Coco Gauff eked out a victory to reach her first Australian Open semi-final on Tuesday.
Five top contenders for the women's title at the French Open, which starts on Sunday.
It was a repeat of the 34-year-old's straight sets victory over Andy Murray in the second round of the US Open in August.
Wild card Caroline Wozniacki, another former champion and returning mother, will play 20th seed Magda Linette.
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.
A crestfallen Ons Jabeur described Saturday's 6-4, 6-4 defeat by the unseeded Marketa Vondrousova in the Wimbledon singles final as the most painful of her career.
Images from Day 6 of the 2024 Australian Open in Melbourne on Friday.
Petra Kvitova overcame a sluggish start and 10 double faults to beat Madison Keys 6-7(6), 6-4, 6-3 on Saturday and advance to the final of the Cincinnati Open, where she will face Caroline Garcia, the first qualifier to reach the final of a WTA 1000 tournament.
Tennis missed an opportunity to send a strong message to Moscow by failing to impose a blanket ban on players from Russia and its ally Belarus after the invasion of Ukraine, World No 1 Iga Swiatek said.
Fourth seed Alexander Zverev will play Brandon Nakashima as the former finalist looks to end his long wait for a maiden Grand Slam title.
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Wimbledon announced that it had barred all Russian and Belarusian players from this year's championships
World No. 2 Carlos Alcaraz defeated Tsitsipas in the 2021 US Open and in last year's Miami Masters and Barcelona Open.
World number one Carlos Alcaraz faces a tough path to a maiden French Open title after being placed in the same half of the draw as 22-times Grand Slam champion Novak Djokovic.
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Sharapova struggled to move on court and conceded the opening set 6-1, with coach Thomas Hogstedt urging the Russian to take her game to the next level or call for a medical timeout.
Russian Daria Kasatkina said she left the French Open with a bitter taste in her mouth after being booed off by the crowd.
IMAGES from matches on Day 4 of the US Open at Flushing Meadows in New York on Thursday.
Standing in Czech Karolina Pliskova's way of achieving a first Grand Slam title is top seed Barty who is aiming to lift the Venus Rosewater Dish for the first time herself.
Swiatek is positioned to face American fourth seed Jessica Pegula in the semi-finals.
World number one Novak Djokovic earned his 1,000th tour-level victory by beating Casper Ruud 6-4, 6-3 on Saturday to reach the Italian Open final.
Aryna Sabalenka of Belarus and Paula Badosa of Spain, earned second-round wins
IMAGES from Day 6 of the 2023 US Open on Saturday.
Jabeur upset with fans reselling tickets due to women's match in night session
Images from Day 8 of the 2023 French Open at Roland Garros in Paris on Sunday.
Iga Swiatek will have her task cut out as she aims to pick up her third title in four years in Paris.
Top seed Carlos Alcaraz snapped Daniil Medvedev's 19-match win streak with a 6-3, 6-2 rout in the Indian Wells final on Sunday.
A summary of Wednesday's action at the US Open.
Novak Djokovic stayed on course as he entered the Wimbledon quarterfinals on Monday.
Former world number one Garbine Muguruza was beaten 7-5, 6-4 by Aryna Sabalenka in the China Open second round on Tuesday while an ailing Jelena Ostapenko lost 6-0, 6-0 to Wang Qiang.
This year's US Open runs from Aug. 28-Sept. 10.
Rishabh Pant has been nominated for the prestigious Laureus World Comeback of the Year Award.
Zverev had surgery on torn ligaments in his right ankle this month after he was forced to retire from his French Open semi-final against Rafael Nadal.
Russian and Belarusian flags have been banned from the Melbourne Park precinct during the Australian Open after a complaint from the Ukraine ambassador to the country.
Elena Rybakina stormed to her first Australian Open final with a 7-6(4), 6-3 win over Victoria Azarenka on Thursday, wearing the twice champion down in a cagey first set before dominating to close out the match.
Carlos Alcaraz moved to within two wins of completing the 'Sunshine Double'
The former World No 1, who returned to the tour in April following a 15-month doping ban, started the stronger, breaking Sabalenka in her opening service game, but struggled on serve and soon found herself trailing 4-1 in the first set.
Defending champion Simona Halep pulled out of Wimbledon on Friday after failing to recover from a calf injury she suffered last month, the world number three Romanian said.
Aryna Sabalenka expressed more concern over the vaccine than her quarterfinal opponent No 1 Ash Barty
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