A round-up of all the tennis action from around the globe.
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.
Novak Djokovic enjoyed a stress-free return to US competition following a two year absence
AELTC took the decision in the wake of Russia's invasion of Ukraine
Images from Day 5 of the 2023 Wimbledon Championships on Friday.
Homeland favorite Ashleigh Barty and Serbia's Novak Djokovic are the top seeds for the upcoming Australian Open.
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.
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
Sumit Nagal immediately set his sights on Thiem who has reached two French Open finals, losing both to Nadal.
IMAGES from Day 5 of the French Open at Roland Garros in Paris on Thursday.
Images from Day 3 of the US Open, at Flushing Meadows, New York.
Images from Day 2 of the 2023 US Open at Flushing Meadows in New York on Tuesday.
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.
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.
Images from Day 4 of the 2023 Australian Open, at Melbourne Park.
Opportunity knocks for Serena Williams on the grass courts of Wimbledon next week when she faces a diminished field on her best surface at the famous All England Club.
In the crucial ninth game Suarez Navarro seemingly held but Sabalenka challenged an ace at 40-15 and won the discussion.
Venus Williams, Coco Gauff pair up to play doubles at French Open.
Other nominees for the prize are Angelique Kerber (Germany), Petra Kvitova (Czech Republic and Caroline Wozniacki (Denmark).
Carlos Alcaraz came through a testing third round encounter against Nicolas Jarry.
Aryna Sabalenka moved one step closer to defending her Wuhan Open crown after dispatching world number one Ash Barty in straight sets with a 7-5 6-4 victory in the semi-final on Friday
Images from Day 9 of the 2021 US Open in New York on Wednesday.
Grand Slam champions Daniil Medvedev from Russia and Belarusian Victoria Azarenka will not be able to participate in the June 27-July 10 tournament.
A summary of Monday's action at the US Open.
Sharapova struggled to move on court and conceded the opening set 6-1, with coach Thomas Hogstedt urging the Russian to take her game to the next level or call for a medical timeout.
Images from Tuesday, Day 8 of the 2021 Wimbledon Championships, in London.
British qualifier Emma Raducanu beat Canada's Leylah Fernandez 6-4 6-3 in a battle of two unseeded teenagers to win the U.S. Open women's title on Saturday.
Images from Day 8 of the 2022 Australian Open at Melbourne Park on Monday.
Medvedev suffered a jarring early exit from the Canadian Masters last week but overcame some initial problems in a tricky tie against Shapovalov to edge both sets and book a meeting with American Fritz.
A round-up of all tennis action on Friday.
World No 12 Petra Kvitova returned to court dressed for the French Open but was happy to triumph in the women's draw at an all-Czech tournament on Thursday as the sports world starts to slowly return from the novel coronavirus shutdown. The Prague tournament - played among the top Czech men's and women's players but without fans and with ball boys and girls wearing gloves and face masks - was one of the first after professional tennis was suspended in early March as the world went into lockdown to contain the spread of the virus.
Two-time Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitova is happy to finally play tennis again for fans around the world - even if they can only watch on television. The world number 12 will headline an all-Czech tournament in Prague starting Tuesday without spectators, handshakes or the usual towel service.
Inspired Garcia goes from Cincinnati qualifier to champion
Victoria Azarenka's career has been a rollercoaster ride since she since she returned to the tour in 2017 after taking time off to have her son, Leo. After three years away from the WTA Tour following the birth of her son Alexander, Tsvetana Pironkova, playing in her first event since 2017, claimed a shock upset at the US Open.
Aryna Sabalenka expressed more concern over the vaccine than her quarterfinal opponent No 1 Ash Barty
Big names and young guns turn up the heat at US Open
Medvedev squandered a two-set lead against Nadal in their previous meeting in the Melbourne final in January, allowing the Spaniard to clinch his 21st Grand Slam title.
It will mark the first Grand Slam final to be contested by two teenagers since Serena Williams and Martina Hingis met in the 1999 US Open title clash.
Fritz delivers as US win inaugural United Cup crown
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