IMAGES from Day 6 at Wimbledon on Saturday.
Summary of sports events and persons who made news on Saturday
A summary of sports events and sports persons, who made news on Sunday
Top seed and defending champion Roger Federer advanced to the Wimbledon last 16 without dropping a set after a 6-3, 7-5, 6-2 win over German Jan-Lennard Struff on Friday.
Roger Federer stared down defeat and saved two match points before knocking Tomas Berdych out of the Miami Open on Thursday with a 6-2, 3-6, 7-6(6) victory in their thrilling quarter-final.
A summary of Sunday's matches at the French Open.
Factbox on American Serena Williams, who plays sister Venus in the final of the Australian Open on Saturday.
Images from Day 1 of the US Open in New York, on Monday.
Summary of sports events and persons who made news on Wednesday
IMAGES from matches played at the Miami Masters in Key Biscayne, Florida
Cilic's booming serve lacked its usual accuracy and Germany's Kohlschreiber was able to control long rallies, pushing the towering Croatian around the court with pinpoint groundstrokes en route to a quick victory.
IMAGES from matches played on Day 7 of the French Open at the Roland Garros in Paris on Saturday
Five-time world champion Viswanathan Anand started his campaign at the Bilbao Final Masters with a crushing win over former FIDE world champion Ruslan Ponomariov of Ukraine in Bilbao, Spain.
A summary of sports events and sports persons, who made news on Sunday
A misfiring Rafael Nadal had trouble hitting the mark but the third seeded Spaniard still had enough to beat American Donald Young 6-4, 6-2 on Tuesday and advance to the fourth round of the BNP Paribas Open.
A ruthless Sorana Cirstea took full advantage of Karolina Pliskova's patchy form at the China Open on Thursday, reaching the quarter-finals as she consigned the recently dethroned world number one to a 6-1, 7-5 defeat.
5 exceptional players who surprised us at Melbourne.
Photos from the tennis matches played at Indian Wells on Tuesday
A summary of sportspersons in the news on Sunday.
Nadal, who got a first-round bye, defeated Richard Gasquet 6-3, 6-4 to advance.
A day after celebrating his 36th birthday, Federer played the aggressive game that has propelled him to five titles, including two grand slams, this year, attacking the net and rocketing second serves.
Bernard Tomic is set to sit out the Australian Open after Tennis Australia (TA) decided not to award him a wildcard to the main draw, the organisers said on Thursday.
Summary of sports events and persons who made news on Friday
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.
Roger Federer glided to victory on another hot, steamy day at the US Open, the envy of a clutch of men's players made to work overtime on Tuesday at the season's final Grand Slam.
PHOTOS from day four of the Wimbledon championships at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in London on Friday.
A summary of Day 2 at Wimbledon on Tuesday.
Images from Day 6 of the Australian Open in Melbourne, on Saturday.
A summary of sports events and sports persons, who made news on Wednesday
Images from matches played on Day 4 of the Australian Open at Melbourne Park on Thursday
Former world number one Andy Murray withdrew from the Brisbane International with a hip problem on Tuesday, further putting in doubt the Briton's prospects of being fit in time for the Australian Open later this month.
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