Tennis

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.

In the Monte Carlo Masters, Daniil Medvedev secured the win over Gael Monfils despite not being happy with the officiating by the match officials.

Nagal, who qualified into the main draw with wins over higher-ranked players, has ensured himself a career-high rank of 80 on a day when he touched career-high rank of 93.

The 30-year-old Collins has announced that she will retire from the sport at the end of this season but has found herself playing in the form of her life and has extended her winning streak to 13 matches.

The Indo-French pairing got the better of Colombian Nicholas Barrientos and Brazilian Rafael Matos, eking out a close 7-6(5) 6-7 10-7 win in the quarterfinal.

Jannik Sinner finishes the hard court season in electric form, having won 25 of his last 26 matches -- the only defeat coming to Carlos Alcaraz in the semi-final of Indian Wells.

Top seeds Bopanna and Ebden toiled for one hour 39 minutes before pulling off a 7-5 7-6 (3) win over Monegasque Nys and Poland's Zielinski in the second round of the ATP Masters 1000 on Monday night.

Aryna Sabalenka made a stoic return to the court as she eased past Paula Badosa 6-4 6-3 to reach the Miami Open third round just days after the death of her former boyfriend.

"Konstantin's death is an unthinkable tragedy, and while we were no longer together, my heart is broken. Please respect my privacy and his family's privacy during this difficult time," Sabalenka said in a statement released by her agent.

In a match halted twice by rain, Greece's ninth-ranked Sakkari squandered three match points in the second set but pulled away in the third to win 6-4, 6-7 (5/7), 6-2.

It will be Osaka's first appearance in Tokyo since she withdrew from the Pan Pacific Open in September 2022 before her second-round match.

The Spanish defending champion had a score to settle with the 58th-ranked Hungarian after losing their only other meeting at last year's Rome Masters.

Nagal went down to Raonic 3-6 3-6 in a match that lasted one hour and 28 minutes, after he made it to the tournament in Indian Wells as a lucky loser following Rafael Nadal's withdrawal from the event.

Rafael Nadal hoped to make his return to tennis at the tournament in the California desert after injuring his hip earlier this year.

Australia's De Minaur had come up empty in 10 prior meetings against Tsitsipas and it looked like more of the same when the Greek raced through the first set 6-1.

Rohan Bopanna and Matthew Ebden, who won the Australian Open last month, took one hour and 41 minutes to get the better of Mansouri and Qureshi 7-6(4), 7-6(5) in the round of 16 on Tuesday night.