Tennis players

Nick Kyrgios has remained a doubt for Wimbledon after pulling out of the Mallorca Open amid knee injury concerns.

The Australian, 28, said he was still hoping to compete at the London Grand Slam, where he finished runner-up to Novak Djokovic last year.

According to former coach Serena Williams, the main criterion is titles won.
Novak Djokovic has that advantage over Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal, who are usually together with him in that story.

Tennis world no. 1 announced himself with several "story" posts on his "Instagram".
"Congratulations brother! You are the best," Djokovic wrote alongside a photo of Jokic riding a horse while carrying his trophies.

PARIS - Serbian tennis player Novak Djokovic has won his third Roland Garros title and his 23rd career Grand Slam trophy after beating Norwegian Casper Ruud (7-6 (7-1), 6-3, 7-5) in the final on Sunday.

Djokovic, who won after three hours and 16 minutes of play, is also back in the number one position in the ATP rankings.

The world's best tennis player and winner of a record 23 Grand Slam titles, after the third triumph of his career in Paris, began the 388th week of his reign in world tennis.
Thus, he will have the opportunity to further improve the record that has been in his possession for a long time.

Iga Swiatek has battled past Karolina Muchova 6-2, 5-7, 6-4 to win her third French Open title and become the first woman to successfully defend the Roland Garros title since 2007.

The 22-year-old Swiatek is just the third woman in the Open era to win each of her first four Grand Slam finals, the Pole adding to her 2020 and 2022 titles in Paris and last year's U.S. Open triumph.

PARIS - Serbian tennis player Novak Djokovic is through to the Roland Garros final after defeating Spaniard Carlos Alcaraz 6-3, 5-7, 6-1, 6-1 following three hours and 13 minutes of play.

Early in the third set, Alcaraz was forced to forfeit a service game due to cramps and his movement remained limited as a result of the injury despite a medical timeout he took after the set.

PARIS - Serbia's top-ranked tennis player Novak Djokovic is through to the Roland Garros semi-finals after beating Russia's Karen Khachanov 4-6, 7-6 (7-0), 6-4, 6-2 on Tuesday.

Djokovic is now 9-1 head-to-head against Khachanov.

In his 12th career Roland Garros semi-final, Djokovic will face the winner of the tie between Spaniard Carlos Alcaraz and Greek Stefanos Tsitsipas.

Serbian tennis player reached the quarterfinals of Roland Garros for the 14th time in his career and shows no signs of slowing down.
McEnroe points out that Djokovic's quest to the GOAT title requires a lot of guts.

PARIS - Serbian tennis player Novak Djokovic is through to the Roland Garros quarter-finals after crusing past Peruvian Juan Pablo Varillas 6-3, 6-2, 6-2 on Sunday.

World number three Djokovic won after an hour and 58 minutes of play and Varillas, who ranks 94th in the ATP rankings, won only seven games in the match.