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Medvedev and Tsitsipas head into third round of French Open men's singles

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World number two Daniil Medvedev and Greek fourth seed Stefanos Tsitsipas have progressed from their second-round matches at the French Open, ensuring the main contenders suffered no upsets today at Roland Garros.

won 6-3, 7-6, 4-6, 6-3 over Ilya Ivashka of Belarus, also competing as a neutral.Italian 11th seed Jannik

Sinner won 3-6, 6-4, 6-4, 6-3 against Roberto Carballés Baena of Spain, meaning he faces American Mackenzie

McDonald who defeated Georgian 22nd seed Nikoloz Basilashvili 6-3, 6-1, 6-4.Jannik Sinner is one of


Djokovic battles past Auger-Aliassime as Świątek continues winning run in Italian Open quarter-finals

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Men’s top seed Novak Djokovic battled past Felix Auger-Aliassime, as women’s top seed Iga Świątek continued her winning run, in the quarter-finals of the Italian Open.

Stefanos Tsitsipas battled past the last remaining home player in the singles competition, defeating Jannik

Sinner 7-6, 6-2, in a match that featured an epic 86 minute opening set.Tsitsipas will take on second


Świątek begins Italian Open campaign with 24th consecutive win

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World number one Iga Świątek had seven breaks of serve in a second-round win over Elena-Gabriela Ruse at the Italian Open, but past champion Simona Halep is out.

#IBI22 pic.twitter.com/Zaz5ovElBo— wta (@WTA) May 11, 2022In the men's singles tournament, Jannik Sinner


Alcaraz dismantles Zverev to become youngest Madrid Open champion

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Carlos Alcaraz breezed past Olympic champion Alexander Zverev to win the Madrid Open and continue his rapid ascent, now moving up to sixth in the world rankings.

Djokovic, Nadal and Zverev are all set to compete in another star-studded men's event.Twenty-year-old Jannik

Sinner leads home hopes at the key warm-up event for the French Open, the second Grand Slam of the year.Poland's


Halep charges past Gauff to reach Madrid Open tennis quarter-finals

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Former world number one Simona Halep has charged past Coco Gauff to reach the quarter-finals of the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) and Women's Tennis Association (WTA) Madrid Open.

seed Cameron Norrie followed suit with a 7-5, 7-5 win against South Korea’s Kwon Soon-woo.Tenth seed Jannik

Sinner of Italy squeezed past American Tommy Paul 6-7, 7-6, 6-3.Murray is set to play France’s Gaël

Carlos Gimeno Valero, as he dropped just three games.Norrie is due to face John Isner of the US while Sinner


Tsitsipas seeks title defence after reaching Monte-Carlo Masters final

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Greece’s Stefanos Tsitsipas will bid to become the sixth player to defend their Monte-Carlo Masters title after beating Germany’s Alexander Zverev in the semi-finals in Monaco.

of defeat to overcome Argentina’s Diego Schwartzman.Zverev came from a set down to overcome Italy’s Jannik

Sinner in a contest which saw both players receive treatment for injuries.Tsitsipas appeared to have


Tsitsipas wins thriller against Schwartzman to reach Monte-Carlo Masters semi-finals

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Reigning champion Stefanos Tsitsipas overcame a stern test from Diego Schwartzman to reach the semi-finals of the Monte-Carlo Masters.

will face Alexander Zverev in the semi-finals, after the German came from a set down to beat Italy’s Jannik

gap to world number one Novak Djokovic in the rankings.Alexander Zverev earned a hard-fought win over Jannik

Sinner ©Getty ImagesSpain’s Alejandro Davidovich Fokina, who beat Djokovic in the second round, continued


Zverev and Tsitispas through, Rublev and Ruud out at Monte-Carlo Masters

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Germany's Alexander Zverev and Greece's Stefanos Tsitsipas - the remaining top seeds - have progressed to the quarter-finals of the Monte-Carlo Masters, but other main contenders for the title have been eliminated.

was knocked out by Grigor Dimitrov of Bulgaria, with the former world number three winning 6-3, 7-5.Jannik

Sinner of Italy, the ninth seed, came from a set down to defeat fifth seed Andrey Rublev 5-7, 6-1, 6

-3.Andrey Rublev was eliminated today by Jannik Sinner ©Getty ImagesThe rest of the seeds in action did


Top seeds knocked out of Monte-Carlo Masters as Rublev survives scare

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Miami Open champion and Spanish prodigy Carlos Alcaraz was one of many seeds eliminated today at the Monte-Carlo Masters, while German second seed Alexander Zverev came through in his match.

won 7-6, 7-5 against Holger Rune of Denmark to go into the last 16, while young Italian ninth seed Jannik

Sinner won in straight sets 7-5, 6-3 against Emil Ruusuvuori of Finland.Alexander Bublik retired in


Bublik beats returning Wawrinka in Monte-Carlo Masters first round

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Three-time Grand Slam winner Stan Wawrinka suffered defeat in the first round of the Monte-Carlo Masters in his first Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) Tour match in 13 months.

"running like an elephant".Bublik will face Spain’s Pablo Carreno Busta in the second round.Jannik Sinner

the Italian battled to a 7-5, 4-6, 6-3 win over France’s Athur Rinderknech.Fognini’s fellow Italian Jannik

Sinner was forced to battle into the second round, with the ninth seed winning 6-3, 2-6, 6-3 against


Returning Djokovic and defending champion Tsitsipas headline Monte-Carlo Masters

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World number one Novak Djokovic is set to return to the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) Tour at the Monte-Carlo Masters, entering the clay-court tournament as top seed.

Rublev, seeded fifth, could face several big names in their bracket - including Italian ninth seed Jannik

Sinner, Spanish 13th seed Pablo Carreño Busta or Swiss wildcard and three-time Grand Slam winner Stan


Świątek wins again to reach third consecutive WTA 1000 semi-final at Miami Open

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Iga Świątek continued her scintillating form by notching her 15th straight victory to reach her third consecutive Women's Tennis Association (WTA) 1000 event semi-final at the Miami Open, triumphing over Petra Kvitová.

Professionals (ATP) Masters 1000 semi-final on debut since 2012.Cerúndolo also led 4-1 over Italy's Jannik

Sinner after 23 minutes of the first set, when his opponent retired due to foot blisters.He will face


Tsitsipas stunned by Alcaraz as Osaka and Bencic advance to Miami Open semi-finals

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Rising star Carlos Alcaraz pulled off another stunning display to defeat third seed Stefanos Tsitsipas in the men’s singles fourth round at the Miami Open.

debut in Miami and will hope to continue his run as is now scheduled to tackle 20-year-old Italian Jannik

Sinner,He defeated an in-form Nick Kyrgios of Australia in an action-packed match.Kyrgios received a


Teenager Fruhvirtová advances at Miami Open after Azarenka storms off court

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Former world number one Victoria Azarenka stormed off court after abruptly quitting her third-round match against 16-year-old Linda Fruhvirtová at the Miami Open.

Veronika Kudermetova who was playing as a neutral.In the men’s singles, last year’s Miami Open finalist Jannik

Sinner of Italy saved five match points in his 5-7, 7-5, 7-5 victory over Spain’s Pablo Carreño Busta.Australian


Świątek to rise to world number one after emphatic second-round victory at Miami Open

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Poland’s Iga Świątek is set to become the women’s world number one after cruising through to the third round of the Miami Open where more top seeds fell today.

Alexander Zverev of Germany was forced to dig deep to overcome Croatia’s Borna Coric 6-4, 3-6, 6-4.Italy’s Jannik

Sinner, seeded ninth, also had a battle on his hands as he outlasted Finland’s Emil Ruusuvuori 6-4,