Roger Federer will seek an 11th title at the Swiss Indoors Basel this year, with the five-time ATP year-end No. 1 confirming on Tuesday that he will play at the ATP 500 event to be held from 24-30 October.

“Looking forward to playing back home,” wrote Federer via an Instagram story. The 40-year-old has won the past three editions of the tournament in his homeland, which was last held in 2019 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Federer has a outstanding overall record in Basel. He has lifted the trophy there 10 times and possesses a 75-9 match record at the event.

 

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The 28-time ATP Masters 1000 champion recently gave a positive update on his rehab following knee surgery, which he underwent after his run to the quarter-finals at Wimbledon last year.

Federer has also confirmed his participation as part of Team Europe at the 2022 Laver Cup, to be held at The O2 in London from 23-25 September.

Rafael Nadal will make his return to the ATP Tour in his home nation to play the Mutua Madrid Open, it was confirmed Monday by the 36-time ATP Masters 1000 champion and the Madrid event. Nadal is a five-time champion in Madrid, most recently in 2017, and will be competing at the event for a 19th time.

“Despite having a short preparation and facing a difficult event, I can’t wait to play at home, where we don’t have many chances to do so,” Nadal said in a Tweet, confirming his participation in the year’s fourth ATP Masters 1000 event. “I’ll try to do my best. See you in Madrid!”

Nadal had been sidelined since Indian Wells with a rib stress fracture that he sustained against Alcaraz in the semi-finals, though he fought through the injury to take the court against Taylor Fritz in the final. He announced on 22 March that he would be out for four to six weeks, and his Madrid return puts him right on schedule.

Despite his inactivity, Nadal comfortably leads to ATP Race To Turin behind his 20-1 start to the season. He enjoyed a career-best start to the season with a 20-match win streak, claiming titles at Melbourne, the Australian Open and Acapulco before his Indian Wells final run.

The Spaniard holds a 54-13 record at the Madrid event, which switched from hard court to clay in 2009. Nadal made his debut at age 16 in 2003 and won his first title in ’05. In the 2021 tournament, he met Carlos Alcaraz for the first time and scored a dominant win on the way to the quarter-finals.

The Mutua Madrid Open will be held from 1-8 May at the Caja Magica.

Rafa is coming!

We’re delighted to welcome back our five-time Mutua Madrid Open champion 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆

Can’t wait to see you in the Caja Mágica!@RafaelNadal | @atptour | #MMOPEN pic.twitter.com/e9F90DNoVp

— #MMOPEN (@MutuaMadridOpen) April 26, 2022

CINCINNATI (April 25, 2022) – Single session tickets for the 2022 Western & Southern Open will go on sale Tuesday, April 26, at 11 a.m.

Tickets for all 16 sessions of the Aug. 13-21 tournament include reserved Center Court seating along with access to the other seven match courts and nine practice courts. The single session offerings range from opening weekend access starting at just $10 to premium offerings to see the trophies lifted on Championship Sunday.

In addition to seeing the best players from both the ATP men’s and WTA women’s tours, fans can experience more than a dozen restaurants, more than a half dozen signature bar areas, nearly 40 live musical performances and various shopping opportunities. General parking is included with single session ticket purchases.

In 2022, there will be added amenities for fans attending the Western & Southern Open, including a new fan experience area at the south end of the venue featuring outdoor lounge seating, interactive entertainment experiences and a full line-up of programming. Fans can also expect autograph sessions, player Q&A events and Kids Day to return to the tournament this year.

Tickets may be purchased online at WSOpen.com and Ticketmaster.com. While single session tickets will go on sale Tuesday, April 26, Full Series and Mini Plan ticket packages are on sale now. The tournament will once again be a fully digital ticket operation and fans will be able to access their tickets through the Western & Southern Open App.

The Western & Southern Open is one of only five premier events globally to host an ATP Masters 1000 and WTA 1000 tournament in the same week at the same venue, joining Indian Wells, California, Madrid, Miami and Rome.

Since becoming a single-week tournament in 2011, the Western & Southern Open has hosted more than 1.8 million spectators, including ticket buyers who have traveled to Cincinnati from all 50 states and 35 different countries.

The 2021 singles championships were won by Ashleigh Barty and Alexander Zverev while the doubles titles were claimed by Sam Stosur & Zhang Shuai and Marcel Granollers & Horacio Zeballos.

The Western & Southern Open is part of the US Open Series and is held annually at the Lindner Family Tennis Center in Mason, Ohio.

About the Western & Southern Open
Founded in 1899, the Western & Southern Open is an ATP Masters 1000 and a WTA 1000 tournament. The Western & Southern Open annually welcomes nearly 200,000 fans who come from all 50 states and more than 35 countries and is seen by more than 120 million global viewers in over 160 countries. The tournament is also one of the last stops on the US Open Series before the US Open in New York. Since 1974, the tournament has contributed more than $11 million to various beneficiaries including Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, the Barrett Cancer Center and Tennis for City Youth. The tournament is held at the Lindner Family Tennis Center, 20 miles north of Cincinnati in Mason, Ohio. For more information, visit www.wsopen.com.

About the US Open Series
The US Open Series serves as a true “regular season” of summer tennis in North America, linking nine WTA and ATP Tour tournaments to the US Open. Featuring a cohesive weekly viewing schedule, as well as comprehensive outreach and grassroots engagement initiatives, the Series serves as a vital platform to promote and grow the game of tennis in person and at home. Fans can follow along all summer as today’s top champions go head-to-head with tomorrow’s emerging stars, while each tournament engages its local community with a variety of programs geared toward showcasing and promoting the game to new and existing fans.

Frances Tiafoe was feeling “under the weather” entering his first-round matchup Monday at the Millennium Estoril Open. He must have felt even worse as he trailed Dusan Lajovic by a set and a break, but after an off-court visit with the physio, he was able to take command of a match that seemed to be slipping away.

The fifth-seeded American dominated the second half of the match to run away with a 2-6, 7-5, 6-0 victory.

“I’m not feeling very well. I’m a little but under the weather,” said Tiafoe, who reached the Estoril final on his 2018 debut. “It was tough for me to move or breathe and stuff like that. The physio saved me today. He took me in there, down a set and a break, and I started feeling a little bit better.”

What a comeback 😳@FTiafoe comes back from a set and a break down and not feeling well to defeat Lajovic 2-6 7-5 6-0 in a bizarre match in Estoril! pic.twitter.com/DF2p0JrHRC

— Tennis TV (@TennisTV) April 25, 2022

Tiafoe saved a pair of break points to avoid going behind 0-3 in the second set before briefly leaving the court. When he returned, he won 12 of the last 15 games — including the last eight in a row — to advance.

His started his comeback by connecting on some all-or-nothing shots as he looked to shorten the points. After getting back on serve, he began to win points in many other ways, including claiming the long rallies that Lajovic owned throughout the opening set. 

It was all working for the American in set three, as he mixed in some drop shots to go along with his baseline brilliance to see out the match with ease.

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Following the victory, he gave a special shout-out to a young fan named Pedro who had watched him on his 2018 final run. Tiafoe secured tickets for the youngster to watch Monday’s match.

“I didn’t want to give up,” Tiafoe said. “I wanted to win so he could watch me play here all week.”

Addressing the Portuguese crowd as as a whole, he later added: “I love the fans here. You guys get so much behind me. You guys love the tennis I bring, so that means a lot to me.”

Tiafoe will play Portugal’s Nuno Borges in the second round on Wednesday after the 25-year-old wild card advanced past Pablo Andujar via a second-set retirement. 

Soonwoo Kwon also advanced on Monday, beating Benoit Paire, 6-4, 7-5.

Miomir Kecmanovic has been one of the most consistent performers on the ATP Tour so far in 2022 and the World No. 38 brought his strong form to the BMW Open by American Express in Munich on Monday, brushing past German wild card Max Hans Rehberg with a 6-2, 6-3 first-round win at the ATP 250 event.

The Serb has reached the quarter-finals in his past five tournaments, including runs to the last eight at the ATP Masters 1000 events in Miami and Indian Wells. He was once again in clinical form against Rehberg at the Iphitos Tennis Club, breaking twice in each set against a player making his tour-level debut in his hometown.

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Kecmanovic sits at a career-high No. 38 in the ATP Rankings and pushed World No. 1 Novak Djokovic to three sets in the quarter-finals at the Serbia Open last week. The 22-year-old will be keen to turn his good form into a deep run on tournament debut in Munich as he chases a first tour-level semi-final of 2022. Seventh-seeded Kecmanovic is guaranteed to face a home favourite in the second round, either World No. 67 Daniel Altmaier or three-time champion Philipp Kohlschreiber.

Also on Monday, Alex Molcan maintained his impressive clay-court form with a 6-1, 3-6, 7-6(7) win over fellow Slovak Norbert Gombos. Molcan defeated Felix Auger-Aliassime on his way to a second tour-level final in Marrakech two weeks ago, but the World No. 46 faces a stern test in the second round in Bavaria as he lines up against second seed Casper Ruud.