Nadal will not be playing at Wimbledon, having decided to rest, while eight-time champion Federer is showing signs that, at 39, the window of opportunity to win one more Slam is closing.
Images from Day 10 of Wimbledon at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in London, on Thursday.
Images from Day 6 of Wimbledon at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in London, on Saturday.
Nadal said the two-week gap between the French Open and Wimbledon was not enough time for him to recuperate
Naomi Osaka has pulled out of the Wimbledon championship
Images from the US Open men's singles second round matches, at Flushing Meadows, New York, on Thursday.
Images from the US Open women's singles first round matches, at Flushing Meadows, New York, on Tuesday.
Roger Federer said he has never faced problems in switching from claycourts to grass and hopes his decision to play on his least favourite surface at Roland Garros will prove beneficial to his Wimbledon bid.
Rybakina is the youngest Wimbledon women's singles champion since Petra Kvitova in 2011.
Rybakina barely put a foot wrong as she recovered from a nervous start against the wily Tunisian.
Factbox on Romanian Simona Halep, who beat Serena Williams 6-2, 6-2 to win the Wimbledon title on Saturday:
Wimbledon attracts celebrities the way the US Open, the French Open and the Australian Open can't.
Images from the men's singles Round of 16 matches at the US Open on Monday.
Norma Godinho has just about caught her breath after all the action at SW19 on Super Sunday. Here are Norma's memorable moments from this year's Wimbledon.
It was an emotional win for Aryna Sabalenka, who missed Wimbledon last month due to a shoulder injury.
World number one Jannik Sinner's bid for a second Grand Slam title continued to gain momentum as he thumped Christopher O'Connell 6-1, 6-4, 6-2 on Saturday to reach the US Open fourth round.
Novak Djokovic overcame a slow start to outclass Nick Kyrgios 4-6, 6-3, 6-4, 6-6 (7) in the final and win his seventh Wimbledon title in London on Sunday.
Ordinarily the championships would have been in full flow this week, but the grasscourts remain vacant and the strawberry and cream stalls empty.
From 2022 a new event for under 14s will be staged at the All England Club during the second week of the Championships.
Emma Raducanu is a symbol of Britain's multi-cultural society
China's Zheng Qinwen is bidding to become the fourth woman to win Olympic gold and the US Open title in the same year
Images from the men's singles action at the US Open on Sunday.
Zheng Qinwen became the first Chinese player to win an Olympic tennis singles gold medal when she held off Croatia's Donna Vekic for a 6-2, 6-3 win in a tense final on Saturday.
Karolina Pliskova warmed up for Wimbledon in the best possible fashion on Saturday by powering past Angelique Kerber 6-1, 6-4 to win the Eastbourne title.
Serbia's Novak Djokovic beat Italy's Lorenzo Musetti 6-4 6-2 to reach his first Olympic final on Friday and will bid for gold in a blockbuster clash with Carlos Alcaraz.
'The last few games obviously... you can feel that you're not coming back from it. I'm not used to that kind of situation, especially not here.'
Now both men have made history for their country, leaving a permanent mark on the history books.
Here are some of the reactions to the Grand Slam - originally scheduled for June 29-July 12 - being cancelled for the first time in 75 years.
Last year's runner-up and seventh seed Ruud will now advance to the semi-finals, where he could face fourth seed Alexander Zverev or 11th seed Alex de Minaur.
'We have dreamt about this for such a long period of time, we worked hard as a unit for such a long period of time and to see this (the trophy) with us, it feels quite relieved as well.'
Novak Djokovic said he expects a "great battle" against Italian powerhouse Matteo Berrettini in Sunday's Wimbledon final when victory will earn the Serb a record-equalling 20th Grand Slam title.
Images from the US Open men's singles second round matches, at Flushing Meadows, New York, on Wednesday.
IMAGES from Day 1 of the US Open played Flushing Meadows, New York, United States, on Monday.
Serbia's Novak Djokovic, who beat Switzerland's Roger Federer to win his 16th Grand Slam title on Sunday:
ICC Cricket World Cup and Wimbledon went down to the wire.
India's first and only tennis medal in the history of Olympic Games came way back in 1996, when Leander Paes claimed the singles bronze in Atlanta.
It was the first time in open era that two Indian teams competed against each other at a Grand Slam tournament.
Divij Sharan kept Indian interest alive at the Wimbledon Championships by reaching the men's doubles pre-quarter-finals with partner Marcelo Demoliner.
Images from the US Open women's singles second round matches, at Flushing Meadows, New York, on Wednesday.
Ankita Raina's maiden appearance in Wimbledon's main draw ended in disappointment as the Indian and her American partner Lauren Davis lost in straight sets to the US pair of Asia Muhammad and Jessica Pegula.
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