Rafael Nadal posted a 7-6, 6-4 win over Andy Murray to claim a place in the quarter-finals of the Madrid Masters.
Clay master Rafa Nadal tamed big-serving American John Isner 7-5, 6-4 to claim a place in the last eight of the Madrid Open on Thursday and was joined by Roger Federer and Andy Murray.
Andy Roddick and Juan Carlos Ferrero will contest the Cincinnati Masters final on Sunday.
In singles, Sumit Nagal was placed at world No. 256 as the top-ranked Indian men's singles player in ATP Rankings, while Asian Games bronze medallist Ankita Raina was the best India women's singles player at world No. 212.
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Third and fourth seeds Nikolay Davydenko and Guillermo Coria were eliminated in the Madrid Masters.
They will either face Bhupathi-Damm or the Bryan brothers in the second round of the Madrid Masters.
HS Prannoy, who occupies the 8th spot, is the best ranked Indian in the men's singles while Lakshya Sen and Kidambi Srikanth are placed 19th and 20th respectively.
Rohan Bopanna clinched the coveted No. 1 spot in men's doubles at the Australian Open 2024
Former U.S. Open champion Juan Martin del Potro will play at the French Open starting this weekend, the Argentine said on Tuesday.
World number one Rafa Nadal began his quest for a third claycourt title in a month with a 6-1, 6-3 drubbing of unseeded Cypriot Marcos Baghdatis in the Madrid Masters second round Wednesday.
World number four Andy Murray pulled out of the Barcelona Open on Tuesday due to an elbow injury.
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Saturday's match between Djokovic and Nadal will be the 50th between the two great rivals, who have won a combined 26 Grand Slam titles.
Germany's Alexander Zverev won the battle of the young guns against Denis Shapovalov on Saturday to set up a Madrid Open final against Austria's Dominic Thiem.
Rafa Nadal avoided a similar fate to beaten World No 1 Novak Djokovic when he dismissed French young gun Benoit Paire 6-3, 6-4 to claim a place in the third round of the Madrid Open on Wednesday.
'Whilst I feel fit and healthy, I would like to give it a go.'
Top-ranked Iga Swiatek cruised past Veronika Kudermetova in the semi-final of the Madrid Open to set up a second straight final showdown with world number two Aryna Sabalenka.
Andy Murray has lost the world number two spot to Roger Federer in the latest ATP rankings released on Monday, after his defeat to Novak Djokovic in the Madrid Masters final.
Austrian Dominic Thiem beat Kevin Anderson for the first time at the seventh attempt to reach the Madrid Open final for the second successive year on Saturday.
Australian Open champion Stanislas Wawrinka crashed to a shock second-round defeat at the Madrid Open on Tuesday when he was upset 1-6, 6-2, 6-4 by qualifier Dominic Thiem.
Battling an inconsistent form, double Olympic medallist PV Sindhu on Tuesday slipped five places to world number 17 in the latest BWF world rankings.
Rafael Nadal consolidated his flying start to the clay-court season by taking a record-extending fifth Madrid Open title on Sunday, battling past a determined Dominic Thiem to win 7-6(10-8), 6-4.
Roger Federer advanced to the third round of the Madrid Masters on Wednesday with a 6-3, 7-6 win over Czech Radek Stepanek.
Newly-crowned Canada Open champion Lakshya Sen will hope to continue his winning momentum while beginning his campaign at the US Open Super 300 badminton tournament.
Rafael Nadal enjoyed the perfect fillip ahead of his French Open defence with a commanding 7-5, 6-3 victory over world number one Novak Djokovic in the delayed Rome Masters final on Monday.
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Third seeds Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupathi crashed out of the Rome Masters after being outplayed in the super tie-breaker by Americas Sam Querrey and John Isner in the second round. The ace Indian pair was beaten 3-6, 6-3, 5-10 by their unseeded opponents in 72 minutes.
Defending champion Roger Federer became the second high-profile casualty at the Madrid Open when he was beaten 6-4, 1-6, 6-2 by Japanese 14th seed Kei Nishikori in the third round.
Top seed Andy Murray reached the St Petersburg Open semi-finals with a 7-6, 7-5 win over Serbia's Janko Tipsarevic on Friday. In Saturday's semi-final, he will face third-seeded Spaniard Fernando Verdasco, whom he soundly beat in last year's final.
Slovakia's Dominik Hrbaty thrashed Russian sixth seed Dmitry Tursunov 6-1, 6-1 in the first round of the St Petersburg Open.
Roger Federer recovered to beat Germany's Michael Berrer 6-1, 3-6, 6-3 in the first round of the Swiss Indoors.
Unseeded Argentine David Nalbandian inflicted a shock 6-1, 6-2 defeat on world number two Rafael Nadal in the Madrid Masters on Friday to earn a semi-final showdown with young Serb Novak Djokovic.
World number two Roger Federer has surpassed Pete Sampras to become the all-time leader in career prize money earnings in men's tennis, the ATP said on Thursday. The five-times US Open champion took his career earnings to over US $ 43.3 million at the Madrid Masters this week.
Mahesh Bhupathi and partner Mark Knowles of The Bahamas moved into the quarter-finals of the euro 2,270,000 Madrid Masters after their opponents, Spaniards Rafael Nadal and Carlos Moya, opted out of the contest due to a lower back injury to the world No 1.
Czech Republic's Jiri Vesely pulled off a huge upset at the Monte Carlo Masters after knocking out defending champion and World No 1 Novak Djokovic at Roquebrune-Cap-Martin, France, on Wednesday.
David Nalbandian held his nerve to beat Swede Robin Soderling 6-2, 5-7, 6-3 on Sunday and win the Stockholm Open.
A stellar season thus far has propelled the 43-year-old into the top 15.
Sania Mirza and her Swiss partner Martina Hingis progressed through to the quarter-finals of the Italian Open with a straight sets victory in the women's doubles event in Rome.
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