Lindsay Davenport and Jennifer Capriati will clash for a place in the final of the Bausch and Lomb championships.
List of French Open women's singles champions:
U.S. captain Billie Jean King called up the big guns for the tie against the Czech Republic.
The former world No. 1 staved off a fightback from qualifier Lina Krasnoroutskaya to make the grade.
Switzerland's Belinda Bencic became the first teenager in seven years to reach the top 10 of the WTA rankings after she climbed to ninth in the world on Monday.
American multiple grand slam champion Venus Williams collected the 49th title of her illustrious career by defeating Japan's Misaki Doi 6-4, 6-2 in the final of the inaugural Taiwan Open on Sunday.
Simona Halep became the first Romanian in 40 years to lift the French Open trophy at Roland Garros on Saturday.
Serena Williams, who had come into the first Grand Slam since in Auckland claiming her first title since becoming a mother, suffered an error-strewn 6-4, 6-7(2), 7-5 defeat by China's Wang Qiang in the third round at the Australian Open on Friday.
List of French Open women's singles champions
Penpix of the top women's contenders at the 2021 French Open which begins on Sunday
Following Iga Swiatek's victory over Coco Gauff in the final, here's a list of French Open women's singles champions:
Key facts and records of American Serena Williams and Canada's Bianca Andreescu
A lengthy ban for doping would be devastating for five-times grand slam champion Maria Sharapova but she would survive it, Nick Bollettieri, the man who discovered her, said on Tuesday.
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.
While Kapil is an academy member of the Laureus World Sports Awards along with Australian cricket legend Steve Waugh, Yuvraj has been invited in role of an ambassador.
Petra Kvitova produced a majestic performance to end Eugenie Bouchard's hopes of becoming the first Canadian to win a Grand Slam title with a 6-3, 6-0 win in the Wimbledon final on Saturday.
Two-time Wimbledon champion and world number 11 Petra Kvitova was attacked in her home on Tuesday and is receiving medical attention.
Factbox on Wimbledon champion Marion Bartoli, who announced her retirement from tennis at 28 after a second round loss at the Western and Southern Open in Cincinnati on Wednesday.
Here is a list of US Open women's singles champions since the open era began in 1968:
Former champion Ana Ivanovic was at her brilliant, aggressive best on Tuesday. The seventh seed swept aside Ukraine's Elina Svitolina 6-3, 6-2 to storm into the French Open semi-finals.
The 20-year-old, looking to become the first unseeded woman to lift the Suzanne Lenglen Cup since 1933, blazed her way to the final, hitting winners and errors with reckless abandon.
'If grunting would win titles then everybody in the world would be grunting as loud as they can be.'
'It wasn't really a nice time to be dealing with everything'
Justine Henin, a shy, petite Belgian with a fierce desire to win, and big-serving Russian Marat Safin were honored as the new inductees into the International Tennis Hall of Fame in Newport, Rhode Island on Saturday.
IMAGES from the Australian Open matches played on Thursday
No 'Mean Girls' atmosphere in female tennis stars' locker rooms these days
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 7 of the 2021 French Open at Roland Garros in Paris on Saturday.
List of Australian Open women's singles champions since the event began in 1922 (Australian unless stated):
List of Australian Open women's singles champions since the event began in 1922 (Australian unless stated):
List of Wimbledon women's singles champions:
The 2009 champion who will next face Roger Federer, saved two match points in the fourth set of what was arguably the best of the tournament so far.
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:
5 exceptional players who surprised us at Melbourne.
List of Wimbledon women's singles champions:
For over three-quarters of a century men's tennis in Japan has played out like a kabuki tragedy, filled with decades of barren results, embarrassments and even a suicide.
Following Serena Williams's 19th Grand Slam title, here is the list of Australian Open women's singles champions since the event began in 1922 (Australian unless stated)
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