Nadal broke the men's record for match wins at Roland Garros, where he improved to 59-1, with his lone defeat against Robin Soderling in the fourth round in 2009.
For more than a century, some of the best men's tennis players in the world have come to the Bay Area almost every year.
The Farmers Classic men's tennis tournament at UCLA has been discontinued, and its ATP sanction has been sold to a group in Bogota, Colombia.
Mary Laver, wife of tennis great Rod Laver, has died after a long illness. She was 84.
Roger Federer avoided wading into the subject of equal prize money for men and women at Grand Slams events.
Roger Federer avoided wading into the subject of equal prize money for men and women at Grand Slams events.
Men to watch at Wimbledon, which begins Monday:
Rafael Nadal — The King of Clay — overwhelmed the No.1-ranked Novak Djokovic for the 50 minutes and nine games they played Monday, wrapping up a 6-4, 6-3, 2-6, 7-5 victory that allowed Nadal to earn French Open trophy No. 7, breaking a tie with Bjorn Borg.
Moments after his rain-interrupted French Open final against Rafael Nadal resumed Monday, Novak Djokovic netted a forehand and punished himself by smacking his racket strings against the side of his head three times.
