Tennis great Leander Paes says it is "humbling" to be the first Indian tennis player and the first Asian male tennis player to be nominated for the prestigious International Tennis Hall of Fame.
A round-up of all tennis action on Saturday.
The 12-time French Open champion unhappy with schedule.
Images from Day 5 of the 2022 French Open at Roland Garros in Paris on Thursday.
IMAGES from Day 3 of the Wimbledon Championships, at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, London, on Wednesday.
Stefanos Tsitsipas enjoyed an incident-free path into the third round of the French Open with a win over Roberto Carballes Baena.
Carlos Alcaraz crashed to a humbling 6-3 7-6(4) defeat by Hungarian qualifier Fabian Marozsan in the third round of the Italian Open.
Dominic Thiem defeated qualifier Facundo Bagnis of Argentina 6-4, 7-5 in the first round of the Plava Laguna Croatia Open Umag
Naomi Osaka settled her nerves and stepped up her preparations for the Australian Open by beating Alize Cornet 6-2, 6-2 to reach the last 16 of the Gippsland Trophy warm-up tournament in Melbourne on Tuesday.
Unseeded Marketa Vondrousova of the Czech Republic stunned Tunisia's Ons Jabeur 6-4 6-4 to win the Wimbledon women's singles final on Saturday.
Novak Djokovic launched his bid to stay on course for a Golden Slam with a clinical 6-2, 6-2 win over 139th-ranked Hugo Dellien of Bolivia on Saturday, as sweltering conditions in Tokyo took a toll on the players on the opening day of tennis at the Games.
Images from Day 3 of the 2024 French Open at Roland Garros in Paris on Tuesday.
The decision to lift the ban was met with protest from Ukraine, whose Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba said it was "immoral" and urged Britain to deny Russian and Belarusian players visas.
Images from Day 7 of the 2021 French Open at Roland Garros in Paris on Saturday.
Novak Djokovic will begin his Australian Open title defence against Frenchman Jeremy Chardy, while reigning women's champion Sofia Kenin meets wild card Maddison Inglis, following the draw for the year's first Grand Slam on Friday.
Geopolitical tensions simmered at the US Open on Thursday as Ukrainian Marta Kostyuk refused the customary handshake at the net when Belarusian Victoria Azarenka defeated her 6-2, 6-3 in the second round.
10 Interesting Glimpses from the French Open.
The first stop on Serena Williams' farewell tour came to a quick end as she fell to Belinda Bencic in second-round action at the Canadian Open on Wednesday a day after announcing her forthcoming retirement from tennis.
A round-up of all the tennis action from around the globe.
Elena Rybakina's modest celebrations after winning Wimbledon on Saturday was mostly due to her impassive personality but there was possibly also an air of inevitability about her triumph that made her react the way she did.
Coco Gauff, 18, is the youngest finalist at Roland Garros since Kim Clijsters in 2001.
Former champion Garbine Muguruza suffered a second consecutive first-round exit at the French Open
A disbelieving Magda Linette continued her dream run at the Australian Open on Wednesday with a stunning victory over former world number one Karolina Pliskova to move into the semi-finals.
Photos pf tennis action across the USA on Sunday.
World number one Ash Barty delighted the Memorial Drive crowd by breezing through to the Adelaide International semi-finals with a comfortable 6-3, 6-4 victory over Sofia Kenin on Friday.
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.
Images from Day 2 of the French Open matches played at Roland Garros on Monday
Serena Williams needs to be creative and add variety to her game if the 39-year-old American wants to tame the current power-hitters on clay, seven-time Grand Slam singles winner Mats Wilander said ahead of this week's French Open.
IMAGES from Day 2 of the 2022 French Open at Roland Garros in Paris on Monday.
Images from Day 6 of the 2022 Australian Open at Melbourne Park on Saturday.
Images from Day 8 of the 2023 Australian Open at Melbourne Park on Sunday.
IMAGES from Day 6 of the French Open, at Roland Garros, on Friday.
Nick Kyrgios's nine-match winning streak ended in the Canadian Masters semi-finals on Friday when eighth-seeded Pole Hubert Hurkacz blasted his way to a 7-6(4), 6-7(5), 6-1 victory.
Thousands of mask-free spectators flocked into the stadium
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 5 of the Wimbledon tennis championships played in London, on Friday.
IMAGES from matches on Day 4 of the US Open at Flushing Meadows in New York on Thursday.
Images from Day 8 of Wimbledon 2024 at The All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in London on Monday.
Aryna Sabalenka expressed more concern over the vaccine than her quarterfinal opponent No 1 Ash Barty
Barty is primed to become the first local since Chris O'Neil in 1978 to win the Australian Open.
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