Scattered fans in the open-air stadium, at best a quarter full, wore puffer jackets and blankets, clearly backing the home favourite with occasional cheers and fist bumps.
The German world number seven claimed his first ATP crown of the year after besting Canada's Felix Auger-Aliassime 6-3, 6-3 to win the bett1HULKS Indoor title at the same venue last Sunday.
'I have so much to look forward to in 2021, including the Olympics'
Giovanni Bartocci stood outside Billie Jean King National Tennis Center on Saturday shouting encouragement - and eventually employing a microphone and loudspeaker - as the Italian dismantled opponent Casper Ruud in straight sets on Court 17.
Sabalenka overpowers Raducanu, Osaka falls
Aussie Millman loves the support that he gets in Melbourne.
Drained Medvedev pulls out of home tournament in Moscow
Andy Murray returned to the All England Club in the men's doubles on Thursday and eased into the second round with French partner Pierre-Hugues Herbert.
The unseeded Indo-Canadian pair defeated their fancied rivals 6-3, 3-6, 10-5 in a round of 16 tie of the ATP Masters 1000 event.
Andy Murray battled past Romanian qualifier Marius Copil 6-3, 6-7(7), 6-4 at the European Open in Antwerp on Friday to reach his first singles semi-final in two years.
Serbian Dusan Lajovic beat Andy Murray at the Miami Open on Wednesday, sending the Briton packing in the first round with his first hardcourt win of the season.
Images from Day 3 of the Wimbledon tennis championships played in London, on Wednesday.
Murray knocked out by Fritz in Washington
Images from Day 6 of the 2023 Australian Open at Melbourne Park on Saturday.
Novak Djokovic eased into the last four with a commanding performance over Japan's Kei Nishikori but world number two Daniil Medvedev bowed out of the men's singles at the Tokyo Olympics.
Top seed Simona Halep came back from a set down for the third time in the tournament to beat Kazakhstan's rising star Elena Rybakina 3-6, 6-3, 7-6(5) to win the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships for the second time on Saturday. In a battle that lasted nearly two-and-a-half hours, the match came down to a tiebreak where two shots that went agonisingly wide for Rybakina eventually decided the title in front of a noisy crowd that constantly chanted Halep's name.
Images from Day 3 of the Australian Open in Melbourne on Wednesday.
'We are notifying ticket holders, players and staff that there will be no fans onsite at the AO for five days'.
A summary of the action on Day 3 at the US Open.
Images from the matches played at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, in Wimbledon, London, on Monday.
Andy Murray took a step closer to a first title in arguably the toughest year of his playing career, grinding out a 3-6, 7-5 ,6-2 win over Ugo Humbert on Saturday to reach the final of the European Open in Antwerp.
She is the second Swiss player to win the tournament after Martina Hingis won the inaugural edition in 2001.
Images from Day 4 of the Australian Open in Melbourne on Thursday.
IMAGES from Day 1 of the Wimbledon Championships played on Monday.
Summary of sports events and persons who made news on Wednesday
A summary of Friday's play at Wimbledon.
IMAGES from the Australian Open on Tuesday.
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