The shocking first-round exit from the French Open last week has left Mahesh Bhupathi down four rungs at 13th in the latest ATP doubles rankings issued on Monday. On the other hand, Leander Paes, who made a third-round exit in the doubles' event of the clay court Grand Slam, moved up one spot to 23rd with 1995 points.
Rafael Nadal defeated world number one Roger Federer 6-1, 6-3, 6-0 to win his fourth straight French Open title.
Spaniard Rafael Nadal withstood a late fightback by Novak Djokovic to beat the world number three 6-4, 6-2, 7-6 at the French Open on Friday and muscle his way into the final for the fourth consecutive year.
Three-times champion Rafael Nadal celebrated his 22nd birthday with a 6-1, 6-1, 6-1 demolition of fellow Spaniard Nicolas Almagro for a place in the semi-finals of the French Open on Tuesday.
World number two Ana Ivanovic raced into the quarter-finals of the French Open with a 6-0, 6-0 whitewashing of unseeded Czech Petra Cetkovska on Sunday.
The only former champion in the women's draw, Serena Williams, was ousted in the second round of the French Open.
Serena Williams beat France's Mathilde Johansson 6-2, 7-5 while Andy Murray disposed clay-specialist Jose Acasuso 6-4, 6-0, 6-4.
Three-times defending champion Rafael Nadal will hope to make a belated start to his French Open campaign on Tuesday after persistent drizzle gave him an unexpected day's rest. The heavens opened as the Spanish second seed was preparing to take to Centre Court on Monday against Brazilian qualifier Thomaz Bellucci, a man who has just one ATP Tour match win to his name so far this season.
Justine Henin's decision to call it quits earlier this month has not so much left a hole at the top of the French Open draw as a gaping chasm.
Former world number one Lleyton Hewitt will travel to Paris to begin preparations for the French Open, the Australian hoping a nagging hip injury will clear by the start of the tournament on May 25. Hewitt has not played in more than a month because of the injury and said he would give himself until the first day of the second Grand Slam of the year to decide whether he would compete.
A day after Novak Djokovic won his 23rd Grand Slam title, Serbia's Nikola Jokic was named Most Valuable Player of the NBA Finals
The Belgian, who will succeed Mauresmo as world number one, claimed the first WTA Championships.
French Tennis Federation (FFT) President Gilles Moretton described Osaka's action as a "phenomenal mistake".
A dominant Rafael Nadal arrived at one career milestone on Thursday but the speed of the Spaniard's rampage through the early rounds of the French Open suggests his eyes are fixed firmly on another more significant one.
"It was a very difficult decision as it isn't easy to leave tennis," Corretja told Spanish state television.
"Think of it from a players' perspective. Some are hoping to reach the second week of a major but some don't even make it to the first week of the event. That's tough to take.
David Ferrer and former Roland Garros champion Juan Carlos Ferrero had a bad day at the office as the Spanish contingent experienced mixed fortunes at the French Open on Saturday.
Top seeds Mahesh Bhupathi and Lizel Huber made a shock first round exit from the mixed doubles event of the French Open with a straight set defeat at the hands of Yung-Jan Chan and Eric Butorac on Saturday.
Images from Day 1 of the 2020 French Open, in Paris, on Sunday.
Rafael Nadal's 6-2, 6-2, 6-2 win over French teenager Gianni Mina looked as stress-free as it gets for the four-times Roland Garros champion but the Spaniard was far from happy on Tuesday.
Somdev Devvarman's French Open adventure ended on Sunday when he lost a topsy-turvy first round match against Swiss Marco Chiudinelli.
The French Open champion beat Fernando Verdasco 2-6, 7-6, 7-6 in three hours.
The Indo-Belgian pair beat Yves Allegro and Stanislas Wawrinka of Switzerland 6-3, 6-1
A look at how India's athletes fared on Day 2, on Sunday, July 28, 2024:
India's tennis campaign at the Paris Olympics lasted just a day as Sumit Nagal and the men's doubles pair of Rohan Bopanna and N Sriram Balaji bowed out after losing their respective opening matches to French challengers in Paris Sunday.
China's Zheng Qinwen is bidding to become the fourth woman to win Olympic gold and the US Open title in the same year
World number one Justine Henin-Hardenne will miss the Wimbledon championships later this month.
Suarez and Ruano Pascual repeated their Australian Open victory over the Russians in January to win their third consecutive grand slam title.
They were beaten 6-2 4-6 2-6 by the Argentinean pair of Juan Ignacio Chela and Gaston Gaudio.
Austrian Thiem was 6-2, 3-6, 7-5, 5-7, 4-1 up when the men's match, which had already been halted on Friday because of bad weather, was stopped.
Stefanos Tsitsipas moved into the Australian Open final on Friday, taking a step towards becoming the first Greek world number on.
Holger Rune powered past Argentine qualifier Genaro Alberto Olivieri 6-4 6-1 6-3 on Saturday to reach the French Open fourth round.
Federer will enter Sunday's Wimbledon final as top dog and he is determined to preserve his status and win an 11th Grand Slam crown.
French Open runner-up Ana Ivanovic in an exclusive interview to rediff.com's Harish Kotian.
US Olympian skier Lindsey Vonn proposed to her ice hockey player boyfriend
Fourth seed Novak Djokovic's Wimbledon preparations were thrown off course on Friday when he was upstaged by Arnaud Clement in the third round at Queen's.
The Spaniard became the first man since Bjorn Borg to win three successive titles at Roland Garros.
A frustrated Coco Gauff broke down in tears after her 7-5, 6-3 defeat by Jelena Ostapenko at the Australian Open on Sunday.
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