Frances Tiafoe

INDIAN WELLS - Serbian tennis player Dusan Lajovic is through to the second round of the Indian Wells ATP tournament after beating Finn Emil Ruusuvuori 7-5, 6-2 on Thursday.

Lajovic, who won after 97 minutes of play, will next face Frenchman Frances Tiafoe.

Stefanos Tsitsipas has pledged to donate $1000 for every ace he hits during the Mexican Open tennis tournament to help with the reconstruction of Acapulco following the devastation caused by Hurricane Otis last October.

After three and a half hours of great fighting, the American Frances Tiafoe shocks Rafael Nadal in the Round of 16 to move into the US Open quarterfinals for the first time, 6-4, 4-6, 6-4, 6-3.
Tiafoe surely played the match of his life, as in New York in the previous two seasons, the American was stopped at this stage of the competition, but now he finally took a step higher.

His opponent in the next round will be Frances Tiafoe, who defeated Stefano Travaglia a little earlier.
The fact that Novak defeated Jrmy in all 13 head-to-head matches, without losing a set, announced a similar scenario in this duel as well.

Grigor Dimitrov returns to play this week after missing a month and a half because of a shoulder injury. The Bulgarian tennis player will participate in the first of the year and the most prestigious Masters series tournament in Indian Wells.

After knocking out Swiss maestro Roger Federer in the fourth round of the Australian Open Grand Slam tennis tournament in Melbourne, Greek wunderkind Stefanos Tsitsipas on Tuesday squeezed past Roberto Bautista Agut of Spain.

Stefanos Tsitsipas of Greece celebrates winning against Roberto Bautista Agut of Spain in the men's singles quarter final match on day nine of the Australian Open Grand Slam tennis tournament in Melbourne, Tuesday. He will now face Rafa Nadal, who kept the flag flying for the old guard with a 6-3 6-4 6-2 win over American Frances Tiafoe. [EPA]

During his visit in Sofia, Bulgaria, Rafael Nadal's uncle, Toni, commented on Grigor Dimitrov's potential. After winning the ATP Finals in London and achieving a career-high ranking at No.

Grigor Dimitrov placed under №20 for the fifth time in his career and third consecutive in the last round of the Australian Open Tennis Championship after 2014-2015 and 2017-2018.

Grigor Dimitrov came through in straight sets 7-6(5), 6-4, 6-4 against the Italian Thomas Fabbiano as he seeks to better his quarter-final exit from last year.

Roger Federer relied on his trusted serve to beat Stefanos Tsitsipas 7-6 (5), 7-6 (4) Thursday and give defending champion Switzerland a spot in the Hopman Cup final.

Unbeaten Switzerland assured its place in Saturday's final ahead of the women's singles match between Belinda Bencic and Greek opponent Maria Sakkari.