Images from Day 7 of the 2021 US Open in New York on Sunday.
A summary of the first day's play at the US Open.
Serena Williams is third on the list of female Grand Slam title winners. She is one of only five women, after Maureen Connolly, Margaret Court, Martina Navratilova and Steffi Graf, to hold all four Grand Slam titles at same time.
American Serena Williams won her seventh Wimbledon singles crown, and equalled the professional era record of 22 grand slam titles, with a 7-5, 6-3 victory over Germany's Angelique Kerber on Saturday:
Australian great Margaret Court won 24 grand slam singles titles, one ahead of American Williams, who confirmed she was pregnant on Wednesday and will sit out the rest of the season.
World number two Simona Halep beat Maria Sharapova 6-2, 6-2 in the China Open third round on Wednesday for her first win over the Russian in eight attempts.
Serena Williams' behaviour in Saturday's US Open final divided the tennis world after she called the chair umpire a "liar" and a "thief" and said he treated her differently than male players during her loss to Naomi Osaka.
We should all bow before the legend that is Leander, says Rahul Jacob.
Serena Williams destroyed Romania's Simona Halep 6-3, 6-0 on Sunday to win the WTA Finals championship in Singapore, proving once again why she remains the most formidable force in women's tennis.
An emotional Agnieszka Radwanska claimed her maiden WTA Finals title with a roller-coaster 6-2, 4-6, 6-3 victory over Czech Petra Kvitova in an absorbing encounter at a packed Singapore Indoor Stadium on Sunday.
List of Australian Open women's singles champions since the event began in 1922 (Australian unless stated):
It was Kristyna's first win over a top-five ranked player and she will go on to play fellow Czech Barbora Strycova in the quarter-finals.
Venus Williams and CoCo Vandeweghe won the opening singles matches to give holders the United States a commanding 2-0 lead in their Fed Cup World Group opener against the Netherlands in Asheville, North Carolina on Saturday.
The fifth-seeded Ukrainian reached her second straight Grand Slam semi-final after also making the last four at Wimbledon in July.
A summary of Novak Djokovic's rise in the tennis circuit in photos.
World No 1 Novak Djokovic added to the sexism row, saying male tennis players should earn more money than their female counterparts as more people watch their matches.
Photos from matches played at the US Open in Flushing Meadows on Sunday
List of Australian Open women's singles champions since the event began in 1922 (Australian unless stated):
A quick guide into the life of Serena Williams, the GOAT - The Greatest of All Time!
List of Wimbledon women's singles champions:
List of French Open women's singles champions:
Andy Murray may have a dismal record in the Australian Open final, but he is not the only tennis star to come up short at the majors.
'I really don't think much about these kind of things. I do my way, he does his way'
IMAGES from Day 5 of the 2020 US Open in New York on Friday.
World number one Serena Williams opened her US Open account with a tidy 6-3, 6-3 win over Ekaterina Makarova on Tuesday, to join her sister Venus in the second round of the year's final Grand Slam.
Images from Day 2 of the 2020 US Open in New York
Venus Williams stands in the way of younger sister Serena's bid for a calendar-year Grand Slam after reaching the quarter-finals with a 6-2, 6-1 rout of Estonian teenager Anett Kontaveit on Sunday.
IMAGES from Day 10 of the US Open matches played in New York on Wednesday
The Indian-American was one of the real sheroes at the awards.
Factbox on American Serena Williams, who plays sister Venus in the final of the Australian Open on Saturday.
List of French Open women's singles champions
Images from the third day at the US Open, the final Grand Slam tournament of the year, in New York, on Wednesday:
IMAGES from Day 8 of the US Open on Monday
Images from Day 4 of the French Open matches played at Roland Garros in Paris on Wednesday
Following Serena Williams's win over Angelique Kerber for her 7th Wimbledon crown, here is a list of Wimbledon women's singles champions since 1922:
Images from Day 1 of the US Open in New York, on Monday.
Simona Halep became the first Romanian in 40 years to lift the French Open trophy at Roland Garros on Saturday.
List of Wimbledon women's singles champions:
Konta first British woman in US Open last 16 since 1991
Second seed Angelique Kerber stayed on track in her quest to unseat Serena Williams as world number one by beating Mirjana Lucic-Baroni of Croatia 6-2, 7-6(7) on Wednesday to reach the third round of the US Open.
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