Putting all the stats together, 6ft 11in tall Ivo Karlovic emerges as arguably the strongest contender. He tops the lists for number of aces, aces per match and percentage of service games won.
Twice in arrears Rangers earned a 2-2 home draw with Villarreal
Serge Gnabry continued his impressive scoring run for Germany, netting in second-half stoppage time for his ninth goal in his 10th international, completing Germany's eighth consecutive win over Northern Ireland.
Round-up of the Rolland Garros tournament being played in Paris.
Croatia's Mario Ancic beat teenager Andy Murray 6-3, 7-6 at the Auckland Open
World number one Roger Federer survived a scare from unseeded Borna Coric to beat him 5-7, 6-4, 6-4 in the BNP Paribas Open on Saturday and set up a final showdown with Juan Martin del Potro who cruised to a 6-2, 6-3 win over Milos Raonic.
VfL Wolfsburg ended Arminia Bielefeld's sensational German Cup run, crushing the third division club 4-0 on Wednesday to book a spot in their first Cup final in 20 years where they will face Borussia Dortmund.
Images from Day 7 at the US Open.
Croatian tennis player Marin Cilic has been banned for nine months after testing positive for the stimulant nikethamide, the International Tennis Federation (ITF) has said.
The 19-year-old Mbappe followed up a domestic treble with Paris St Germain with a string of impressive performances in France's World Cup winning campaign.
Rohan Bopanna and his Romanian partner Florin Mergea on Saturday made it to the final of the men's doubles event at the ATP World Tour Finals, in London, after registering a straight-set victory against Croatian Ivan Dodig and Marcelo Melo of Brazil.
Croatian beanpole Ivo Karlovic upset top-seeded compatriot Ivan Ljubicic to reach the quarter-finals of the grasscourt Nottingham Open on Wednesday.
Croatia's Donna Vekic came from a set down to win the Nottingham grasscourt event in a pulsating final against Britain's Johanna Konta on Sunday to remind the tennis world why she was once considered one of the game's hottest prospects.
Ivan Ljubicic and Mario Ancic beat Slovakian duo Dominik Hrbaty and Michal Mertinak in the doubles to give Croatia a 2-1 lead in the Davis Cup final.
Serena Williams moved another step closer to a record-tying 24th career Grand Slam title with a comfortable 6-3, 6-2 victory over Czech Karolina Muchova on Friday to reach the last 16 at the US Open.
The towering Croatian, who has won 20 of his last 22 matches, will meet the unfancied Tomas Berdych in the Paris Masters final.
Croatian Ivan Ljubicic grabbed the last ticket to the eight-strong Masters Cup on Friday.
France are favourites as Moscow basked in sweltering summer sun
Nadal will equal world number one Roger Federer's haul of four Masters Series titles this year if he beats Ljubicic.
Levante were relegated from La Liga after a six-season stay in the Spanish top flight as two late goals condemned them to a 3-1 defeat at Malaga on Monday.
England reached the semi-finals of a major tournament for the first time since Euro 1996, when Southgate was part of the team.
He scored a commanding 6-2, 6-4 win over Ivan Cerovic of Croatia, who had beaten top seed Aisam Qureshi earlier in the day.
Summary of sports events and persons who made news on Friday
Images from Day 9 of the French Open in Paris on Monday.
He went on a road trip from Dharamsala to Kaza.
Wimbledon picks up the pace dramatically today with the fourth round of the men's and women's singles.
Croneed a win atia to go through to the quarter-finals, while a draw would be enough for England.
Coach Jacques Santini said the Croatians will be different.
The third seeds thrashed Croatian pair of Mario Ancic and Ivan Ljubicic 6-2, 6-2 in the French Open doubles event.
The American won his third successive Stella Artois title with a tight 7-6, 7-6 victory over Croatian Ivo Karlovi.
Sevilla became surprise Liga leaders on Sunday after beating visiting Celta Viga 2-1 while champions Barcelona drew 1-1 at Valencia thanks to another Lionel Messi strike but are still without a victory in their last four league games.
Champions Barcelona moved five points clear at the top of La Liga with a 2-1 win at Getafe, while Real Madrid fell to a 2-0 defeat by Real Sociedad.
Korean qualifier Hyeon Chung produced the first upset of the ATP Chennai Open by ousting last year's finalist Borna Coric with a straight-set win in the opening round of the $505730 hard court event in Chennai on Monday.
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The Indian teenager upset world number 34 Jelena Kostanic 6-7, 6-4, 6-1 to enter the second round of the Dubai Open.
