Defending champion Jannik Sinner defeated Daniel Altmaier to avenge a loss two years ago at the French Open as he marched into the third round of the Shanghai Masters with a 6-3, 6-3 victory over the German.
'The only reason I come back is because of the love you (fans) give me'
Germany beat Canada 2-0 on Wednesday to reach the Davis Cup semi-finals where they will face the Netherlands who advanced with a stunning upset of hosts Spain.
'Everyone is tense. It's the last slam of the season. Your last chance to go deep at a slam for a while.'
Singles wins for Botic Van de Zandschulp and Tallon Griekspoor sparked a party amongst an army of orange-clad Dutch fans inside the Jose Maria Martin Carpena arena.
Defending champions Iga Swiatek and Carlos Alcaraz powered into the second round of the French Open on Monday.
Top seed Carlos Alcaraz of Spain and No. 8 seed Hubert Hurkacz of Poland will clash in the ABN Amro Open semi-finals on Saturday after both posted victories on Friday in Rotterdam, Netherlands.
Top seed Taylor Fritz of the United States was beaten by Spanish eighth seed Alejandro Davidovich Fokina in the quarter-finals.
Playing non-stop tennis, Nagal secured his ninth win on the trot since the start of the Heilbronn Challenger in Germany that he had won earlier this month.
Safiullin upsets Muller, Moutet through in Mallorca
IMAGES from Day 4 of the French Open played at Roland Garros on Wednesday
Twice finalist Ruud overcomes Davidovich Fokina test
Indo-Dutch pair had no trouble in dispatching the lower-ranked home combo 6-4, 6-1 in the opening round.
Ramkumar Ramanathan partnered with American Hunter Reese won his first main draw win at a Grand Slam at Rolland Garros on Wednesday
'So to have a person by your side that you love and can comfortably and mutually and reciprocally talk about tennis in our case, I think it's a breath of fresh air.'
Images from Day 5 of the 2025 Australian Open at Melbourne Park on Thursday.
The 18-year-old Rune broke world number three Zverev four times in a flawless performance for his first win over a player in the ATP top-10
Carlos Alcaraz stayed on course for his fourth title of 2023 by powering into the semi-finals of the Madrid Open.
IMAGES from Day 5 of the French Open at Roland Garros in Paris on Thursday.
Dominic Thiem defeated qualifier Facundo Bagnis of Argentina 6-4, 7-5 in the first round of the Plava Laguna Croatia Open Umag
Brady was sidelined by knee and foot injuries since the summer of 2021
Images from Day 2 of the 2024 French Open at Roland Garros in Paris on Monday.
Images from Day 1 of the Australian Open in Melbourne on Monday.
IMAGES from Day 7 of the French Open, at Roland Garros, on Saturday.
Images from Day 9 of the 2020 French Open at Roland Garros, in Paris, on Monday.
Fans starved of live tennis action on TV will be able to watch the matches via a live stream on Tennis Channel's new Over-the-Top (OTT) platform -- Tennis Channel International or via Tennis Channel's.
Former Davis Cup captain Anand Amritraj is baffled that India's best singles players are not able to win close matches on the ATP World Tour despite having a decent game to back them.
After his match, Majchrzak revealed that he developed the habit of playing drop shots in his early tennis days.
IMAGES from matches on Day 4 of the US Open at Flushing Meadows in New York on Thursday.
IMAGES from Day 8 of the French Open, at Roland Garros, on Sunday.
Summary of sports events and persons who made news on Tuesday
IMAGES from Day 1 of the Wimbledon Championships played on Monday.
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