Barcelona Open

Barcelona Open: Carlos Alcaraz beats top-seeded Stefanos Tsitsipas to reach semis

Alcaraz won the quarterfinal 6-4, 5-7, 6-2 after breaking the fifth-ranked Greek five times on the outdoor clay court named for Rafael Nadal.

Barcelona Open: Stefanos Tsitsipas, Carlos Alcaraz set up quarter-final clash

World number five Tsitsipas, fresh from successfully defending his Monte Carlo title last weekend, brushed aside Grigor Dimitrov of Bulgaria 6-1, 6-4.

Barcelona Open: Stefanos Tsitsipas sets up third-round clash against Grigor Dimitrov after long rain delay

Top-seeded Stefanos Tsitsipas waited a day to close out his opening match at the Barcelona Open with a 6-1, 4-6, 6-2 win over Ilya Ivashka on Thursday.

Barcelona Open: Injured Rafael Nadal still unable to train with a racket, will miss tournament

After Nadal went down to his first loss of the year to Taylor Fritz in the Indian Wells final, the 35-year-old Spaniard said he had suffered a stress fracture of a rib in the semi-final against 18-year-old compatriot Carlos Alcaraz.

Rafael Nadal to play in Barcelona in April ahead of French Open

Nadal will be looking to win his 13th title on the clay courts in Barcelona after first lifting the trophy in 2005.

Barcelona Open: Rafael Nadal saves match point to beat Stefanos Tsitsipas for 12th title

Rafael Nadal secured his first title of the year and 87th of his career, denying Tsitsipas back-to-back triumphs following his maiden Masters 1000 title at Monte Carlo last week.

Barcelona Open: Rafael Nadal beats Cameron Norrie; Stefanos Tsitsipas to face Jannik Sinner

Nadal, who captured his first Barcelona title as an 18-year-old at the 2005 tournament, will face Pablo Carreno Busta in Saturday's semi-finals.

Barcelona Open: Rafael Nadal battles past Kei Nishikori in three sets to enter quarter-finals

The world number three triumphed 6-0, 2-6, 6-2 over 2014 and 2015 champion Nishikori and next faces Britain's Cameron Norrie, a fellow left-hander, for a place in the semi-finals.

Barcelona Open: Rafael Nadal enters quarter-finals after beating resilient Ilya Ivashka

The 34-year-old Nadal, who suffered a surprise quarter-final exit at the hands of Andrey Rublev in the Monte Carlo Masters quarter-finals last week, dropped the first set against the world 111 before pulling through 3-6, 6-2, 6-4.

Britain's Dan Evans lets go of the anger after difficult return from one-year drugs ban

Briton Dan Evans says a sports psychologist described him as one of the angriest people he had ever met during his one-year ban from tennis for cocaine use in 2017.