Four-times former champion Lleyton Hewitt enjoyed a gentle workout in his first match of the grasscourt season on Monday, beating wildcard Josh Goodall 6-4, 6-4 to reach the second round at Queen's Club. Another former world number one Marat Safin, who has never made a secret of his dislike for grass, made harder work of the transition, beating qualifier James Ward 4-6, 6-1, 6-4.
American qualifier Bobby Reynolds became the latest player to frustrate former world number one Marat Safin with a 7-6, 4-6, 7-6 first-round win at the Sony Ericsson Open on Thursday. Mardy Fish, who stunned top-ranked Roger Federer in a straight-set victory in the Pacific Life Open last week, went down 6-3, 6-3 to Frenchman Arnaud Clement.
The Russian beat Fernando Vicente 6-1, 6-3, 6-1 to reach the French Open second round.
The victory gave the Swiss his third consecutive Halle Open title and extended his winning streak on grass to 29 matches.
The Russian had his endurance tested to the limit by the German before coming through the first round of the Australian Open.
Justine Henin-Hardenne soaked up the full force of Svetlana Kuznetsova's armoury to stay in the hunt for a second French Open crown.
Belgian former World No 1 and seven-time grand slam singles champion Justine Henin headlined the list of nominees up for induction into the International Tennis Hall of Fame.
The former overpowered Alberto Martin while Coria beat David Nalbandian at the Monte Carlo Masters.
Australian Open champion Marat Safin feared nerves would once again get the better of him during the final.
Marat Safin paid the price for his later-than-scheduled arrival at the Hopman Cup as top seeds Russia suffered a shock defeat to Germany.
Mercurial Russian Marat Safin tumbled out of his 10th and final Wimbledon on Tuesday but he had no regrets and cannot wait to clear his head on holiday.
Also lining-up for the September 24-30 ATP event are Marcos Baghdatis and Richard Gasquet.
The world number one's bid to emulate Bjorn Borg's five successive titles at the All England Club gathered momentum when he won his 50th consecutive grasscourt match, beating Argentine teenager Juan Martin Del Potro.
former world number one Marat Safin was knocked out by South Korea's Lee Hyung-taik/
Marat Safin bid farewell to his adoring Chinese fans after defeat at the Shanghai Masters on Wednesday but not before taking a swipe at his opponent Tomas Berdych and American Andy Roddick.
Tournament director Gaurav Natekar confirmed that the Russian will not be playing in the tournament, which will be held at the Cricket Club of India from September 24 to 30.
Marat Safin began his bid to end a title drought dating back almost two years with a 6-3, 6-4 win over American John Isner at the Los Angeles Classic.
Twenty four time Grand Slam champion Novak Djokovic closed the 2023 ATP season by clinching the year-end No. 1 spot for a record-extending eighth time.
Amritraj was leading 5-3 in the first set when the Russian retired with an injury to his left wrist.
'Of course I am happy to reach No. 1. It was my goal since I was young and especially my goal in the latest times.'
When there is a conflict between the Prohibition of Child Marriage Act and the Mohammedan law that allows a Muslim girl to marry on attaining puberty at the age of 15, which will hold the field?
Lleyton Hewitt's run in the Monte Carlo Masters was halted by Germany's Rainer Schuettler.
Tommy Robredo demolished fellow Spaniard Feliciano Lopez 6-2, 6-2 at the Barcelona Open.
Factbox on Daniil Medvedev, who defeated world number one Novak Djokovic 6-4, 6-4, 6-4 in the US Open final on Sunday to win his first Grand Slam title.
Justine Henin-Hardenne entered the round of the women's singles routing Venezuela's Maria Vento-Kabchi.
Andy Murray eased into the second round of the St Petersburg Open with a 6-3, 6-3 win over Serbia's Viktor Troicki.
To be able to bid farewell to Daniel Craig is an emotion all fans of the Bond franchise must experience, feels Aseem Chhabra.
A double fault earned the Russian his eighth ATP title after two hours and seven minutes.
The world number one eased past Russia's Marat Safin at the Kooyong Classic invitational event on Thursday.
Experienced Frenchman Arnaud Clement and British teenager Andy Murray roared into the Legg Mason Classic final with straight-sets victories.
The red carpet was rolled out for the long awaited new James Bond movie, No Time To Die at the Royal Albert Hall in London, September 28, 2021.
Medvedev whips Dimitrov to enter US Open final
As we sit at home and miss live action, the wondrous phenomenon of sport has delivered so many past glories that we will probably never run out of things to see, recalls Dhruv Munjal.
World number one Roger Federer suffered a stunning 7-5, 6-2 upset defeat by Argentine Guillermo Canas in the Pacific Life Open second round on Sunday.
Defending champion James Blake was humbled 6-2, 6-4 by 19-year-old Russian Evgeny Korolev at the Las Vegas Open.
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