Former top seed Rafael Nadal made a major comeback on Sunday with a ruthless 6-0, 6-2, 6-4 victory over France's Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (pictured), propelling Spain into the Davis Cup final.
Top seed Novak Djokovic (pictured) ended the tennis season with an amazing 6-2, 6-4, 6-7, 6-1 win over defending champion Rafael Nadal at the US Open on Monday, battling through despite injuries to secure his third grand slam title of the year.
Switzerland’s Roger Federer (pictured) reached the semi-finals of the US Open by beating France’s Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 6-4, 6-3, 6-3 in Thursday’s closing match.
Swiss Roger Federer defeated Argentina's Juan Monaco 6-1, 6-2, 6-0 in a US Open match that ended only a little before 1:15 a.m. on Tuesday. He now faces France's Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (pictured) in Wednesday's quarter-final match.
Second-seeded Rafael Nadal beat David Nalbandian 7-6 (5), 6-1, 7-5 to progress to the round-of-16 in Sunday's US Open but collapsed during a subsequent press conference before being quickly revived.
Switzerland's Roger Federer eased to victory on the opening day at Flushing Meadows, defeating Colombia’s Santiago Giraldo in straight sets. On other courts, Frenchmen Richard Gasquet, Gael Monfils and Michael Llodra also won.
The US Open will begin Monday with minor tweaks to the day’s original schedule, since the site of the tournament only suffered “minimal damage” from Tropical Storm Irene, according to the US Tennis Association.
Russian fourth seed Maria Sharapova took her second title of the season on Sunday, defeating Serbia's Jelena Jankovic 4-6, 7-6 (7/3), 6-3 in the women's final of the Cincinnati Open.
Britain’s Andy Murray took the Cincinnati Open Sunday after his opponent, Serbia’s world number one, Novak Djokovic, retired because of injuries. Murray was already leading 6-4 3-0 when Djokovic retired.
France’s Jo-Wilfried Tsonga looked fit again at the Cincinnati Open Tuesday when he put an arm injury behind him to beat Croat Marin Cilic 6-3, 6-4 in the opening round.
