Juan Martin del Potro announced his decision to miss the tournament after his defeat to American MacKenzie McDonald in the quarterfinals of the Delray Beach Open in Florida.
Cuevas reached the next round after defeating Spain's Albert Ramos 6-3,3-6,6-3 in a 150-minute match on Friday and emerged the favourite to win the title.
Agassi said he was forced to play tennis. "It was not a choice. My father saw this as a fastest road to live the American dream...," he said.
Roger Federer skipped the entire clay season, including the French Open, in recent years to prepare well for the Wimbledon.
Navratilova had written that it was "cheating" to allow transgender women to compete in women's sport as they have unfair physical advantages.
The two-time major champion had trouble with her serve and was beaten 6-3, 6-3 by 67th-ranked Kristina Mladenovic at the Dubai Championships.
Williams dropped as low as 491st upon her return to competition in March 2018 but is up to No. 10 after reaching two Grand Slam finals.
Novak Djokovic leads the ATP rankings with 10,955 points, ahead of Spain's Rafael Nadal with a difference of more than 2,500 points.
Talking about Indian tennis, which has not been able to produce world-class singles players in the last three decades, Becker said the trio (all doubles specialists) need to unite to take the game forward in their country.
The two-time Grand Slam champion admitted that the upcoming tournaments, including Dubai Championship, are important for her.
In a tweet, she expressed displeasure over demands that celebrities should be all over social media to condemn a terrorist attack.
The unseeded Wawrinka beat top-seeded Kei Nishikori 6-2, 4-6, 6-4 in the ABN AMRO World Tournament semifinals to face Gael Monfils for the title on Sunday.
The national doping watchdog also provisionally suspended seven other sportspersons last month for flunking dope tests.
Caroline Wozniacki was joined on the sidelines by Ashleigh Barty of Australia and Caroline Garcia of France.
No Indian Davis Cup squad has travelled to Pakistan since March 1964 and in that tie, held in Lahore, India had won 4-0.
Keeping the 2020 Tokyo Olympics in mind, the sports ministry has included the doubles duo of Rohan Bopanna and Divij Sharan, who won the Asian Games gold last year, have been kept in TOPS scheme.
Trailing 0-2 after losing the opening day's singles rubbers, doubles pair of Rohan Bopanna and Divij Sharan kept India's slender hopes alive by beating Simone Boelleli and Matteo Berrettini 4-6, 6-3, 6-4 in a one-hour 43 minutes battle.
Rohan Bopanna and Divij Sharan came from behind to beat the Italian combination of Simone Boelleli and Matteo Berrettini 4-6 6-3 6-4 in an one-hour 43 minutes battle at Calcutta South Club.
Berrettini, the youngest member in the team, had pipped Italy's top-ranked singles player Marco Cecchinato (world number 19) to make the singles draw.
Indian captain Mahesh Bhupathi admitted that the his players were under pressure against Italy, something that top singles player Prajnesh Gunneswaran also echoed.
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