Images from Day 7 of the 2023 Australian Open, at Melbourne Park, on Sunday.
Swiatek is positioned to face American fourth seed Jessica Pegula in the semi-finals.
Venus has no plans of following her younger sister into retirement any time soon.
China's Zhu Lin, who outlasted Venus Williams 3-6, 6-2, 7-5 in a rain-hit match that ran two hours and 23 minutes.
Holger Rune crashed out to Yoshihito Nishioka in the ATP 250 Adelaide International 1 first round.
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.
World champion Zhu Lin will not be able to defend her title in India this August after being left out of the China squad for the badminton World Championships, local media reported on Tuesday. Olympic silver medallist and former world champion Xie Xingfang will lead China's team for the women's singles, which also includes All England champion Wang Yihan, China's highest ranked player Wang Lin and Lu Lan.
India's national champion Chetan Anand and World Championships quarter-finalist Anup Sridhar are seeded 11 and 13 respectively in the men's singles.
China won three titles and Indonesia two at the world badminton championships.
The Pool B comprises Chinese Taipei, Japan, Thailand and Korea.
A round-up of all tennis action on Friday.
Images from Day 5 of the 2023 Australian Open at Melbourne Park on Friday.
A round-up of all tennis action on Saturday.
Karolina Pliskova warmed up for Wimbledon in the best possible fashion on Saturday by powering past Angelique Kerber 6-1, 6-4 to win the Eastbourne title.
Sharapova was broken in the first game but fought back to draw level before going on to take the first set with a hold to love.
World number one Naomi Osaka was beaten in her opening match at the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships on Tuesday, losing to France's Kristina Mladenovic 6-3, 6-3 on her return to competitive action after winning last month's Australian Open.
A summary of sports events and persons who made news on Saturday
Images from Day 1 of the Wimbledon Championships.
Images from the third day at the US Open, the final Grand Slam tournament of the year, in New York, on Wednesday:
Summary of sports events and persons who made news on Wednesday
A summary of sports events and sports persons, who made news on Wednesday
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