Stefanos Tsitsipas

Before he became a great writer, David Foster Wallace was "a near great junior tennis player." As he tells it in his essay "How Tracy Austin Broke my Heart," the main reason why he had no chance of becoming a star on the court was that when he played before the small crowds that came to watch the local tournaments in which he took part, he was overwhelmed by nerves.

Rafael Nadal ended the red-hot run of Greek upstart Stefanos Tsitsipas with a 6-2 7-6(4) win on Sunday that gave the Spanish top seed his fourth Rogers Cup championship.

Tsitsipas, who was contending the Masters 1000 title on his 20th birthday after four consecutive wins over top-10 players in Toronto, threw all he had at Nadal but was ultimately unable to beat the world number one.

Greek teenager Stefanos Tsitsipas slayed another tennis giant on Saturday, saving a match point as he toppled big-serving Kevin Anderson 6-7(4) 6-4 7-6(7) in a thriller to set up a Rogers Cup final against top seed Rafa Nadal.

Greek teen Stefanos Tsitsipas became the youngest player to beat four straight top-10 players in an event since the ATP World Tour was established in 1990, outlasting Kevin Anderson 6-7 (4), 6-4, 7-6 (7) on Saturday to reach the Rogers Cup final.

Greek tyro Stefanos Tsitsipas' dream run at the Rogers Cup continued on Friday as the teenager toppled defending champion Alexander Zverev 3-6 7-6(11) 6-4 to reach the semi-finals in Toronto.

The win over world number three Zverev looked unlikely when the 19-year-old dropped the first set and fell behind 2-5 in the second.

Greek teenager Stefanos Tsitsipas secured the biggest win of his career when he sent Wimbledon champion Novak Djokovic packing in the third round of the Rogers Cup with a stunning 6-3 6-7(5) 6-3 win on Thursday.

Top seed Rafa Nadal battled past Swiss wild card Stan Wawrinka 7-5 7-6(4) and will next meet Marin Cilic, who took down Argentinian Diego Schwartzman 6-3 6-2.

Teenager Stefanos Tsitsipas, who was bidding to become the first Greek player to reach a Grand Slam quarterfinal, leaves the court after being defeated by John Isner of the US in their men's singles match on the seventh day of the Wimbledon Tennis Championships in London, Monday. [AP]

Stefanos Tsitsipas has reached the last 16 at Wimbledon, dispatching Italy's Thomas Fabiano in straight sets on Friday.

He has therefore become the first Greek man, at the age of just 19 years, to reach the fourth round of a Grand Slam tournament in the Open era.

Greek tennis player Stefanos Tsitsipas celebrates after beating Jared Donaldson of United States during their second round match during the Wimbledon Championships at the All England Lawn Tennis Club in London on Thursday. Tsitsipas won three sets to two in three hours and 25 minutes (6-3, 6-2, 3-6, 4-6, 6-3).

Austrian Dominic Thiem returned to Court 18 to finish off Greek teenager Stefanos Tsitsipas and reach the French Open third round for the third consecutive year on Thursday.

The seventh seed was leading 6-2 2-6 6-4 2-2 when the battle of the single-handed backhands was suspended because of bad light the previous day.