World number one Novak Djokovic overpowered Dennis Novak after Dusan Lajovic battled past Gerald Melzer and Serbia went on to a 3-0 win in their opener against Group F hosts Austria in the Davis Cup Finals in Innsbruck on Friday.
Coco Gauff rallied from a break down in the final set to beat Swede Rebecca Peterson and reach the Indian Wells quarter-finals for the first time
Images from the 2022 Wimbledon Championships at the All England Club in London on Sunday.
Pablo Carreno Busta rallied from a set down to defeat Hubert Hurkacz 3-6, 6-3, 6-3 in Montreal to claim the biggest title of his career at the Canadian Masters on Sunday.
Images from Day 8 of the 2022 Australian Open at Melbourne Park on Monday.
IMAGES from Day 5 of the Wimbledon Championships at All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club on Friday.
A day after taking down world number one Carlos Alcaraz of Spain, Felix Auger-Aliassime booked Canada's place in the Davis Cup quarter-finals on Saturday with a 6-3, 6-4 win against Serbia's Miomir Kecmanovic in the group stage tie in Valencia.
A round-up of all tennis action on Friday.
The former world number one, who is easing his way back to full match fitness after a career-saving resurfacing procedure in January, saved all four break points he faced and dropped only six points on his first serve.
To the clear delight of the fans, however, Djokovic then bounded onto the court after his practice partner had won the first set and proceeded to wrap up a 6-3, 6-3 win over the Italian teenager.
Alexander Zverev overcame late nerves to beat world number one Novak Djokovic on Saturday and set up a final showdown with Daniil Medvedev at the ATP Finals.
Wimbledon debutant Eubanks ends Tsitsipas's challenge in fourth round.
Nadal plays Berrettini in one semifinal, knowing he's potentially two match wins from a 21st major title.
Holder Stefanos Tsitsipas moved into the Monte Carlo Masters quarter-finals with a 7-5 7-6(1) victory over Laslo Djere
Images from Day 7 of the 2022 French Open at Roland Garros in Paris on Saturday.
Favourites Russia Tennis Federation opened their Davis Cup Finals campaign with a resounding victory over Ecuador, Britain began with a win against France and Italy eased into the quarter-finals with a win over Colombia on Saturday.
Images from Day 10 of the 2020 French Open, at Roland Garros, in Paris.
Paire, ranked 29 in the world, said the sport had become a 'tasteless job'.
Federer, Nadal and Djokovic had made it near impossible for their peers to live, and thrive, amongst them. But the coming generation, which hasn't been as scarred by defeat at the hands of the Big 3, may make tennis unpredictable again.
Images from Day 3 of the 2023 Australian Open at Melbourne Park on Wednesday.
IMAGES from Day 1 of all the action from the Wimbledon Championships played at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, London, on Monday.
With each passing year questions are inevitably asked about whether Nadal's vice-like hold on the French Open will be loosened. Each time, the answer has been an emphatic NO.
Raducanu stormed into the third round of the Cincinnati Open
Top seed Novak Djokovic beat Canadian Felix Auger-Aliassime 7-5, 7-6(1) to reach the semi-finals of the Italian Open on Friday and move within one win of 1,000 career victories.
Nadal had a solid start, but the 35-year-old struggled physically towards the end of the contest
Factbox on Rafael Nadal, who beat Novak Djokovic 6-0, 6-2, 7-5 on Sunday to win a record-extending 13th French Open title:
IMAGES from Day 8 of the French Open, at Roland Garros, on Sunday.
The unseeded Indo-Canadian combine beat the Romanian-Dutch pairing of Tecau and Rojer 6-2, 3-6, 10-7 in a quarters
Andy Murray battled past Romanian qualifier Marius Copil 6-3, 6-7(7), 6-4 at the European Open in Antwerp on Friday to reach his first singles semi-final in two years.
Images from Day 7 of the 2021 French Open at Roland Garros in Paris on Saturday.
Rafael Nadal toppled big-serving American Reilly Opelka to remain perfect on the year while unseeded Serbian Miomir Kecmanovic stunned world number six Matteo Berrettini.
The 38-year-old, who has lost six games so far in the tournament, dispatched his hapless opponent in only 62 minutes winning the second-round match 6-0, 6-3.
Persistent drizzle and a chill wind sweeping the almost-empty Roland Garros grounds.
The players have been allowed out to practise for five hours a day during their quarantine but Djokovic said he had headed to a local park on his first morning in Australia without restrictions.
Images from Day 9 of the 2021 French Open at Roland Garros in Paris on Monday.
IMAGES from Day 1 of the Wimbledon Championships played on Monday.
Images from Day 1 at the Australian Open.
Images from Day 2 of the French Open matches played at Roland Garros on Monday
Images from Day 1 of the 2020 French Open, in Paris, on Sunday.
But for the first time, that golden trio will be having an anxious glance over their shoulders. The past week in London has revealed a new fearlessness in the generation of 20 somethings expected to fill the void when they call it a day.
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