Images from the matches played on Day eight of the 2018 Australian Open at Melbourne Park on Monday
World number one Novak Djokovic turned the page on his contentious US Open exit and began his claycourt season with a convincing 6-3, 6-2 victory over wildcard Salvatore Caruso in the second round of the Italian Open.
Federer welcomed the emergence of new challengers
Exodus of big guns opens up bottom half of men's draw
Kyle Edmund has the most destructive forehand in tennis and it can power him into the world's top 10, according to three-times Australian Open champion Mats Wilander.
Chung is being touted as the next Djokovic because of his relentless defensive skills.
Former world number one Andy Murray won his first ATP tour singles match in nearly nine months with a 6-3, 6-7(6), 6-1 victory over American Tennys Sandgren in the opening round of the Zhuhai Championships.
In fact, barring 2014 when Stan Wawrinka won the title, no player apart from the quartet has even been involved in the men's final at Melbourne Park since 2008.
Summary of sports events and persons who made news on Wednesday
Wimbledon champion Garbine Muguruza notched up her first ever victory on Arthur Ashe Stadium with a 6-0, 6-3 win over American Varvara Lepchenko at the US Open on Monday.
Images from Day 9 of the 2020 Australian Open in Melbourne on Tuesday.
Images from Day 3 of the Australian Open in Melbourne on Wednesday
US Open, the final Grand Slam of the season, starts Monday, August 28, at Flushing Meadows in New York.
Djokovic, who has ruled like no other on Rod Laver Arena simply had no answer as Chung, nine years his junior, wore him into the ground to win.
IMAGES from the matches played on Day 2 of the Wimbledon Lawn Tennis Championships at All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club on Tuesday.
Images from Day 2 of the Wimbledon tennis championships in London, on Tuesday.
Summary of sports events and persons who made news on Monday
Will it be Rafa versus Djoko in Sunday's final?
Images from Sunday's action at the Australian Open in Melbourne.
Images from Day 4 of the US Open in New York on Thursday.
Images from Day 6 of the US Open in New York, on Saturday.
Images from the second day at the US Open, the final Grand Slam tournament of the year.
Venus Williams and CoCo Vandeweghe won the opening singles matches to give holders the United States a commanding 2-0 lead in their Fed Cup World Group opener against the Netherlands in Asheville, North Carolina on Saturday.
Top seed Dominic Thiem was knocked out the Rio Open in the first round on Tuesday, going down 6-3, 6-3 to Laslo Djere.
Summary of sports events and persons who made news on Sunday
Images from matches played on Day 4 of the Australian Open at Melbourne Park on Thursday
Former world number one Garbine Muguruza was beaten 7-5, 6-4 by Aryna Sabalenka in the China Open second round on Tuesday while an ailing Jelena Ostapenko lost 6-0, 6-0 to Wang Qiang.
Summary of sports events and persons who made news on Wednesday
A summary of sports events and sports persons, who made news on Sunday
Images from the matches played at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, in Wimbledon, London, on Monday.
IMAGES of the all the action from Day 2 of the Australian Open played at Melbourne Park on Tuesday
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