Five-time Wimbledon champion Venus Williams chalked up her first victory at the tournament for three years, adopting an underdog mentality to help her to dispose of Spaniard Maria-Teresa Torro-Flor 6-4, 4-6, 6-2.
World No 1 Serena Williams cruised into the quarter-finals of the Rogers Cup with a 7-5, 6-4 win over Lucie Safarova on Thursday but the Montreal tournament lost two of her potential title rivals when Maria Sharapova and Petra Kvitova were knocked out.
If Serena Williams wanted to sound like someone who did not really care whether she won another Wimbledon or not, telling the world she just wanted to have fun, nobody was fooled on Thursday.
World number one Justine Henin battled back from a set down to overcome Maria Sharapova 5-7, 7-5, 6-3 and retain her WTA Championships title in an epic struggle at the Madrid Arena on Sunday.
A look at the players practising ahead of the start of the Wimbledon on Monday.
It's French Open time! The tennis world's only clay court Grand Slam begins on Sunday and the best of the best will battle it out.
Wimbledon champion Garbine Muguruza notched up her first ever victory on Arthur Ashe Stadium with a 6-0, 6-3 win over American Varvara Lepchenko at the US Open on Monday.
Madison Keys is determined to take an extra step at the Grand Slams
Paris is the fashion capital of the world. Therefore, the women tennis players do everything to up the ante during the French Open. Check out what they are wearing at the ongoing clay-court tournament.
A look at the top ten sexy female players at this year's Wimbledon.
Ash Barty's bid to end the host nation's long wait for a homegrown Australian Open champion will begin against Ukraine's Lesia Tsurenko
The Sony Open in Miami was locked down while the bomb squad investigated a suspicious package on Tuesday, preventing thousands of spectators from entering or leaving the sprawling tennis complex.
Roger Federer will be returning to his newborn twins earlier than expected after his Italian Open adventure ended with a 1-6, 6-3, 7-6(6) second-round defeat by Frenchman Jeremy Chardy on Wednesday.
Maria Sharapova made it to her maiden semi-finals of the French Open by beating fellow Russian Anna Chakvetadze 6-3, 6-4.
The Russian faces unseeded Slovak Daniela Hantuchova in the semi-finals of the Zurich Open.
'I think when I first started, you could win a lot of easy matches, then you're in the quarter-finals, that's when it starts to get a little more tough. Now, like, there's no easy match. Everyone's playing great. Everyone's just doing a lot better'
Serena Williams crushed top seed Maria Sharapova 6-1, 6-1 to reach the last eight.
Big-stage experience proved the deciding factor for Dominika Cibulkova on Wednesday as she marched into her second grand slam semi-final with an impressive 6-3, 6-0 demolition of Simona Halep at the Australian Open.
Lleyton Hewitt rallied to 3-6, 2-6, 6-3, 6-3, 6-3 win over American qualifier Michael Russell.
Poland's Agnieszka Radwanska moved within one win of securing a place at the WTA Finals after thrashing Czech Karolina Pliskova 6-3, 6-1 in the semi-finals of the Tianjin Open on Saturday.
Garbine Muguruza emerged as a favourite to win the Italian Open after beating Latvia's Jelena Ostapenko to reach the third round after world number one Angeliquer Kerber had earlier bowed out to Estonian qualifier Anett Kontaveit.
The good, bad and ugly looks of the week.
As we wait for the new tennis season to start in a week's time, Bikash Mohapatra looks back at the best players this year and the extent of their dominance.
Henin-Hardenne out-hit fellow-Belgian Kim Clijsters in the first semi-final, while Mauresmo beat Maria Sharapova.
The Indian will take on seventh seed Elena Dementieva in the first round at Wimbledon
Dominika Cibulkova, the first Slovakian woman to reach a Grand Slam final, will take on China's Li Na in the Australian Open women's singles final at Melbourne Park, on Saturday.
In the women's Italian Open at the same atmospheric Foro Italico venue home fans were given something to shout about when Sara Errani reached the semi-finals with a superb 6-3, 4-6, 6-2 victory Li Na while Rafael Nadal overcame a first-set thrashing by Andy Murray to reach the semi-finals.
Serena Williams will be favourite for a fourth French Open title if she survives into the second week, former men's champion Jim Courier believes.
Women's champion Serena Williams, bidding for her 22nd Grand Slam title, will have to overcome No 4 seed Agnieszka Radwanska in the first singles semi-final at the Rod Laver Arena.
David Beckham's son Romeo is a talented tennis player with "a lot of potential" according to world number 11 Grigor Dimitrov, who gave the 14-year-old lessons prior to the start of Wimbledon.
The Russian Athletics Federation (ARAF) said on Monday four athletes had tested positive at the Russian Winter Indoor Athletics Championships in February.
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Action from the World Championships, Man City's Asia visit, Maria Sharapova and more...
The defending women's champion was dumped out of the U.S. Open by fellow-Russian Ekaterina Bychkova.
Australia's Alexei Popyrin was the last man standing, losing 7-6 (3), 6-3, 6-7 (10), 4-6, 6-3 to France's Lucas Pouille in their third round match.
Ana Ivanovic of Serbia celebrates defeating Caroline Wozniacki of Denmark during their match at the Indian Wells WTA tennis tournament in Indian Wells, California.
World number eight Williams, who captured the first of her six US Open titles two years before her 17-year-old opponent was born, spent the first half of the match trying to find her rhythm but when she did she was off to the races.
Be it some scintillating action from the Australia Open or Diego Costa's strike sealing the points for Chelsea against Arsenal. In cricket, The Indian team finally tasted success on the back of strong performances from two youngsters. A sensational debut by Jasprit Bumrah followed by a match-winning century by Manish Paney. Be ready to be amazed as Rediff.com encapsulates all the sporting action from the past week in this super photo feature.
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