Images from Day 5 of the Wimbledon tennis championships played in London, on Friday.
IMAGES from Day 8 of the French Open at Roland Garros on Sunday.
Sets up Venus tie on return after COVID-19 hiatus at the Top Seed Open.
'Take care of yourself and see you back winning soon!'
Coco Gauff has released videos protesting against killings of African-Americans in the US amid widespread outrage following the death of George Floyd, an unarmed Black man in police custody in Minneapolis.
Serena Williams said on Saturday the COVID-19 outbreak has not only given her a much needed stretch of downtime with her family, it has also turned her into a bit of a "neurotic" and "a recluse" given her past health scares.
Stephens used her powerful game to the full in the first set, hitting winners almost at will, but Halep then stepped up a gear and went on to win 3-6, 6-4 6-1.
'It's very emotional. I've been waiting for this moment since I was 14'
Of the top 15 on Forbes' list of best-paid female athletes, 12 were tennis players. Indian badminton player PV Sindhu came in tied for 13th ($5.5 million), with Thai golfer Ariya Jutanugarn ($5.3 million) rounding out the top 15.
Russia's Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova stands on the threshold of finally delivering the title long predicted
Images from Day 2 of the 2022 Australian Open in Melbourne on Tuesday.
Keys will next face 10th seed Sloane Stephens, nine months after her compatriot beat her in the US Open final
The positive cases were recorded after the charter flight from Los Angeles landed in Melbourne for the tennis Grand Slam, according to online posts from players.
Serena Williams has gone 3-2 in matches that all lasted three sets and have taken a toll on her weary legs.
Rediff.com presents the early surprises at the year's first Grand Slam.
Exodus of big guns opens up bottom half of men's draw
IMAGES from Day 9 of the French Open at Roland Garros in Paris on Monday.
Unseeded Sloane Stephens got the better of fellow-American Venus Williams in a thrilling contest to make it to her first Grand Slam final, at the US Open, in New York, on Thursday.
Defending champion Sloane Stephens was sent packing from the Miami Open on Sunday after a 6-3, 6-2 loss to Germany's Tatjana Maria in the third round.
A summary of Wednesday's action at the US Open.
Serena Williams overpowered German Carina Witthoeft 6-2, 6-2 to set up a third-round clash with big sister Venus at the US Open on Wednesday.
The petitioners claim the summons was served via hospital staff, a claim refuted by sources close to the Congress president. George Joseph reports from New York.
Factbox on Romanian Simona Halep, who beat Serena Williams 6-2, 6-2 to win the Wimbledon title on Saturday:
In leading companies in Information Age industries, the word "manager" is taking on a pejorative meaning -- something like "zamindar" -- a man who lived off other people's work and did no work himself, says Ajit Balakrishnan.
One year after shaking off a crippling foot injury to claim a stunning US Open victory, Sloane Stephens said her follow-up season felt just as good as the American prepares to play in next week's WTA Finals for the first time.
The 27-year-old Romanian beat Sloane Stephens at Roland Garros to win her maiden Grand Slam title in June and will have spent 40 weeks at the top of the rankings by the end of the season.
US Open champion Sloane Stephens said she has no pity for Madison Keys after thrashing her 6-3, 6-0 in Saturday's final, given the huge runnersup check her friend will receive.
Keys is expected to be the aggressor on Arthur Ashe Stadium against a more defensive Stephens, one of the best retrievers on the tour.
The success of the American women at this year's US Open is nothing else than a reward from the Williams sisters' inspiration
American seventh seed Sloane Stephens captured her third title of 2016 by defeating Russian qualifier Elena Vesnina 7-6(4), 6-2 in the final of the Volvo Car Open clay court event in South Carolina on Sunday.
Halep reached the Melbourne title match in 2018 but lost a three-set thriller to Caroline Wozniacki. It was the Romanian's third defeat in three Grand Slam finals.
IMAGES from the US Open matches played on Day 1 at the Flushing Meadows in New York on Monday.
Images from Day 1 of the Wimbledon tennis championships in London, on Monday.
Images from Day 5 of the French Open, at Roland Garros, in Paris.
It was Novak Djokovic's first match this year after his Australian Open hopes were dashed when he was deported following an 11-day saga revolving around his decision not to have a COVID-19 vaccination.
Sloane Stephens ground down unseeded German Julia Goerges 7-5, 6-2 to win the Auckland Classic on Saturday, the American ending a busy day at the office with a confidence-boosting triumph ahead of the Australian Open.
After losing the first set, Konta faced three break points in an epic fifth game of the second when she came under enormous pressure.
'I will put everything I have Saturday on the court'
A calm Sloane Stephens picked her shots to perfection to overcome Japan's Naomi Osaka in a battle between the last two US Open champions at the WTA Finals on Monday before top seed Angelique Kerber was upset by Kiki Bertens.
Sloane Stephens has denied she was celebrating the shock fourth round exit of World No 1 Serena Williams and said she felt the television footage was intrusive.
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