Maria Sharapova has offered her congratulations to pregnant rival Serena Williams.
An injury-hampered world number one Serena Williams suffered a shock 6-4, 3-6, 6-1 defeat to Klara Zakopalova of the Czech Republic in the first round of the Andalucia Tennis Championships on Wednesday.
Serena Williams and Naomi Osaka advanced to the Rogers Cup quarter-finals on Thursday to set up their first meeting since the American's infamous row with an umpire overshadowed last year's US Open final.
With Serena bidding to become just the fourth woman to win all four grand slams in the same year, the US Open hype machine that already had been in top gear is now set to crank into overdrive.
American Serena Williams won her seventh Wimbledon singles crown, and equalled the professional era record of 22 grand slam titles, with a 7-5, 6-3 victory over Germany's Angelique Kerber on Saturday:
Former world number one Serena Williams looked sharp in her return to the hardcourts after a week-long break, soundly defeating Daria Gavrilova 6-1, 6-2 on Monday to advance to the second round of the Cincinnati Masters.
Serena Williams claimed a sixth Wimbledon title and fourth successive Grand Slam crown by suppressing the spirited attacking instincts of 20th-seeded Spaniard Garbine Muguruza to win Saturday's final 6-4, 6-4.
Serena Williams has used her painful defeat at the French Open to spur her on at Wimbledon.\n\n
Tennis guru Nick Bollettieri's predictions.
The bull-like Alcaraz, playing only his second Grand Slam final compared to Djokovic's record 35, put on a show
Roger Federer and Serena Williams came through their first real tests at the US Open on Saturday with flying colours as the casualty toll at the last Grand Slam of the year soared to record numbers. The former world number ones both played dangerous opponents but survived to fight another day, advancing safely to the fourth round at Flushing Meadows.
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The world No. 1 joined Kim Clijsters, Justine Henin-Hardenne and Nadia Petrova in the semi-finals of the French Open.
She becomes only the fifth woman to hold all four grand slam titles at the same time.
Federer, who looked dapper and a sure shot contender to play the next James Bond, caught up with fellow tennis legend, Williams -- in all her pregnant glory!
The Pink Panther made a brief appearance, as did Catwoman, but it was the name of Serena Williams that was engraved on most of the 2002 tennis silverware.
Former world number one Serena Williams believes the only reason she is not in the conversation for being 'greatest tennis player of all time' is simply because she is a woman. Insisting that being a woman brings in a whole set of problems from society, the American said the scenario would have been completely different had she been a man, Sport24 reported.
Serena's coach said it had been a winding road following the birth of her daughter in 2017 to the kind of peak performance that brought her US Open success in the past.
Images from Day 1 of the Australian Open in Melbourne on Monday.
As Coco Gauff ponders a fortnight without tennis following her first-round loss at Wimbledon, she might be tempted to phone one of the sport's most accomplished coaches.
The fifth-seeded Ukrainian reached her second straight Grand Slam semi-final after also making the last four at Wimbledon in July.
Serena William powered her way to within two victories of a seventh US Open title on Tuesday and while she refused to look ahead there are many willing to do it for her, and what they see is a suddenly open path to a 24th Grand Slam.
'The conventional view is that it's the women who are being provocative and drawing attention to themselves. Has anyone considered the alternative view?' asks Kanika Datta.
Holder Maria Sharapova ended the encouraging run of Venus Williams to reach the semi-finals of the Italian Open on Friday, but Serena Williams enjoyed an easy passage through to the last four.
World No 1 Serena Williams, coming off a surprise third round loss at Wimbledon, heads the women's field for the US Open, which starts in New York in late August.
Former world number one Maria Sharapova hit back at Serena Williams' criticism of her autobiography on Wednesday -- two days after their much-anticipated showdown at the French Open was scuppered by an injury to her American rival.
Williams's publicist Kelly Bush Novak was responding to a report on website Deadspin that an officer from the US Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) had visited seeking to drug test Williams outside the allotted daily window.
Serena Williams sets up an all-American semi-final against teenager Madison Keys.
Serena Williams, who won the Australian and Wimbledon Grand Slam titles last year, was voted the WTA Tour 2009 Player of the Year for a second successive season, at a ceremony in Miami on Wednesday.
Serena Williams started her 2010 season in the same devastating fashion in which she ended 2009, thrashing Spain's Marie Jose Martinez Sanchez 6-1, 6-2 in the second round of the Sydney International on Tuesday.
'I'm not thinking ahead to the Open right now because I am here in Toronto and I haven't really played a hard court match in awhile. I'm thinking I want to get some of this under my belt and the Open will happen when the Open happens.'
The only former champion in the women's draw, Serena Williams, was ousted in the second round of the French Open.
The older Serena Williams gets, the more dominant she becomes. At 33, an age when most players start to fade, her grip on women's tennis looks as secure as ever.
American tennis player Serena Williams is all set to make her comeback at the Australian Open, organisers confirmed.
Lindsay Davenport hailed Serena Williams for delivering a 'powerful message' that shows it is possible to 'pursue personal goals even when you're a mum'.
Serena Williams took some coaching advice from a fan during her fourth round match.
Images from Day 3 of the Australian Open in Melbourne on Wednesday.
Summary of sports events and persons who made news on Monday
The International Tennis Federation hosted the ITF World Champions Dinner in Paris on Tuesday and World No 1s Novak Djokovic and Serena Williams were honoured at the annual function.
Serena Williams' relaxed outlook on life spilled over even in defeat on Saturday when she appeared to be almost as happy that Angelique Kerber had won her first Grand Slam final as the German herself.
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