Second seed Garbine Muguruza, bidding to add the Wimbledon crown to her French Open title, was sensationally beaten in the second round on Thursday by Slovakian qualifier Jana Cepelova 6-3, 6-2 in the shock of the tournament so far.
Coaches will come under nearly as much scrutiny as the players over the next fortnight at Wimbledon with every facial gesture captured on the TV cameras and repeated in super slow motion.
Sharapova thanked her parents and paid special tribute to her father, who took her the US when she was seven.
Champion Roger Federer faces Frenchman Sebastien Grosjean for the first time in more than three years today with a place in the Wimbledon final at stake.
The defending champion turned in a breathtaking performance against one of the most dogged players on the men's tour to reach the semi-finals at Wimbledon.
Serena Williams takes centre stage on Centre Court when she lines up opposite 16-year-old Tatiana Golovin.
Venus Williams, the 2000 and 2001 champion was shocked by Croatia's Karolina Sprem in the second round at Wimbledon.
IMAGES from the matches played at the PNB Paribas Open at Indian Wells on Sunday
Karol Kucera of Slovakia accused line judges of helping 15th seed Lleyton Hewitt during their second round centre court match.
A complete round-up of the morning session of play at the Australian Open.
Serena was beaten by Jennifer Capriati while Venus lost to Russia's Anastasia Myskina in the women's quarter-finals at the French Open.
French qualifier Jerome Haehnel ousted the veteran American in straight sets.
World number one Novak Djokovic and number two Andy Murray crashed out of the Western and Southern Open within an hour of each other on Friday, before Rafa Nadal restored order with a win over old rival Roger Federer.
With British tennis enduring a terrible slump that shows no sign of ending, the sport's officials have turned to him for inspiration.
The big-serving Aussie beat Sebastien Grosjean in the first men's semi-final at Wimbledon.
The twice Wimbledon champion scored an easy victory over Katarina Srebotnik
Eugenie Bouchard's mid-season nosedive continued on Tuesday as the Canadian was swept aside 6-3 6-4 by Croatian qualifier Donna Vekic despite having home advantage and the backing of an excited crowd in a first round clash at the Rogers Cup.
The Indian ace was beaten by Dmitry Mazur of Uzbekistan in the second leg of the ITF tournament.\n\n
Images from Day 3 of the French Open in Paris on Tuesday
Paes' inclusion under cloud as Indian team readies for a shake-up
Federer has become the first Swiss man to win a Grand Slam singles title.
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