DANIIL MEDVEDEV

The first round of the French Open is scheduled to conclude on Day 3 and the top two men on the bottom half of the draw finally get started.

The usual trophies and prize money will be on the line for Novak Djokovic, Iga Swiatek and other top players at Wimbledon, but there is a significant change there this year.

Naomi Osaka’s return to the French Open will be a tough test against the player who beat her at the Australian Open, No. 27 Amanda Anisimova.

No_ 2-ranked tennis player Daniil Medvedev says watching the recent news from Ukraine has been “very upsetting."

Watching the recent news from Ukraine is “very upsetting," No. 2-ranked tennis player Daniil Medvedev said Sunday of the war that led Wimbledon organizers to ban him and other Russians from their tournament. The U.S. Open champion spoke at the Geneva Open where he returns to action after a five-week absence from the ATP Tour for surgery on a hernia injury. “I had some time to follow what is happening, yeah, it’s very upsetting,” Medvedev said when asked if he could monitor the conflict in Ukraine more closely while not playing.

John Isner believes in his chances against Rafael Nadal in the second round of the Italian Open.

All England Club officials are defending the decision to bar players from Russia and Belarus from Wimbledon this year because of the invasion of Ukraine.

Carlos Alcaraz has moved up to No. 9 in the ATP rankings at age 18.

Reigning U.S. Open champion Daniil Medvedev and two-time Australian Open champion Victoria Azarenka are among those impacted by the decision.

"We wish to express our ongoing support for all those impacted by the conflict in Ukraine during these shocking and distressing times," organizers said.

Russian and Belarusian tennis players have been banned from competing at this year’s Wimbledon tournament because of the war in Ukraine.

Iga Swiatek has moved up one spot to the top of the WTA rankings and is the first tennis player from Poland to be No. 1 in the sport.

U.S. Open champion Daniil Medvedev says he expects to be sidelined for one to two months after having hernia surgery.

Naomi Osaka has reached a championship match for the first time since the 2021 Australian Open.

It was midway through the second set and Daniil Medvedev was standing several feet behind the baseline, hand propped on one of his knees, his sweat turning his dark blue shirt several shades darker as he tried to catch his breath. Hubert Hurkacz, on the other side at that moment, looked like he was having a day at the beach. Hurkacz, seeded eighth, moved two wins away from defending his Miami title by wearing down the top-seeded Medvedev 7-6 (7), 6-3 on Thursday in a men’s quarterfinal.

Daniil Medvedev is one win away from returning to No. 1.

Making the quarterfinals at a tournament used to be no big deal for Naomi Osaka.

Daniil Medvedev never gave Andy Murray a chance.

Novak Djokovic will be allowed to play at the French Open even if he is not vaccinated against COVID-19 as long as the coronavirus situation in France remains stable.

Rafael Nadal is still perfect.

Rattled by a derogatory shout from a spectator, Naomi Osaka went on to lose 6-0, 6-4 to Veronika Kudermetova in the second round of the BNP Paribas Open.

Novak Djokovic and coach Marian Vajda are no longer working together.

Daniil Medvedev officially has moved up to No. 1 in the ATP rankings.

This time around, there was no drama. In a rematch of an epic five-set Australian Open final, Rafael Nadal defeated Daniil Medvedev 6-3, 6-3 early on Saturday and qualified for the Mexican Open final, where he will play Cameron Norrie. A month ago in Australia, the 35-year-old Nadal came from two sets down to beat Medvedev and win his record 21st Grand Slam singles title.

Russian tennis player Andrey Rublev has written “No War Please” on a TV camera moments after advancing to the final at the Dubai Championships.

As much as Daniil Medvedev cares about taking over the No. 1 ranking in men’s tennis, he also knows there are more serious matters happening involving his home nation of Russia.

Novak Djokovic will fall from No. 1 in the ATP rankings and be replaced by Daniil Medvedev after losing 6-4, 7-6 (4) to Czech qualifier Jiri Vesely in the quarterfinals of the Dubai Championships.

Tennis pro Nick Kyrgios says he had “suicidal thoughts” and dealt with depression and abuse of drugs and alcohol in the past.

Third-ranked Alexander Zverev has been thrown out of the Mexican Open for violently smashing his racket on the umpire’s chair moments after losing a doubles match.

Third-ranked Alexander Zverev was thrown out of the Mexican Open for violently smashing his racket on the umpire’s chair moments after losing a doubles match. The incident took place after Zverev and Marcelo Melo lost to Lloyd Glasspool and Harri Heliovaara 6-2, 4-6, 10-6 on Tuesday night in Acapulco. Zverev struck the umpire’s chair three times, sat for a moment, then got back up and yelled at umpire Alessandro Germani that he “destroyed the whole (expletive) match” and struck the chair once more with his racket as the umpire climbed down.

Top-ranked Novak Djokovic is on the entry list for the BNP Paribas Open in California, where the Serb would face a vaccine mandate.

At the Australian Open, two great champions, Nadal and Ashleigh Barty, showed what tennis can be.

The 35-year-old Spaniard now has one more than Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic, his long-time rivals in the so-called Big Three.

Rafael Nadal has won a men’s record 21st Grand Slam singles title with a comeback five-set victory over second-ranked Daniil Medvedev in the Australian Open final.

Rafael Nadal has won a men’s record 21st Grand Slam singles title with a comeback five-set victory over second-ranked Daniil Medvedev in the Australian Open final.

Daniil Medvedev has taken a 6-2, 7-6 (5) lead in the Australian Open final against Rafael Nadal after a dramatic second set that was interrupted by a court invader and contained four service breaks. Nadal was trying to serve for the set in the ninth game about 1 1/2 hours into the match and was facing a break point when a protester jumped from the stands into the playing arena at Medvedev’s end. Nadal saved that point to get back to deuce, wasted a set point and then dropped the service game to allow Medvedev back into the set.

Newly crowned Australian Open women's singles champion Ash Barty has maintained her more than two-year grip on the number one ranking after winning her third major title with a straight sets victory over Danielle Collins on Saturday. Barty, winner of the French Open in 2019 and Wimbledon the following year, has extended her ranking points lead over incumbent No.2 Aryna Sabalenka of Belarus, with French Open champion Barbora Krejcikova rising one spot into third after making the quarterfinals in Australia for the first time.

Rafael Nadal advanced to the Australian Open final by beating Matteo Berrettini 6-3, 6-2, 3-6, 6-3 and is now within one victory of a men’s-record 21st Grand Slam singles title.

Daniil Medvedev reeled off the last five games to beat Stefanos Tsitispas 7-6 (5), 4-6, 6-4, 6-1 in a heated Australian Open semifinal and continue his bid for back-to-back major titles.

U.S. Open champion Daniil Medvedev rallied from two sets down and saved a match point before beating Felix Auger-Aliassime in a marathon five-setter to move into the Australian Open semifinals.

Former French Open champion Iga Swiatek has improved on her stellar record against players ranked outside the top 30 at Grand Slam tournaments with a 4-6, 7-6 (2), 6-3 win over Kai Kanepi to advance to the Australian Open semifinals.

Alize Cornet has finally reached the quarterfinals of a Grand Slam tournament in her 63rd attempt.

Alize Cornet dropped to her knees on the hard blue court, clasped her hands and took a few moments to let it sink in. In her 17th trip to the Australia Open, her 63rd run at a Grand Slam, and two days after celebrating her 32nd birthday, Cornet finally qualified for the quarterfinals at one of the four major events in tennis. Cornet recovered after a second-set meltdown in the hot Melbourne sun on Monday to advance to the last eight at the Australian Open with a 6-4, 3-6, 6-4 win over two-time major champion Simona Halep.

Danielle Collins took advantage of Elise Mertens' double fault on match point to advance to the quarterfinals and join two other Americans in the final eight at Melbourne Park. Collins advanced 4-6, 6-4, 6-4 and will play the winner of the following match on Rod Laver Arena between two-time major winner Simona Halep and Alize Cornet. Jessica Pergula and Madison Keys are the other Americans in the quarterfinals and will play their matches on Tuesday.

The timing for Jessica Pegula’s run to the Australian Open quarterfinals has even accommodated another of her sporting passions.

The timing for Jessica Pegula's run to the Australian Open quarterfinals has even accommodated another of her sporting passions. Pegula has been able to plan preparation around watching the Buffalo Bills in an NFL divisional play-off game in Kansas City. The Bills, owned by Pegula’s parents, play the Chiefs mid-morning local time in Melbourne, and she'll settle in with her sister to watch it on TV.

Daniil Medvedev has reached the fourth round at the Australian Open for a fourth straight year after a 6-4, 6-4, 6-2 win over Botic Van de Zandschulp.

Alex de Minaur has advanced to the fourth round of the Australian Open for the first time.

Daniil Medvedev overcame Nick Kyrgios and all his tricks and the constant noise of a boisterous crowd to advance to the third round of the Australian Open.

Daniil Medvedev has overcome Nick Kyrgios and all his tricks and the constant noise of a boisterous crowd to advance to the third round of the Australian Open.

Andy Murray held off 21st-seeded Nikoloz Basilashvili in five sets to win a match at the Australian Open for the first time in five years.

Four months later and on the other side of the world, Leylah Fernandez lost to a 133rd-ranked wild-card entry in her first Grand Slam match since her runner-up finish at the U.S. Open. The 19-year-old Canadian had an upset 6-2, 6-4 loss to Maddison Inglis in the first round of the Australian Open on Tuesday, the third straight year she’s failed to progress to the second round at the first tennis major of the year. Fernandez made 30 unforced errors, dropped her serve three times and hit only eight winners on 1573 Arena against Inglis, who converted her third match point to complete her very first win in the main draw of a major.

Nick Kyrgios says his recent bout of COVID-19 “hit me pretty hard.”.

At least Novak Djokovic knows who he'll face in the first-round of his Australian Open title defense — if he’s allowed to play.

Reaction from social media and elsewhere after Novak Djokovic won a legal battle to stay in Australia and play in the Australian Open after his exemption from strict coronavirus vaccine rules was questioned.

The Australian government has denied No. 1-ranked Novak Djokovic entry to defend his title in the year's first tennis major and canceled his visa because he failed to meet the requirements for an exemption to the country's COVID-19 vaccination rules.

Novak Djokovic's entry into Australia on a vaccine exemption has been delayed due to issues with the visa he and his team submitted.

Novak Djokovic’s chance to play for a 10th Australian Open title has been thrown into limbo.

Top-ranked Ash Barty has started her 2022 season with a 4-6, 7-5, 6-1 comeback win over 17-year-old American Coco Gauff in the second round of the Adelaide International.

Not long after Serena Williams’ name was absent from the entry list for the Australian Open, she confirmed the obvious: the seven-time champion won’t play the 2022 edition of the season-opening major in January.

Russia’s 15-year wait for a Davis Cup title has ended after another clutch performance from Daniil Medvedev.

There will be more host cities and fewer nations playing in the Davis Cup Finals next season in an attempt to increase fan engagement and keep the revamped team event sustainable.

A lot can be expected from Alexander Zverev in 2022 if his performance this week is any indication.

Alexander Zverev has denied Novak Djokovic the chance to play for a big trophy for the second time this year.

Five-time champion Novak Djokovic has reopened his ATP Finals account and beaten Casper Ruud 7-6, 6-2 in Turin.

“This isn’t even a real picture. I just photoshopped myself in,” Savannah joked.

Serbia awoke to disappointment on Monday after Novak Djokovic failed in his attempt to make tennis history by becoming the first man in more than 50 years to win a calendar-year Grand Slam. Instead of the usual fireworks, car horns blaring and dancing in the streets after previous major finals involving Djokovic, there was an eerie silence in the Serbian capital. The top-ranked Djokovic lost to Russian opponent Daniil Medvedev 6-4, 6-4, 6-4 on Sunday in the U.S. Open final.

Daniil Medvedev ends Novak Djokovic's dreams of tennis immortality with a calendar Grand Slam and 21st major as he sweeps to victory, Sky Sports reports.

Medvedev won in straight sets by the score of 6-4 6-4 6-4.

Daniil Medvedev's celebration for his first major tennis title was a nod to a soccer video game. Medvedev slowly and awkwardly fell to the court after beating Novak Djokovic in the U.S. Open final. Medvedev says: “That’s how I wanted to make it.”

Daniil Medvedev twice was a point from finding himself tied at a set apiece in his U.S. Open semifinal against Felix Auger-Aliassime. The No. 2-seeded Medvedev surged out of that tight spot, beat a mistake-prone Auger-Aliassime 6-4, 7-5, 6-2 on Friday and now is headed to his third Grand Slam final. “A strange match, a little bit, in the second set, where I think everybody felt like it's going to be one-set-all, and you never know where the match is going to go,” said Medvedev, who trailed 5-2 in the second.

Players struggled as the temperature rose to 88 degrees but the heat index made it feel like a sizzling 99 degrees.

Slushie machines, salt tablets, cooling jackets: the Tokyo Games have already proven to be a hot and humid affair, and experts say the role of climate change can't be overlooked.

The Tokyo Olympics, delayed by the pandemic and opened under oppressive heat, are due for another hit of nature’s power: a typhoon arriving Tuesday morning that is forecast to disrupt at least some parts of the Games. “Feels like we’re trying to prepare for bloody everything,” said New Zealand rugby sevens player Andrew Knewstubb. Don't worry, Japanese hosts say: In U.S. terms, the incoming weather is just a mid-grade tropical storm.

Newly crowned Nitto ATP Finals champion Daniil Medvedev told CNBC that tennis has a cloudy future, with players still not knowing when — or if — the Australian Open will go on due to the coronavirus pandemic. Medvedev, who won the highly prestigious ATP Finals tournament on Sunday at London's O2 Arena, said a lot of uncertainty remains in the sport. "(It's) tough to talk about the future, because we see with the Australian Open, it's not easy at this moment. Medvedev made history on Sunday when he defeated the current U.S. Open Champion and world number three, Dominic Thiem, to clinch the much sought-after title. The Russian tennis champion said the match was "one of the biggest wins of my career," after coming back from a set down to take the title.

Rafael Nadal of Spain celebrates match point after winning the 2019 US Open. (CNN) - As Rafael Nadal fell in his chair, hands running through his hair, the Arthur Ashe Stadium crowd stood in unison to applaud the Spaniard. The video, which featured each of his grand slam victories, was met by huge cheers from the crowd and reduced Nadal to tears. Praise for MedvedevThe 33-year-old Nadal was made to work tirelessly for the victory by the 23-year-old Russian enjoying the best grand slam run of his career. 'It means a lot'Nadal clinched his first grand slam in 2005, when he won the first of his 12 French Open titles.

Rafael Nadal of Spain reacts during the fifth set of his Men's Singles final match against Daniil Medvedev of Russia. NEW YORK (CNN) - Rafael Nadal held off a gutsy Daniil Medvedev in five sets to win a fourth US Open and 19th major, pulling to within one of all-time men's leader Roger Federer. The Spaniard prevailed 7-5, 6-3, 5-7, 4-6, 6-4 in a bruising four hours, 50 minutes over his Russian opponent, who was playing in his first grand slam final at the age of 23. Creaking to start the fifth, Nadal broke from 40-0 at 2-2 to break open the deciding set. Medvedev came up short in his bid to become the first, first-time men's grand slam winner since Marin Cilic at the 2014 US Open.

A knee injury forced Nadal to retire just last year in the semifinals here against Juan Martin del Potro. Both Nadal and Medvedev advanced in straight sets under the Arthur Ashe Stadium roof on a wet New York day. To Stan Wawrinka in the 2014 Australian Open final, when the now 33-year-old suffered a back injury in the warmup. "To play him in your first Grand Slam final should be, I want to say, a funny thing. Something crazy might need to happen for Nadal to leave New York without a 19th grand slam title.

Medvedev grabbed an early break advantage against Wawrinka before the trainer's visit ahead of the eighth game. Wawrinka later held a set point on serve at 6-5 in the tiebreak, crushing a first serve. Earning a set point and working Medvedev all around the court, Wawrinka's forehand sitter went a yard wide. The fourth set followed the pattern of the first three: A break came early. Medvedev then barely celebrated upon winning -- forget the dance -- and said he would try his best to be 100% for the semifinals.

FLUSHING, N.Y. - Daniil Medvedev appears to be relishing the role of US Open villain. That changed when Medvedev won match point. "After the match, I engaged a little bit with the crowd," Medvedev said to reporters. "Thank you all, guys, because your energy tonight gave me the win," Medvedev said in an interview on court. He leads the ATP Tour this season with overall match wins (48), wins on hard courts (35) and finals appearances (six).

Daniil Medvedev of Russia argues with the chair umpire during his Men's Singles third round match against Feliciano Lopez of Spain on day five of the 2019 US Open at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center on Aug. 30, in Queens(CNN) - Daniil Medvedev has become this year's US Open villain. When learning of the violation that chair umpire Damien Dumusois had given him, Medvedev threw his racquet. After he won, surrounded by boos, Medvedev raised up his arms, motioning to the crowd to keep going. "Thank you all, guys, because your energy tonight gave me the win," Medvedev said in an interview on court. In 2017 at Wimbledon, he was fined $14,500 for several infractions, including tossing coins in the direction of chair umpire Mariana Alves after a five-set loss.