Defending champion Serena Williams reached the semi-finals of the Western & Southern tournament in Cincinnati but not before having her mettle tested in a 3-6, 6-4, 6-2 win over sixth-seeded Serb Ana Ivanovic on Friday.
IMAGES from Day 5 of the Australian Open in Melbourne, on Friday.
Greek teenager Stefanos Tsitsipas secured the biggest win of his career when he sent Wimbledon champion Novak Djokovic packing in the third round of the Rogers Cup with a stunning 6-3, 6-7(5), 6-3 win on Thursday.
Images from Day 7 of the 2021 French Open at Roland Garros in Paris on Saturday.
Federer begins the pursuit of a record eighth Wimbledon title and a record 85th match win at the grass court major; Djokovic hoping to curb dismal slide
Relief was at hand, however, with a cool change blowing over the city and the temperature expected to fall back below 30 by the evening.
Summary of sports events and persons who made news on Tuesday
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.
Photos from matches played at the US Open in Flushing Meadows on Sunday
Summary of sports events and persons who made news on Thursday
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 10 of the US Open matches played in New York on Wednesday
Images from Day 1 of the Australian Open, in Melbourne, on Monday.
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:
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.
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 matches on Day 9 at the French Open at Roland Garros
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 US Open in New York on Wednesday.
Images from Day 4 of the French Open, at Roland Garros, in Paris.
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.
Images from Day 3 of the 2020 US Open in New York, on Wednesday.
A summary of sports events and sports persons, who made news on Tuesday
A summary of Tuesday's action at the US Open.
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.
Images from Day 5 of the US Open in New York on Friday
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
