Tennis

Tunisian Jabeur, 29, will miss the Games, between July 27-August 4. The competition being played Roland-Garros, meaning a switch back to clay immediately after the grass season and before the hard-court run up to the U.S. Open.

With this title triumph, he will be entering the top 80 of the ATP Rankings, making him eligible to compete in the Paris Olympics next month. The official announcement is expected on Monday.

The 24-time Grand Slam champion was supposed to face Casper Ruud in the quarterfinals on Wednesday, but pulled out of the tournament due to the injury he sustained in the Ro16 game.

Andy Murray, a three-time Grand Slam singles champion, was earlier eliminated in the first round of singles by Stan Wawrinka in straight sets.

Novak Djokovic believes that Rafael Nadal could go on to return and compete in next year's French Open.

On Tuesday, Djokovic will take on French wildcard Pierre-Hugues Herbert who he defeated in their only other previous meeting at the Paris Masters in 2013.

Nadal, a 22-time Grand Slam winner, and the King of Clay who has clinched 14 French Open titles, gave Zverev a hearty fight but ultimately fell in three sets of 6-3,7-6,6-3 in favour to the German in a 3-hour and 5-minute- long battle.

Rafael Nadal has only played four tournaments since January 2023 after suffering a hip injury and then a muscle tear.

Novak Djokovic will head to Roland Garros where he faces Frenchman Pierre-Hugues Herbert in the first round having won no titles this year, his first such dry spell since 2018.

Nadal, the winner of 22 Grand Slam titles, will turn 38 next week and this season will be his last on tour.

In front of a packed centre court crowd Iga Swiatek became the first woman since Serena Williams in 2013 to win on the clay surface at Madrid and Rome in the same season.

Alexander Zverev battled back to see off Alejandro Tabilo 1-6, 7-6 (7/4), 6-2 to tie Boris Becker's record for the most Masters finals by a German since the series began in 1990.

It was a disappointing day for Rohan Bopanna and Matthew Ebden, who were broken twice in the first set. Their opponents, however, did not concede a single break point in the opener.

Djokovic and Bopanna can be seen discussing how they are combined 80 years old and still amongst the best players in the world. The Serbian star revealed the incredible work ethic of the Indian that has helped him remain on top of his game.

The broadly anticipated deal comes just weeks after Saudi's Public Investment Fund, a sovereign wealth vehicle, announced a "strategic partnership" with the Association of Tennis Professionals, which runs men's tennis.

World number one Iga Swiatek, Aryna Sabalenka and third seed Coco Gauff have all been eliminated.