The best was saved for the last. After a day of mundane action and lopsided contests, China's Zi Yan showed tremendous grit to save three match points and oust eighth seed Maria Kirilenko in the first round of the WTA Tier II Bangalore Open on Tuesday night.
A second-half goal by Robin van Persie gave Arsenal a 1-0 victory over Steaua Bucharest on Tuesday.
The Indo-American pair beat the Polish-Romanian duo of Ursula Radwansaka and Agnes Szatmari 6-3, 6-2 in Tokyo on Tuesday.
Sam Stosur powered into the French Open quarter-finals with a 7-6(0), 6-3 win against Simona Halep in Paris on Tuesday, adapting better to damp and heavy conditions than her higher-ranked Romanian opponent.
Grandmaster P Harikrishna took unwarranted risks but finally drew with Romanian GM Mihail Marin in the sixth round of the 50th Reggio Emilia International Chess tournament in Italy. With three draws, two wins and a loss against Zoltan Almasi of Hungary, Harikrishna took his tally to 3.5 points out of a possible six and remained in joint second spot.
The fifth-seeded Austrian, who saved two match points, will face Novak Djokovic on Saturday after the world number one's opponent Marin Cilic withdrew with food poisoning.
For the first time in 10 years, India have a real chance of re-entering the elite 16-member group as they take on Romania, for the first time since 1971.
IMAGES from Day 6 of the French Open, at Roland Garros, on Friday.
Ferrer, 37, announced earlier in the year he would end his 19-year career at the Madrid Open and prolonged his time on court by a day by beating Roberto Bautista Agut on Tuesday, but was easily overpowered by world number four Zverev.
Romanian Nadia Comaneci, the first gymnast to receive a perfect mark of 10 at the Olympics, has been named as her sport's world-record woman by the World Records Academy.
A summary of Friday's play at Wimbledon.
The Indian Grandmaster split the point with the Romanian GM to maintain a half point lead after the penultimate round in the third Mtel Masters.
Victoria Beckham says her husband is faithful and is "lucky to have him".
The Indian ace beat Australia's Casey Dell'Acqua 6-4, 3-6, 6-4 in the second round.
Serena Williams won her 750th career match to stay on track for her ninth Miami Open title when she beat Zarina Diyas of Kazakhstan 7-5 6-3 in the third round in Florida on Saturday. The world number one improved her career record to 750-125, seventh on the all-time list and just three match wins behind Lindsay Davenport's 753. Martina Navratilova sits atop the all-time list with 1,442 wins. The 34-year-old Williams will meet Russian Svetlana Kuznetsova in the fourth round. The 15th seed defeated France's Caroline Garcia 4-6 6-2 7-6(6). Unlike the last time they met, when Williams required 54 minutes and Diyas won just two games, the 22-year-old Kazak gave the American some trouble in the heat and humidity of Miami.
Flavia Pennetta beat unseeded Italian compatriot and childhood friend Roberta Vinci 7-6(4) 6-2 to win the US Open women's singles title on Saturday.
Simona Halep and Caroline Wozniacki face a 'humongous' match that could define their careers when they face off in Saturday's Australian Open final, says former champion Mats Wilander.
World number two Roger Federer launches his bid for a sixth US Open title, and his first since 2008, with a first-round match against Argentina's Leonardo Mayer at the Arthur Ashe Stadium on Tuesday.
Venus Williams battled past fellow American Laura Granville 7-6, 6-4 to reach the Memphis International semi-finals
Stand-in defender Vlad Chiriches atoned for an early blunder by scoring his first Serie A goal to help Napoli come from behind and beat Chievo 3-1 in Serie A on Saturday, putting them level at the top with Juventus.
Unai Emery's side were heading for a demoralising defeat, three days after losing meekly to Sheffield United in the Premier League, but substitute Pepe's late intervention kept the Gunners top of Group F with a maximum nine points.
Sania Mirza won her first WTA Tour title of the season, clinching the doubles crown at the Morocco Open with American Vania King.
The third seeded Indo-Czech pair beat Romanian Andrei Pavel and Germany's Alexander Waske in the quarter-finals.
Melbourne man McNamara won five singles titles and 19 in doubles and teamed up with compatriot Paul McNamee to win the Australian Open doubles in 1979 and Wimbledon twice in 1980 and 1982.
Romania on Tuesday invited investments from India in steel, pharmaceuticals and agriculture sector, even as it offered to share its expertise in the energy sector.
Top seed Angelique Kerber was knocked out of the last-16 of Wimbledon by Garbine Muguruza on Monday, ensuring she will lose her world number one ranking.
The teenager could be the youngest ever to win senior World Cup gold medals for India though the National Rifle Association of India (NRAI) could not confirm.
The seventh-seeded American next plays top seed Shahar Peer of Israel at the Memphis International.
Former world number one Maria Sharapova avenged her US Open loss to Anastasija Sevastova with a 7-6(3), 5-7, 7-6(7) victory over the Latvian in the China Open first round on Saturday.
The wild card team of India's Yuki Bhambri and Michael Venus of New Zealand created a big upset at the Australian Open, shocking tenth seeds Jean-Julien Rojer and Horia Tecau in Melbourne on Friday. They needed just 64 minutes to get the better of the experienced Dutch-Romanian pair 6-4, 6-4 in a second round match.
A summary of sports events and sports persons, who made news on Monday
Friday's explosion on the London tube is the latest in a string of terror attacks in the United Kingdom in recent years. Here is a timeline of the terror that has unfolded in the UK.
The unseeded Ostapenko, 20, downed Romanian third seed Simona Halep 4-6, 6-4, 6-3 in the final, hitting a staggering 54 winners and taking her tournament tally to 299.
JB Chemicals & Pharmaceuticals has entered into an in-licensing agreement with Ranbaxy Laboratories for marketing its herbal brand 'Doktor Mom' in Romania.
A summary of sports events and sports persons, who made news on Friday
News of all that's transpired on and off the football field
Top seeds Sania Mirza and Martina Hingis went through several anxious moments before getting past Russian girls Daria Kasatkina and Alexandra Panova in their opening doubles match at the French Open on Wednesday. The reigning Wimbledon, US Open and Australian Open champions prevailed 7-6(4), 6-2.
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