The Spaniard became the first man since Bjorn Borg to win three successive titles at Roland Garros.
Roger Federer reached a record eighth consecutive Grand Slam final by overcoming Nikolay Davydenko 7-5, 7-6, 7-6.
Rafael Nadal beat fellow Spaniard Carlos Moya to enter the French Open semi-finals.
The Australian said he saw nothing to change his opinion that the Spaniard is untouchable at Roland Garros.
The Spaniard plays Juan Martin del Potro of Argentina in the first round on Tuesday.
World No 1 Novak Djokovic beat defending champion Andy Murray 6-2, 3-6, 6-3 in the Madrid Open final on Sunday to capture a record 29th Masters crown.
Teenager Andy Murray, the last player to beat Roger Federer, is in awe of the records piled up by the dominant Swiss.
The yellowing obituaries are looking premature as serve-and-volley tennis creeps, with a few tweaks, towards a renaissance of sorts.
Defending champion Roger Federer beat Chile's Fernando Gonzalez 7-6, 6-4, 6-4 in the Australian Open final.
Tim Henman beat Roger Federer the last time they met at Wimbeldon, in 2001 after the Swiss eliminated Pete Sampras
The Wimbledon champion will begin his defence against the talented Richard Gasquet of France
Sporting Clube de Goa demolished Army XI 4-0 to enter the quarterfinals of the Federation Cup.
Wimbledon endured its soggiest start since 1991 on Monday with no matches completed on the first day because of rain.
The Spaniard, who has won 88 of his last 89 matches on clay, feels he still has plenty of room for improvement.
Rafael Nadal outmuscled Tommy Robredo for his 47th consecutive claycourt victory.
Rafael Nadal extended his winning streak on clay to 46 after he edged out fellow Spaniard Nicolas Almagro at the Barcelona Open.
Rafael Nadal started his defence of the Barcelona Open with a 6-4, 6-2 win over Feliciano Lopez.
The victory gave the Swiss his third consecutive Halle Open title and extended his winning streak on grass to 29 matches.
India witnessed another fruitful day at the Canada Open as all its shuttlers, including Ajay Jayaram and H S Prannoy, entered the third round of the $55,000 Grand Prix badminton tournament, in Calgary, Canada.
The defending champion battled back from 4-6, 1-4 down to set up a semi-final against unseeded Spaniard Nicolas Almagro, who upset 10th seed Juan Carlos Ferrero at the Barcelona Open.
Novak Djokovic has vowed not to become over-confident as he seeks to extend a 15-match winning streak when he returns to action in Dubai, his first tournament since winning a sixth Australian Open title last month.
Rafael Nadal has broken lots of records in his career but they do not matter to the Spaniard, who on Wednesday strolled into the French Open semi-finals after compatriot Pablo Carreno Busta quit with an injury less than an hour into the match.
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A dominant NorthEast United FC scored two late goals to beat Delhi Dynamos 2-0 in their Indian Super League football match.
American Andy Roddick and Briton Greg Rusedski will be going head-to-head on Centre Court in the race to hit the world's first 150 miles per hour (241.4 kph) serve.
The United States beat Paraguay 1-0 and advanced to the quarter-finals of the Copa America as Group A winners on Saturday after Costa Rica stunned already-qualified Colombia 3-2.
Spanish top seed Juan-Carlos Ferrero retained his crown at the Monte Carlo Masters with a 6-2, 6-2 win over Argentina's Guillermo Coria.
'I mean, that was one thing that I promised myself coming on to the court today, that I need to stay calm and composed, because I knew that the atmosphere would be as it was'
With Wimbledon scrapped due to the pandemic, a flashback of some of the best moments from the last five championships at SW19.
Ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to the United States, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj held bilateral meetings with foreign ministers of seven countries, including the United Kingdom, on the sidelines of the 69th session of the United Nations General Assembly on Wednesday.
Martina Hingis, fresh off her induction into the International Tennis Hall of Fame, will end a nearly six-year retirement to play doubles at next week's Southern California Open, the WTA said on Tuesday.
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