'Right now I'm focused on going to sleep tonight and winning the next Uno match and then tomorrow we focus back on practice and then get ready for the quarter-finals.'
Iga Swiatek beat Czech 10th seed Marketa Vondrousova to reach the Cincinnati Open semi-finals.
Navratilova, who is openly gay, said it was vital for sports stars to speak out.
Elena Rybakina powered into her first Cincinnati Open semi-final after stunning defending champion Aryna Sabalenka 6-1, 6-4 on Friday, while five-times Grand Slam champion Carlos Alcaraz recovered from a second-set blip to beat Andrey Rublev.
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Mboko saved a match point against Kazakh ninth seed Rybakina in front of adoring home support
French Open champion Gauff is in line for a clash with fellow American Jessica Pegula.
Andreeva bids for Paris glory after stellar start to season
Naomi Osaka tumbled out of the Berlin Open first round on Tuesday
A summary of the day's tennis action at Roland Garros.
Climate protesters halted the US Open women's semi-final between American Coco Gauff and Czech Karolina Muchova for nearly an hour on Thursday.
Aryna Sabalenka showed nerves of steel and champion's resolve to defeat Elena Rybakina in their Berlin Open quarter-final on Friday, saving four match points in the final-set tiebreak.
Nagal's career maintained an upward spike when he became the 10th player from India to break into top 100 in ATP rankings.
IMAGES from Day 1 of the Wimbledon Championships, at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, London, on Monday.
Coco Gauff said she will never again make the mistake of doubting Rafael Nadal's chances at French Open
Iga Swiatek arrives at Roland Garros this month under a cloud of uncertainty, with the Pole enduring one of the toughest stretches of her career just before the defence of her French Open title.
World number one Aryna Sabalenka reached the last 16 at the Miami Open when Elena-Gabriela Ruse retired injured on Saturday, while men's top seed Alexander Zverev beat Jacob Fearnley 6-2, 6-4 to reach the third round.
The 15-year-old's popularity has soared off the charts in a memorable week at the All England Club, with organisers also recognising her potential to grab attention and giving her a Centre Court match-up in the third round.
Czech reigning champion Marketa Vondrousova, seeded sixth and in the same quarter of the draw as Swiatek, will open against Spain's Jessica Bouzas Maneiro.
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Fritz, Shelton lead American charge at US Open with first-round wins
IMAGES from Day 10 of the French Open at Roland Garros in Paris on Tuesday.
The Australian Open champion never faced a break point and used her hard and accurate serve to dispatch Gauff.
Pegula upset with Madrid organisers after finalists denied speeches
Coco Gauff beat defending champion Iga Swiatek 6-3 6-4 at the WTA Finals in Riyadh on Tuesday to reach the semi-finals and ensure Aryna Sabalenka would finish the year as world number one.
Jannik Sinner secured the year-end world number one ranking by beating Czech 30th seed Tomas Machac in the Shanghai Masters semi-finals.
World No. 1 Novak Djokovic remained at the top of the rankings chart
Nick Kyrgios is providing commentary by the court for ESPN and trading barbs with critics on social media. The Australian has not been shy to express an opinion.
Sabalenka, Keys reach Wimbledon third round with contrasting victories.
Versatility is essential and it has come to the fore for Sabalenka in recent tournaments, where she has used not just her brutal strength to put opponents on the back foot but also applied a touch of finesse to leave them wrong-footed.
A summary of Tuesday's action at the US Open.
Images from Day 2 of the 2024 Australian Open in Melbourne on Monday.
Lois Boisson is daring to dream of an improbable triumph after she stormed into the French Open semi-finals
At an oven-like Centre Court where the temperature climbed to 30 degrees Celsius, Sabalenka twice rushed to the aid of ill fans by supplying bottles of cold water and an ice pack, before she cracked under pressure from her opponent in the 10th game.
Nick Kyrgios's nine-match winning streak ended in the Canadian Masters semi-finals on Friday when eighth-seeded Pole Hubert Hurkacz blasted his way to a 7-6(4), 6-7(5), 6-1 victory.
Swiatek's dominance on clay that the top seed from Poland has won her last 20 matches at Roland Garros, as she bids for a third successive trophy to add to her maiden Grand Slam triumph in Paris four years ago
'Beautiful draw': Retiring Gasquet meets Sinner in French Open swansong
Iga Swiatek said she was "overwhelmed" after finding out Poland and Bayern Munich striker Robert Lewandowski was in attendance
IMAGES from Day 9 of the US Open, at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center, Flushing Meadows, New York.
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