A round-up of all tennis action on Saturday.
Images from Day 4 of the Australian Open in Melbourne on Thursday.
Images from Day 4 of the 2023 Australian Open, at Melbourne Park.
Alcaraz outlasts Hurkacz, Ruud stunned at Canadian Open
Madison Keys swept past Wimbledon champion Elena Rybakina 6-2, 6-4 at the Cincinnati Open on Friday, setting up a semi-final clash with Petra Kvitova after the Czech defeated Ajla Tomljanovic.
Wimbledon will allow Russian and Belarusian players to compete at the grasscourt Grand Slam as 'neutrals' this year.
Images from Day 9 of the 2021 US Open in New York on Wednesday.
Aryna Sabalenka of Belarus and Paula Badosa of Spain, earned second-round wins
Canada's Bianca Andreescu upset Greek seventh seed Maria Sakkari to reach the last 32, while Japan's Taro Daniel crushed world number 15 Alexander Zverev.
Images from Day 3 of the US Open, at Flushing Meadows, New York.
The gesture comes after Russia's invasion of Ukraine, which began on Feb. 24
Novak Djokovic equalled Roger Federer's all-time record for most weeks as ATP world number one
Wimbledon announced that it had barred all Russian and Belarusian players from this year's championships
Top seed Novak Djokovic beat Canadian Felix Auger-Aliassime 7-5, 7-6(1) to reach the semi-finals of the Italian Open on Friday and move within one win of 1,000 career victories.
IMAGES from Day 5 of the French Open at Roland Garros in Paris on Thursday.
A round-up of all the tennis action from around the globe.
WTA chief promises 'strong reactions' to ban on Russian, Belarusian players
Zverev had surgery on torn ligaments in his right ankle this month after he was forced to retire from his French Open semi-final against Rafael Nadal.
Serbian Dusan Lajovic beat Andy Murray at the Miami Open on Wednesday, sending the Briton packing in the first round with his first hardcourt win of the season.
Carlos Alcaraz downed Felix Auger-Aliassime 6-4, 6-4 to book an Indian Wells semi-final place
World Number one Simona Halep and Japan's Naomi Osaka are among the players nominated for the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) Player of the Year award.
Images from Tuesday, Day 8 of the 2021 Wimbledon Championships, in London.
Images from Day 7 of the 2022 French Open at Roland Garros in Paris on Saturday.
It was a repeat of the 34-year-old's straight sets victory over Andy Murray in the second round of the US Open in August.
Sharapova struggled to move on court and conceded the opening set 6-1, with coach Thomas Hogstedt urging the Russian to take her game to the next level or call for a medical timeout.
The first stop on Serena Williams' farewell tour came to a quick end as she fell to Belinda Bencic in second-round action at the Canadian Open on Wednesday a day after announcing her forthcoming retirement from tennis.
Australian Nick Kyrgios produced another extraordinary performance to demolish compatriot Alex de Minaur 6-2, 6-3 at the Canadian Masters on Thursday, a day after stunning world number one Daniil Medvedev.
Images from Day 1 of the French Open matches played at Roland Garros on Sunday
The Russian revealed that she had been suffering from a knee problem since the third round.
Images from Day 7 of the 2021 Wimbledon at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, in London, on Monday.
A summary of Saturday's action at the US Open.
Images from Day 5 of the Wimbledon tennis championships played in London, on Friday.
India's challenge in mixed doubles at the Wimbledon Championships ended with second round defeats of Divij Sharan and Rohan Bopanna, on Saturday.
The former World No 1, who returned to the tour in April following a 15-month doping ban, started the stronger, breaking Sabalenka in her opening service game, but struggled on serve and soon found herself trailing 4-1 in the first set.
Barty had some trouble in the first set against the two-time Australian Open champion and saved three break points at 5-5 to go on to win 7-6(2), 6-3 and level the tie at 1-1.
Standing in Czech Karolina Pliskova's way of achieving a first Grand Slam title is top seed Barty who is aiming to lift the Venus Rosewater Dish for the first time herself.
IMAGES from Day 7 of the French Open, at Roland Garros, on Saturday.
AELTC took the decision in the wake of Russia's invasion of Ukraine
World number one Novak Djokovic eased past Greek Stefanos Tsitsipas 6-3, 6-4 to lift his fifth Dubai Tennis Championships title on Saturday, extending his unbeaten start to the 2020 season. Djokovic has now won 21 straight matches, including 18 this season, having already lifted the inaugural ATP Cup with Serbia and a record-extending eighth Australian Open title last month.
Images from Sunday's action at the Australian Open.
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