Expected Points

Tsitsipas claims his first Masters 1000 title, Mihaela Buzarnescu is the BJK Cup’s first marathon woman, and Rafael Nadal will try again in Barcelona.

Djokovic loses early in Monte Carlo, Linda Fruhvirtova reaches her first WTA quarterfinal, and it’s a good day to remember the contributions of Dr Robert Walter Johnson.

Ruud barely breaks a sweat to reach the Monte Carlo round of 16, Shelby Rogers excels in a tournament that Ash Barty skipped, and Rafael Nadal chases his 12th Monte Carlo title.

The draw gods smiled on Filip Krajinovic, while they handed Novak Djokovic an opening match with Jannik Sinner. Also: A tweak to the WTA ranking point structure is a small step in the right direction.

Alex De Minaur loses another clay court match, France drops another rung in the WTA power rankings, and women’s tennis returns to Cleveland after almost half a century.

Local heroes nearly run the table at tour events, Veronika Kudermetova wins her first title, and the draw gods in Monte Carlo deliver a tasty first-rounder.

Kvitova’s serve deserts her in a third-round loss to Danka Kovinic, Jaume Munar keeps winning on the sweet, sweet clay, and the Charleston event’s history goes back to an unprecedented prize purse nearly 50 years ago.

Alcaraz wasn’t born yet when his opponent today first cracked the top 100, Sofia Kenin suffers another disappointing loss, and the Bogota draw leaves me feeling light-headed.

Arruabarrena is off to a flyer in Bogota, Dan Evans is the unlikely top seed at a clay event, and Nuno Borges tries to bring his winning ways to the Challenger tour.

Errani and Sorribes Tormo play in Bogota, Sebastian Korda’s new career-best ranking underrates him, and Matteo Berrettini makes a rare appearance on the doubles court.