Swiatek, the 2022 champion, made her intentions clear early on with an aggressive start to claim a break for a 2-1 lead. She pulled further away when Kostyuk hit a double fault two games later, wrapping up the opening set in 31 minutes.
'These guys, they can do everything I did on a return, except they have even a little more coverage'
Iga Swiatek will be looking to join a select band of players who have lifted the Suzanne Lenglen Cup four times
IMAGES from Day 6 of the Wimbledon Championships, at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, London, on Saturday.
World number one Carlos Alcaraz is the new big thing in men's tennis but says Novak Djokovic remains the favourite.
IMAGES from the French Open quarter-finals played in Paris on Tuesday.
When Murray finally got the job done in what was his 250th Grand Slam match, the clock was just past 4.05am local time but a sizeable and vociferous crowd had remained glued to their seats inside the Margaret Court Arena.
India's ace tennis player Leander Paes said that he was yet again ready to take the responsibility of playing a crucial role in the Davis Cup World playoff tie against Serbia which begins on Friday.
Halep finds groove to reach Prague semi-finals.
Thiem, Wawrinka stay positive after defeats on return
The German world number seven claimed his first ATP crown of the year after besting Canada's Felix Auger-Aliassime 6-3, 6-3 to win the bett1HULKS Indoor title at the same venue last Sunday.
Djokovic will next face Sinner in what will be his 46th Grand Slam semi-final, equalling the record of eight-time champion Roger Federer.
Opelka, Kyrgios included in Team World for Laver Cup.
Holger Rune rallied from a set down and saved a match point to defeat former champion Taylor Fritz 2-6 7-6(2) 6-3 on Wednesday and reach the Indian Wells quarter-finals where he will meet fourth seed Daniil Medvedev.
'When you are playing team events in these Games, it's a completely different atmosphere.' 'There's pressure, there's excitement, it's a completely different vibe.'
Sinner is most likely to upset the applecart after the Italian's run to the Canadian Open title this month
Nagal got the Chinese engaged in baseline fight from the beginning and drew the first blood in the very first game of the match.
Five times Cincinnati winner Roger Federer blunted Andy Murray's attempt at a comeback, while women's World No 1 Serena Williams roared to victory as they moved into the semi-finals at the Western & Southern Open on Friday.
The fifth seeded Bulgarian scored an upset straight-set victory over third seed Satoshi Iwabuchi of Japan in the final.
Top seed Simona Halep came back from 4-1 down in the deciding set to beat Elina Svitolina 6-3 3-6 6-4 in the Qatar Open semi-final on Friday, marking her first victory over the Ukrainian in nearly two years.
IMAGES from Day 8 of the action at the US Open at USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center at Flushing Meadows in New York on Monday.
The Australian's determination to once again display his talent on the Wimbledon lawns is an illustration of the huge importance the grasscourt Grand Slam has played in his career.
World number two Rafael Nadal dropped a set at the Barcelona Open for the first time in four years before advancing to the last 16, beating Argentine Leonardo Mayer 6-7(7), 6-4, 6-2 on Wednesday.
Images from Day 5 of the 2024 Australian Open in Melbourne on Thursday.
The 32-year-old Swiss will try and stop Rafael Nadal becoming the first player in the professional era to win the same Grand Slam 10 times.
Spain's Nicolas Almagro hammered top seed David Nalbandian 6-1, 7-6 (7-1) to win the Acapulco International tournament, ending the Argentine's 10-match unbeaten run.
Carlos Alcaraz beat lucky loser Jan-Lennard Struff in the Madrid Open final on Sunday to defend last year's title and win his fourth ATP Tour trophy of the year
IMAGES from all the action on Day 7 of the US Open played at the USTA Billie Jean King Tennis Center at Flushing Meadows in New York on Sunday.
Jack Sock started a new tradition on Thursday, one that the 23-year-old hopes will become a regular occurrence as he carves out a successful tennis career.
The Indian qualifier, who savoured his best ever performance on the ATP World Tour, went down fighting 4-6, 6-4, 3-6 against the world number 45 from South Africa in the quarter-finals played on Friday.
The lanky wild card kissed the Montreal court after completing a rousing 3-6, 6-4, 7-6(4) triumph as the 18-year-old became the youngest player to ever reach the quarter-finals of an ATP Masters 1000 event.
They routed Michael Berrer of Germany and Kenneth Carlsen of Denmark on Sunday.
The Indian tennis ace returned to the runway after almost four years.
For over three-quarters of a century men's tennis in Japan has played out like a kabuki tragedy, filled with decades of barren results, embarrassments and even a suicide.
Johnson to meet Medvedev in Winston-Salem final
The Serb's dominance in 2016, says Bikash Mohapatra/Rediff.com, is way beyond numbers. It's about how he forced his opponents into submission.
World number one Novak Djokovic eased past Greek Stefanos Tsitsipas 6-3, 6-4 to lift his fifth Dubai Tennis Championships title on Saturday, extending his unbeaten start to the 2020 season. Djokovic has now won 21 straight matches, including 18 this season, having already lifted the inaugural ATP Cup with Serbia and a record-extending eighth Australian Open title last month.
After a brief interruption when the players were locked at 5-5 in the opening set, Federer saved two set points in the tiebreak and held firm to gain the upper hand in the contest.
Former India tennis ace Vijay Amritraj hailed the exploits of Sania Mirza on Wednesday, saying the Hyderabadi was instrumental in taking the game of tennis to the front page of newspapers.
Maldini, an ace defender, who donned the Italian national team colours 126 times, made his AC Milan debut in 1985, and played his last Serie A match in May 2009.
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