German teenager and of the rising stars in tennis, Alexander Zverev, ends Roger Federer's reign in Halle

Roger Federer uncharacteristically fails to nail two match points as Dominic Thiem stun the top seed on the grass in the rain-disrupted Stuttgart semifinals on Saturday.

The sporting week that ended Sunday was one made poignant by the passing of the People's Champion, Muhammad Ali. That was swiftly followed by Novak Djokovic galloping away from the chasing pack by winning the French Open for the first time and in the process creating a host of records. For these and much more, read our weekly sports review.

The moment Novak Djokovic accepted that being part of the Roger Federer/Rafael Nadal era was a chance, not a curse, everything improved for him. After winning his first French Open title, world's number one tennis player holds all four grand slams at the same time.

Spain's Rafael Nadal set up a likely quarterfinal clash with defending champion Novak Djokovic at the Rome Masters on Thursday after battling past Australian upstart Nick Kyrgios 6-7 (3/7), 6-2, 6-4 in the third round.

Roger Federer says 'time was ticking' in his battle to recover form and fitness for the French Open after losing to rising Austrian Dominic Thiem 7-6 (2) 6-4 in the third round of the Italian Open.

17-time Swiss Major winner Roger Federer, fighting for full fitness, suffers a straight-sets defeat to rising Austrian star Dominic Thiem in the third round of the Rome Masters.

Novak Djokovic heads for Rome this week crediting an unscheduled pause in his claycourt season with helping him clinch a record 29th Masters title.

17-time Grand Slam winner Roger Federer withdraws from the Madrid Masters because of a back injury.

A day after he sued French sports minister Roselyne Bachelot for accusing him of covering up a failed drug test, Spanish tennis great Rafael Nadal writes a letter to the International Tennis Federation requesting that the results of all his drug tests be published.

Swiss tennis great Roger Federer was honoured by a street which leads to his childhood training facilities being named 'Allee Roger Federer' in the Swiss city of Biel.

Novak Djokovic and Roger Federer are poised to become the first $100 million men in tennis in 2016, in a gripping sub-plot to the new Grand Slam season.

Novak Djokovic clinched his third Grand Slam title of 2015 and 10th career major with a 6-4, 5-7, 6-4, 6-4 triumph over sentimental favorite Roger Federer in the US Open final.

"Fantastic Friday" at the US Open sees Serena Williams, Novak Djokovic and Roger Federer in starring roles.

Rafa Nadal ended a sub-par grand slam season on a heartbreaking note when he fell 3-6 4-6 6-4 6-3 6-4 in the third round of the U.S. Open to Fabio Fognini.

Yes, okay, so Nadal may have been knocked out of Wimbledon early and Federer did do that faily impressive trick shot that everyone’s talking about, but you can forget both of those things now because there's a new headline story in town.

Roger Federer kept his chances of an eighth title at Halle on track when he overpowered Latvian Ernests Gulbis 6-3, 7-5 on Wednesday to breeze into the quarterfinals.

Roger Federer bids to reach the French Open quarter-finals for the 11th time today when he faces home favourite Gael Monfils.

Roger Federer, the 2009 winner, and defending women's champion Maria Sharapova target places in the French Open third round on Wednesday.

Roger Federer begins his 62nd consecutive Grand Slam tournament at the French Open on Sunday against a man who once almost condemned him to his worst loss at a major.