Morning, Tribe. This is your daily post for discussing the tennis action in Cincinnati and Toronto (and any other relevant tennis-related subjects). The Order of Play for Cincy today can be found here, and for the ladies in Canada, use this link. Along with the rest of you, I will

World No. 1 Novak Djokovic says that he isn’t surprised that one of his primary rivals, Rafael Nadal, was able to crush No. 4 David Ferrer, 6-0, 6-2, in the Acapulco final. “Rafa has proven so many people wrong over the years," Djokovic told a small group of reporters at

NUREMBERG, Germany (AP)—Andrea Petkovic reached her first WTA final since October 2011, upsetting top-seeded Jelena Jankovic 6-4, 6-3 Friday. In Saturday's final, Petkovic will play seventh-seeded Simona Halep, who beat fifth-seeded Lucie Safarova 6-3, 0-6, 6-2. Petkovic and Jankovic both received wild-card invitations into the clay-court tournament. Petkovic was once

NOVI SAD, Serbia -- Roger Federer will return to the Davis Cup this week in Switzerland's first-round match in Serbia. The Swiss tennis federation confirmed Federer's participation Wednesday after it was first announced on the tournament's official Twitter account. Federer teams up with new Australian Open champion Stanislas Wawrinka, now

A year after defeating Rafael Nadal in the first round of Wimbledon as a qualifier ranked No. 133, Steve Darcis is looking for a wild card into the Grand Slam tournament. The Belgian underwent shoulder surgery nine months ago and has seen his ranking fall outside the Top 300. However,

KITZBUHEL, Austria (AP)—Pablo Andujar beat Jurgen Melzer 6-3, 6-4 at the Kitzbühel Cup on Tuesday, two days after earning his third career title in Gstaad. The 44th-ranked Spaniard broke the Austrian's first service game to win the opening set, and saved three break points while 2-1 down in the second

TIANJIN, China (AP)—Belinda Bencic and Alison Riske will both be vying for their first WTA tour title when they face each other in the inaugural Tianjin Open final on Sunday. Both players eliminated Chinese opponents in the semifinals on Saturday. Riske won the first nine games en route to a

Ryan Harrison says it was important for him to get his first win over a Top 10 player, which the 22-year-old secured by defeating defending champion Grigor Dimitrov in Acapulco. Harrison was 0-22 against Top 10 players before the victory. Harrison told press the "most important thing is that with

GSTAAD, Switzerland (AP) — Matteo Berrettini of Italy beat Spain's Roberto Bautista Agut 7-6 (9), 6-4 to win the Swiss Open on Sunday. Berrettini was playing in his first ATP final, wrapping up his fifth straight-sets win of the week in one hour and 45 minutes. He fought off two

Maria Sharapova began her 2014 campaign with the very real threat of falling out of the Top 10 for the first time in years—and she knew it. Now she's back at No. 2 and knocked on Serena Williams' penthouse door ahead of the WTA Finals in Singapore before ultimately bowing

No. 1 Serena Williams is named the WTA Player Of The Year for the sixth time overall. Williams has now won the award in 2002,2008, 2009, and 2012-2014. The 18th Grand Slam titlist won the US Open, and also the WTA Finals for her two biggest victories this season. "I'm

Perhaps with an eye on the No. 1 ranking, Grigor Dimitrov says he will attempt to crack the Top 5. Currently No. 11, the Bulgarian says he has to be more consistent and more aggressive. "There is always possibility for everything, I would say," Dimitrov said. “I think the first

Roger Federer has added his criticism to the negative reaction surrounding the on-court comments of Nick Kyrgios. The 20-year-old Australian's derogatory remarks about Stanislas Wawrinka and Donna Vekic were picked up by on-court microphones during his match against Wawrinka in Montreal. "I think we all agree that he definitely crossed

Simona Halep is a many-splendored tennis player. She's crafty and fast. She possesses power, and she has the gall and guile to go up against decorated foes—current and former No. 1's and multiple-Slam winners—as if they are ranked below her. For this she should be praised, as she doesn't seem

GENEVA (AP) U.S. Open champion Marin Cilic saved a match point against 17-year-old Russian Andrey Rublev before winning 4-6, 7-6 (7), 6-1 in the Geneva Open second round on Tuesday. The second-seeded Croatian trailed 6-5 in the second-set tiebreaker to No. 229 Rublev, who is the French Open junior champion.

Nick Kyrgios, who will play at Queen's Club, said that the former No. 1 Lleyton Hewitt has been helping the youngsters. Hewitt, who won Wimbledon in 2002, is getting set for likely his last appearance at Queen's Club and Wimbledon. The 34-year-old has not played a lot this year, but

Santiago Giraldo, who walked off the court during Colombia's Davis Cup tie against Chile, has explained his decision to local media. The former Top 30 player, now ranked No. 150, had protested the court conditions in Chile at the beginning of the tie. In the reverse singles, he left the

Andy Murray will reach No. 1 in the world for the first time if he reaches the final in Paris. The Scot’s path to the top ranking opened following Novak Djokovic's loss to Marin Cilic in the quarterfinals. Murray insists that he has not followed the Serb's performances too intently

Rafael Nadal says his knees will be central to the success of his grass-court campaign. Nadal is a two-time champion at Wimbledon, but has been past the third round just once since 2011. Though he appears to be in top form and has just won his 10th French Open, the

GSTAAD, Switzerland (AP) — Albert Ramos-Vinolas ended 455th-ranked Cedrik-Marcel Stebe's charmed run to the Swiss Open final, winning the title match 6-3, 6-2 on Sunday. Stebe was the lowest-ranked finalist on the ATP tour for a decade, and came to the Alpine resort of Gstaad without a match win since