Bethanie Mattek-Sands and her partner Lucie Safarova won their first Grand Slam women's doubles title
Venus Williams, Coco Gauff pair up to play doubles at French Open.
The sixth seed and world No. 6 Indian needed 42 minutes to get the better of Beiwin Zhang of the United States, ranked eight places below her, 21-14, 21-17.
The 23-year-old, who this week became the first Australian woman to reach the top of the rankings since 1976, must survive a rough-looking path if she is to claim back-to-back Grand Slams having won her first at this month's French Open.
Naomi Osaka faces Zheng before possible meeting with Coco Gauff
Sen became only the third men's singles player after Prakash Padukone and Pullela Gopichand to reach the final
Milestones in the progress of Chinese women's tennis after Li Na won the final of the French Open on Saturday.
India's Leander Paes and Rohan Bopanna breezed into the quarter-finals and pre-quarter-finals of the men's and mixed doubles respectively at Wimbledon on Monday, but there was bad news on the Indian challenge in the women's doubles as Sania Mirza and Liezel Huber exited in the third round.
Sania Mirza and Martina Hingis advanced to the second round of the Wimbledon Championships, defeating the duo of Saisai Zheng and Zarina Diyas in the opening round on Wednesday night. The top seeded Indo-Swiss pair defeated the Chinese-Kazakh team 6-2, 6-2.
A summary of sports events and persons who made news on Saturday
China's hopes of a first grand slam finalist were crushed by two of the greats of the women's game on Thursday but Li Na and Zheng Jie's brilliant Australian Open run marked another step in the country's inevitable rise.
Images from day ten of the 2010 Australian Open Grand Slam tennis tournament in Melbourne, on Wednesday.
China was the first country to export such sensitive equipment to Pakistan
While many Western countries, including the United States, Britain and Australia, are diplomatically boycotting the Winter Olympics over China's human rights record, Putin will join a number of Beijing-friendly leaders at the Games.
Twice winner Serena Williams reached the Wimbledon final for the fourth time and third against sister Venus on Thursday with a 6-2, 7-6 victory over Chinese wildcard Zheng Jie on Centre Court.
A summary of the first day's play at the US Open.
Serena and Venus Williams lost 3-6, 6-4, 6-2 to former champions Yan Zi and Zheng Jie in the quarter-finals.
Sania Mirza won her second title in a row as she lifted the China Open trophy with Cara Black, demolishing the challenge of Vera Dushevina and Arantxa Parra Santonja in straight sets, in Beijing on Saturday.
Indian tennis ace Sania Mirza and new partner Jie Zheng made a winning start in the women's doubles at the US Open.
China's top two Li Na and Zheng Jie will miss next month's Fed Cup tie against holders Italy to help other players qualify for the 2008 Beijing Olympics, according to a senior China Tennis Association (CTA) official.
Shandong Luneng striker Lu Zheng has been kicked out of China's Olympic team after almost coming to blows with an assistant coach, local media reported on Monday.
Rising player Lakshya Sen went down to Denmark's Hans-Kristian Solberg Vittinghus
The Indian ace beat Thailand's Suchanan Viratprasert in the women's singles quarter-finals to set up a meeting with top-seed Li Na of China at the Asian Games.
A round-up of sports action from around the world.
Indian tennis ace Rohan Bopanna and his Canadian partner Gabriela Dabrowski of Canada produced a spirited fight back to win 6-4, 5-7, 10-3 and book their place in the quarter-finals of the mixed doubles event at the season-opening Australian Open in Melbourne on Tuesday.
China's economy will maintain its rapid growth next year though the government may face greater difficulties in macro-economic control, a top official of the National Bureau of Statistics said.
However, the Indian ace said she would not use it as an excuse for the defeat in the women's singles final.
Images from Day 7 of the 2022 French Open at Roland Garros in Paris on Saturday.
The Indian campaign at the $ 120,000 New Zealand Open Grand Prix Gold ended.
Sania Mirza and Rohan Bopanna set up a mixed doubles quarter-final clash against each other at the Australian Open after winning their respective matches, in Melbourne.
Star Indian shuttler P V Sindhu cruised into the quarter-finals of the All England Championships women's singles with a straight-game win over Sung Ji Hyun of Korea, in Birmingham, on Thursday.Rising Indian shuttler Lakshya Sen was knocked out after losing in straight games to Victor Axelsen.
Projecting the mining operations as part of China's move to take over Arunachal Pradesh, the report said 'people familiar with the project say the mines are part of an ambitious plan by Beijing to reclaim South Tibet'.
The delegations were led by Brigadier JKS Virk from the Indian side and Senior Colonel Chen Zheng Shan from the Chinese side
India had a good day in office as Rohan Bopanna secured a quarterfinal berth while Sania Mirza too sealed a place in the last-eight stage with their respective partners in the mixed doubles competition at the Wimbledon on Wednesday.
Emirati Ahmed Khalil got a modicum of revenge on Guangzhou Evergrande captain Zheng Zhi when he pipped the Chinese to the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Player of the Year award on Sunday.
The prestigious awards recognise the achievements of the elite badminton players
The Russian made it to her first WTA Tour final with a 6-3, 7-5 win over Zheng Jie of China.
Indian tennis sensation Sania Mirza and zimbabwean Cara Black are in line to win their first title of season as they defeated Lucie Hradecka and Jie Zheng to reach the final of the BNP Paribas Open, a Premier WTA tournament.
Venus Williams was knocked out of the US Open on Wednesday while Andy Murray raced through an entertaining drubbing.
World number one Ash Barty delighted the Memorial Drive crowd by breezing through to the Adelaide International semi-finals with a comfortable 6-3, 6-4 victory over Sofia Kenin on Friday.
