Kvitova and Vekic had played twice on Saturday after a rain delay on Friday but it was the Czech who did not drop a set in the entire tournament.
Katerina Siniakova and Barbora Krejcikova extended their Grand Slam tournament winning streak to 24 matches with a 6-4, 6-3 victory over Japan's Shuko Aoyama and Ena Shibahara in the Australian Open women's doubles final on Sunday.
Coco Gauff became the first American to win a US Open singles title since Sloane Stephens in 2017.
The tournament, staged in 11 cities across Europe, will feature 24 of the best teams from June 12.
Images from Day 7 of the 2024 French Open.
Spain secured a place at Euro 2024 after Gavi's second-half goal was enough to beat Norway 1-0 away on Sunday and they will be joined by Group A rivals Scotland and Turkey from Group D following an eventful night in qualifying.
Neeraj Chopra was not at his best but still finished second with a final round throw of 85.71m in the men's javelin event of the Diamond League
The 25-year-old also finds the World Championships tougher than the Olympics.
Spain won the match 2-0, but it was the young intruder who won hearts of the players, spectators and the security.
Brady was sidelined by knee and foot injuries since the summer of 2021
India's iconic Vande Bharat train project may finally find a solution to its two Russian-related issues.
Poland's red-hot world number one Iga Swiatek did not drop a game in her Saturday singles match against Romania's Andreea Prisacariu, sending Poland through to November's Billie Jean King Cup finals in decisive fashion.
Star Indian shuttlers PV Sindhu and Lakshya Sen notched up straight game wins to progress to the women's and men's singles quarterfinals of the US Open.
India has constituted a probe team to investigate allegations relating to the foiled plot to kill Gurpatwant Singh Pannun, a Sikh extremist and known to be an American and Canadian citizen.
Cristiano Ronaldo scored twice as Portugal swept to an emphatic 4-0 victory over Switzerland in their UEFA Nations League clash at the Estadio Jose Alvalade in Lisbon on Sunday.
Australia reached a second successive Davis Cup final when Alex de Minaur overpowered Emil Ruusuvuori 6-4 6-3 after Alexei Popyrin beat Otto Virtanen 7-6(5) 6-2 to earn the 28-time champions a 2-0 win over Finland on Friday.
Unbeaten England finished with seven points, comfortably ahead of Croatia, who were second with four after beating Scotland 3-1 in Glasgow.
Here is what you need to know about the prize pot on offer at Wimbledon:
Sreeshankar was expected to at least qualify for the final round but form deserted him when it mattered the most on Wednesday.
As India seems to be picking 'Bharat' at least in official communication, here are some interesting name changes.
Glimpses from Tomsk in Russia, Prague in the Czech Republic and Brighton in England.
Anett Kontaveit handed Czech Karolina Pliskova a 6-4, 6-0 drubbing to become the first player to qualify for the semi-finals while Garbine Muguruza came from behind to defeat Barbora Krejcikova 2-6, 6-3, 6-4 at the WTA Finals in Guadalajara, Mexico on Friday.
Olympic champion Neeraj Chopra became the first Indian to win a gold medal at the World Athletics Championships.
No.1 ranking will inspire 'Gen-Next' of Indian tennis, says Rohan Bopanna after achieving the feat
World number 12 Belinda Bencic dug deep to overpower the Czech Republic's Marketa Vondrousova 7-5, 2-6, 6-3 on Saturday and win the Tokyo Games women's singles title, becoming the first Swiss woman to earn an Olympics tennis gold.
The 24-year-old, who has yet to win a Grand Slam title, was in stunning form as he defeated Russian Karen Khachanov 6-3, 6-1 to become the first German man to win a singles Olympic gold.
Images from Day 2 of the 2024 Australian Open in Melbourne on Monday.
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.
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.
Indian Davis Cup team sweats it out at 'mini cauldron', match timings revised due to tough conditions
The second semi-final in the Euro 2020 championships will be played between England and Denmark tonight from 00:30 AM IST in London, United Kingdom.
On the penultimate day of the ISSF World Cup, India's upcoming shooter Sift Kaur Samra clinched the 50m Rifle 3P bronze in Bhopal.
World No 8 Muchova withdraws from Aus Open with wrist injury
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World number one Ash Barty became the first Australian woman to win the Wimbledon singles title for 41 years on Saturday when she defeated Czech Karolina Pliskova in the final.
Iga Swiatek, Aryna Sabalenka and Coco Gauff, are a handful of contenders ready to swoop in
The main event starts on Feb 1
Former world No. 1 Saina, who missed a lot of tournaments last year due to multiple injuries, moved to the second round after her opponent, Czech Republic's Tereza Svabikova, suffered a back injury and retired mid-way while trailing 20-22, 0-1 in an opening round match.
