Spanish fourth seed Garbine Muguruza fine-tuned her preparations for this month's U.S. Open by crushing Simona Halep 6-1, 6-0 in the Cincinnati Open final on Sunday.
Rafael Nadal has not played a competitive match since bowing out in the second round of this year's Australian Open.
It was a fun year. I did a lot of fun things. I got Australia back in the world group of the Davis Cup, won a couple of titles, so it's been a good year so hopefully I can back it up in 2017
Coric, who had failed to win a match in his last two appearances in Beijing and Shenzhen, saved two break points at 3-3 in the second set and clinched the first four games of the decider to record his 32nd match win of the season.
Tsonga outplayed his compatriot Adrian Mannarino 6-2, 6-2 in the opening round of the traditional Wimbledon warm-up event in his first match since suffering a four-set defeat by little-known Argentine Renzo Olivo at Roland Garros.
Nick Kyrgios has accused Olympic great Dawn Fraser of being a 'blatant racist'.
Czech defending champion Katerina Siniakova fended off Maria Sharapova in a fiercely contested match at the Shenzhen Open on Friday to set up a final with world number one Simona Halep.
A tenacious Roberto Bautista Agut battled back to beat world number one Novak Djokovic 1-6, 7-5, 6-3 and advance to the quarter-finals of the Miami Open on Tuesday as the Spaniard claimed his second win over the Serb this year.
Nick Kyrgios needs to improve his fitness to have a chance of winning Grand Slams, former world number one Jim Courier said on Wednesday.
Images from Day 6 of the 2016 US Open tennis tournament in New York, on Saturday.
Images from Day 8 at The Championships - Wimbledon.
The volatile 17th seed had a quiet evening by his standards in his opening match on Monday, with just the one violation for unsportsmanlike behaviour when he asked spectator, in no uncertain terms, to be quiet while he was serving.
He may have entered the semifinal as the underdog, but Jannik Sinner's stunning victory over overwhelming favourite Novak Djokovic left the Melbourne crowd shocked.
Australian Nick Kyrgios did his best to enliven a damp and dismal Parisian day with some eye-catching play and colourful language as the French Open began without part of the usual furniture on Sunday.
IMAGES from the Miami Masters played in Key Biscayne, Florida on Tuesday
Rising talent Nick Kyrgios has confirmed his split with coach Simon Rea to spend more time at his Canberra home, the Australian teenager said on Saturday.
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.
?Andy Murray's preparations for this month's Australian Open suffered a setback on Wednesday when the world number two went down in straight sets to local favourite Nick Kyrgios at the Hopman Cup in Perth.
Images from the Australian Open matches played at Melbourne Park on Wednesday.
Rafael Nadal will play at the Australian Open in January
Images from matches played on Day 5 at the Australian Open in Melbourne Park on Friday
Frenchman Benoit lost his temper in the third game of the second set when top seed Tsitsipas halted the match to attend to a broken shoe lace.
Nick Kyrgios clinched his maiden tour title on home soil in a big confidence boost ahead of the Australian Open, beating Ryan Harrison 6-4, 6-2 in the Brisbane International final.
Images from matches played on Day 7 at the Australian Open in Melbourne Park on Sunday
Kyrgios and Kokkinakis were nicknamed the 'Special Ks' as juniors
Images from all the action on Day 3 at the Australian Open in Melbourne on Wednesday
Images from Day 3 of the French Open matches played at Roland Garros in Paris on Tuesday
Kyrgios and Kokkinakis, nicknamed the 'Special Ks' as juniors, claimed their first major title
I have to be two feet in tennis or two feet out.'
IMAGES from Day 3 of the US Open in New York on Wednesday.
'He's a bit of God, I'm not gonna lie'
IMAGES from Day 2 of the Wimbledon Championships from the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, London, on Tuesday.
Alcaraz's hero Rafael Nadal, who won two Wimbledons and once beat Roger Federer in five sets once said Alcaraz's victory over Djokovic felt similar.
Swiatek is positioned to face American fourth seed Jessica Pegula in the semi-finals.
A summary of Friday's action at the US Open.
Fourth-ranked Carlos Alcaraz and Norway's world number seven Casper Ruud also have a shot at top spot.
Venus has no plans of following her younger sister into retirement any time soon.
Raducanu stormed into the third round of the Cincinnati Open
Images from Day 5 of the French Open in Paris on Thursday.
IMAGES of the all the action from Day 1 of the Australian Open played at Melbourne Park on Monday
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