A ruthless Rafael Nadal demonstrated that he was primed to win back the French Open crown from Roger Federer when he whipped Germany's Philipp Kohlschreiber 6-1, 6-3 in his opening match at the Rome Masters. A day after the world number one had been felled at the first hurdle by Latvian Ernests Gulbis, Nadal left Kohlschreiber a punched out wreck on Wednesday as he began his charge towards a fifth Rome title in six years.
Top seed Marin Cilic stayed on course for a third ATP title this year with a comfortable victory over Spain's Feliciano Lopez in their Vienna Open quarter-final on Friday.
Australia eased ahead of Bosnia 2-0 as John Millman thumped Damir Dzumhur 6-3, 6-2 while Alex de Minaur overcame Mirza Basic 6-3, 7-6(0), before Millman revealed the team's larger goal under captain Lleyton Hewitt.
Germans Christopher Kas and Philipp Kohlschreiber stunned third seeds Leander Paes and Lukas Dlouhy 6-3, 6-0 at the Davidoff Swiss Indoors in Basel.
The Indo-Czech pair went down to Russia's Mikhail Youzhny and Philipp Kohlschreiber of Germany in the BMW Open.
The Indo-Czech pair beat Germany's Andreas Beck and Dominik Meffert in the quarter-finals.
On Saturday, the young guns showed no signs of breaking the stranglehold of the three men who collectively own 50 Grand Slam titles and also split the season's first three majors.
Defending champion Novak Djokovic was handed a tough opening round at Wimbledon when Friday's draw paired him with Germany's Philipp Kohlschreiber.
IMAGES from Day 8 of the US Open on Monday
Second seed Andy Roddick eased into the quarter-finals of the Australian Open with a 6-3, 7-6, 6-1 win over lowly-ranked Philipp Kohlschreiber.
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Naomi Osaka eased into the second round of the Italian Open on Monday with a 6-0, 6-3 victory over former world number one Victoria Azarenka, on a day in which local favourite Roberta Vinci called time on her career.
Five-time champion Roger Federer brushed aside Lukas Rosol on Thursday to set up a mouthwatering semi-final clash with Novak Djokovic in the Dubai Championship.
Here we bring you all the sporting action from last week in this stunning photo feature.
World No 1 Novak Djokovic and fourth-seeded Andy Murray each had to contend with different degrees of adversity before they advanced.
Top seed and defending champion Roger Federer advanced to the Wimbledon last 16 without dropping a set after a 6-3, 7-5, 6-2 win over German Jan-Lennard Struff on Friday.
Rafael Nadal looks unstoppable at the US Open.
Rafael Nadal calmly continued his bid for a ninth consecutive crown at the Monte Carlo Masters with a 6-2, 6-4 third-round victory over Philipp Kohlschreiber of Germany on Thursday.
Svetlana Kuznetsova thrashed defending champion and fellow Russian Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova to win the women's title 6-2, 6-1.
Images from Day 1 of the Wimbledon Championships.
French Open champion Rafael Nadal made a successful transition from clay to grass with a 7-5, 6-1 win over Slovakia's Lukas Lacko to join his great rival Roger Federer in the quarter-finals of the Halle Open on Thursday.
Germany's Jan-Lennard Struff and Tim Puetz pulled off a shock 6-3, 6-4, 3-6, 6-7(4), 7-5 win over Spain's Feliciano Lopez and Marc Lopez to give Germany a 2-1 lead in their Davis Cup quarter-final on Saturday.
Indian Aces continued their dominance in IPTL 2 with a 25-18 win over Japan Warriors on the opening day of tournament's Dubai leg on Monday.
Murray, playing in his first Davis Cup tie since 2016 and only five months after returning to the sport following career-saving hip surgery, clawed out a 6-7(7), 6-4, 7-6(5) victory
Rafael Nadal celebrated his 1,000th tour level match with a come-from-behind victory over German veteran Philipp Kohlschreiber to reach the fourth round of the Miami Open.
Rafael Nadal struggled to finish off Fabio Fognini at the Barcelona Open on Friday but eventually quelled one of his most troublesome opponents 6-2, 7-6(1) to reach the semi-finals.
The Canadian's win sets up a semi-final clash with Del Potro on Saturday that will pit power against power.
Rohan Bopanna and his Pakistani partner Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi warded off late resistance from the German-American pair of Philipp Kohlschreiber and Rajeev Ram to enter the pre-quarterfinals of the Sony Ericsson Open in Miami.
Roger Federer boasted he could finish a point at will as he reminded the tennis world of his destructive power with a 6-2, 6-1 rout of Philipp Kohlschreiber in the Monte Carlo Masters second round on Tuesday.
Doubles specialists Michael Llodra and Julien Benneteau combined to fire France into the quarter-finals of the Davis Cup Saturday with a battling four-set win over Germany's Philipp Kohlschreiber and Christopher Kas in Toulon. The victory gave the nine-times winners an unbeatable 3-0 lead in the best-of-five tie and set up a last-eight clash against champions Spain or Switzerland in July.
Indian Acres' Rafael Nadal beat UAE Royals' Roger Federer to win the last set 6-5 through a shoot-out to help the Indian team win the Delhi leg of the Indian Premier Tennis League in New Delhi on Saturday.
Newcomers Serbia clinched the World Team Cup in Duesseldorf on Saturday after winning both singles matches against hosts Germany in the final. Janko Tipsarevic gave Serbia their second, winning point when he beat Philipp Kohlschreiber 6-2, 6-4 for an unassailable 2-0 lead with the doubles rubber remaining. The Serbs, who also won all three group matches, grabbed the lead when Viktor Troicki edged past Rainer Schuettler 6-4 7-6.
Somdev Devvarman was shown the exit door in the second round of the US Open on Thursday but the Indian preferred to look on the bright side of his experience at Flushing Meadows.
Novak Djokovic had to work hard against Belgian qualifier Olivier Rochus to reach the Halle tournament final with a 7-6, 6-4 win on Saturday. The Serbian world number four will play Germany's Tommy Haas, who earlier beat Philipp Kohlschreiber in three sets.
World number four Novak Djokovic eased past Austrian Juergen Melzer 6-1, 6-4 at the Halle tournamenton Friday to set up a semi-final clash with Belgian qualifier Olivier Rochus.
Germany's Tommy Haas beat world number nine Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 6-3, 7-6 on Wednesday to book his spot in the grasscourt Halle tournament quarter-finals.
World number one Rafael Nadal was handed a walkover into the quarter-finals of the Madrid Open on Thursday when his third-round opponent Philipp Kohlschreiber was forced out of the claycourt event with a left leg injury. Nadal was joined in the last eight by world number two Roger Federer, a 6-2, 6-4 winner over James Blake, and Andy Murray, who coped well with blustery conditions in the Magic Box stadium to dispatch Spanish 16th seed Tommy Robredo 7-5, 6-1.
Mahesh Bhupathi and Mark Knowles won the euro 891,000 ATP Swiss Indoor tournament in Basel on Sunday beating Christopher Kas and Philipp Kohlschreiber of Germany.
Andy Murray misjudged the strength of the Perth sun but timed everything else to perfection as he led Britain to a 2-1 win over Germany to move a step closer to the final of the Hopman Cup mixed team event on Wednesday.
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