'At the beginning of the careers it's sometimes very tricky to manage that properly'
Unseeded Marketa Vondrousova of the Czech Republic stunned Tunisia's Ons Jabeur 6-4 6-4 to win the Wimbledon women's singles final on Saturday.
Rafa Nadal returned from an injury layoff to beat Miomir Kecmanovic 6-1 7-6(4) on Wednesday
World number one Carlos Alcaraz retired injured against Holger Rune at the Paris Masters on Friday, sending his fellow 19-year-old through to the semi-finals, while Novak Djokovic and Felix Auger-Aliassime also sealed places in the last four.
Carlos Alcaraz's US Open preparations suffered a setback on Friday as the world number one fell to American Tommy Paul
Images from Day 7 of the 2022 Australian Open at Melbourne Park on Sunday.
Images from Day 6 of the 2024 Australian Open in Melbourne on Friday.
Mirza and Hradecka produced some high quality tennis but lost 4-6, 3-6
Defeat for Williams was a major blow to her preparations for the French Open
Images from Day 2 of the 2023 US Open at Flushing Meadows in New York on Tuesday.
Hubert Hurkacz battled back from a set and a break down to beat Casper Ruud 5-7 6-3 6-2 on Saturday and reach the Canadian Masters final.
Cornet had an extended discussion with the chair umpire at the changeover at 3-0 in the second set on Saturday, and decided to call it quits
Images from Day 1 of the 2023 Australian Open at Melbourne Park on Monday.
Coco Gauff rallied from a break down in the final set to beat Swede Rebecca Peterson and reach the Indian Wells quarter-finals for the first time
A round-up of all tennis action on Friday.
It was the first time in open era that two Indian teams competed against each other at a Grand Slam tournament.
Indian Wells champions Carlos Alcaraz and Elena Rybakina stayed on course to complete the 'Sunshine Double' at the Miami Open.
A summary of Wednesday's action at the US Open.
Opelka edges Kyrgios to set up all-American final with John Isner in Houston
IMAGES from Day 6 of the 2023 US Open on Saturday.
* Swiatek started playing tennis in an attempt to emulate her older sister, who competed briefly on the junior circuit.
A summary of Monday's action at the US Open.
A round-up of all tennis action on Saturday.
IMAGES from the Australian Open matches played on Wednesday.
Venus Williams will miss the upcoming US Open due to an injury, becoming the third U.S. female after her sister Serena and Sofia Kenin to announce on Wednesday they would not take part in the final Grand Slam tournament of the year.
The first stop on Serena Williams' farewell tour came to a quick end as she fell to Belinda Bencic in second-round action at the Canadian Open on Wednesday a day after announcing her forthcoming retirement from tennis.
Alcaraz outlasts Hurkacz, Ruud stunned at Canadian Open
Images from Day 8 of the 2023 Australian Open at Melbourne Park on Sunday.
Images from Day 7 of the 2023 Australian Open, at Melbourne Park, on Sunday.
A round-up of all the tennis action from around the globe.
Jennifer Brady spent two weeks in hard quarantine gathering mental strength for her tilt at a maiden Grand Slam title and will hope there is plenty in reserve when she takes on Naomi Osaka in Saturday's Australian Open final.
Kyrgios added that he had been in communication with Tennis Australia chief executive Craig Tiley and United Cup tournament director Stephen Farrow about his injury.
Homeland favorite Ashleigh Barty and Serbia's Novak Djokovic are the top seeds for the upcoming Australian Open.
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.
Four-times Grand Slam winner Naomi Osaka fired off 18 aces as the Japanese former world number beat Swiss Belinda Bencic 4-6, 6-3, 6-4 on Thursday to reach her first Miami Open final.
Poland's Iga Swiatek continued her terrific run with a 6-3, 6-3 win over Petra Kvitova on Wednesday to reach the Miami Open semi-finals, while Norway's Casper Ruud upset men's second seed Alexander Zverev in their quarter-final clash.
Ash Barty ended Australia's 44-year wait for a home winner at the Australian Open when the world number one staved off a fightback from American Danielle Collins to complete a 6-3, 7-6(2) win.
IMAGES from Day 1 of all the action from the Wimbledon Championships played at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, London, on Monday.
IMAGES from matches on Day 4 of the US Open at Flushing Meadows in New York on Thursday.
Jabeur advances to first WTA 100 final in Madrid in style.
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