He will open his campaign against world number 47, Australian Hayden Jones.
Nadal was able to see the funny side and kept on laughing.
Big-serving John Isner bid farewell to his professional career after losing to fellow American Michael Mmoh in the US Open second round.
Brady was sidelined by knee and foot injuries since the summer of 2021
Images from Day 4 of the 2023 Australian Open, at Melbourne Park.
Shapovalov pulls out of French Open.
Yuki Bhambri crushed Argentina's Renzo Olivo in straight sets to move into the final round of the ATP Miami Masters qualifiers but Ramkumar Ramanathan was ousted in the opening round.
Bianca Andreescu rolls to first-round win at Strasbourg.
Ruthless Ruud topples Shapovalov to win Geneva Open.
Former Davis Cup captain Anand Amritraj is baffled that India's best singles players are not able to win close matches on the ATP World Tour despite having a decent game to back them.
IMAGES from Day 6 of the 2023 US Open on Saturday.
Aryna Sabalenka of Belarus and Paula Badosa of Spain, earned second-round wins
IMAGES from Day 1 of all the action from the Wimbledon Championships played at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, London, on Monday.
A summary of sports events and sports persons, who made news on Thursday
Veteran Mahesh Bhupathi went out of the mixed doubles competition following a first-round loss.
Images from Day 4 of the Australian Open in Melbourne on Thursday.
Former world No.1 Ana Ivanovic suffered a shock 6-7(4), 1-6 loss against Denisa Allertova of Czech Republic in the women's singles first round at the 2016 US Open on Tuesday. Ivanovic, the 2008 French Open winner, started off well but failed to maintain her momentum. With the scored tied 6-6, the first set went into tie-break and the Serbian star failed to keep her nerves.
A summary of sports events and sports persons, who made news on Friday
IMAGES from the matches played at the Miami Masters on Sunday
Images from Saturday's action at the Australian Open.
Six-time champion Novak Djokovic's hopes of turning around his season at the Miami Open ended in the second round when he was defeated 6-3, 6-4 by Frenchman Benoit Paire.
Images from the action on Day 2 at the Australian Open.
Czech defending champion Katerina Siniakova fended off Maria Sharapova in a fiercely contested match at the Shenzhen Open on Friday to set up a final with world number one Simona Halep.
World number one Simona Halep swatted aside American Nicole Gibbs while Maria Sharapova was flawless in her straight sets victory over Romania's Mihaela Buzarnescu in the opening round of the Shenzhen Open on Monday.
Former world number one Andy Murray withdrew from the Brisbane International with a hip problem on Tuesday, further putting in doubt the Briton's prospects of being fit in time for the Australian Open later this month.
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