Carlos Alcaraz And Ons Jabeur Rule In Madrid, Giles Simon To Retire At The End Of The Year

Carlos Alcaraz thrashed Alexander Zverev to win the Madrid Open. He beat Novak Djokovic in the semifinals and Rafael Nadal in the quarterfinals. (Eurosport)

Ons Jabeur won the women’s title in Madrid beating Jessica Pegula after losing the middle set 6-0. Jabeur becomes the first African woman to win the WTA 1000 title. (Eurosport)

Wesley Koolhof and Neal Skupski won the doubles title at Madrid beating Robert Farah and Juan Sebastián Cabal.

Carlos Alcaraz will skip Rome due to a right ankle injury (ESPN)

Gilles Simon will retire from tennis at the end of the year. He has won 14 titles in his career. His singles ranking peaked at world number 6. (ATP)

Alexander Zverev blames scheduling for his loss to Carlos Alcaraz (Reuters)

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Alcaraz Family Ready To Take Over Tennis, Naomi Osaka Learns New Tricks On Clay

Carlos Alcaraz won the Barcelona Open beating Pablo Carreño Busta in the final. Alcaraz beat Stefanos Tsitsipas in the quarterfinals and Alex de Minaur in the semifinals. King Alcaraz has arrived and is here to stay. (ATP)

Jaime Alcaraz Garfia, the 10-year old brother of Carlos Alcaraz is also an excellent tennis player.

Andrey Rublev won the Barcelona Open beating Novak Djokovic 6-2 6-7 (4) 6-0 in the final. Djokovic ran out of energy in the third set and couldn’t keep up with Rublev. (ESPN)

Iga Switaek will skip the Madrid Open due to a shoulder injury. She has won four titles this year and is on an incredible winning streak. (Yahoo Sports)

Naomi Osaka knows that clay is not her best surface. She is learning new skills to improve her clay court game. (NBC)

After a string of poor results, Emma Raducanu has fired her coach Torben Beltz (ESPN)

Rafael Nadal will return at the Madrid Open. He is a five-time champion Madrid Open champion.He will be competing at the event for the 19th time in his career. (ATP)

Roger Federer confirms his participation at the Swiss Indoors in Basel. He plans to return to the tour sooner than that. (ESPN)

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