Croat Ivo Karlovic beat Marat Safin 6-3, 6-4 in the first round of the Madrid Masters.
Andy Murray sought on Sunday to play down his comments that corruption was commonplace in tennis during the build-up to the Madrid Masters tournament.
Clay maestro Rafa Nadal was in cruise control in the latest phase of his French Open build-up while Robin Soderling, the man who ended the Spaniard's Roland Garros reign, crashed out of the Madrid Open on Wednesday.
The world number one registered a crushing 6-4, 6-0 victory in the semi-finals of the Madrid Masters.
The Indo-American pair lost to the Israel's Jonathan Erlich and Andy Ram in straight sets at the Madrid Masters.
Here is a quick glance of all the highs and lows from Nadal's stupendous career:
Newspaper allegations surfaced on Sunday saying that some players had thrown matches for financial gain.
Women's No 1 Serena Williams remained on track for her 60th career title as she powered past Peng Shuai 6-2, 6-3 while Rafael Nadal launched the defence of his Madrid Open title.
Paes and Nenad Zimonjic entered the semi-finals of the Madrid Masters beating Mahesh Bhupathi and Martin Damm on Friday.
The Indo-Czech pair thus set up a second round clash with Leander Paes and Nenad Zimonjic.
World number seven Juan Martin del Potro has withdrawn from next week's Madrid Open because of a viral infection, organisers said on Friday.
Swiatek downs Gauff to meet Sabalenka in Italian Open final
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.
Andre Agassi beat Spain's Tommy Robredo while Marat Safin knocked out Peruvian Luis Horna at the Madrid Masters.
India's Rohan Bopanna and Romania's Florin Mergea won their second title of the season together.
The Indo-Romanian pair won 6-3, 6-7(6), 10-7 over the second seeded Polish-Serbian combination win in the super tie-breaker in a battle that lasted just over one hour.
Images from Day 2 of the 2024 French Open at Roland Garros in Paris on Monday.
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.
Four of Nadal's closest rivals failed to make the last 16, however, as third seed Ivan Ljubicic, fifth seed Nikolay Davydenko, eighth seed James Blake and ninth seed Marcos Baghdatis were upset in their ties.
Ferrero brushed aside Thailand's Paradorn Srichaphan 6-4 6-2, a result that will be enough to keep him on top of the world rankings.
Spain's Feliciano Lopez sent the Australian ninth seed spinning out of the Madrid Masters on a night of surprises.
Manchester City have one just victory from their last 10 games across all competitions.
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.
Sania Mirza and Martina Hingis of Switzerland stormed into the semi-finals of the Rome Masters with a straight-set victory over Julia Goerges and Silvia Soler-Espinosa on Thursday.
Liverpool came into Saturday's Champions League final against Real Madrid on a wave of confidence but Zinedine Zidane's side showed exactly why they are the masters of Europe's top club competition in their 3-1 win.
'Whilst I feel fit and healthy, I would like to give it a go.'
Rafa Nadal reasserted his dominance over Roger Federer on clay and laid down a marker for the French Open when he overwhelmed his arch rival 6-4, 7-6 in the final of the Madrid Open on Sunday. Federer beat Nadal in last year's final before going on to claim the French Open and Wimbledon crowns and snatching back the world number one ranking from the Spaniard.
World number one Rafael Nadal set a new record of winning 50 consecutive sets on a single surface by beating Argentine Diego Schwartzman 6-3, 6-4 on Thursday to reach the Madrid Open quarter-finals.
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.
Roger Federer inflicted a rare claycourt defeat on his great rival Rafael Nadal on Sunday when he beat the world number one 6-4, 6-4 in the Madrid Open final. Nadal was bidding to become the first man to win all three claycourt Masters Series events in one year after his victories in Monte Carlo and Rome but slipped to only his fifth loss on his favoured surface in 155 matches since 2005.
Roger Federer won the inaugural Istanbul Open on Sunday, beating third seed Pablo Cuevas 6-3, 7-6 (11) for his first clay title in three years.
