Will Novak Djokovic be able to play Friday night at the Olympics?

The Olympics begin on Saturday in Paris.

Daniil Medvedev’s last match before he goes to No. 2 in the rankings will be the Marseille final.

Daniil Medvedev is lone Top 30 player to make the Marseille semifinals.

Novak Djokovic upped his win streak to 15 straight after reaching the quarterfinals in Shanghai.

Novak Djokovic improved to 12-0 against Jeremy Chardy.

Interesting starts include (1) Isner vs. the rising Aussie Minaur, (7) M.Zverev vs. the hot-handed Smyczek, (4) Ebden vs. Karlovic, and the Newport finalist Ramanathan vs. Taylor Fritz, winner to meet (3) Chung…

Tough opening-round match-ups include (6) Muller vs. Baghdatis, (7) De Minaur vs. Karlovic, and (5) Harrison vs. Mahut…

Roger Federer is the big favorite to win another Halle title this weekend.

Isner did not face a break point the entire tournament — the second player to win an ATP title without facing a break point since records began in 1991 (after Tommy Haas in Memphis 2007).

“In the end it didn’t go my way. That’s life, that’s tennis,” the 38-year-old Karlovic said. “That’s how it goes sometimes. I was not really moving well…Serve was good. Volleys were OK so I have to look at the positives and continue with my journey.”

Notes: All 16 seeds receive opening-round byes in the 48-player draw…Dolgopolov has not won a match at Hamburg in three attempts, and fellow seeds Youzhny, Kohlschreiber, Granollers and Giraldo also have losing records in the ‘burg…Tough potential starts for (16) Seppi vs. Monaco, (4) Dolgopolov vs. Janowicz, (7) Kohlschreiber vs. Montanes, and (14) Sousa vs. Rosol…107th edition of the event…

Rafael Nadal was stunned today in Shanghai by Florian Mayer.