Nick Kyrgios struggled with his movement in his first match in seven months,losing in straight sets to China’s Yibing Wu in Stuttgart.
Novak Djokovic’s record-breaking 23rd grand slam singles title is historic and should put an end to the discussion on this generation’s greatest men’s player.
Novak Djokovic won the French Open on Sunday to claim a record-breaking 23rd men’s singles grand slam title,surpassing his great rival Rafael Nadal.
Swiatek has now lost only two out of 26 Grand Slam matches since moving to world No.1 in April last year.
World number one Alcaraz had just levelled the contest when disaster struck as he limped to his bench holding his right leg at 1-1 in the third set.
Tennis Australia is pushing for the sport’s world governing bodies to maintain inclusive rules for transgender players,as elite sports around the globe wrestle with fierce divisions over participation.
Alexander Zverev shrugged off a mid-match blip to fight his way into a third consecutive French Open semi-final with a win over Tomas Martin Etcheverry.
The most heated exchanges involving Ukraine’s Elina Svitolina and Belarusian Aryna Sabalenka were off the court at Roland-Garros on Tuesday.
The quarter-finals are set after sixth seed Holger Rune staged a great escape to survive a dramatic,topsy-turvy match against Francisco Cerundolo.
Novak Djokovic is inching ever closer to bettering the men’s grand slam record he currently shares with Rafael Nadal,while there were dramatic scenes on court 14 as Japan’s Miyu Kato and Indonesia’s Aldila Sutjiadi were disqualified from their women’s doubles third-round match.
The second-round challenges of Australians Alex de Minaur and Max Purcell both wilted in the Paris sunshine.