not having that much time to rest, time to prepare on clay.

    “But we could see that he’s playing doubles, he played great today. So that means the great player he is because he adapts himself really good in such a short period of time from one surface to others.”

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  • WATCH: Daniil Medvedev obliterates his racket in astonishing 49-minute Monte Carlo Masters loss

    A former ATP player was left “speechless” after Daniil Medvedev was whitewashed in an astonishingly one-sided loss to Matteo Berrettini at the 2026 Monte Carlo Masters.

    Berrettini, the world No 90, destroyed 10th-ranked Medvedev 6-0, 6-0 in just 49 minutes in the second round of the clay-court Masters 1000 tournament.

    The 29-year-old Italian, who has been ranked as high as sixth, won 50 of the 67 points played in the match.

    The 2021 Wimbledon finalist is the fifth player to ‘double bagel’ (win 6-0, 6-0) a player in the top 10 of the ATP Rankings.

    Medvedev, a former world No 1 and US Open champion, did not even get to deuce on his own serve as he hit just three winners and committed 27 unforced errors in an abject display.

    After losing serve in the second game of the second set, Medvedev’s frustration boiled over as he obliterated his racket.

    It is the first time Medvedev has lost a match without winning a single game in his ATP Tour career.

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    Gilles Muller, a former ATP world No 21, was stunned by what he had witnessed while commentating on Tennis TV.

    “I’m not sure I’ve seen anything like this, to be honest. A bit speechless here,” said the Luxembourger.

    Muller went on to add: “I’m sure he (Berrettini) doesn’t mind. He’s happy with the win like this. Probably even gonna book the practice court to get some more hitting done.

    “Tough to speak about the numbers here. 5.7 the performance rating [for Medvedev], I think that says it all. It shouldn’t take anything away from Berrettini, who was very solid, who was very focused, who did the job.

    “It was quite a shocking performance there from Daniil Medvedev. He just got nothing going. Nothing working. It was one of those days.”

    Berrettini reacted to his staggering win in his interview with Tennis TV.

    “I think it was definitely one of the best performances of my life. I think I missed three shots in the whole match, and it’s not easy, especially with a tricky player like Daniil,” said Berrettini.

    “I think the gameplan was perfect and my weapons were working pretty well. I risked a little bit in the first game facing two break points. After that, I felt I was playing better than him. I wouldn’t expect to win like that, it doesn’t happen that often.

    “But at the same time, I kept my focus because I know one break, two breaks, it’s not enough sometimes, so I kept pushing and I got the win.”

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  • Rafael Nadal coaching Iga Swiatek ‘should be illegal’ according to worried rival

    Iga Swiatek’s move to team up with coach Francisco Roig has delivered an intriguing spin-off, with clay court tennis legend Rafael Nadal also having an input into the Polish star’s preparations for her return to the red dirt.

    Roig worked with 22-time Grand Slam winning legend Nadal during his remarkable career, with his prowess on a clay court second to none in the history of the sport.

    Nadal was virtually unbeatable on clay for most of his career, with his 14 French Open titles a record that is unlikely to be beaten.

    So the sight of the clay court master Nadal working with four-time French Open champion Swiatek as she looks to build herself back to the top of the sport sent shivers down the spine of two potential rivals.

    Jessica Pegula showed her clay court prowess by retaining the Charlestown Open final last weekend and 2025 Australian Open champion Madison Keys will also be hopeful of making an impact on clay this year.

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    Speaking on the latest episode of the Player’s Box podcast, Pegula and Keys didn’t try to hide their concern over the prospect of Swiatek picking up clay court tips from Nadal.

    “I feel like it’s perfect for Iga,” said Pegula.

    “I saw the clip of them on the clay, and I was like, ‘Ugh, this is bad for everybody.’ I was like, ‘This should be illegal; why is this happening.’”

    Key was also less than impressed as she said: “I was, like, ‘Oh God. The last thing we needed Iga to have on the clay was Rafa. No, that’s not allowed.’”

    Former British No 1 Greg Rusedski has also given his view on Swiatek’s new coaching hire, as he spoke on the latest episode of his Off Court with Greg Rusedski podcast.

    “Because Iga’s a [former] world No 1, when the agent goes out and looks for somebody: ‘Have you been with another No 1 player? Have you won a Slam?’ And that’s where Francisco fits the mould because the fact that he was with Rafa when he won majors. He’s been in the industry a long time.

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    “And that’s what Iga’s brief is to her agent: if you haven’t worked with a No 1, or haven’t coached a player to No 1 or a Slam win, she’s not even having a look at the moment.

    “It’s also getting that mentality. Sometimes Swiatek looks a bit too intense. She’s got to learn how to go off court and relax, and then bring the intensity on court.

    “I’m sure she’ll get the balance right, but this clay-court season coming up is huge because she was supposed to be the new Rafa in the women’s game; just dominating clay every year, winning Roland Garros. But it hasn’t happened, so interesting to see where that goes.”

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  • Alex Eala reveals impact of Toni Nadal coaching with ‘lost my mind’ confession

    Rising star Alex Eala has spoken of the positive impact of having Toni Nadal in her corner after she spent some time being mentored by him in Mallorca.

    The 20-year-old is one of the most notable alumni of the Rafa Nadal Academy but even after graduating in 2023, she continues to visit the centre in order to train under the watchful eye of the Nadals.

    Recently, she has had Toni Nadal watching on and spoke of her admiration for the coach.

    “It’s fantastic, and I feel truly privileged to have Toni as part of my team,” she said. “If you had told me this years ago, I would have completely lost my mind; I wouldn’t have believed you.

    “It’s fantastic: he has that knowledge and is able to help my team immensely, bringing all the necessary experience.”

    Eala begins her clay swing in Austria on Tuesday where she will face local hero Julia Grabher, but the Filipina has been backed to be even stronger on the new surface than her hard court form.

    Former world No 4 Greg Rusedski said on his Off Court With Greg Rusedski podcast that her academy training may give her the edge.

    “She’s like Manny Pacquiao, and they’re always so hungry for a new superstar [in the Philippines],” said the 1997 US Open runner-up.

    “She’s a lovely girl, she’s been at the Rafael Nadal Academy for multiple years. We talked about the serve getting better.

    “It’s gonna be harder for people to hit a hole through her [on clay], it’s gonna be much more physically combative.

    “Being at the academy with Rafa on clay, he’s spent a lot of time with her, so she knows what to do.

    “I’d love to see her in the top 20; she is great for the WTA. We need more stars, we need more names, and we need new people. And she opens up a marketplace, and people just love her.

    “Anywhere around the world where there are people from the Philippines, they’re always talking about her: ‘What meal can I cook for her? What can I do?’

    “Automatically, her matches sell out, and for me, she is a huge, huge positive. I’d love to see her, on this surface, crack the top 20 in the world.”

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  • Monte Carlo Masters withdrawal list: 11 players out as Miami Open winner becomes 7th top 30 star

    The total number of players to withdraw from the 2026 Monte Carlo Masters has risen to 11 after a Masters 1000 champion pulled out on the third day of the event.

    By Thursday, six players had withdrawn from the first clay-court ATP Masters 1000 tournament of the season, with 24-time Grand Slam champion Novak Djokovic among this cohort.

    The Monte Carlo Masters is staged at the Monte Carlo Country Club in Roquebrune-Cap-Martin, France — 150 metres from Monaco’s border.

    Main draw action at this year’s Monte Carlo Masters — which is the 119th edition of the event — began on Sunday 5 May, and it will conclude with the final on Sunday 12 May.

    Monte Carlo is one of just two Masters tournaments to still use the one-week, 56-player format (the Paris Masters is the other).

    Carlos Alcaraz is the defending champion, having defeated Lorenzo Musetti in the 2025 championship match to win his maiden title in the Principality.

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    2026 Monte Carlo Masters withdrawals

    Jakub Mensik was due to face Fabian Marozsan in the first round in Monte Carlo on Tuesday, but he pulled out shortly before the match due to a toe injury.

    The 20-year-old Czech, who won the 2025 Miami Open and is currently ranked 26th, was replaced by lucky loser Damir Dzumhur.

    Mensik is the fourth player to pull out after the draw was made but before their opening match, following Frances Tiafoe, Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard and Kamil Majchrzak.

    There are seven players currently in the top 30 of the ATP Rankings who have withdrawn, while world No 8 Ben Shelton did not sign up for the event.

    • Novak Djokovic (world No 4) – replaced by Sebastian Baez
    • Taylor Fritz (world No 9) – replaced by Terence Atmane
    • Alejandro Davidovich Fokina (world No 17) – replaced by Marton Fucsovics
    • Frances Tiafoe (world No 20) – replaced by Matteo Arnaldi
    • Jack Draper (world No 25) – replaced by Daniel Altmaier
    • Jakub Mensik (world No 26) – replaced by Damir Dzumhur
    • Arthur Fils (world No 28) – replaced by Miomir Kecmanovic
    • Jaume Munar (world No 37) – replaced by Ethan Quinn
    • Sebastian Korda (world No 41) – replaced by Roberto Bautista Agut
    • Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard (world No 56)
    • Kamil Majchrzak (world No 60)

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  • ‘I am going to lose No 1 of the world’ – Carlos Alcaraz makes surprise admission

    Carlos Alcaraz surprisingly admitted he will “lose the No 1 of the world” in the near future given the amount of points that Jannik Sinner stands to make up.

    Heading into the clay swing, just 1,190 points separated the two top-ranked players, but it is advantageous Sinner who stands to gain as much as Alcaraz does to lose, given he did not participate in Monte-Carlo last year.

    That, combined with Alcaraz’s 1,000 points to defend, means Sinner will overtake Alcaraz should he reach at least the semi-finals and the Spaniard fail to retain the trophy, but Alcaraz has admitted that losing the No 1 spot is a matter of when rather than if.

    “To be honest, I’m going to lose the number one of the world,” he said after his second round victory over Sebastian Baez. “I don’t know if it’s going to be in this tournament or in the next one.

    “I defend a bunch of points that are going to be really difficult to defend all.

    “Even if I defend them, Jannik is going to add some points in these tournaments and he doesn’t have to defend any points in this tournament.

    “So I will try to play my best, and let’s see what happens.”

    After Monaco, Alcaraz has 330 points to defend from Barcelona, 1,000 from the Italian Open, and then the 2,000 of the French Open.

    Sinner, meanwhile, lost 2,100 points during his doping ban last year, so will have his first points to defend in Rome. There he registered 650 for being the losing finalist to Alcaraz and then a further 1,300 for the same result in Paris.

    Despite this, Alcaraz insisted he was not focusing on the battle for No 1 and wanted to use Monte-Carlo as preparation for the clay swing.

    “For me, the number one of the sport is not in my mind right now,” he said. “I’m just trying to feel the best way, or as good as I can on the clay court, and let’s see how it’s going to be on the clay swing.”

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  • Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner progress with big Monte Carlo second round wins

    Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner have both booked their place in the third round of the Monte-Carlo Masters with routine wins over their respective opponents.

    As is often the case with the men’s singles draws at recent tournaments, the winner is widely anticipated to be one of Alcaraz or Sinner with the top two seeds expected to reach the final come April 12.

    Both of their campaigns began with dominant victories with Sinner being the first of the two to take to the court.

    The Italian faced World No 34 Ugo Humbert and despite the Frenchman putting up a fight to begin with, Sinner soon took control of the match.

    Having won the first set 6-3, Sinner then bageled his opponent to make it 34 consecutive sets won at Masters 1000 level.

    Sinner, who played on the hard court of Miami just nine days ago, spoke of how quickly he had to change his style.

    “It was a good performance today from my side,” Sinner said. “You have to change your game style and how you approach certain situations, and the first match of a new tournament is never easy as I didn’t have a lot of time to prepare.

    “You need to adjust to every surface. The most difficult part is understanding how much you’re going to slide when you slide.”

    With the win, Sinner took a 2-1 lead over Humbert in their head to head and will face either Francisco Cerundolo or Tomas Machac in the next round.

    Shortly after Sinner had dispatched Humbert in 64 minutes, reigning champion Alcaraz took to the court to face Sebastian Baez for the fourth time in their careers.

    The match initially looked like a similar story to Sinner’s with Alcaraz winning the opening set 6-1 but a lapse of concentration from the Spaniard in the second opened the door to his Argentine opponent.

    Baez rallied to bring the second set to 4-3 but Alcaraz broke to take a 5-3 advantage and served out for the match.

    After, Alcaraz admitted he surprised even himself with his level.

    “It’s been almost a year since I last played on clay. To be honest with you, I missed it. To get my socks dirty a little bit.

    “So it’s been a really good start to the tournament for me. To be honest, I surprised myself with the level.

    “I thought I was going to play a little bit worse, I would say. But, you know, just happy with everything I’ve done today.

    “Maybe a couple of things that I just didn’t do in the second set. I just let him get going again into the match, but you know, overall, I’m just happy to play matches again on clay and happy with today’s match.”

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  • Carlos Alcaraz reveals what he ‘regrets’ saying ahead of Monte Carlo Masters title defence

    Carlos Alcaraz has admitted he regrets some of the comments he made to his team during his shock loss at the 2026 Miami Open.

    The world No 1 fell to a three-set defeat to Sebastian Korda in the third round of the Masters 1000 tournament in Miami last month.

    Early in the second set of the match, a frustrated Alcaraz directed an outburst towards his coaching box, and his words were picked up by courtside microphones.

    “I can’t take it anymore, I want to go home now, man. I can’t take it anymore, I can’t take it anymore, I can’t take it anymore,” Alcaraz declared.

    Ahead of his appearance at the 2026 Monte Carlo Masters, Alcaraz addressed saying that he wanted to go home during his defeat to Korda.

    “Obviously, there are things I regret saying during the match, and that’s one of them,” the seven-time Grand Slam winner told Spanish media.

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    “In the end, when things aren’t going well, when you try and it doesn’t work out, there comes a point where you’re not thinking clearly and you blurt out something that you really shouldn’t have.

    “But that’s how things go, you have to learn from them.”

    What Samuel Lopez said about Alcaraz’s comments

    Alcaraz’s coach Samuel Lopez weighed in on the 22-year-old’s comments during an interview with Eurosport Spain last month.

    “Let’s see, I don’t think it should be normalised in the sense of just leaving it as it is,” said Lopez.

    “But I also don’t see it as anything surprising. He’s 22, and you have to make him understand that these kinds of comments have a lot of impact, especially outside the team. Internally, we knew how we arrived in Miami and what the situation was.

    “He has to try to control those impulses that he has: he has always had them, and less and less each time.

    “He has to control them, especially for the opponent, both the player and the opposing team, not to show those weaknesses in certain moments.

    “But beyond that, it’s a way of expressing himself and releasing some of the tension and fatigue that builds up. There’s no need to give it more importance.”

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