Andy Murray won his first tour-level match since having hip surgery in January when he beat Tennys Sandgren on Tuesday, but couldn’t follow that up despite winning the first set, ultimately losing 4-6, 6-2, 6-4 to Alex de Minaur.
Barty, the world’s No. 1-ranked Women’s Tennis Association player, defeated Martic 7-6 (6), 3-6, 6-3 on Thursday.
The Australian player insulted a chair umpire and left the court to smash two rackets during a second-round loss at the Western & Southern Open, after which the ATP fined him $113,000 for committing a total of eight separate offences.
Andreas Seppi earned a hard-fought victory at the Huajin Securities Zhuhai Championships Thursday in China, saving five match points to defeat Zhizhen Zhang. After the match, the Italian spoke to ATPTour.com...
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