Rafael Nadal claimed a fifth title since his return from injury when the Spanish world number five dismissed 15th-seeded Swiss Stanislas Wawrinka 6-2, 6-4 to win the Madrid Open on Sunday.
American great John McEnroe expects Roger Federer's sensational comeback season to continue in New York when the US Open kicks off on Monday.
Switzerland's Roger Federer claimed a record-equalling sixth Australian Open title with a 6-2, 6-7(5), 6-3, 3-6, 6-1 victory over Croatia's Marin Cilic on Sunday.
Top seed and holder Jo-Wilfried Tsonga advanced to the semi-finals of the Thailand Open after a testing 6-7 6-3 6-4 win over unseeded Swiss Marco Chiudinelli on Friday. The French world number seven, who squeezed through in a tense opening match a day earlier, recovered after losing a first-set tiebreak to plot his course for the semis, where he will meet Viktor Troicki or John Isner.
Ronaldo, the first player to score in five World Cups, has only one goal in Qatar which came in Portugal's group opener against Ghana.
Rafael Nadal left German qualifier Yannick Maden no hope as he booked his ticket for the third round of the French Open in ruthless fashion with a 6-1, 6-2, 6-4 victory.
World number one Roger Federer will begin his bid to win a record sixth consecutive US Open against American wildcard Devin Britton after the draw was made on Thursday. Women's champion Serena Williams begins her campaign against American wildcard Alexa Glatch.
Ranked sixth in the world and beaten only once since Euro 2016, Switzerland appeared to have enough talent to end Sweden's surprise run in the tournament but instead gave a soulless display as they lost 1-0.
Roger Federer played down Andy Murray's elevation to the world number two ranking on Monday, saying the Scot would merely be one of many contenders for his US Open title next month. The world number one steps up his preparations at the Cincinnati Masters this week, looking to hone his game before he bids to win his sixth consecutive US Open title and claim a record 16th Grand Slam crown.
Images from day 12 of the 2010 Australian Open Grand Slam tennis tournament in Melbourne, on Friday.
Photos from Day 2 of the French Open played at Roland Garros on Monday.
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Ukrainian fourth seed Elina Svitolina powered into the third round of the U.S. Open with a 6-4, 6-4 win against Russian Evgeniya Rodina on Thursday.
Factbox on Rafael Nadal's French Open final wins
Rafael Nadal is hunting a record-extending and almost unbelievable 12th Roland Garros title is remarkable in itself.
The writing was on the wall only a couple of games into the match. Patty Schnyder had come with a specific game plan and she executed it to perfection. The fourth seeded Swiss beat China's Zi Yan 6-3, 6-4 in an hour and 15 minutes to advance to the final of the WTA Tier II Bangalore Open on Saturday.
Martina Hingis was knocked out of the German Open, losing 6-4, 6-0 to fellow Swiss Patty Schnyder.
Images from Friday's Australian Open men's singles second semi-final between Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer.
Photos from Day 5 action at the Western & Southern Open at Cincinnati on Thursday.
Images from the Australian Open matches played in Melbourne on Saturday.
Roger Federer survived a second-set hiccup to beat Dimitry Tursunov of Russia 7-5, 6-7(7), 6-2, 6-4 on Friday and reach the French Open fourth round. The Swiss fourth seed will meet Ernests Gulbis of Latvia in the last 16.
Here are five things to watch for on day eight of the US Open on Monday.
Stan Wawrinka will begin his title defense at the Chennai Open facing off against Croatian teenager Borna Coric.
The 25-year-old Briton, who had never beaten Federer in a Grand Slam previously despite being one of the few players to hold a superior career record against the Swiss, advanced to the final with a 6-4, 6-7, 6-3, 6-7, 6-2 win in four hours.
While the year's final grand slam is just underway tennis fans have circled Sept. 8 when, if all goes to form, Nadal and Federer would meet to decide a place in the final.
Federer has been brandishing an aggressive style of play, forcing the action and rushing in to half-volley weak second serves to forge an advantage.
Indian tennis ace Sania Mirza and her Czech Republic partner Barbora Strycova stormed into the quarterfinals of the US Open with a straight sets victory in the women's doubles event on Tuesday.
Women's top seed Russian Maria Sharapova will play France's Camille Pin in her first round match at the Australian Open.
Images from Day 1 at the Australian Open, in Melbourne, on Monday.
Images from Day 4 of the Australian Open.
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amiliar names, however, are tipped to take off with the winners' trophies. The following is a list of talking points at the Australian Open:
Images from Day 6 of the 2016 US Open tennis tournament in New York, on Saturday.
Rediff.com presents the early surprises at the year's first Grand Slam.
A summary of the first day's play at the US Open.
Indian tennis ace Sania Mirza and her Swiss partner Martina Hingis continued to display their rampaging form as they extended their winning streak to 32 after progressing through to the third round of the Australian Open in the women's doubles event on Saturday.
The top seeded pair beat the unseeded combination of Abigail Spears of the United States and Mexico's Santiago Gonzalez 6-1, 2-6, 11-9 in a thrilling mixed doubles final.
Somdev Devvarman's French Open adventure ended on Sunday when he lost a topsy-turvy first round match against Swiss Marco Chiudinelli.
Rafael Nadal steamrolled compatriot Tommy Robredo 6-0, 6-2, 6-2 to move into the semi-finals of the US Open at Flushing Meadows on Wednesday.
Roger Federer sees light at end of dark tunnel.
