'After two knee operations and more than a year of rehabilitation, it's important that I listen to my body and not rush back into competition.'
Images from the Olympics tennis action at the Roland Garros, Paris, on Wednesday.
World number one Carlos Alcaraz faces a potential quarter-final clash with old foe Jannik Sinner in his US Open title defence, and American Coco Gauff is on a collision course with defending champion Iga Swiatek on the women's side.
The former world number two, Alexander Zverev has repeatedly rejected the claims by his former girlfriend Brenda Patea that she was a victim of bodily harm during an argument in 2020, his lawyers have said.
Monfils was playing in his first match in nearly seven months after the season resumed following the COVID-19 hiatus.
Images from Day 2 of the 2023 US Open at Flushing Meadows in New York on Tuesday.
Wild card Caroline Wozniacki, another former champion and returning mother, will play 20th seed Magda Linette.
The Spaniard needed less than 90 minutes to dispatch the 23rd seed from Italy
Federer decided to end his Roland Garros campaign on Sunday, a day after winning a gruelling third-round match against Dominik Koepfer.
The 20-time Grand Slam champion smoothly pressed the accelerator to take the tiebreak and outclassed Cilic in the fourth set to claim a 6-2, 2-6, 7-6 (4), 6-2 win.
Novak Djokovic threw his racket on the ground, drawing a warning from the chair umpire.
In the women's draw, Angelique Kerber was knocked out in a 6-3, 6-1 defeat to Czech Katerina Siniakova while Coco Gauf won her first ever match on clay.
Images from Day 7 of the 2021 French Open at Roland Garros in Paris on Saturday.
Nadal committed 30 unforced errors to Schwartzman's 17 and had his serve broken five times.
The 20-times Grand Slam champion suggested after the third-round clash which ended past midnight that he could preserve himself for Wimbledon which begins on June 28.
'My arm has been -- I have had an issue there for quite a while now. It has gotten bigger in the last couple of weeks, so I'm just trying to protect it.'
Brady was sidelined by knee and foot injuries since the summer of 2021
Professional sports events in Italy have been played without fans since March due to the COVID-19 pandemic but sports minister Vincenzo Spadafora said fans would be allowed to attend the closing stages of the tournament on Sunday and Monday.
A summary of Wednesday's action at the US Open.
Favourites Russia Tennis Federation opened their Davis Cup Finals campaign with a resounding victory over Ecuador, Britain began with a win against France and Italy eased into the quarter-finals with a win over Colombia on Saturday.
While Medvedev said he was "lucky" he felt better and could continue his match to advance, Spain's Paula Badosa gave up.
No Italian man has won a Grand Slam since Adriano Panatta triumphed at Roland Garros in 1976 and if there is any chance that Sinner, Musetti or Berrettini will lift the Musketeers Cup this year, they will face their biggest obstacles in the next round when they take on the might of Nadal, Djokovic and Federer respectively.
Images from Day 1 of the 2020 French Open in Paris on Sunday.
IMAGES from Day 8 of the action at the US Open at USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center at Flushing Meadows in New York on Monday.
Images from Day 3 of the Australian Open in Melbourne on Wednesday.
Images from Day 7 at the US Open.
A summary of the first day's play at the US Open.
The fifth-seeded Ukrainian reached her second straight Grand Slam semi-final after also making the last four at Wimbledon in July.
IMAGES from the US Open matches played on Day 1 at the Flushing Meadows in New York on Monday.
Images from Day 1 at the Australian Open.
Images from Day 5 of the 2021 French Open, in Paris, on Thursday.
Images from Day 2 of the Australian Open in Melbourne on Tuesday
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