Spain’s Rafael Nadal overcame big-serving American Reilly Opelka to set up a blockbuster encounter with Australia’s Nick Kyrgios in the men’s singles quarter-finals at the Indian Wells Masters.

Madison Keys ©Getty ImagesNadal is next due to face Kyrgios who advanced to the last eight after Italy’s Jannik

Sinner withdrew due to illness.The pair have been involved in some memorable clashes, with Nadal leading

Playing as a neutral, Daniil Medvedev recorded a straight-sets win over Tomas Machac in his first game as men's tennis' new world number one.

finished 6-2, 1-6, 7-6 to Spaniard Nadal, who won the deciding tiebreak 7-3.Top-10 seeds Casper Ruud and Jannik

Sinner - respectively from Norway and Italy - won in straight sets, while fifth seed Stefanos Tsitsipas

Belgium survived a major scare to qualify for the Davis Cup, coming from behind to overcome Finland, while Olympic champion Alexander Zverev was twice victorious as Germany saw off Brazil.

same scoreline, respectively defeating Colombia, the Czech Republic and an understrength Canada.Two Jannik

Sinner singles victories propelled Italy past Slovakia at NTC Arena in Bratislava, although it was Lorenzo

ImagesGreek world number four Stefanos Tsitsipas smashed his 62nd ace of the tournament as he beat Italy's Jannik

Sinner 6-3, 6-4, 6-2 at the Rod Laver Arena ©Getty ImagesItalian 20-year-old Jannik Sinner's quarter-final

Second seed Daniil Medvedev booked his place in the semi-finals of the Australian Open after he fought back from two sets down to beat Canada's Felix Auger-Aliassime in Melbourne.

fourth seed Stefanos Tsitsipas for a place in the final after the Greek swept aside Italian 11th seed Jannik

Sinner 6-3, 6-4, 6-2.The winner of that tie will play either Spaniard Rafael Nadal, who is seeking a

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at the Australian Open were ended as Alex de Minaur, right, was beaten in straight sets by Italy's Jannik

Sinner, left ©Getty ImagesGreece's Stefanos Tsitsipas continued his bid for a first Grand Slam victory

Estonia's Kaia Kanepi earned a quarter-final place in the Australian Open women’s singles for the first time after upsetting second seed Aryna Sabalenka in a three-set match in Melbourne.

last eight for the third time following appearances in 2019 and 2021.Tsitsipas is scheduled to Italy’s Jannik

Sinner, who ended the challenge of home favourite Alex de Minaur with a straight sets 7-6, 6-3, 6-4

Russia's Daniil Medvedev and Greece's Stefanos Tsitsipas came through their third-round ties on a strong day for seeded players at the Australian Open in Melbourne.

the home hope earning a 6-4, 6-4, 6-2 win over Spain’s Pablo Andujar Alba.De Minaur will play Italy’s Jannik

Sinner, who ended the run of Japanese qualifier Taro Daniel by winning 6-4, 1-6, 6-3, 6-1.Fifth seed

World number two Aryna Sabalenka of Belarus was forced to dig deep to stay in the Australian Open, while Britain’s five-time finallist Sir Andy Murray claimed his first win at Melbourne Park in five years after coming through a five-set thriller.

Italy as Lorenzo Musetti, Andreas Seppi, Mager, Marco Cecchinato and Stefano Travaglia all went out.But Jannik

Sinner ensured there was another Italian in the second round following Matteo Berrettini’s win yesterday

Defending champions Russia silenced the home crowd with a clinical performance to beat Australia at the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) Cup in Sydney.

with a comprehensive 3-0 win over France in Group B.Matteo Berrettini saw off Humbert 6-4, 7-6 before Jannik

Sinner emerged a 6-3, 7-6 victor against Arthur Rinderknech.Doubles in its purest form ?

Croatia defeated co-hosts Italy 2-1 as the knockout stages of the Davis Cup Finals got underway, with the world's top two doubles players securing victory in the decisive doubles rubber.

208, beat Lorenzo Sonego, the world number 27, in three sets 7-6, 2-6, 6-2.The second rubber pitted Jannik

Sinner, the world number 10, representing Italy, against world number 30 Marin Čilić, a member of Croatia

DavisCup) November 29, 2021The contest again went the distance with Čilić taking the first set 6-3, before Sinner

the doubles world rankings respectively.The Croatian pairing faced Fabio Fognini, playing alongside Sinner

A Serbian side featuring men’s world number one Novak Djokovic, playing in both the singles and doubles rubbers, lost their latest Davis Cup Finals group match to Germany in Innsbruck, Austria.

and secure a whitewash victory.In Group E, Italy defeated Colombia in Turin with Lorenzo Sonego and Jannik

Sinner recording wins in the singles to secure the tie, although Juan Sebastian Cabal and Robert Farah

gave Colombia a hard-fought win in the doubles rubber, beating Sinner and his partner Fabio Fognini

Spain started the defence of their Davis Cup Finals title with a comprehensive win against Ecuador in Madrid.

in Turin, with Lorenzo Sonego winning the opening singles rubber by defeating Reilly Opelka 6-3, 7-6.Jannik

Sinner then secured victory in the tie for Italy after beating John Isner for the loss of just two games

Spain will look capitalise on home-court advantage during the Davis Cup Finals, which start tomorrow across three different locations for the first time.

Tiafoe in Group E in Turin, where they face tough opposition from hosts Italy, who bost top-10 player Jannik

Sinner, as well as top-40 players Lorenzo Sonego and Fabio Fognini.Colombia complete the group.

Serbia's world number one Novak Djokovic secured his place in the final four of the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) Finals with a straight-sets victory over Russia's Andrey Rublev.

unable to recover in time for his group match against Poland's Hubert Hurkacz yesterday, with compatriot Jannik

Sinner earning a straight-sets win in his place.Tsitsipas suffered a right elbow injury.Djokovic, meanwhile