It was a week of maiden title wins. Cameron Norrie, Carlos Alcaraz, and Daniell Collins won their first titles on the tour.

• Cameron Norrie defeated Brandon Nakashima to easily win the Los Cabos title. This was Norrie’s fifth attempt at an ATP title. Norrie did not lose a set all week.
• Carlos Alcaraz won his first title at Umag beating Richard Gasquet. He is the youngest Spaniard to win an ATP title since Rafael Nadal in 2004. He is the youngest tour-level champion since Kei Nishikori, who was 18 when he won the Delray Beach title in 2008.
• Danielle Collins won the Palermo Ladies Open title beating Elena-Gabriela Ruse. This was Collin’s first WTA title.

Casper Ruud won his third clay court title this year beating Hugo Gaston at the Swiss Open in Gstaad (ESPN)

Former world number 4, Kiki Bertens retired from professional tennis after losing at the Olympics. She reached the semifinals at the 2016 French Open. She has been struggling with an Achilles injury. (Instagram)

Despite a great run at Wimbledon, Emma Raducanu parted ways with coach Nigel Sears (who is Andy Murray’s father-in-law). She will work with Andrew Richardson, who coached Raducanu  when she was a young tennis player. (The Telegraph)

Naomi Osaka will leave Tokyo without an Olympic medal. She lost to Marketa Vondrousova in the third round (CNN)

Djokovic is a star at the Olympics. As one of the world’s most recognizable athletes, Djokovic is very popular at the Olympic village in Tokyo. (The Guardian)

Fabio Fognini is unhappy that Matteo Berrettini is not playing the Olympics. Fognini and Berrettini had plans to play doubles together. Berrettini withdrew due to an injury. (Twitter)

Coco Gauff is out of the Olympics after testing positive for COVID-19. Due to Olympics rules, Team USA cannot replace Gauff with another US player in the draw (CNN)

American Sameer Banerjee won the 2021 Junior Wimbledon title. Banerjee’s parents are from India, a country that has produced a few junior grand slam winners but is still searching for its big star in singles. He will attend Columbia University in the fall.  (ESPN)

Call her Elina Monfils. Tennis power couple, Gael Monfils and Elina Svitolina get married (WTA)

Naomi Osaka is on the cover of the 2021 Sports Illustrated Swimsuit issue – the first Japanese and first Haitian to do it. (Bleacher Report)

Former world number 9, Timea Bacsinszky, announces retirement. She won 5 singles titles in her career. (WTA)

Novak Djokovic is going for everything these days. He will play mixed doubles with Nina Stojanović for Serbia at the Olympics.

Wilson Sporting Goods, the company that makes tennis racquets and tennis balls has opened its first retail store in Chicago, its hometown where it was founded 108 years ago (Reel Chicago)

Wimbledon finalist Matteo Berrettini withdraws from the Olympics due to a leg injury (Eurosport)

Jannik Sinner pays attention to detail. That applies even to his cars as he cleans his Alfa Romeo (Twitter)

Stefanos Tsitsipas opened a pandora’ss box by suggesting that tennis allow coaching during matches (Eurosport)

Roger Federer is vacationing in Croatia with his wife Mirka. He also visited the tennis academy run by Ivan Ljubičić. (Croatia Week)

Kevin Anderson wins his first title in almost 2 years at the Hall of Fame Open (ATP)

Federico Coria lost to Casper Ruud at the Swedish Open but Coria impressed the crowd by thanking them in Swedish. He read a message from his phone using an online translator. (La Pelotita)