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On tap today: something stinks in France, injuries are piling up, Mirra Andreeva eyes a Porsche, Stefanos Tsitsipas takes on Sebastian Korda, plus more in today’s tennis news.

Let’s tennis!

Three Points

🎾 A lucky week: We’re only in the second week of the clay season — the most grueling one, according to the pros — and the withdrawals from injury are already piling up. Among the men, five lucky losers made it into the main draw in Munich after as many people pulled out with injuries. In Barcelona, there were three. On the women’s side, three players pulled out of Stuttgart and three more from Rouen. To be sure, it’s not all that unusual for players to save themselves for majors or 1000-level events. But this week’s withdrawal rates are still quite high.

🎾 Something stinks, alright: Harriet Dart has once again found herself in the middle of a controversy of her own making. On Tuesday, during her match against French player Lois Boisson, Dart asked the chair umpire if she could make her opponent wear deodorant, claiming “she smells really bad.”

  • What she said: “Can you tell her to wear deodorant,” Dart said to the chair umpire. “Because the smell,” Dart added. “Can you tell her to wear deodorant? She smells really bad.”
  • Quite a choice: Dart decision to play the role of Mean Girl while getting absolutely slaughtered 6-0, 6-3 is truly something else. Perhaps it’s of little surprise. Dart has a history of nasty behavior with anybody in the area of her matches — most notably fellow Brits.
  • Later: Dart apologized on Instagram, while Boisson poked fun at Dart and the situation.

🎾 Expediting victory: Emma Navarro lost just five points in the second set against Beatriz Maia Haddad, winning the first-round Stuttgart match 6-3, 6-0 — perhaps a turning points for Navarro, who has struggled in most of her matches so far this year.

  • What she said: “I’ve had a lot of long matches this year, and a lot of three-sets," Navarro said after the match. “To get it done a little bit quicker feels good. Proud of my form ... It’s my first tournament on red clay this year, so I’m leaning into it and having some fun out here.”