Former world number one Lindsay Davenport has given birth to a baby girl, her agent said on Sunday.
Elena Rybakina put on a brilliant performance to defeat favourite Aryna Sabalenka 64, 46, 64 and lift her first Australian Open trophy.
Jannik Sinner was in ominous form on the Rod Laver Arena court he has ruled for two years before the match was cut short.
World number one Amelie Mauresmo lost 6-4, 7-5 to defending champion Lindsay Davenport in the New Haven quarter-finals.
Madison Keys fought off a late challenge from fellow American Hailey Baptiste to book her spot in the French Open quarter-finals with a 6-3, 7-5 victory at Roland Garros on Monday.
Lindsay Davenport was one of seven seeds to advance but four went out, including number three Daniela Hantuchova, fifth-seeded Patty Schnyder and Austrian Sybille Bammer, in the second round of the Amelia Island Championships.
Former champion Lindsay Davenport, who has been struggling with a right knee injury, pulled out of Wimbledon on Thursday.
She will play seventh seed and 2003 champion Serena Williams in the final.
The American has been out of action since March with a shoulder problem.\n
A shoulder injury forced her to withdraw from a semi-final with Justine Henin-Hardenne.
The former world number one beat Aravane Rezai of France 6-2, 6-2 in the final of the Auckland Classic.
Former world number one Lindsay Davenport continued her remarkable comeback by crushing third seed Julia Vakulenko of Ukraine 6-4, 6-1 in the Quebec City Challenge final on Sunday.
Lindsay Davenport beat Russian Anna Chakvetadze 6-3, 6-3 to reach the final of the New Haven Open
Triple Grand Slam winner Lindsay Davenport is pregnant with her second child and has pulled out of next month's Australian Open. The 32-year-old former world number one will be off the tour indefinitely.
Top seed Lindsay Davenport marched into the quarter-finals of the Australian Open with a 6-2, 6-2 victory over 13th seed Karolina Sprem of Croatia on Monday.
Top seed Lindsay Davenport had little difficulty advancing to the semi-finals at the Cincinnati Open on Friday.
Top seed Amelie Mauresmo and third seed Maria Sharapova also marched on with straight-sets victories at the US Open.\n
The victory gave the world No.1 a place in the final of the \n\nFamily Circle Cup, against Justine Henin-Hardenne.\n\n
The loss of the top two seeds was another huge blow to the Advanta Championships which has already seen the withdrawal of Venus and Serena Williams.
The second seeded American whipped Russia's Lioudmila Skavronskaia in the Bank of the West Classic.
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