Britain are traditionally also-rans at the Winter Olympics but a statistical study has predicted the team will win a record-breaking six medals at the Sochi Games next month.
World number three Elena Rybakina overcame Cristina Bucsa in two hard-fought sets to make the quarter-finals of the Adelaide International on Wednesday, while Jessica Pegula and Jelena Ostapenko had to work even harder to make the last eight.
American Sloane Stephens battled back to defeat defending champion Caroline Garcia at the Cincinnati Open.
Images from Day 7 of the 2024 Australian Open in Melbourne on Saturday.
World No. 1 Novak Djokovic is determined to give it his best shot in Paris to win the elusive Olympic gold medal.
IMAGES from Day 6 of the French Open at Roland Garros in Paris on Friday.
Holger Rune crashed out to Yoshihito Nishioka in the ATP 250 Adelaide International 1 first round.
Exodus of big guns opens up bottom half of men's draw
Sania Mirza entered the women's doubles semi-finals and set up a high-intensity clash against Leander Paes in the mixed doubles after both the Indians made the quarter-finals with their respective partners in the Australian Open in Melbourne.
It was Novak Djokovic's first match this year after his Australian Open hopes were dashed when he was deported following an 11-day saga revolving around his decision not to have a COVID-19 vaccination.
Images from Day 7 of the 2021 French Open at Roland Garros in Paris on Saturday.
Indian tennis stars Sania Mirza and Rohan Bopanna advanced to the quarter-finals of the women's and mixed doubles events respectively after notching up contrasting victories with their partners at the Australian Open.
Images from Day 5 of the French Open, at Roland Garros, in Paris.
Photos from Day 1 of the Australian Open matches played at Melbourne Park on Monday
A summary of the second day's play at the US Open.
Second seed Sloane Stephens was shocked 2-6, 6-4, 6-2 by Germany's Andrea Petkovic in the second round of the Citi Open on Wednesday, disrupting the American's buildup to her US Open title defence.
A round-up of tennis matches played on Tuesday.
Images from Day 3 of the French Open matches played at Roland Garros on Tuesday
Reigning champions Novak Djokovic and Serena Williams have been named top seeds for the Australian Open starting on Monday.
Summary of sports events and persons who made news on Saturday
Photos from Day 5 action at the Western & Southern Open at Cincinnati on Thursday.
A summary of the matches from Day 9 at the French Open.
Aseem Chhabra tell us how he watched 302 films in 365 days on airplanes, on Netflix, Amazon, iTunes, Google, Hulu, DVDs and even on YouTube.
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