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Serbia's Novak Djokovic celebrates winning the men's singles final match of the French Open tennis tournament against Norway's Casper Ruud in three sets at the Roland Garros stadium in Paris, Sunday.Thibault Camus/AP PARIS Novak Djokovic made clear for years that this was his goal.What drove him.What inspired him.

A moment arrives nearly every time a younger player seizes the advantage over Novak Djokovic, with designs of toppling him from his perch at the top of tennis.It doesn't matter how deep a hole Djokovic has dug for himself, or how well the whippersnapper on the other side of the net might be playing.

In recent decades, many courts, including the grass at Wimbledon and the indoor hard courts like the ones hosting the Nitto ATP Finals in Turin, Italy, have been drained of some of their speed.One goal was reducing the wham-bam serve-and-volley style that had dominated the men's tour, but was boring to television audiences, replacing it with the drama of hard-hitting baseline rallies enhanced by modern improvements in racket and string technology.

British number one Cameron Norrie was knocked out of the Madrid Open as China's world number 99 Zhang Zhizhen's history-making run continued.Zhang - the first Chinese man to break into the top 100 - had never before recorded an ATP Masters 1000 win prior to this year's tournament in Madrid.But the 26-year-old battled back from a set down to stun Norrie, ranked 13th, with a 2-6 7-6 (7-2) 7-6 (7-2) win.

British number one Cameron Norrie reached Indian Wells quarter-finals with a straight-sets win over Russian Audrey Rublev.Norrie had issues with his serve early on but found his game to claim a 6-2, 6-4 victory in California.The 27-year-old will play the winner of Frances Tiafoe v Alejandro Tabilo in the last eight.

British number one Cameron Norrie suffered a straight-set defeat by Carlos Alcaraz in the final of the Argentina Open on Sunday.The 27-year-old missed out on a fifth ATP title after losing 6-3 7-5 to the top seed in Buenos Aires.Alcaraz, 19, was playing in his first tournament of the year following a four-month injury lay-off.

When Felix Auger-Aliassime won the first two sets of his men's quarterfinals against Daniil Medvedev at last year's Australian Open, Gonzalo Escobar started prepping for his mixed doubles semifinals, the next match in Rod Laver Arena.As the third set progressed, Escobar and his partner Lucie Hradecka, along with their opponents Jason Kubler and Jaimee Fourlis, began loosening up.

Felix Auger-Aliassime of Montreal fired nine aces without committing a double fault in defeating world No. 1 Carlos Alcaraz 6-3, 6-2 in semifinal play at the Swiss Indoors on Saturday in Basel.(Daniel Kopatsch/Getty Images) Canada's Felix Auger-Aliassime defeated world No. 1 Carlos Alcaraz 6-3, 6-2 to book his ticket to the Swiss Indoors final on Saturday in Basel.