Russia's Daniil Medvedev remarkably reached his ninth final of the season as he defeated Stefanos Tsitsipas 7-6(5), 7-5 at the Shanghai Masters on Saturday.
Yuki Bhambri went down fighting to top seed Australia's Jordan Thompson 5-7, 6-3, 5-7 in the singles final of the Chennai Open ATP Challenger, in Chennai, on Saturday.
Dominic Thiem will clash with Serbia's Novak Djokovic in the men's singles final of the Australian Open. The Austrian made the title round with a 3-6, 6-4, 7-6(3), 7-6(4) victory Germany's Alexander Zverev in the second semi-final at Melbourne Park on Friday. Djokovic beat great rival Roger Federer 7-6(1), 6-4, 6-3 in the first semi-final on Thursday.
Daniil Medvedev handed Novak Djokovic his first loss of the year, defeating the world no. 1 6-4, 6-4 in Dubai.
Mahesh Bhupathi and Rohan Bopanna sealed a place in the semi-finals at the ATP World Tour Finals after getting the better of the second-ranked Belarusian-Canadian pair of Max Mirnyi and Daniel Nestor at the O2 Arena in London on Friday. In a tense Group B match that could have gone either way, the world No 5 Indian duo prevailed 7-6(5), 6-7(5), 10-5 in an hour and 55 minutes.
Leander Paes and his American partner Scott Lipsky advanced to the finals of ATP Heiniken Open in Auckland, New Zealand but it was curtains for Mahesh Bhupathi and Mark Knowles at the Sydney International after they lost in the doubles semi-finals on Friday.
The Indian team of Mahesh Bhupathi and Rohan Bopanna on Friday reached the semi-finals of the ATP Madrid Masters after scoring a hard-earned win over Aisam-ul-haq Qureshi and Jean-Julien Rojer.
India's Mahesh Bhupathi and his partner Mark Knowles of Bahamas stormed into the final of the $1,401,000 ATP Dubai Tennis Championships with a straight set thrashing of second seeds Simon Aspelin and Julian Knowle. Bhupathi and Knowles, seeded fourth, scripted a resounding 6-2, 6-0 victory over the Swedish-Austrian combination and will now face third-seeded Czech pair of Martin Damm and Pavel Vizner.
The third seeded Indian pair of Divij Sharan and Purav Raja made it to the quarter-finals in the ATP Challenger event in Furth, Germany, after a hard-earned victory in the opening round. Left-handed Divij and Raja defeated Andrej Martin of Slovak Republic and Hans Podlipnik-Castillo of Chile 6-3, 1-6, 10-8 in the first round of the euro 30,000 clay-court event.
Spanish teenager Carlos Alcaraz won his second ATP Masters 1000 title at the Madrid Open after defeating defending champion Alexander Zverev 6-3, 6-1 in front of his home crowd on Sunday.
Top seed Karan Rastogi and No 6 Yuki Bhambri, both of India, registered comfortable second round victories to ease into the quarter-finals of the CCI-ITF US$15,000 men's Futures tennis tournament at the Cricket Club of India, in Mumbai, on Wednesday.
Roger Federer chalked up yet another record when victory over Janko Tipsarevic at the ATP World Tour Finals on Tuesday put him top of the list for match wins at the traditional season-ender. The 17-times Grand Slam champion cruised to a 6-3, 6-1 victory over the Serbian world number nine, taking his haul of victims in the event to 40, one more than Ivan Lendl.
Rohan Bopanna is one step away from winning his second ATP doubles title of the season after making the final of the Atlanta Tennis Championships in USA, along with partner Kristof Vliegen.
Penpix of the top men's contenders at the 2021 French Open which begins on Sunday:
Mahesh Bhupathi and Max Mirnyi stunned top seeds Lukasz Kubot and Oliver Marach in straight sets to storm into the doubles final of the Valencia Open.
Novak Djokovic held off a fightback by American Mardy Fish to win the Pacific Life Open final 6-2, 5-7, 6-3.
Jack Sock became the first American to reach the last four of the ATP Finals in 10 years when he stunned world number three Alexander Zverev in a firecracker of a match on Thursday.
Anderson, a member of the ATP Player Council, said he felt it was a matter of time before the final-set tiebreak came in.
Rafa Nadal and Roger Federer set the stage for a grand finale to the men's season on Saturday when they demonstrated just what seperates them from the bunch to seal a dream final at the ATP World Tour Finals.
Roger Federer swept aside Spain's David Ferrer 6-1, 6-4 in Nasdaq-100 Open semi-final
The Indian pair of Harsh Mankad and Ashutosh Singh pulled off an upset and tamed second seeds Adam Feeney and Purav Raja in straight sets to move into the final of the men's doubles event in the ATP Challenger tennis tournament in New Delhi on Thursday
India's Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupathi suffered a 6-7(6), 1-6 defeat to Sweden's Robert Lindstedt and Horia Tecau of Romania in their first round Group A match of the Barclays ATP World Tour Finals, in London, on Monday.
Indian tennis ace Leander Paes and his German partner Andre Begemann entered the finals of the St Petersburg Open by clinching a straight-sets victory against the Russian pair of Mikhail Elgin and Alexander Kudryavtsev in the men's doubles event on Friday.
Thiem blazed 50 winners, many of them jaw-dropping backhands, to beat Djokovic
Andy Roddick battled past feisty Argentine Guillermo Coria to book the last semi-final berth at the ATP Masters Cup.
Carlos Alcaraz heralded the changing of the guard in men's tennis as he ended Novak Djokovic's long reign at Wimbledon
Juan Martin del Potro survived a tight tussle to squeeze past Swede Robin Soderling 6-7, 6-3, 7-6. He will Nikolay Davydenko, who ended seven years of pain against Roger Federer on Saturday, beating the world number one 6-2, 4-6, 7-5 to reach the final of the ATP World Tour Finals for a second successive year.
Nikolay Davydenko sealed the last semi-final berth at the ATP World Tour Finals on Friday, claiming the victory he needed over Robin Soderling, to send 2008 champion Novak Djokovic spinning out of the tournament.
IMAGES from the Australian Open matches played on Wednesday.
Somdev Devvarman earned himself a good chance to win his first ever ATP title after reaching the doubles final of the Farmer's Classic along with Treat Conrad Huey with a hard fought three-set win over Israeli pair of Jonathan Erlich and Andy Ram.
The top seeded Indo-Belarussian pair defeated Jiri Novak\n\nand Petr Pala of the Czech Republic 6-3 6-2 in the semifinals,\n\naccording to information reaching here.
Nadal, whose last grasscourt final came at Wimbledon in 2011, has dropped to 10th in the ATP rankings after a difficult year in which he has won only a single title.
Defending champion Roger Federer guaranteed his place in the last four of the ATP World Tour Finals with a straight-sets win over Spain's David Ferrer on Thursday.
Second-seeded James Blake, hunting his first ATP title in six months, booked his place in the Los Angeles Classic final with a 6-3, 4-6, 6-3 victory over South Korea's Lee Hyung-taik on Saturday.
Indian tennis stars Sania Mirza and Rohan Boapnna, who enjoyed good runs on the Pro circuit last week, bowed out of the second Adelaide ATP and WTA tournaments after first round defeats with their respective partners, on Tuesday.
David Ferrer has ensured Spanish representation at the ATP World Tour finals by booking his place at the eight-man finale taking place in London for the fourth year next month.
Novak Djokovic's star still burns bright as he returns to Melbourne Park in search of a record seventh Australian Open title.
Former world number one Rafael Nadal displayed more signs of a return to top form with a ruthless 6-2, 6-1 hammering of Stanislas Wawrinka to reach the semi-finals of the Shanghai Masters on Friday.
With Sunday's win, the world number one took his Grand Slam tally to 18, just two shy of Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal's men's record of 20.
IMAGES from Day 6 of the French Open at Roland Garros in Paris on Friday.
