Italy's Matteo Arnaldi produced a sensational performance to take out sixth seed Andrey Rublev and reach the last 16 of the French Open on Friday.
World No 2 Tennis star, Maria Sharapova, has confirmed that she is dating the highly-rated Bulgarian fellow player Grigor Dimitrov.
Novak Djokovic's erratic form, Rafael Nadal's fitness woes and untimely injuries to top-ranked youngsters have set up an uncertain French Open men's tournament
The players celebrated with their families and loved ones in the stadium as each player lifted and kissed the trophy that had Real Madrid etched on it.
Marcin Matkowski and Mariusz Fyrstenberg beat fourth seeds Mahesh Bhupathi and Mark Knowles 6-4, 6-2 in the final of the Madrid Masters.
Inter Milan escaped Etihad Stadium with a surprise 0-0 draw against Manchester City in the Champions League on Wednesday.
Manchester City have one just victory from their last 10 games across all competitions.
Here is a quick glance of all the highs and lows from Nadal's stupendous career:
World number one Novak Djokovic has withdrawn from next week's Madrid Open for a second consecutive year to rest before the Rome Masters and the French Open, organisers of the clay Masters event said on Wednesday.
Zverev and Rublev among dark horses for French Open
Alcaraz has been seen as fellow Spaniard Rafael Nadal's successor on the Paris clay.
Ferrer, 37, announced earlier in the year he would end his 19-year career at the Madrid Open and prolonged his time on court by a day by beating Roberto Bautista Agut on Tuesday, but was easily overpowered by world number four Zverev.
Argentine David Nalbandian extended his perfect record against Rafael Nadal by crushing the world number two 6-4, 6-0 in the final of the Paris Masters Series tournament on Sunday.
Andy Murray had his wedding ring tied to his shoelace.
Osaka survives test to reach last 16
Images from Day 2 of the 2024 French Open at Roland Garros in Paris on Monday.
Swiatek downs Gauff to meet Sabalenka in Italian Open final
Men's governing body ATP on Monday unveiled a revised system for calculating world rankings when the season resumes in August following a five-month suspension due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Traditionally the ATP rankings operates on a formula of 18 best results over 52 weeks but will now cover a 22-month period from March 2019 through December 2020.
World number one Andy Murray beat Romanian Marius Copil 6-4, 6-3 to reach the third round of the Madrid Open on Tuesday.
A red hot Rafael Nadal ended a seven-match losing streak against Novak Djokovic in emphatic fashion by thrashing the world number two 6-2, 6-4 on Saturday to reach the final of the Madrid Open and move within a step of a third consecutive clay-court title.
Indian tennis ace Sania Mirza and her Swiss doubles partner, Martina Hingis, have booked their place in the semi-finals of the Italian Open after securing a straight sets win in the women's doubles event in Rome on Friday.
Murray to practise with Djokovic in Rome before return from injury.
The odds of the Federer twins winning a Wimbledon doubles title in the future have dramatically shortened after Roger Federer and his wife Mirka announced the birth of a second set of twins on Tuesday.
Former world number one Roger Federer has pulled out of this week's Madrid Open with a back injury.
The world's top tennis players will swap rackets for game controllers this month after organisers of the cancelled Madrid Open said they will stage a virtual competition to raise funds for struggling professionals amid the coronavirus shutdown.
Rafael Nadal claimed a fifth title since his return from injury when the Spanish world number five dismissed 15th-seeded Swiss Stanislas Wawrinka 6-2, 6-4 to win the Madrid Open on Sunday.
Andy Murray's latest bid for a maiden clay title ended when he fell to Tomas Berdych in the Madrid Open quarter-finals on Friday, leaving Rafa Nadal as the only member of the 'big four' still alive at the Masters event.
Twice finalist Ruud overcomes Davidovich Fokina test
Eleven days after beating Federer in the Madrid Masters final, the unseeded Argentine beat the elegant Swiss in the third round of the Paris Masters.
American twins Bob and Mike Bryan added another accolade to their lengthy resume after taking the Shanghai Masters men's doubles title on Sunday to become the first pair to win all nine ATP World Tour Masters 1000 tournaments.
Predicting Rafael Nadal's downfall as he prepares to try and win a record-extending 10th French Open title is disrespectful to the Spaniard, double Roland Garros champion Maria Sharapova said on Friday.
The struggle of Indian women shuttlers on the BWF circuit is quite apparent, but Saina Nehwal backs her colleagues by saying that even the strong Chinese players are finding it difficult to dish out strong performances on a consistent basis and expressed hope that the lean patch of the singles players will end soon.
Argentine David Nalbandian crushed local favourite Richard Gasquet while world number two Rafael Nadal. beat Cypriot Marcos Baghdatis in the semi-finals.
The Indo-Czech pair lost to Poland's Mariusz Fyrstenberg and Marcin Matkowski at the Madrid Masters.
Leander Paes now stands 11th in the individual category of ATP Doubles Entry Rankings released on Monday.
David Nalbandian beat world number three Novak Djokovic 6-4, 7-6 to enter his first final of the year.
Andy Murray eased into the second round of the St Petersburg Open with a 6-3, 6-3 win over Serbia's Viktor Troicki.
World No 1 Roger Federer book his place in the semi-finals of the Madrid Masters with a clinical win over unseeded American Robby Ginepri.
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