Stefanos Tsitsipas

Greek seventh seed Stefanos Tsitsipas returns a shot to Milos Raonic, of Canada, during the first round of the US Open tennis championships, Monday, in New York. Tsitsipas beat Raonic in straight sets 6-2 6-3 6-4. [AP]

World Νο 7 Stefanos Tsitsipas will be up against the 339th-ranked wildcard entrant Milos Raonic in the opening round of the 2023 US Open on Monday.

Τhe big-serving Canadian, who is making a comeback after an extended absence due to injury, had previously overcome the Greek champion at the 2020 Australian Open and once again at the Cincinnati Open within the same year.

It was a case of better late than never for Christopher Eubanks as the gentle American giant was roared on to a 3-6 7-6(4) 3-6 6-4 6-4 win over Greek fifth seed Stefanos Tsitsipas in the fourth round of Wimbledon on Monday.

Stefanos Tsitsipas and his younger brother Petros finally got a chance to finish off their first-round Wimbledon doubles match that started on Friday but, unfortunately for the Greek duo, their day out on Sunday proved to be short and not very sweet.

LONDON - Serbian tennis player Laslo Djere is through to the third round at Wimbledon after defeating American Ben Shelton 3-6, 6-3, 7-6 (7-5), 6-3 following two hours and 59 minutes of play on Thursday.

The win is the biggest career achievement at Wimbledon for Djere, who will next face the winner of the tie between Briton Andy Murray and Greek Stefanos Tsitsipas.

Greece's Stefanos Tsitsipas and Britain's Andy Murray left the court after their second-round match at Wimbledon was suspended on Thursday. At the time of suspension, the Scot, a two-time Wimbledon champion, was leading the fifth seed Tsitsipas with a score of 6-7(3), 7-6(2), 6-4. The match was halted for the day on Center Court at 10:38 p.m.

LONDON - Serbia's top-ranked tennis player Novak Djokovic was on Friday drawn to play Argentine Pedro Cachin in the first round at Wimbledon.

Casper Ruud, Andrey Rublev and Janick Sinner are in Djokovic's half of the draw, with Carlos Alcaraz, Daniil Medvedev, Stefanos Tsitsipas and Holger Rune in the other half.

Stefanos Tsitsipas put his three-set mauling by top seed Carlos Alcaraz in their French Open quarter-final down to sleeping pills, pre-match naps, and late matches rather than the Spaniard's sensational quality.

PARIS - Serbia's top-ranked tennis player Novak Djokovic is through to the Roland Garros semi-finals after beating Russia's Karen Khachanov 4-6, 7-6 (7-0), 6-4, 6-2 on Tuesday.

Djokovic is now 9-1 head-to-head against Khachanov.

In his 12th career Roland Garros semi-final, Djokovic will face the winner of the tie between Spaniard Carlos Alcaraz and Greek Stefanos Tsitsipas.

Stefanos Tsitsipas and Carlos Alcaraz cruised into the French Open third round on Wednesday, but all the focus was on Novak Djokovic as a political row sparked by the two-times Roland Garros champion intensified.