News about Nicolas Mahut

As he led Great Britain into the finals week of the Davis Cup in dramatic fashion last night, Neal Skupski made himself that rare thing - a popular scouser in Manchester. In a dramatic deciding rubber match over Nicolas Mahut and Edouard Roger-Vasselin, the Liverpudlian doubles specialist swungled to join Dan Evans at 7-6. It was a 2-1 victory over France, which was enough for the hosts to top the chart. Despite winning all of their matches, they will now advance to Malaga with seven other nations for the eight-team finals.

In the second round of the men's doubles at the US Open, Jamie Murray and Michael Venus were disqualified. Against Pierre-Hugues Herbert and Nicolas Mahut, Murray and Venus suffered a 4-6 loss.

Following the conclusion of the Laver Cup next week, Roger Federer (pictured) has announced that he will retire from tennis at the age of 41. In recent years, the 41-year-old has suffered with a string of injuries, with his most recent appearance at a major tournament in Wimbledon last year, where the Swiss legend reached the quarter-finals. The 20-time Grand Slam champion - who sits third in the men's all-time tally - bows out as one of the greatest to ever do it, and will