Local favourite Alize Cornet has backed up former world number one Victoria Azarenka's call for a review of the line call regulations at the French Open, labelling a decision against her on Sunday as "shameful".
Former US Open champion Juan Martin Del Potro underlined his status as a dark horse for next week's Australian Open by hammering Dmitry Tursunov to reach the final of the Sydney International on Friday.
Alize Cornet fought tooth and nail but the local favourite's French Open run came to an end when she was knocked out 6-2, 7-6(9) in the fourth round by Ukrainian 19th seed Elina Svitolina on Sunday.
Summary of sports events and persons who made news on Thursday
Photos from matches played at the US Open in Flushing Meadows on Sunday
IMAGES from Day 10 of the US Open matches played in New York on Wednesday
Russia's Maria Sharapova and Ana Ivanovic of Serbia won their semi-finals at the Brisbane International on Friday to set up a highly-anticipated showdown in the lead-up to this month's Australian Open.
Images from Day 1 of the Australian Open, in Melbourne, on Monday.
Rafael Nadal left German qualifier Yannick Maden no hope as he booked his ticket for the third round of the French Open in ruthless fashion with a 6-1, 6-2, 6-4 victory.
PHOTOS from day seven of the Wimbledon championships at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in London on Monday
Simona Halep trailed by a set and 5-1 against Elina Svitolina but somehow dug herself out of a hole before storming to victory to set up a semi-final against Karolina Pliskova.
Penpix of the top women's contenders at the 2017 French Open:
IMAGES from matches on Day 9 at the French Open at Roland Garros
Images from Day 3 of the 2016 Australian Open in Melbourne, on Wednesday
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.
Images from Day 4 of the French Open, at Roland Garros, in Paris.
IMAGES from matches played at the Miami Masters in Key Biscayne, Florida
A summary of Friday play at the French Open.
Images from Day 3 of the 2020 US Open in New York, on Wednesday.
IMAGES from Day 3 of the US Open in New York on Wednesday.
World No 1 Serena Williams showed plenty of rust in her first competitive outing of the year ahead of the Australian Open, but battled through to defeat Andrea Petkovic in straight sets at the Brisbane International on Tuesday.
A summary of sports events and sports persons, who made news on Tuesday
A summary of Tuesday's action at the US Open.
Images from Day 5 of the US Open in New York on Friday
The ATP issued the latest men's tennis rankings on Monday and the top 10 list remains unchanged with Serbian tennis ace Novak Djokovic still leading the rankings.
Top seed Serena Williams and her older sister Venus led a foursome of American women into the Australian Open fourth round on Saturday.
Images from Day 8 of the Australian Open in Melbourne on Monday.
Images from matches played on Day 5 at the Australian Open in Melbourne Park on Friday
Ultra-nationalist and schooled in their country's historical grievances, Russian soccer hooligans see themselves as fighting the Kremlin's geopolitical battles in miniature when they clash with foreign fans at the Euro 2016 tournament.
Five-time world champion Viswanathan Anand started his campaign at the Bilbao Final Masters with a crushing win over former FIDE world champion Ruslan Ponomariov of Ukraine in Bilbao, Spain.
American Sam Querry became the latest Wimbledon giant slayer on Saturday as he beat defending champion Novak Djokovic 7-6(6) 6-1 3-6 7-6(5) in the third round. The defeat ended Djokovic's run of winning 30 consecutive grand slam matches. The world number one had arrived at the All England Club as the reigning champion at all four grand slam tournaments.
Images from Day 6 of the French Open in Paris on Friday.
Images from all the action on Day 3 at the Australian Open in Melbourne on Wednesday
A summary of sportspersons in the news on Sunday.
A summary of sports events and persons who made news on Sunday
PHOTOS from day four of the Wimbledon championships at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in London on Thursday.
IMAGES from matches played on Day 7 of the French Open at the Roland Garros in Paris on Saturday
Images from Wednesday's matches at Roland Garros
