Images from Day 3 of the 2025 Australian Open in Melbourne on Tuesday.
'We both played high level but I stayed so calm and I really enjoyed the battle.'
Sabalenka, Keys reach Wimbledon third round with contrasting victories.
Images from the US Open women's singles first round matches, at Flushing Meadows, New York, on Tuesday.
Draper, 23, has won only two matches in three previous visits to Wimbledon. But the past 12 months has seen him evolve from a player regarded as physically fragile to a beast of the courts with the weapons to challenge the very best.
IMAGES from Day 1 of 2025 Wimbledon Championships played at All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, London, on Monday.
Raducanu stormed into the third round of the Cincinnati Open
Raducanu falls in first match since US Open triumph.
Andy Murray overcame a slow start and a third set service break to beat Taro Daniel 1-6, 6-2, 6-4 in the first round of Indian Wells on Friday and notch his 700th career win.
The US Open women's final between Emma Raducanu and Leylah Fernandez attracted a bigger audience on ESPN than the men's clash featuring calendar year Grand Slam-chasing Novak Djokovic and Russia's Daniil Medvedev.
Sabalenka, who was set to face American Emina Bektas, was replaced in the draw by Russian Erika Andreeva, while fellow Belarusian Azarenka's spot was taken up by another lucky loser in Frenchwoman Elsa Jacquemot.
Images from Day 10 of the 2021 US Open in New York on Thursday.
IMAGES from Day 3 of the Wimbledon Championships, at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, London, on Wednesday.
The Olympic tennis competition suffered another blow as women's third seed Elena Rybakina joined a lengthy list of non-starters hours after the draw took place at Roland Garros on Thursday
Jannik Sinner has withdrawn from the Paris Games due to tonsillitis.
Djokovic first played Monfils at the US Open in 2005 but Tuesday's match was only their second encounter on clay and he needed only one break point to clinch the first set.
Raducanu retired from the match because of 'difficulty breathing'.
IMAGES from Day 1 of the Wimbledon Championships, at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, London, on Monday.
Madison Keys was dumped out of the Miami Open third round on Sunday, falling 6-4, 6-2 to Philippine wild card Alexandra Eala
Images from Day 4 of the Australian Open in Melbourne on Thursday.
Defending champions Iga Swiatek and Carlos Alcaraz powered into the second round of the French Open on Monday.
Former world number one Roger Federer retained his place at the top of the list of the world's highest paid tennis players for a 17th year despite not playing a match for nearly 14 months.
IMAGES from Australian Open matches played at Melbourne Park on Friday
'At my age and with some of the issues that I've got, I do have to be mindful of those things. I cannot just keep going until something happens.'
'Competing for Britain has been by far the most memorable weeks of my career and I'm extremely proud to get to do it one final time'
Max Verstappen was named the 2022 Laureus Sportsman of the Year while Olympic sprint champion Elaine Thompson-Herah bagged the top women's honour
'Leylah asking for the mic back to acknowledge 9/11 was one of the classiest, most empathetic, and mature things I've ever seen in a post-game moment ... and she's only 19. I'm blown away'
Gauff survives scare, Osaka advances
"It is our hope that this rule adjustment will help players focus purely on their performance by relieving a potential source of anxiety."
Sabalenka overpowers Raducanu, Osaka falls
Images from Day 6 of the 2021 US Open in New York on Saturday.
It may not quite be the end for British great Andy Murray at Wimbledon but it felt like it as the 37-year-old received an emotional farewell after he and brother Jamie were beaten in the first round of the men's doubles on Thursday.
Rafael Nadal looked razor sharp again during his latest meeting with qualifier Thiem
Andreescu back from the brink to down Muguruza
Serena Williams signalled her intention to retire this month, saying she was "evolving away from tennis" but never confirming the US Open as her final event.
Images from Day 5 of the 2024 Australian Open in Melbourne on Thursday.
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.
Raducanu retires in Rome as back injury persists, Jabeur survives early scare
Images from Day 8 of the 2021 US Open in New York on Monday.
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