Tennis

Novak Djokovic thrashed Holger Rune as Taylor Fritz stunned Alexander Zverev to book their spots in the quarter-finals at Wimbledon.

The 37-year-old Murray owns three Grand Slam titles, including from the All England Club in 2013 and 2016. The 21-year-old Raducanu won the 2021 U.S. Open at age 18 and became the first qualifier to claim a major trophy.

Novak Djokovic's movement was not completely smooth in a 6-3, 6-4 win over Daniil Medvedev during an exhibition event at London's Hurlingham Club.

Raducanu said earlier this week that she was back in love with tennis having struggled with injuries and form since being thrust into the spotlight by her shock win at Flushing Meadows in 2021.

Raducanu got the better of Sloane Stephens 6-4, 6-0, while Boulter overcame Croatia's Petra Martic 6-1, 7-6 (10/8). Norrie's disappointing run continued as he went down to Finland's Emil Ruusuvuori 7-6 (11/9), 6-3 in the men's event.

Sinner became the first player since Andy Murray in 2016 to win his first tournament after becoming world No.1 as he beat Hurkacz 7-6 (10/8), 7-6 (7/2) in the Wimbledon tune-up tournament.

Brit Draper ended Alcaraz's eight-match win streak, while extending his own to seven, with a 7-6 (3), 6-3 triumph over the 21-year-old Spaniard.

Carlos Alcaraz is looking to repeat his London double of last year when victory at Queen's Club was followed by a maiden Wimbledon triumph.

Iga Swiatek produced a ruthless performance to crush 12th seed Jasmine Paolini and win a third straight French Open crown and fifth Grand Slam title of her career.

Alcaraz boasts a 5-0 career head-to-head record over Tsitsipas with three wins on clay, including a straight-sets victory in the French Open quarter-finals a year ago.

Casper Ruud heads to Roland-Garros on a high after winning the Geneva Open title for a third time -- but said Djokovic, the world number one and defending champion, remained top of the pecking order, despite a shaky season so far.

McEnroe and Bjorn Borg have been the captains since the first edition of the Laver Cup in 2017. Laver Cup organizers announced Agassi's selection on Wednesday and said Borg's successor as captain of Team Europe will be named in the coming days.

The third-ranked Alcaraz is coming off a right arm injury that kept him from playing in Monte Carlo and Barcelona. The Spaniard will try to win his first French Open title next month.

The 22-time Grand Slam champion had not played an ATP Tour match since January but dispatched the Italian 6-2, 6-3 in one hour and 25 minutes to reach the second round.

Casper Ruud and Stefanos Tsitsipas will be contesting for the title after winning their respective semi-finals in three sets.

The legendary Spaniard, Rafael Nadal is set to make his return to ATP competition at the Barcelona Open next week.