Amelie Mauresmo was appointed as French Open director after Guy Forget resigned. Mauresmo is the first female to hold this position. (ESPN)

IMG has acquired the Mutua Madrid Open. IMG owns the Miami Open and several other ATP and WTA events. (Madrid Open)

Jurgen Melzer has replaced Stefan Koubek as Austria‘s  Davis Cup captain (Tennis World USA)

Timea Babos will skip the Australian Open because of the tournament’s vaccine requirement rules.

Karolina Pliskova has withdrawn from the Australian Open due to an elbow injury (WTA)

Former world number 2 Alex Corretja is confident Daniil Medvedev will be the world number one in the near future (Eurosport)

Stefanos Tsitsipas says his elbow is at 100% after his elbow surgery a few weeks ago (Tennis.com)

Simona Halep wins the WTA Shot of the Year for the second time in her career (WTA)

Tournament Results

Ann Li wins her first WTA title at the Tenerife Ladies Open (WTA)
Aslan Karatsev‘s impressive 2021 continues. He won the Moscow title defeating Marin Cilic. (ATP)
Jannik Sinner beat Casper Ruud to win the European Open title at Antwerp.

Kim Clijsters will move to the US with her family. Clijsters’ husband Brian Lynch may work for an NBA team once the family settles down. (Tennis World USA)

Former Georgetown college coach Gordon Ernst pleaded guilty to a bribery scheme that involved recruiting students from wealthy families as athletes to get college admission (Washingtonian)

Roger Federer is loved by fans all over the world. But he gets the most love from people in Switzerland. His hometown Basel has named one of its trams “Federer Express”. (News 18)

Victoria Premier has said that unvaccinated players cannot compete at the Australian Open. This is after Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison indicated that unvaccinated players will be allowed into the country. Novak Djokovic, who has not revealed whether he has taken the vaccine, has said that he has bad memories about the quarantine for the 2020 Australian Open. (CNN)

Stefanos Tsitsipas, a vaccine skceptic, said he will be vaccinated before the Australian Open. (Greek Reporter)

World number 1 Ashleigh Barty ends her 2021 season. (Sky Sports)

Golfer Nelly Korda, sister of tennis player Sebastian Korda uses Naomi Osaka as a role model. (Golf Channel)

Novak Djokovic and Daniil Medvedev are expected to play in the Davis Cup. (ESPN)