Sad news of the passing of Brian Tobin at 93. Brian was president of Tennis Australia 1977-1989 & ITF president 1991-1999. He was awarded an Order of Australia, the Olympic Order, inducted to Australian Tennis Hall of Fame,International Tennis Hall of Fame, Sport Aus Hall of Fame

In Madrid Novak Djokovic wins Sportsman of the Year at the Laureus World Ports Awards

16 year old American Darwin Blanch who has a wild card into the Madrid masters had this reaction when told he was play Rafa Nadal first round. As he put it 'guys I play Nadal, wtf?'

Taking a dive ... in the coolest way. Casper Ruud jumps in the pool after winning Barcelona.

At last ... after coming close a few times Jan-Lennard Struff wins his maiden title beating Taylor Fritz in Munich 75 63.

In the film Challengers Josh O'Connor says he is channelling Nicholas Kyrgios for his character. He thinks the best of Nick. Unfortunately the film left me disappointed. instagram.com/reel/C54L8dayj…

This is one of the best traditions at any tournament. In Barcelona, the winner jumps in the swimming pool with the ball kids. Will it be Casper Ruud or Stefanos Tsitsipas this year?

Novak Djokovic has pulled out of Madrid. Jannik Sinner will be top seed at a Masters 1000 for the first time

In Stuttgart Elena Rybakina knocks out Iga Swiatek 63 in 3rd in semis and will play Marta Kostyuk in the final

B2B finals with Stefanos Tsitsipas to play Casper Ruud in Barcelona. Stef beat Casper in the Monte Carlo final

After taking a lengthy sabbatical Garbiñe Muguruza has announced her retirement from playing on the tour. She was always a delight to deal with.

Dickie Richard Wilkins AM I am polar opposite to you re the movie Challengers. The film is like hitting a double fault on match point. 😄

Good job from Emma Raducanu... has a solid 60 75 win over Linda Noskova in Stuttgart to reach quarters and plays Iga Swiatek next

Both Aussies bow out of Barcelona. Alex De Minaur defeated Rafa Nadal yesterday but has lost to French teenager Arthur Fils 75 62 and Casper Ruud has got back at Jordan Thompson 61 64.

I watched the new tennis movie 'Challengers'. 1 more tennis film that is not good. It looked fake in parts, it dragged on, it was confusing. I would use 2 words for it 'don't bother'. It's a major unforced error and double fault. Challengers is a big challenge to sit through.👎

It was the 13th time and Australian has played Rafa Nadal on clay and alex de minaur has become the first Australian to beat Rafa Nadal on clay. He has won their 5th career match, in Barcelona 75 61. H2H now is 3-2 Rafa. That will be Nadal's last playing appearance in Barcelona.

Really good to see Rafa Nadal back in action and winning in Barcelona. Beats Flavio Cobolli 62 63 and has alex de minaur next.

Forgot to post this result. Thanasi Kokkinakis wins the Sarasota challenger over Zizou Bergs 63 16 60. The trophy is, well, different

After a 6 week period in February and March with no single handed backhand in the men's top 10 since the start of the open era, there are now two back there - Stefanos Tsitsipas, following his run at Monte Carlo, and @grigordimitrov

The Monte Carlo champion