John isner

Wawrinka, a former world number three who has never returned to his best since knee surgery in 2017, said he was happy to be in the second week of a Slam once again. read more

Ugo Humbert attacked Isner at his strongest point, the serve, on his way to a 7-6 (7\/5), 6-4 victory, while fifth-seed Benoit Paire beat Poland’s Hubert Hurkacz 6-4, 7-6 (7\/1), 6-2. read more

There was only one break in each set of the evenly contested clash with Humbert winning 7-5, 6-4, clinching the victory with the Canadian’s sixth double fault. read more

The 21-year-old, a product of Nadal’s tennis academy in Mallorca, has beaten top-20 players John Isner and Fabio Fognini to make his mark at the international teams tournament in Australia. read more

Fresh from winning career title 76 in Tokyo, the world number one will play big-serving American John Isner in the last 16 after a 6-3, 6-3 victory read more

Federer had to win a tense tie-break over world number 20 Isner to take the three points, smashing an ace on the final point to raise the roof in Geneva after the American had somehow shot wide with the court at his mercy. read more

The 38-year-old Federer had won his last two matches against Kyrgios in straight sets, but dropped the opener in a tie-break. read more

Kyrgios’ outburst comes after the Australian seemed to be reinventing himself as a crowd favourite in the weeks following his Wimbledon defeat by Rafa Nadal. read more

Isner, who was sidelined by a stress fracture in his left foot for three months after reaching the Miami final in March, was the top seed in the tournament that he also won in 2011, 2012 and 2017. read more

Farah punched away a backhand volley winner on match point before promptly collapsing to the ground in triumph. read more

The 42-year-old Gimelstob stepped down from his post amid controversy after pleading no contest in a Los Angeles courtroom to felony assault charges reduced by a judge to a misdemeanour. read more

Federer, who has won a record 20 Grand Slams, is making his return to clay at the Madrid Open this week after three years’ absence. read more

The Serb is almost 2,500 points ahead of Rafael Nadal while third-placed Alexander Zverev will hope to pick up points. read more

The Swiss great switched places with Austria’s Dominic Thiem, who had briefly climbed to fourth after defeating Federer in the final at Indian Wells two weeks ago. read more

Swiss great Roger Federer has refuted claims by Greece’s Stefanos Tsitsipas that the most experienced players on the ATP Tour receive preferential treatment from officials. read more