World number one Carlos Alcaraz faces a potential quarter-final clash with old foe Jannik Sinner in his US Open title defence, and American Coco Gauff is on a collision course with defending champion Iga Swiatek on the women's side.
Canada's Eugenie Bouchard quelled a second set fightback from India's Karman Kaur Thandi to win 6-2, 7-6 in the round of 16 and book a spot in the singles quarter-final of the Chennai Open WTA 250 tennis tournament.
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
Bianca Andreescu rolls to first-round win at Strasbourg.
Maria Sharapova continued her marauding form in handing out a 6-2, 6-1 thrashing to Sweden's Rebecca Peterson
A round-up of all the tennis action from around the globe.
Images from Day 3 of the US Open, at Flushing Meadows, New York.
World number two Karolina Pliskova beat Croatia's Petra Martic 6-3, 6-2 in the final of the inaugural Zhengzhou Open on Sunday to win the 15th WTA singles title of her career and her first in China.
Aryna Sabalenka of Belarus and Paula Badosa of Spain, earned second-round wins
'I felt comfortable knowing that I just needed to change a few things, to adjust, to try and bring the match back in my favour'
The German sixth seed, who has not won a title since winning at Flushing Meadows last year, never got into the match against the 2016 WTA newcomer of the year.
Russia's Daniil Medvedev remarkably reached his ninth final of the season as he defeated Stefanos Tsitsipas 7-6(5), 7-5 at the Shanghai Masters on Saturday.
Images from Day 5 of the 2021 French Open, in Paris, on Thursday.
Australian Nick Kyrgios blasted 15 aces to blow past Japan's Yoshihito Nishioka 6-2, 7-5 on Thursday and reach the quarter-finals at the Citi Open in Washington.
World number one Novak Djokovic blasted past qualifier Alexei Popyrin 6-4, 6-2 to reach the second round of the Japan Open Tennis Championships in Tokyo.
Images from Day 2 of the Wimbledon tennis championships in London, on Tuesday.
Roger Federer rallied from a set down to beat Moldovan surprise package Radu Albot 4-6, 7-5, 6-3 in a stuttering start to the 20-times Grand Slam champion's Miami Open campaign on Saturday.
Images from Day 4 of the Australian Open in Melbourne on Thursday.
Images from Day 2 at the US Open played at Flushing Meadows in New York on Tuesday
Summary of sports events and persons who made news on Monday
Rafael Nadal has pulled out of the Indian Wells and Miami Open tournaments after aggravating the leg injury that forced him out of the Australian Open in January, the Spanish world number two said on Friday.
Images from Day 2 of the 2022 Australian Open in Melbourne on Tuesday.
World No 55 Haase improved to a 2-2 career record against Zverev, including victories in their last two meetings.
Belarusian ninth seed Aryna Sabalenka held off a spirited challenge from American Alison Riske to win 6-3, 3-6, 6-1 and successfully defend her Wuhan Open title on Saturday.
World number five Alexander Zverev continued his poor recent form as he crashed out of the Italian Open in the second round while Serena Williams had to pull out of the women's draw with a recurring knee injury.
Images from Day 2 of the French Open matches played at Roland Garros on Monday
'This was the first time that I played points and that was too much for me today'
The Scot lost 6-4, 6-4 to Richard Gasquet in his first singles match since January before saying he had turned down a wild card into the men's draw at the year's final Grand Slam.
Images from Day 1 of the Australian Open in Melbourne on Monday.
IMAGES from the Australian Open matches played at Melbourne Park on Wednesday
A summary of sports events and persons who made news on Friday
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