Neha Uberoi upset top seed Nicole Vaidisova of Czechoslovakia 6-2, 6-4 in the finals of the Luxilon Cup Junior Tennis Tournament in Miami.
The World No 2 announced her commitment to the social media entrepreneur shortly before the New Year and while it was "great", she was pushing it to the back of her mind, at least until after Melbourne Park.
Somdev Varman beat Frenchman Jordanne Doble to move into the singles final of the ONGC ITF Futures men's tennis tournament.
Unseeded Russian Maria Kirilenko upset defending champion Tamarine Tanasugarn of Thailand to storm in to the final of the WTA Hyderabad Open.
Venus Williams avoided another early exit with a routine win over fellow American Alison Riske at the Volvo Car Open in South Carolina while Swiss second seed Belinda Bencic was ousted by Russian qualifier Elena Vesnina.
Images from Day 7 of the 2021 Wimbledon at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, in London, on Monday.
The Indian ace and his Czech partner Tomas Cibulec crashed out of the men's doubles at the Australian Open in the first round.
The top seed was beaten by qualifier Archana Venkataraman in the ITF Futures tournament in Mumbai.
The victory gave the Dutchman a place in the semi-finals of the ITF Futures tournament along with unseeded Vinod Sridhar, Ajay Ramaswami and second seed Harsh Mankad.
The unseeded Indian Davis Cupper beat the sixth seed in straight sets in the ITF tournament.
The diminutive Mumbai lass beat the Wimbledon girls' doubles champion to enter the semi-finals in the NSCI-ITF women's tennis tournament.
The 18-year-old Indian entered the boys' singles semi-finals in the Hong Kong Open junior tennis championships.
The top seeded Indian beat compatriot Lalit Mann to set up a meeting with Shahzad Khan in the Pakistan ITF event.
Mahesh Bhupathi said he has no 'personal agenda' in keeping Leander Paes out of India's Davis Cup team and said his former partner's decision to leave Bangalore mid-way into the tie was a final nail in the coffin.
Breeze though the outfits that caught the maximum shutterbugs at the final Grand Slam of the year.
The Andhra lad will meet third seed Aditya Madkekar in the final of the Junior national tennis championships.
Ankita and Sana were beaten in the first round of the ITF women's tournament.
Riske created one of the biggest shocks of the tournament with her 3-6, 6-2, 6-3 victory over French Open champion Barty who was on the sort of run that made losing to a player of the American's lowly 55th ranking appear almost impossible.
Monica Puig gave Puerto Rico its first ever Olympic gold after an a outstanding display of tennis to defeat Germany's Angelique Kerber to win the women's singles title at the Rio Games on Saturday.
Britain's Andy Murray enjoyed a routine win over Argentina's Juan Monaco to ease into the third round of the tennis tournament at the Rio Games on Tuesday, while Spain's world number nine David Ferrer was knocked out.
Images from Day 3 of the 2020 French Open at Roland Garros, in Paris, on Tuesday.
Former world No. 1 Ana Ivanovic exited the Olympic Games in the first round on Saturday, though the Serb refused to blame the wind or soaring temperatures that some players said were making it tricky to play in Rio. Ivanovic went one set up against world No. 12 Carla Suarez Navarro before losing the next two error-strewn sets to the Spaniard. Ivanovic lost 2-6 6-1 6-2. "It was a tough draw for the first round," said Ivanovic, the former French Open winner currently ranked as world No. 26.
The Indian duo lost to seventh seeds Alex Kuznetsov of the US and Mihail Zverev of Germany in the boys' doubles semi-finals at the French Open.
The women's draw at the US Open has been in news for the upsets it created. Almost everyday one or some days even two of the top seeds feel to unknown players.
Serena Williams crashed out of the US Open after losing in the semi-final to Karolina Pliskova costing her a shot at a 23rd Grand Slam title and resulted in her losing her record 187th straight week at number one.
Johanna Konta spurned the country of her birth to play tennis for Britain but the Sydney-born 24-year-old has enjoyed huge support from the MelbournePark crowds during her run to the Australian Open fourth round.
After feeling the full force of Garbine Muguruza's ferocious forehand and being made to scrap like a bloodied street fighter, Serena Williams has seen enough of the Spaniard to make a bold prediction -- soon she will be a Wimbledon champion too.
The Indian wild card beat the Japanese in the first round of the ITF tournament in Delhi.
On July 1, 2021, Britain's Princess Diana would have turned 60 and two decades after her tragic death in a car accident near the end of summer 1997, she still holds an exalted place on the altar of the most admired people in the world, her status secure as a style icon -- as is her legacy of having forever changed the British monarchy.
He maintained his unwanted record of never having won a major starting the final round from behind.
Both won in style on Sunday, with Spanish fifth seed Nadal pouncing on Guido Pella's serve to break the Argentine five times en route to a 6-3, 6-2 victory in sizzling afternoon heat on the stadium hard court.
Images from the matches played at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, in Wimbledon, London, on Monday.
'I'm not thinking ahead to the Open right now because I am here in Toronto and I haven't really played a hard court match in awhile. I'm thinking I want to get some of this under my belt and the Open will happen when the Open happens.'
Brian Hung of Hong Kong was his conqueror in the first round of the ITF Satellite tournament.
The Indian Davis Cupper beat 156-ranked Frenchman to make the second round in the ATP Challenger.
Angelique Kerber said her dreams came true in just over two hours on Rod Laver Arena on Saturday when she upset defending champion Serena Williams 6-4, 3-6, 6-4 to win the Australian Open.
Four-times champion Roger Federer took apart Mischa Zverev 6-1, 7-5, 6-2 with a clinical display of all-court tennis to reach his 13th Australian Open semi-final in 92 minutes on Tuesday.
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.
German seventh seed Alexander Zverev recovered from a slow start to beat former champion Stan Wawrinka 1-6, 6-3, 6-4, 6-2 in the Australian Open on Wednesday to reach his first career Grand Slam semi-final. Swiss Wawrinka, who won the first of his three Grand Slams at Melbourne Park in 2014, broke Zverev twice early in the opening set to breeze through the opening set but the 22-year-old German came roaring back into the contest.
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