Belarusian second seed Aryna Sabalenka beat Iga Swiatek 6-3, 3-6, 6-3 to win the Madrid Open on Saturday, avenging her defeat by the Polish world number one in last month's Stuttgart final.
Along with offering a trophy and spot in the tennis history books, the four Grand Slams also provide serious financial incentive for would-be champions.
Sabalenka will overtake Poland's Iga Swiatek when the new rankings are updated on Monday
Images from Day 3 of the 2024 French Open at Roland Garros in Paris on Tuesday.
Here is what you need to know about the prize pot on offer at the US Open
Images from Day 8 of Wimbledon 2024 at The All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in London on Monday.
Factbox on Belarus' Aryna Sabalenka, who beat China's Zheng Qinwen in the Australian Open final on Saturday
Three contenders for the women's singles title at the Australian Open.
Inching closer to their goal, rescuers have inserted wide pipes up to 45 metres through the rubble and will have to drill another around 12 metres to reach the 41 workers trapped inside the collapsed tunnel in Silkyara for 10 days, officials said Wednesday afternoon.
World No 1 Iga Swiatek overcame a strong early challenge from former champion Sofia Kenin to reach the second round of the Australian Open
World No 8 Muchova withdraws from Aus Open with wrist injury
Carlos Alcaraz's US Open preparations suffered a setback on Friday as the world number one fell to American Tommy Paul
Wild card Caroline Wozniacki, another former champion and returning mother, will play 20th seed Magda Linette.
World number one Iga Swiatek blasted past American Danielle Collins 6-3, 6-0.
Novak Djokovic will prepare for a tilt at an 11th Australian Open title by representing Serbia at the United Cup mixed team tournament while old rival Rafael Nadal and former women's world number one Naomi Osaka return at Brisbane after time away.
This year's US Open runs from Aug. 28-Sept. 10.
Germany complete comeback to beat Poland and lift United Cup
Defending champion Iga Swiatek made it to her third final in four years at Roland Garros.
Swiatek will face Czech Karolina Muchova in the final.
Daniil Medvedev quelled the challenge of wildcard Arthur Fery and Marta Kostyuk fought back to upset Maria Sakkari and storm into the Wimbledon second round on a rainy Wednesday.
Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami Wednesday met the workers rescued from the Silkyara tunnel and kept under medical observation at a hospital in Chinyalisaur and handed over Rs 1 lakh to each of them.
Swiatek is positioned to face American fourth seed Jessica Pegula in the semi-finals.
'I think war made me stronger and also made me mentally stronger'
The five top contenders for the women's title at Wimbledon, which starts on Monday.
The resumption of drilling with the auger machine is likely to speed up the rescue efforts.
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.
Djokovic backs schedule change at expanded Australian Open
Top-ranked Iga Swiatek cruised past Veronika Kudermetova in the semi-final of the Madrid Open to set up a second straight final showdown with world number two Aryna Sabalenka.
Iga Swiatek used an outfit change to help her reset after a poor start and beat China's Zheng Qinwen.
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.
World No. 2 Carlos Alcaraz defeated Tsitsipas in the 2021 US Open and in last year's Miami Masters and Barcelona Open.
Iga Swiatek will have her task cut out as she aims to pick up her third title in four years in Paris.
Holger Rune powered past Argentine qualifier Genaro Alberto Olivieri 6-4 6-1 6-3 on Saturday to reach the French Open fourth round.
Images from Day 8 of the 2024 Australian Open in Melbourne on Sunday.
World number one Iga Swiatek defeated American Jessica Pegula 6-3, 6-0 in just over an hour to defend her Qatar Open title on Saturday.
Images from Day 5 of the 2024 Australian Open in Melbourne on Thursday.
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.
Images from Day 9 of the 2023 Wimbledon Championships at The All England Lawn Tennis Club in London on Tuesday.
Elena Rybakina knocked out defending champion Iga Swiatek at Indian Wells on Friday to set up a clash against Aryna Sabalenka in the final.
Images from Day 7 of the 2024 Australian Open in Melbourne on Saturday.
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