Fritz, Shelton lead American charge at US Open with first-round wins
World No. 1 Jannik Sinner successfully defended his Wimbledon men's singles title, defeating Alexander Zverev 6-7(7), 7-6(2), 6-3, 6-4 to lift his fifth Grand Slam trophy and first major title of the 2026 season, becoming only the 10th player in history to retain the Wimbledon men's singles crown.
He also overtook his career-best 65-season win tally of 2023 with this win.
Lorenzo Musetti faces seven-times Wimbledon champion Novak Djokovic in the semi-finals.
Champion Jannik Sinner ended one of the feel-good stories at this year's Wimbledon when he tamed big-serving German warrior Jan-Lennard Struff 7-5, 7-6(4), 6-3 to reach the semifinals on Tuesday.
Tennis legend Serena Williams is set to make her highly anticipated return to Wimbledon, facing Australia's Maya Joint in the first round.
Jannik Sinner will hope to block out a rocking home crowd on Sunday when he faces Taylor Fritz in the US Open final at Flushing Meadows, where the 12th seed will be bidding to become the first American man in 21 years to win a Grand Slam singles title.
Images from the US Open men's singles semi-finals at Flushing Meadows, New York, on Friday.
Zverev and Shelton tested each other in a high-quality encounter before the world number three played a near flawless tiebreak to clinch the match in little over two hours and stretch his career win-loss record over the American to 3-0.
Top seed Taylor Fritz of the United States was beaten by Spanish eighth seed Alejandro Davidovich Fokina in the quarter-finals.
Alexander Zverev, fresh off his French Open victory, faces the daunting task of overcoming Jannik Sinner in the Wimbledon final, who has beaten him nine times in a row and won their last 14 sets.
'I'm not going into this thinking I'm the favourite because everything's totally different when you're playing a match like this.'
-French flair topped American firepower as Gael Monfils turned back the clock to dump fourth seed Taylor Fritz out of the Australian Open on Saturday and celebrate his place in the last 16 with a dance on court.
Jannik Sinner made it two wins out of two at the ATP Finals as he fought off Taylor Fritz in a high-octane clash inside the Inalpi Arena on Tuesday.
Images from the US Open men's singles quarter-finals at Flushing Meadows, New York, on Tuesday.
Sachin Tendulkar was snapped, flanked by 20-time Grand Slam champion Roger Federer and Bjorn Borg, who has won 11 majors.
Defending champion Jannik Sinner returns to Wimbledon with his aura of invincibility dented after a dominant stretch, leaving the world number one to prove he can impose his game on grass and keep the challengers led by Novak Djokovic at bay.
Alcaraz resists red-hot Rublev to reach Wimbledon quarterfinals
Images from Day 7 of the 2025 Australian Open at Melbourne Park on Saturday.
'I'm not going to overplay. I'm not going to do anything different because I'm playing Novak. I'm going to play my game, play within myself and trust that if I play well, it's enough.' - US Open
The celebrities who graced the men's and women's singles finals at Arthur Ashe Stadium on the weekend.
Images from the men's singles action at the US Open on Sunday.
Swift and Kelce, whose announcement earned more than 18 million Instagram likes, headlined the A-listers in the crowd at the men's final last year, where Jannik Sinner ensured a "cruel summer" for another Taylor -- Fritz -- in a three-set defeat.
Australian Alex de de Minaur advanced to the semi-finals, where he will face Jannik Sinner.
The opening Grand Slam of the year begins at Melbourne Park on Sunday.
Images from Day 3 of the 2025 Australian Open in Melbourne on Tuesday.
Novak Djokovic fights past Aleksandar Kovacevic to reach the last 16 at Indian Wells Open, setting up a clash with defending champion Jack Draper.
'If I was running for a drop shot, I was limping there more than running.'
Play was suspended on court 1 before the 5th set at 10.18pm, 40 minutes before the 11 PM curfew, leaving Fritz and the crowd furious.
Novak Djokovic begins his quest for a record-extending 25th Grand Slam title at the French Open, while Alexander Zverev hopes to finally break through and win his first major. The tournament starts amid tensions over prize money and player influence.
Jannik Sinner and Carlos Alcaraz are poised to reignite their rivalry at the ATP Finals, with the year-ending championship that begins on Sunday expected to produce another title showdown between the pair in a season that has belonged to them.
Novak Djokovic, the 10-times Australian Open champion, will continue his quest for a record-extending Melbourne Park title and a 25th Grand Slam crown to surpass the record he currently shares with Margaret Court.
Emma Raducanu strides onto the grasscourts of Wimbledon on Monday as the British number one
'This probably hurts more than any loss I've ever had'
Novak Djokovic became the oldest man to reach the quarter-finals at all four Grand Slams in a single season.
Images from Day 5 of the 2025 Australian Open at Melbourne Park on Thursday.
No 'triple bagel' but Djokovic thumps Mannarino to reach quarters
Nadal's unbeaten streak of 20 matches in the year 2022 came to an end as he lost to Taylor Fritz
The US raced into a 5-0 lead in the tiebreak, and though the Greek duo rallied to level at 6-6 a perfectly placed volley from Harrison squeezed through Tsitsipas's legs and sealed a 4-6, 6-4, 10-8 victory.
With world number four Ruud already assured of a semi-final berth the match was in reality a dead rubber.
