Richard Gasquet

Rafael Nadal defeated close friend Richard Gasquet for the 18th time to reach the U.S. Open fourth round as world number one Iga Swiatek made the last 16 for a second successive year.

Four-time champion Nadal took his record over Gasquet to a perfect 18-0 with a 6-0, 6-1, 7-5 victory to stay on course for a 23rd Grand Slam title.

No. 15 seed Stefanos Tsitsipas has been eliminated in the second round of the US Open, a surprisingly early exit after his strong hard-court season.

The 20-year-old Greek was beaten by Daniil Medvedev of Russia, 6-4, 6-3, 4-6, 6-3.

The best Bulgarian tennis player Grigor Dimitrov defeated with 6:4, 6:4 Frenchman Richard Gasquet in a match from the second round of the Masters Series in Paris. Thus, the Bulgarian already has 3 wins in 8 games against the 31-year-old Frenchman, and in their last three clashes the Bulgarian has not lost set against this rival.

Grigor Dimitrov will meet Frenchman Richard Gasquet in his first match at the Masters Series tournament in Paris after last weekend Gasquet beat his compatriot Benoît Pere with 6-3, 4-6, 6-4.

Representative of the hosts will be the first rival of Grigor Dimitrov in the this year of the series Masters Tennis - in Paris (EUR 4.27 million) this week. The Bulgarian is No. 6 in the circuit in Bercy Hall and starts directly in the 2nd round. Against him will be the winner of the French clash Richard Gasquet - Benoit Per.

EASTBOURNE - Serbia's Novak Djokovic is through to the final of the Eastbourne ATP tennis tournament after beating young Russian Daniil Medvedev 6-4, 6-4 on Friday.

In a bid to win the title, top-seeded Djokovic will face the winner of the other semi-final between Frenchmen Richard Gasquet and Gael Monfils.

Bulgaria's tennis player Grigor Dimitrov has defeated French player Richard Gasquet in the third round of the Australian Open (6:3, 6:2, 6:4).

This is only the second victory for Dimitrov in 7 matches against the Frenchman.

Dimitrov will face Denis Istomin on Monday.

Grigor Dimitrov of Bulgaria achieved on Thursday a surprisingly difficult victory against South Korea's Hyeong Chung in the second round of Australian Open.

Dimitrov will face Richard Gasquet in the next round.

Grigor Dimitrov of Bulgaria has kept his 18th place in the ATP ranking, the association's website shows.

Dimitrov returned to the world's Top 20 after picking up this summer, following more than a year of heavy defeats which caused him to sing down the world ranking.

Lucas Pouille and Richard Gasquett, both from France, are No 17 and 19, respectively.

Grigor Dimitrov, the highest-ranking tennis player of Bulgaria, has retained his 18th place in the ATP ranking, the association's website shows.

Dimitrov, who lost to the world's then No 131 Vasek Pospisil last week after an unprecedented victory over Richard Gasquet, is now to take part in the Stockholm tournament.