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33-year-old Spaniard advanced to the last 16 by defeating South Korean qualifier Chung Hyeon 6-3, 6-4, 6-2

21-year-old Japanese star pleaded with Gauff to stay on the court and join her for a post-match interview

37-year-old American champion chasing a 24th Grand Slam title sees duo as the hottest young talents in the game

Djokovic, Federer, Serena move to next rounds; Nishikori’s run ends

Russian reacts after receiving code violation, further provoking hostile audiences

Kyrgios was fined a record $113,000 for a slew of breaches during his second round loss at Cincinnati

Djokovic, is attempting to become the first back-to-back men's champion here since Roger Federer won from 2004-2008

Eighth seed Williams is seeking to match Margaret Court's all-time record of 24 Grand Slam crowns

20-time Grand Slam champion struggled early but battled back to dispatch 99th-ranked Dzumhur 3-6, 6-2, 6-3, 6-4

Halep lost to Russian five-time Grand Slam champion Sharapova in the 2017 first round and fell to Kanepi last year

Kyrgios, who won ATP titles earlier this year at Acapulco and Washington, will next face French wildcard Antoine Hoang

Spanish second seed Nadal's path to the US Open crown became much easier with the ouster of the three top-10 rivals.

Tsitsipas stopped short of calling it a factor in his loss but said he felt the impact.

Osaka must retain her Flushing Meadows crown to have a chance of remaining world number one

Thiem, Tsitsipas, Karen Khachanov and Bautista Agut lost Tuesday to ease Nadal's potential path to the final.

The victory was the second in two days for double Olympic champion Murray

He was the first black Grand Slam tennis champion, died in 2003 at age 76 after winning five Grand Slam singles title

Australian second seed overcame a horrible start to oust 80th-ranked Zarina Diyas of Kazakhstan 1-6, 6-3, 6-2

Serena Williams beat the Russian for the 19th time in a row to improve her record in the rivalry to 20-2

38-year-old recovered to progress against Indian Sumit Nagal 4-6, 6-1, 6-2, 6-4 and clinch his 1,224th career victory

World number one, who has won four of the past five majors, brushed past Roberto Carballes Baena 6-4, 6-1, 6-4

Novak Djokovic and Naomi Osaka are the defending champions at the US Open

Serbian remains four behind the the Swiss star's mark, with Spaniard Rafael Nadal between them with 18 Slam trophies

Japanese star says he will talk to his female compatriot before finalising anything

American has a 19-2 record against the Russian

The Serbian then faces a potential second-round showdown against American Sam Querrey

The American's fitness and durability have been exposed and opponents are seizing on those weaknesses.

Former world number one Roger Federer, seeking a 21st Grand Slam crown, is seeded third for the tournament

ITF said the committee will deliberate on the matter on Wednesday over the Sept 14-15 tie scheduled in Islamabad

Lee, ranked 212 in the world, turned pro at 15 and achieved his best ATP singles ranking of 130th in the world in 2017

The Britisher, who feared that his hip trouble would end his career, accepted a wild card into this week's tournament

The Auckland Open serves as a warm-up before the year's first Grand Slam, the Australian Open

Russian held off David Goffin 7-6 (7/3), 6-4 Sunday to win the ATP Cincinnati Masters

World number one loses 3-6, 6-3, 6-3 to ninth-seeded Russian

Russian, who also beat the world number one in April at Monte Carlo, will play Belgian David Goffin in the final

Japanese star could lose her world number one ranking if Australian Ashleigh Barty wins her semi-final on Saturday

The Australian top seed engineered her second comeback in as many days, overhauling Maria Sakkari 5-7, 6-2, 6-0

Swiss maestro says discussion team will determine his schedule for the rest of this week

The Scot lost 6-4 6-4 to Richard Gasquet in Cincinnati on Monday in his first singles match since January

Australian was warned that he could face another suspension from the sport once a full investigation has taken place

Defending champion was never in danger in his 6-3, 6-4 triumph over 53rd-ranked Spaniard Pablo Carreno Busta

Australian engaged in a running dialogue with Irish chair umpire Fergus Murphy and refused to shake his hand

US and Australian Open champion needed more than two hours to outlast Aliaksandra Sasnovich 7-6 (7/3), 2-6, 6-2

International Tennis Federation responded saying they were satisfied with the current safety plan in Islamabad

Swiss superstar defeated Argentina's Londero 6-3, 6-4 to reach the third round at the event he has won seven times

Briton loses 6-4, 6-4  to Gasquet in first singles match in seven months

Andreescu was up 3-1 with a break of serve when 23-time Grand Slam champion decided she couldn't continue

Spaniard beats Russian opponent 6-3, 6-0 in final

American beats Japan star 6-3, 6-4 for first time in their third meeting

Three-time Grand Slam champion will be playing as wildcard next week