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Karolina Pliskova has withdrawn from the Australian Open due to an elbow injury (WTA)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