Verdasco questions French Open COVID-19 testing protocols after withdrawal
Shapovalov pulls out of French Open.
The 6-foot-5 frame of Matteo Berrettini will be standing in the way of Novak Djokovic's relentless pursuit of hoarding as many tennis milestones as possible when the two meet in a Wimbledon final where both men will be eyeing the record books.
Australian Nick Kyrgios produced another extraordinary performance to demolish compatriot Alex de Minaur 6-2, 6-3 at the Canadian Masters on Thursday, a day after stunning world number one Daniil Medvedev.
Defending champion Simona Halep pulled out of Wimbledon on Friday after failing to recover from a calf injury she suffered last month, the world number three Romanian said.
Images from Day 9 of the Wimbledon 2022 Championships at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in London, on Tuesday.
French Open champion Rafael Nadal has said he nearly ended his season after being forced to withdraw from the Indian Wells semi-finals with a knee injury in March.
Barbora Krejcikova claimed her maiden Grand Slam title when she beat Russian Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova
Images from the 2022 Wimbledon Championships at the All England Club in London on Sunday.
Images from Monday's action at the French Open.
IMAGES from Day 7 of the French Open, at Roland Garros, on Saturday.
Djokovic said he was '50-50' about competing at the Tokyo Olympics
It was unclear exactly what happened to world number 76 Musetti whose stylish game was threatening to send Djokovic to his earliest Roland Garros exit since 2009.
Images from Day 10 of the 2020 French Open, at Roland Garros, in Paris.
Images from Day 10 of the 2021 French Open at Roland Garros in Paris on Tuesday.
Images from Day 10 of the 2022 Australian Open in Melbourne on Wednesday.
The two great rivals meet at Roland Garros for the first time in eight years in Friday's tie.
Monfils was playing in his first match in nearly seven months after the season resumed following the COVID-19 hiatus.
'Neither I nor members of my team have symptoms of coronavirus. We carry out tests regularly. We will quarantine ourselves in accordance with current procedures'
Rafael Nadal is hunting a record-extending and almost unbelievable 12th Roland Garros title is remarkable in itself.
Rafael Nadal is tied with Roger Federer as the player with the most men's singles majors and the Spaniard can now overtake his great rival who has skipped the Australian Open.
Most of the estimated 70 million euros net earnings from the claycourt Grand Slam tournament are spent on helping French tennis.
Yet the warrior-like instincts kicked in and we were all reminded that Nadal, as long as he is standing, remains a physical and psychological force of nature on a tennis court.
The 2011 US Open champion could not wait to join her friend for the 'Barty Party'.
Djokovic did not play badly in the final but it took him 55 minutes before he registered his first game in what turned out to be a mauling.
Nadal plays Berrettini in one semifinal, knowing he's potentially two match wins from a 21st major title.
Jamie Murray criticises French Open doubles prize money cut, hotel conditions.
Djokovic will need to win in Tokyo and then the US Open later this year to achieve the feat that has so far only been accomplished by Steffi Graf in 1988.
Serena said she felt 'pretty fresh' ahead of the claycourt swing as she prepares for the French Open
'And for me to just be hitting a tennis ball in the United States right now and have people come and watch me play ... I would want to be myself in this situation rather than anyone else in the world.'
Sunday's final was an intense contest as nerves played their part, with 10 of the 22 games going against serve.
Novak Djokovic has suffered more than his fair share of heartache against Rafael Nadal at the French Open but Sunday's final offers him a chance to dethrone the claycourt king.
According to the trophy, though, there was also an Australian champion in 1976.
A summary of Sunday's action at the US Open.
Serena Williams has never been one to take too much notice of convention.
The 20-year-old Korda, son of 1992 runner-up Petr, had enjoyed a dream run in his first Tour-level event on clay and was up against his idol -- the man he named his cat after.
Osaka had pulled out of the French Open citing mental health and revealed that she suffered long bouts of depression since the US Open in 2018.
Petra Kvitova withdrew from the French Open before her first round match, on Monday, due to an injury to her forearm but the Czech is hopeful she will be able to compete at Wimbledon.
'I'm writing this to say I'm not going to do any press during Roland Garros,' Osaka tweeted
Novak Djokovic was unexpectedly beaten by fifth-ranked Alexander Zverev, quashing his hopes of winning an Olympic singles gold medal, the only major honour missing from his long list of accolades.
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