37 year old American tennis star, Venus Williams beats Britain’s Johanna Konta, 6-4, 6-2 to reach her first final since 2009. The veteran tennis player will meet Spain’s Garbine Muguruza in the finals this weekend. The defeat effectively ended Konta’s bid to become the first British woman to win the country’s grand Slam tournament in 40 years.
Novak Djokovic beat Gael Monfils 6-3 6-4 to win the Aegon International in Eastbourne in his debut outing for the grass court tournament. The world number four took a late wild card to enter the tournament as he whitewashed all four opponents to clinch the title.
Spain's Rafael Nadal made history by winning a record 10th French Open title with victory over Stan Wawrinka in the Paris final.
Nigerian tennis star and Africa's No.1, Aruna Quadri has lived up to his high ratings after qualifying for the second round of the men's singles at the ongoing 2017 International Table Tennis Federations (ITTF) World Championship in Germany.
Quadri beat his Chilean opponent 4-0, to qualify.
Rafael Nadal has history in his sights at Roland-Garros this year. Victory in Paris would see him win his 15th Grand Slam, lifting him above Pete Sampras and behind only Roger Federer on the list of all-time singles titles. But it would also importantly mean something else: La Decima. It is a feat never before achieved in the men’s game; a level of dominance to rival Margaret Court’s eleven Australian Open titles.
This year Tennis Star Rafael Nadal heads into the French Open as the strong favourite to take the crown and triumph over all other contenders. The Spaniard aims for an almost impossible 10th Roland Garros crown. He was champion in 2005, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013 and 2014, Nadal now targets to take his tenth French Open title even as he has been rejuvenated in 2017.
