Mertens fell to the court and Sabalenka looked to the sky in disbelief before they embraced.
IMAGES from the Women's Singles Final of the French Open at Roland Garros in Paris on Saturday.
World No 1 Iga Swiatek overcame a strong early challenge from former champion Sofia Kenin to reach the second round of the Australian Open
Petra Kvitova overcame a sluggish start and 10 double faults to beat Madison Keys 6-7(6), 6-4, 6-3 on Saturday and advance to the final of the Cincinnati Open, where she will face Caroline Garcia, the first qualifier to reach the final of a WTA 1000 tournament.
Coco Gauff rallied from a break down in the final set to beat Swede Rebecca Peterson and reach the Indian Wells quarter-finals for the first time
Aryna Sabalenka of Belarus and Paula Badosa of Spain, earned second-round wins
Standing in Czech Karolina Pliskova's way of achieving a first Grand Slam title is top seed Barty who is aiming to lift the Venus Rosewater Dish for the first time herself.
Wimbledon will allow Russian and Belarusian players to compete at the grasscourt Grand Slam as 'neutrals' this year.
Images from Day 6 of the 2021 French Open at Roland Garros in Paris on Friday.
Canada's Bianca Andreescu upset Greek seventh seed Maria Sakkari to reach the last 32, while Japan's Taro Daniel crushed world number 15 Alexander Zverev.
Italian seventh seed Jannik Sinner beat Tommy Paul to set up a Canadian Open final clash with Australia's Alex De Minaur
Images from Day 2 of the 2023 Australian Open at Melbourne Park on Tuesday.
Photos pf tennis action across the USA on Sunday.
Madison Keys swept past Wimbledon champion Elena Rybakina 6-2, 6-4 at the Cincinnati Open on Friday, setting up a semi-final clash with Petra Kvitova after the Czech defeated Ajla Tomljanovic.
Carlos Alcaraz moved to within two wins of completing the 'Sunshine Double'
A summary of Wednesday's action at the US Open.
Elena Rybakina stormed to her first Australian Open final with a 7-6(4), 6-3 win over Victoria Azarenka on Thursday, wearing the twice champion down in a cagey first set before dominating to close out the match.
Johnson to meet Medvedev in Winston-Salem final
Defending champion Simona Halep pulled out of Wimbledon on Friday after failing to recover from a calf injury she suffered last month, the world number three Romanian said.
Alcaraz outlasts Hurkacz, Ruud stunned at Canadian Open
The first stop on Serena Williams' farewell tour came to a quick end as she fell to Belinda Bencic in second-round action at the Canadian Open on Wednesday a day after announcing her forthcoming retirement from tennis.
World Number one Simona Halep and Japan's Naomi Osaka are among the players nominated for the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) Player of the Year award.
World number one Novak Djokovic earned his 1,000th tour-level victory by beating Casper Ruud 6-4, 6-3 on Saturday to reach the Italian Open final.
A round-up of all the tennis action from around the globe.
Novak Djokovic enjoyed a stress-free return to US competition following a two year absence
Top seed Carlos Alcaraz snapped Daniil Medvedev's 19-match win streak with a 6-3, 6-2 rout in the Indian Wells final on Sunday.
AELTC took the decision in the wake of Russia's invasion of Ukraine
Images from Day 5 of the 2023 Wimbledon Championships on Friday.
Serbian Dusan Lajovic beat Andy Murray at the Miami Open on Wednesday, sending the Briton packing in the first round with his first hardcourt win of the season.
Homeland favorite Ashleigh Barty and Serbia's Novak Djokovic are the top seeds for the upcoming Australian Open.
Carlos Alcaraz downed Felix Auger-Aliassime 6-4, 6-4 to book an Indian Wells semi-final place
The victory secured a first Grand Slam doubles championship for Laura Siegemund and a third for Vera Zvonareva
Images from Day 3 of the US Open, at Flushing Meadows, New York.
IMAGES from Day 5 of the French Open at Roland Garros in Paris on Thursday.
Images from Day 2 of the 2023 US Open at Flushing Meadows in New York on Tuesday.
Sumit Nagal immediately set his sights on Thiem who has reached two French Open finals, losing both to Nadal.
Images from Day 4 of the 2023 Australian Open, at Melbourne Park.
This year's Australian Open will be allowed to admit up to 30,000 fans a day, around 50% of usual capacity, amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
Carlos Alcaraz came through a testing third round encounter against Nicolas Jarry.
It was a repeat of the 34-year-old's straight sets victory over Andy Murray in the second round of the US Open in August.
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