Novak Djokovic began his French Open campaign with a comfortable win.
Images from the US Open women's singles second round matches, at Flushing Meadows, New York, on Wednesday.
Coco Gauff, 18, is the youngest finalist at Roland Garros since Kim Clijsters in 2001.
Images from Day 8 of the 2023 French Open at Roland Garros in Paris on Sunday.
Osaka battled on gamely before retiring while trailing Kaia Kanepi 7-6(4), 3-0.
Three-time US Open champion Djokovic, who comes into the tournament having won his fifth Wimbledon title, is followed in the seedings by 2017 winner Rafael Nadal.
Former world number one Garbine Muguruza was beaten 7-5, 6-4 by Aryna Sabalenka in the China Open second round on Tuesday while an ailing Jelena Ostapenko lost 6-0, 6-0 to Wang Qiang.
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Images from Day 7 of the 2021 French Open at Roland Garros in Paris on Saturday.
Defending champion Sloane Stephens was sent packing from the Miami Open on Sunday after a 6-3, 6-2 loss to Germany's Tatjana Maria in the third round.
Images from Day 9 of the 2021 French Open at Roland Garros in Paris on Monday.
Serena Williams has given birth to a baby girl, the first child for the former world number one tennis player, her coach Patrick Mouratoglou said on Twitter on Friday.
A summary of Saturday's action at the US Open.
IMAGES from Day 2 of the US Open played at Flushing Meadows in New York on Tuesday.
A summary of Wednesday's action at the US Open.
Images from Day 2 of the 2022 Australian Open in Melbourne on Tuesday.
Images from Day 5 of the French Open, at Roland Garros, in Paris.
IMAGES from Day 8 of the French Open at Roland Garros on Sunday.
Kevin Anderson spoiled the American party at the US Open when the big-serving South African beat local favourite Sam Querrey 7-6(5), 6-7(9), 6-3, 7-6(7) to reach his first Grand Slam semi-final on Tuesday.
Images from Day 1 of the Wimbledon tennis championships in London, on Monday.
IMAGES from Day 8 of the matches played at the US Open at Flushing Meadows on Monday
Serena, a six-times champion in New York who is seeded 17th, will start her campaign against Polish world number 60 Magda Linette and could face Venus in the third round before a possible fourth-round showdown with Romanian top seed Halep.
Nadal produced a rich vein of form as he thrashed Greek teenager Stefanos Tsitsipas in straight sets to clinch his fourth Canadian Masters 1000 title at the Rogers Cup
Second seed Sloane Stephens was shocked 2-6, 6-4, 6-2 by Germany's Andrea Petkovic in the second round of the Citi Open on Wednesday, disrupting the American's buildup to her US Open title defence.
Fourth seed Angelique Kerber's bid for consecutive Grand Slam titles ended when 29th seed Dominika Cibulkova defeated the German 3-6, 6-3, 6-3 in the US Open third round on Saturday.
Greek teenager Stefanos Tsitsipas slayed another tennis giant on Saturday, saving a match point as he toppled big-serving Kevin Anderson 6-7(4), 6-4, 7-6(7) in a thriller to set up a Rogers Cup final against top seed Rafael Nadal.
IMAGES from the matches played at the PNB Paribas Open at Indian Wells on Sunday
IMAGES from Day 7 of the French Open, at Roland Garros, on Saturday.
As Serena Williams sits out a fourth straight Grand Slam, Simona Halep and Karolina Pliskova will join Caroline Wozniacki in a quest for a major breakthrough in Australia.
Serbian Djokovic, 31, needed elbow surgery in February to cure a problem that surfaced in 2017, but after some jarring defeats he returned to the kind of domination he achieved in 2015, winning Wimbledon and the US Open.
A summary of Sunday's matches at the French Open.
PHOTOS from the Wimbledon Championships matches played at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, London, on Saturday
IMAGES from the Australian Open matches played at Melbourne Park on Wednesday
IMAGES from the matches played at Miami Miasters in Key Biscayne, Florida, on Wednesday
The signs that things were going horribly wrong for Roger Federer were laid bare at Roland Garros.
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Images from Day 6 of the French Open in Paris on Friday.
World number one Simona Halep saved three match-points before edging past an inspired Lauren Davis 4-6, 6-4, 15-13 in a thrilling marathon to reach the fourth round of the Australian Open on Saturday.
