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A comeback pushed back again Lois Boisson will have to wait. She had hoped to get back in action during the North American hard-court swing, but the French player has withdrawn from the WTA 1000 in Cincinnati. It is another setback in a tricky spell, where every date on the calendar feels more like a…

One gene now decides who plays on the WTA Tour A cotton swab rubbed against the inside of a cheek. That is what stands between a player and a spot on the women’s professional circuit from now on. A blood draw if the lab needs one, but usually just saliva, sent off to look for…

Majorca before America Alexander Zverev is sticking with what works. With just days to go before he returns to action in Montreal, the German has set up camp in Majorca, in a place he knows inside out: the Rafa Nadal Academy. It is no throwaway choice for the world No. 2, who wants to launch…

Oceane Dodin wins on the main tour again, and the wait was brutal Two years, four months. That is roughly how long Oceane Dodin had gone without a main-draw win on the primary tour. So when she closed out young Czech Alisa Oktiabreva in straight sets on Monday at the WTA 250 in Prague, 6-3,…

Bernard Tomic, the comeback nobody saw coming Some wins mean far more than the trophy attached to them. Bernard Tomic’s title on Sunday in Lincoln is one of those. Look at the paperwork and it reads as a modest ATP Challenger 75 in the United States. Look closer and it might be the week that…

A week that shifted the picture The ATP Tour did not need a Masters 1000 to shake up the rankings. Between Gstaad, Bastad and Umag, plenty of players used the week to reboot, prove a point or, in some cases, take a real hit. And the biggest move came from a name we have not…

A long day that finally caught up with him There are tournaments where everything comes at you too quickly for one body to handle. On Friday in Gstaad, Quentin Halys found that out the hard way. He had already qualified just before noon after a bruising battle with defending champion Alexander Bublik, then had only…

Tennis : Carlos Alcaraz plots his comeback, with Cincinnati in his sights His name is on the entry list. Out since April with a right wrist injury, Carlos Alcaraz is expected to return to the tour at the Masters 1000 in Cincinnati, held from 13 to 23 August. It is a key stop before the…

Fifty-nine minutes That is how long Clara Burel needed. Not a set, not a tight scoreline she had to grind out, just 59 minutes and a 6-1, 6-1 win over Elsa Jacquemot that never once looked like turning. Burel is in Iasi on a wildcard. She was ranked outside the top 500 when the week…