Beckham, Ronaldo, Messi, Nadal, Rooney, paid moving tribute to Paris victims.
A round-up of Day 1 at the French Open.
Roberto Bautista Agut predicted a great future for Jannik Sinner after going down to the Italian teenager
List of French Open men's singles champions:
'This will be my first trip to Eastbourne, I have heard great things about the tournament'
American Jack Sock clinched the last spot in the ATP Tour finals when he beat Serbian qualifier 5-7, 6-4, 6-1 to win the Paris Masters title on Sunday.
Steffi Graf acknowledged Serena Williams had achieved her success in the more competitive Open era and said she would eventually finish her career as the game's greatest player.
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.
The Australian Open men's singles final offers a rematch of the dramatic 2021 French Open final, in which Djokovic came back from two sets down to snatch the title and leave Greek Tsitsipas heartbroken.
Look who we spotted at the Flushing Meadows this year.
Steffi Graf has taken up a new role, with an Indian connection at that. The legendary German tennis star was, on Wednesday, appointed the Ayurveda brand ambassador of Kerala.
Three-time Wimbledon champion Novak Djokovic beat Canadian Vasek Pospisil 6-4, 6-3 in his first grasscourt match of the season on Wednesday to reach the third round at the Aegon International in Eastbourne.
List of French Open men's singles champions:
Djokovic will be nowhere near the centre court after losing his bid to overturn a second visa cancellation.
While Monfils's and Svitolina's relationship has blossomed, so have their respective games.
"There have been moments for optimism - plenty. And on the men's side, not as much."
Three-times Roland Garros champion Mats Wilander reflects on Day Two of the French Open.
Brad Gilbert, former coach to Andre Agassi and Andy Murray, believes Australian Bernard Tomic got off lightly for his comments about being bored at Wimbledon and could have been suspended from the game.
The 2nd major of the year, the French Open will start on the weekend. With the clay-court grand slam starting on Sunday, here is the list of French Open champions over the years
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World number one Rafael Nadal is reportedly being offered 1.1 million dollars per night to play in three of the eight matches of the inaugural International Premier Tennis League (IPTL), which has borrowed its format from the lucrative Twenty20 tournament Indian Premier League (IPL).
Here are some facts about Federer and his ranking.
Federer, who has agreed to play in the Dutch hardcourt event for the first time since 2015, currently sits on the second spot in the world rankings.
He is the first player to win an ATP tournament three times in succession on seven different occasions!
The 36-year-old Australian Open champion arrived in the Dutch port city at the weekend knowing a run to the semi-finals will move him ahead of Rafael Nadal in the ATP standings.
Five-time champion Novak Djokovic overcame a first-set spill to beat unseeded Joao Sousa of Portugal 6-4 6-1 in the third round at the Miami Open in Florida on Sunday.
Tennis great John McEnroe finds it hard to believe that Maria Sharapova was unaware she was taking a banned drug that led to her suspension, the seven-time Grand Slam champion said on Saturday.
Alexander Zverev became the first German to reach the last four at the ATP Finals for 15 years as he beat American John Isner 7-6(5), 6-3 at the O2 Arena on Friday.
Rafael Nadal dug deep to beat mercurial wildcard Nick Kyrgios 7-6(0), 5-7, 6-4 in a blockbuster quarter-final match that lived up to the hype at Indian Wells on Thursday.
List of US Open men's singles champions since the Open Era began in 1968:
Indians will forever remember Akram as the scary phenomenon with the soft smile, the man who rattled through the Indian batting order, but was rarely as hated as Waqar or Shoaib Akhtar, observes Vaibhav Raghunandan.
In the women's draw, defending champion Garbine Muguruza will play 2010 French Open winner Francesca Schiavone
Floyd Mayweather Jr. preserved his unbeaten record as a professional with a unanimous decision victory over Manny Pacquiao of the Philippines in their welterweight mega bout at theMGM Grand Garden Arena on Saturday.
Novak Djokovic won a record-equalling 20th Grand Slam title by after winning this year's Wimbledon drawing level with long-time rivals Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal.
Rafael Nadal began his year in perfect fashion with a three-set victory over Frenchman Gael Monfils in the Qatar Open in Doha on Saturday as he warms up for this month's Australian Open.
A defiant Rafael Nadal won an all-Spanish clash of the generations taming teenager Carlos Alcaraz 6-4, 4-6, 6-3 to stretch his winning run to 20 matches on Saturday and clinch a place in the Indian Wells final. He will take on American Taylor Fritz in Sunday's championship in the California desert where a victory would see the 35-year-old equal Novak Djokovic's record of 37 ATP Masters 1000 titles.
Federer looked more relieved than overjoyed when Tiafoe's forehand found the net on match point to keep his hopes of a 20th grand slam title alive.
Serbia's Novak Djokovic outclasses Russia's Andrey Rublev to set up a meeting with unseeded Tommy Paul in the semi-finals of the Australian Open on Wednesday.
List of US Open men's singles champions since the open era began in 1968:
Tennis star Stanislas Wawrinka has backed 18 time Grand Slam champion Roger Federer to become the oldest player in history to seal the world number one spot at the age of 35.
Former tennis World No 1 Steffi Graf is in India and she wasted no time in making a quick stop over at the Taj Mahal in Agra.
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