Spain's Fernando Verdasco came back from the brink of defeat to beat the top seed 6-7, 7-6, 6-4 in the last 16 of the Rome Masters.
Indian shooter Manavjit Sandhu rallied to third place after the second day of qualification in the Men's Trap Shooting event at the ongoing International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) World Cup being held at Rio di Janerio's Olympic Shooting Centre.
The unseeded Indo-American pairing completed a surprise straight sets victory over fifth seeds Kevin Ullyet and Daniela Hanutchova.
The Indian ace beat Kamil Capkovic of Slovakia 6-2, 6-1 in the final of the ITF Futures men's singles event in Chennai.
Qualifiers Spain and the United States suffered blows in friendlies, the world champions beaten 1-0 by eliminated South Africa on the SoccerCity pitch where they clinched their 2010 crown and the Americans losing 1-0 away to lowly Austria.
The 23-year-old Wimbledon champion, who climbed to the top of the WTA rankings on Monday, hardly broke sweat against the Frenchwoman, ranked 20th in the world, on her way to victory in an hour and 20 minutes.
Lleyton Hewitt beat Slovakia's Karol Kucera to bring Australia level in their Hopman Cup tie.
Djokovic dropped only three games against Klizan.
39-year-old Arsenal goalkeeper David Seaman was however left out.
The duo meet in the semi-finals of the German Open.
Lindsay Davenport and Jennifer Capriati will clash for a place in the final of the Bausch and Lomb championships.
The fourth seeded South African advanced to the semis of the Belgaum ATP Challenger, beating Russia's Dmitry Vlasov.
Unseeded Chilean Nicolas Massu brought Andy Roddick's 20-match unbeaten Tour run to a crashing end.
The Indian singles challenge in the ATP Challenger ended, with Harsh Mankad losing to Marco Baghdatis.
The duo will take on Dominik Hrbaty of Slovakia and Andre Sa of Brazil in the first round.
IMAGES from the Euro 2020 qualifiers played on Thursday
Zhu Q of China won the gold in the 10m Air Rifle event breaking the world record.
In the history of football there has been no more devastating nullification of supposed home advantage than Germany's 7-1 humbling of Brazil in the 2014 World Cup semi-finals, so playing France in Marseille holds no fears for the world champions. That astonishing result in Belo Horizonte, particularly the opening 30-minute five-goal blitz that left the world aghast, underlined Germany's unique mental strength and belief in their own ability whatever the opposition or circumstances.
Wimbledon champion Garbine Muguruza notched up her first ever victory on Arthur Ashe Stadium with a 6-0, 6-3 win over American Varvara Lepchenko at the US Open on Monday.
Michael Owen and Steven Gerrard combined to fashion a narrow win over Slovakia.
Angelique Kerber is looking forward to a potential German sporting double over the next fortnight, aiming to win Wimbledon as one of the favourites while also cheering on her national football team at Euro 2016. Australian Open champion Kerber revealed on Saturday that she had been hooked on watching the Euros, particularly the progress of Die Mannschaft, during her preparations in London.
'As a group we need to stick together and concentrate on the football. The other side is not our issue'
Dominik Hrbaty won his third title of the year beating Robin Soderling in the final of the Marseille Open.
The second seed's career has been on an upward swing ever since he finished as the losing finalist in Chennai last year.
They posted comfortable semi-final victories over Jean Rene Lisnard of France and Juan Ignacio Chela of Argentina respectively in the Tata Open tennis tournament.
Professional soccer leagues around Europe are gearing up for a return to action following the novel coronavirus stoppage, but some are more advanced than others.
Ashwani Kumar, in a lecture at the prestigious Trinity College, Dublin, said the recent incident of "oppressive enforcement" of the colonial law of sedition against students protesting in university campuses has raised several questions about the future of India's liberal democracy.
Yuki Bhambri breezed past Italy's Marco Cecchinato in the opening round of the qualifiers in the Chennai Open on Saturday.
It was his first tournament win since January and has left the world number four confident of mounting a challenge at Wimbledon, where he has been drawn against Slovakia's Martin Klizan in the first round.
Google of food, Zomato is keen to do more acquisitions in 2015.
A summary of sports events and persons who made news on Tuesday
Wayne Rooney will end his England career after the 2018 World Cup in Russia, the striker said on Tuesday.
Defending champion Donna Vekic, of Croatia, earned a hard-fought win over British wild card Gabriella Taylor 7-5, 5-7, 7-6(3).
Form guide for American Serena Williams ahead of Thursday's US Open semi-final clash against Latvia's Anastasija Sevastova:
Archer Deepika Kumari expressed bewilderment after a dismal show during the women's team event where the Indian team finished a dejecting seventh in the qualification round of the Rio Olympics Games.
World Cup winners Germany are no mood to experiment against minnows Gibraltar in their Euro 2016 qualifier on Friday, promising a goal bonanza to make amends for recent poor results.
Midfielder Andre broke the deadlock for the Euro 2016 finalists in difficult, wet conditions just after the half hour and Nani, celebrating his 29th birthday, scored direct from a free kick in the 89th minute.
Images from Day 3 of the French Open matches played at Roland Garros in Paris on Tuesday
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