Belinda Bencic of Switzerland and Danielle Collins were among those to win their first-round matches at the Adelaide International
The 24-year-old then pounced with Lehecka serving at 4-5, reaching match point with a searing backhand pass and wrapping up victory as his opponent netted a backhand.
Images from Day 1 of the French Open matches played at Roland Garros on Sunday.
Evans, who recovered from illness to be part of the $15 million prize money event, showed his battling qualities to overcome Ramos-Vinolas
The US Open turned over Arthur Ashe Stadium to the Williams sisters on Thursday for a prime-time first round doubles match that could have been Serena's last after the pair fell 7-6(5), 6-4 to the Czech duo of Lucie Hradecka and Linda Noskova.
IMAGES from matches on Day 4 of the US Open at Flushing Meadows in New York on Thursday.
Former World No 1 Ana Ivanovic was upset 7-5, 6-4 by 42nd-ranked Karolina Pliskova of the Czech Republic in the second round of the US Open on Thursday.
Paris St Germain closed out the year on a high as they maintained their five-point advantage at the top of the table.
The five top contenders for the women's title at Wimbledon, which starts on Monday.
This was Anish and Rhythm's second medal as a pair in the ISSF Shooting World Cup, after having won the gold in the 25m rapid fire pistol mixed team event at the Cairo World Cup in March this year.
Petra Kvitova turned back the clock to upset Kazakhstan's Elena Rybakina 7-6(14), 6-2 on Saturday to win her first Miami Open crown and ninth WTA 1000 title.
Czech-born Navratilova, who became a US citizen in 1981, was also diagnosed and beat breast cancer back in 2010.
Jabeur overcomes physical struggles to reach US Open second round
Andy Murray saved five match points to defeat Jiri Lehecka at the Qatar Open on Friday and reach a first ATP Tour final since June last year.
Femke Bol ran the 400 metres in 49.26 seconds at the Dutch Indoor Championships in Apeldoorn
As India seems to be picking 'Bharat' at least in official communication, here are some interesting name changes.
Images from Day 5 of the 2024 Australian Open in Melbourne on Thursday.
In 2022, he raced past Usain Bolt, 'the world's fastest man', to become the world's most written-about athlete. The attention has followed a stream of medals: Asian Games gold twice, an Olympic gold, and silver and gold at the World Athletics Championships.
Sreeshankar was expected to at least qualify for the final round but form deserted him when it mattered the most on Wednesday.
Czech Republic's path to the Davis Cup final was wide open after they won the doubles on Saturday and Argentine Juan Martin del Potro pulled out of the reverse singles.
Photos pf tennis action across the USA on Sunday.
Olympic champion Neeraj Chopra became the first Indian to win a gold medal at the World Athletics Championships.
Neeraj Chopra failed to defend his Diamond League champion's title
A round-up of Friday's action in the Davis Cup.
If Chopra holds the trophy and pockets the US$30,000 prize money at the Prefontaine Classic, he will become only the third man to defend the DL overall title, though the format changed in 2017.
Here is what you need to know about the prize pot on offer at Wimbledon:
Images from Day 3 of the US Open, at Flushing Meadows, New York.
Tunisians thronged cafes hoping to watch local heroine Ons Jabeur win the women's singles title at Wimbledon on Saturday but Czech Marketa Vondrousova had other ideas.
Indian Davis Cup team sweats it out at 'mini cauldron', match timings revised due to tough conditions
Tunisia's Ons Jabeur believes the lessons she learned in two Grand Slam final defeats will stand her in good stead for Saturday's Wimbledon showdown with unseeded Czech Marketa Vondrousova.
Bouchard got off to a quick start in the opening last eight clash and raced away to win it 6-1 in 38 minutes.
West Ham United have condemned the behaviour of some of their fans after Fiorentina's Cristiano Biraghi was hit by a cup during the Europa Conference League final.
An early goal from Pablo Sarabia earned Spain a 1-0 win in Switzerland on Thursday, their first victory of this year's UEFA Nations League.
Diksha Dagar fought back strongly in the second round to make the cut alongside compatriot Pranavi Urs at the Ladies Open.
Alcaraz outlasts Hurkacz, Ruud stunned at Canadian Open
Swiatek will face Czech Karolina Muchova in the final.
It was sweet victory for Japan's Miyu Kato as she bagged the mixed doubles crown with Tim Puetz after being disqualied from the women's doubles.
Images from the men's singles fourth round matches at the Australian Open, on Sunday.
A summary of sports events and sports persons, who made news on Sunday
Neeraj Chopra said the challenge throughout the season was how to keep his mind away from the injury and focus more on his game.
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