A summary of Wednesday's action at the US Open.
Images from Day 9 of the 2020 French Open at Roland Garros, in Paris, on Monday.
Second seed Sloane Stephens was shocked 2-6, 6-4, 6-2 by Germany's Andrea Petkovic in the second round of the Citi Open on Wednesday, disrupting the American's buildup to her US Open title defence.
Summary of sports events and persons who made news on Tuesday.
Melbourne man McNamara won five singles titles and 19 in doubles and teamed up with compatriot Paul McNamee to win the Australian Open doubles in 1979 and Wimbledon twice in 1980 and 1982.
Images from Day 3 of the 2022 Australian Open in Melbourne on Wednesday.
The 16-times Grand Slam champion, who has been slightly ill lately, was kept on his toes before racing to victory to set up a meeting with seventh seed Stefanos Tsitsipas.
On the men's side, the fields have already been divided into two ATP 250 tournaments.
The match ended in 52 minutes as Williams played her forehand into the net.
Six-time champion Novak Djokovic's hopes of turning around his season at the Miami Open ended in the second round when he was defeated 6-3, 6-4 by Frenchman Benoit Paire.
Daniil Medvedev and Karen Khachanov crushed second seed Dominic Thiem and third seed Alexander Zverev respectively to set up an all-Russian semi-final at the Rogers Cup in Montreal on Friday.
Serena Williams and Naomi Osaka advanced to the Rogers Cup quarter-finals on Thursday to set up their first meeting since the American's infamous row with an umpire overshadowed last year's US Open final.
Images from Day 9 of the 2022 Australian Open, at Melbourne Park, on Tuesday.
Images from Day 2 of the 2020 US Open in New York
Summary of sports events and persons who made news on Thursday
Top seeded Ash Barty overcame a slow start to defeat Maria Sharapova 6-4 6-1, while Simona Halep battled past Ekaterina Alexandrova 3-6 7-5 6-4 in the second round of the Cincinnati Masters on Wednesday.
Images from Day 10 of the 2020 French Open, at Roland Garros, in Paris.
The Danish World No 3 ended 2017 with the biggest title of her career in Singapore and returned a day after thrashing Madison Brengle in her season opener to hit 21 winners against eight unforced errors in the 53-minute win over Martic.
Images from Day 4 of the Wimbledon tennis championships played in London, on Wednesday.
Coco Gauff claimed the biggest win of her young career on Friday with a stunning upset of defending champion Naomi Osaka at the Australian Open to reach the fourth round. Caroline Wozniacki and Serena Williams also lost their respective matches earlier in the day. Images from Day 5 of the Australian Open played at Melbourne Park on Friday.
A summary of Thursday's play at the French Open.
A summary of Sunday's matches at the French Open.
Images from the third day at the US Open, the final Grand Slam tournament of the year, in New York, on Wednesday:
Summary of sports events and persons who made news on Tuesday
A summary of sports events and persons who made news on Friday
IMAGES from the Australian Open on Tuesday.
IMAGES from Day 3 of the US Open in New York on Wednesday.
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