Images from Day 5 of the 2021 French Open, in Paris, on Thursday.
Images from Day 2 of the Wimbledon tennis championships in London, on Tuesday.
Defending champion Donna Vekic, of Croatia, earned a hard-fought win over British wild card Gabriella Taylor 7-5, 5-7, 7-6(3).
Barty survived a first-round scare at the US Open on Monday
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
New world number one Ashleigh Barty has suffered a pre-Wimbledon injury scare, withdrawn from this week's Eastbourne grasscourt tournament with a recurrence of a right arm injury.
Summary of sports events and persons who made news on Wednesday
Images from Day 4 of the Wimbledon tennis championships played in London, on Wednesday.
Images from Sunday's action at the Australian Open, in Melbourne.
The 20-year-old, free of a shoulder injury that forced her out of qualifying for last week's Hobart tournament, won her first match at the Australian Open at her fourth attempt with a 6-4, 7-5 victory over Germany's Annika Beck.
Images from the matches played at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, in Wimbledon, London, on Monday.
Images from the action on Day 2 at the Australian Open.
The US Open kicks off on August 31 and will be held in its usual home in Flushing Meadows, Queens, but will be played without fans in attendance to limit the spread of the virus.
Danielle Collins gave the hostile crowd a roasting after beating local favourite Destanee Aiava in the second round of the Australian Open
Aryna Sabalenka will battle American 19th seed Madison Keys in the final on Saturday looking to become the first woman since Martina Hingis from 1997-99 to win the Australian Open title three times in a row.
Former world number one Novak Djokovic showed signs of a return to form with an impressive 7-5, 6-4 victory over Japan's Kei Nishikori in the opening round of the Madrid Open on Monday.
On the men's side, the fields have already been divided into two ATP 250 tournaments.
Iga Swiatek has been not been at her world-beating best in the months leading up to the U.S. Open but the Pole has both the talent and mentality to lift her game for the final Grand Slam of the year, tennis great Chris Evert said.
Images from Day 3 of the 2025 Australian Open in Melbourne on Tuesday.
Images from Day 9 at the French Open.
Czech duo Siniakova and Machac win mixed doubles gold
A summary of sports events and persons who made news on Tuesday.
Wimbledon will drop the titles "Miss" and "Mrs" before the names of female winners on its honour roll to match the men's boards in an attempt to modernise the tournament.
Iga Swiatek said capturing the women's world number one ranking was a 'surreal' achievement
Stars made their way to the Australian Open to cheer on Rafael Nadal.
Three contenders for the women's singles title at the Australian Open.
Three-times Grand Slam champion Barty received her award three months after retiring from professional tennis at the age of 25.
'I always had this vision that we would all play until we are 35 or something'
Aryna Sabalenka beat China's Zheng Qinwen 6-3 6-2 to retain the Australian Open women's singles title on Saturday.
'When I'm going to be next time in the same situation, I'm going to do some stuff differently because, it was a little bit stressful, and it shouldn't be.'
But the top seed targeted world number 68 Niemeier's serve to grab the decisive break and with it the opening set, before surrendering serve early in the next only to hit back from 2-0 down to level at 5-5 before going on to seal the victory.
Danielle Collins spoke of the challenges of plotting matches without a coach but will still head off with lessons learnt.
Muchova says Grand Slam hunger behind another Sakkari upset in Paris
Novak Djokovic reclaimed the world number one ranking from Carlos Alcaraz
Iga Swiatek celebrated her 21st birthday with a cake at the Roland Garros.
Famous faces spotted at the finals:
Marketa Vondrousova plans to celebrate with beer and a new tattoo after becoming one of the most unlikely Wimbledon champions by beating Ons Jabeur in the final on Saturday.
Images from Day 7 of the 2022 Australian Open at Melbourne Park on Sunday.
Penpix of the top women's contenders at the 2021 French Open which begins on Sunday
