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On tap today: Novak Djokovic returns to the court, Jannik Sinner may be talking to Carlos Moya, new PTPA lawsuit drama, Emma Raducanu takes on Danielle Collins, plus more in today’s tennis news.

Let’s tennis!

Four Points

🎾 Djokovic returns: Novak Djokovic is set to return to the court on Wednesday to face Marton Fucsovics in the second round of Geneva. It’s the second year in a row the former world number one has played Geneva — a place that, under normal circumstances, he’d rather not be the week before a major. But after a dismal clay season following his run to the finals of Miami, he needed another week of match play going into Roland-Garros. However, his team will be a little lighter after announcing his split with Andy Murray on the coaching front. Without Murray, will we see a return to a more raw Djokovic that seemed to go into hiding during their tenure together? That may well be the key to his success going forward.

🎾 Coaching rumors: Jannik Sinner is set to name Carlos Moya as his new coach for the 2026 season, according to some unconfirmed reports. Sinner and coach Simone Vagnozzi are on the lookout for a new addition to the team as Darren Cahill is set to retire at the end of this season.

  • What he said: “It’s as fake as can be,” Moya told Spain’s national radio station RNE on Wednesday.
  • What it means: Statements worded like that could mean there is absolutely no truth to it, or they could mean that talks are in progress and no conclusion has been made. We’ll have to wait and see.

🎾 Next in PTPA drama: The governing bodies named as defendants in the lawsuit filed by the PTPA and a dozen players have filed motions to either dismiss or send to arbitration the antitrust allegations against them — and to dismiss the PTPA as a plaintiff altogether, The Athletic reports. It comes off as a desperate request, especially since a judge has already ordered the ATP to stop harassing and attempting to intimidate players named as plaintiffs. But it wouldn’t be the first time the law operates in seemingly contradictory ways.

🎾 London calling Laver Cup: The Laver Cup will return to London’s O2 Arena in 2026, organizers announced on Wednesday. “The response from London – from fans, partners and players – was truly overwhelming,” Laver Cup chairman Tony Godsick said in a statement. “The appetite to see Laver Cup return was impossible to ignore.”

  • Reality check: Of course, the enthusiasm from London’s previous edition in 2022 just may have something to do with Roger Federer’s final professional performance, with some of the most memorable tennis scenes in recent history between him and Rafa Nadal. General interest in Laver Cup has been a mixed bag since then. Will location change that? Probably not.

And, that’s game.

What They Said

We felt like we couldn’t get more out of that partnership on the court, and that’s all there is to it...I think he has a brilliant tennis IQ, he has a very rare mind of a champion that obviously has achieved what he has achieved, and he sees the game incredibly well...We did not achieve together what we hoped to achieve in terms of results. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn’t. We tried.

-Novak Djokovic on ending his working relationship with Andy Murray.

Watch This!

🔥 Danielle Collins vs. Emma Raducanu (2nd round WTA 500 - Strasbourg): Two players who can do significant damage to a draw facing off right before Roland-Garros? Yes, please. Count on Collins to go as big as she always does. And expect Raducanu to use her counterpunching skills to see how long Collins can keep it up. Watch for the possibility of an extra dose of Collins attempting to intimidate Raducanu. This match could come down to how well Raducanu serves to shake off those blistering first-strike returns from Collins.

  • The record: This will be the first time Danielle Collins and Emma Raducanu face each other.
  • On the line: For both players, these final matches in Strasbourg are all about gaining confidence going into Roland-Garros after some erratic results in recent months. Collins has the additional pressure of defending finalist points from her success last year, which could put her outside the top 50.
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On The Radar

More tennis matches we’re monitoring today:

Strasbourg - WTA 500 (Clay)

  • Beatriz Haddad Maia vs. Ashlyn Krueger (2nd round)
  • Anna Blinkova vs. Emma Navarro (2nd round)
  • Jessica Pegula vs. Anna Kalinskaya (2nd round)

Rabat - WTA 250 (Clay)

  • Ann Li vs. Hailey Baptiste (2nd round)
  • Maya Joint vs. Katie Volynets (2nd round)
  • Sada Nahimana vs. Jessica Bouzas Maneiro (2nd round)

Hamburg - ATP 500 (Clay)

  • Roberto Baustista Agut vs. Frances Tiafoe (2nd round)
  • Andrey Rublev vs. Justin Engel (2nd round)
  • Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard vs. Felix Auger Aliassime (2nd round)
  • Jiri Lehecka vs. Francisco Cerundolo (2nd round)

Geneva - ATP 250 (Clay)

  • Taylor Fritz vs. Quentin Halys (2nd round)
  • Arthur Rinderknech vs. Hubert Hurkacz (2nd round)
  • Karen Khachanov vs. Kei Nishikori (2nd round)
  • Marton Fucsovics vs. Novak Djokovic (2nd round)
  • Matteo Arnaldi vs. Fabian Marozsan (2nd round)
  • Alexei Popyrin vs. Jacob Fearnley (2nd round)

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