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Watch highlights as Rafael Nadal breezes past Nikoloz Basilashvili on Friday to reach the second week at Roland Garros 2017. Photo: Getty Images

Nine-time Roland Garros champion Rafael Nadal fired a warning to his rivals on Friday when he stepped up his bid for ‘La Decima’ with a flawless performance in his 100th best-of-five-sets clay-court match (98-2). The Spanish superstar overwhelmed Georgian Nikoloz Basilashvili 6-0, 6-1, 6-0 for a place in the fourth round. "I think I played great," said Nadal. "I think at the beginning of the match, I thought my opponent was not playing bad, but I was able to produce winners, to play with no mistakes, to play very long. I hit with a very high intensity on all the shots. It was a great match for me. I won, with that score, against a player who had already beaten...

He might be through to his first Grand Slam third round, but NextGenATP star Karen Khachanov wants to keep his run going at Roland Garros, where he faces John Isner next.

ATP World Tour Uncovered presented by Peugeot and Infosys ATP Beyond The Numbers look at how the best doubles teams perform when serving, return and are placed under pressure.

The highest ranked singles players in the Emirates ATP Rankings are overwhelmingly at the top of the tree because of their prowess returning serve. Not so in doubles. The current No. 1 ranked doubles team of Henri Kontinen of Finland and Aussie John Peers are the best performing serving team, propelling them to five ATP World Tour titles last year and helping them to break through for their first Grand Slam title at the Australian Open in January. An Infosys ATP Beyond The Numbers Ratings analysis of the Top 20 doubles teams when serving, returning, and under pressure provides new insights into what creates separation in doubles at the elite level of our sport. Teams must have played a minimum...