Tennis News

Andy Murray bowed out of the AMRO World Tennis Tournament in straight sets to Russian world number eight Andrey Rublev on Wednesday night. 

Top-seeded Daniil Medvedev's 12 aces weren't enough as the Australian Open runner-up was beaten 7-6 (4), 6-4 by Dusan Lajovic in the first round of the ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament.

Caroline Garcia,who was knocked out of the first round of the Australian Open by Naomi Osaka, advanced to the second round of the Lyon Open by beating fellow French player Oceane Dodin 6-2, 2-6, 6-3.

The ATP is increasing prize money at smaller tournaments that had 50% cuts during the coronavirus pandemic and is changing its "frozen" rankings, with the aim of restoring the traditional 52-week system by August 2022.