Indian tennis stars Sania Mirza and Rohan Boapnna, who enjoyed good runs on the Pro circuit last week, bowed out of the second Adelaide ATP and WTA tournaments after first round defeats with their respective partners, on Tuesday.
Her last Grand Slam triumph came in 2017 and she has not won a WTA title since lifting the ASB Classic in Auckland at the start of the 2020 season.
Wrapping up the first set in less than 25 minutes, the pair led 4-1 in the second when they were made to work a bit as Galfi and Pera won four games on the trot to make it five-all.
India's Sania Mirza won her first title of the season as she and China's Shuai Zhang beat the Kaitlyn Christian and Erin Routliffe in the women's doubles final at the Ostrava Open.
Rafa Nadal returned from an injury layoff to beat Miomir Kecmanovic 6-1 7-6(4) on Wednesday
Ahead of this year's Wimbledon, Russian and Belarusian players signed personal declarations that cleared them to compete in this year's Championship.
Alcaraz was impressive in his first Grand Slam match since his US Open triumph last year
WTA Finals winner Garcia says she struggled with bulimia
Djokovic says Peng situation horrifying, says tennis must unite.
Elina Svitolina said she will donate her prize money from WTA tournaments to Ukraine's military and to help with humanitarian efforts following Russia's invasion of her country last week.
Petra Kvitova turned back the clock to upset Kazakhstan's Elena Rybakina 7-6(14), 6-2 on Saturday to win her first Miami Open crown and ninth WTA 1000 title.
Only 28 players have ever held the top rank in the ATP Rankings' history, including Djokovic. For the eighth time in a row (he also won the title in 2011-12, 2014-15, 18 and 20), he concluded the year as the top player.
U.S. Open champion Emma Raducanu has no idea if she would be fit to play at Wimbledon, the 19-year-old said after a "freak injury"
Carlos Alcaraz came through a testing third round encounter against Nicolas Jarry.
The United States and Britain had also called for China to provide proof of Peng's whereabouts.
Chinese tennis star Peng Shuai said on Sunday that she had never accused anyone of sexually assaulting her, and that a social media post she had made early last month had been misunderstood.
Williams and Jabeur won their first two matches in the tournament and were scheduled to play in the semi-finals
Four-time Grand Slam champion Naomi Osaka's name appeared on the singles entry list for Wimbledon released by the organisers on Friday but veterans Roger Federer and the Williams sisters were not included.
Osaka, the 2019 and 2021 Melbourne Park champion, has not played on the WTA Tour since the Pan Pacific Open in September, where she pulled out of her second-round match against Beatriz Haddad Maia in Tokyo due to illness.
"It is our hope that this rule adjustment will help players focus purely on their performance by relieving a potential source of anxiety."
Holger Rune crashed out to Yoshihito Nishioka in the ATP 250 Adelaide International 1 first round.
Four-times Grand Slam winner Naomi Osaka fired off 18 aces as the Japanese former world number beat Swiss Belinda Bencic 4-6, 6-3, 6-4 on Thursday to reach her first Miami Open final.
Murray knocked out by Fritz in Washington
World No. 2 Carlos Alcaraz defeated Tsitsipas in the 2021 US Open and in last year's Miami Masters and Barcelona Open.
Wimbledon's decision to ban Russian and Belarusian players from this year's tournament following the invasion of Ukraine was wrong and lacked respect, world number one Novak Djokovic said on Monday.
Sania Mirza said she has no regrets leaving the sport as she is 'not the one to compete when I know I can no longer do it'.
The women's Grand Slams were all won by different players for a fifth straight year in 2021
A round-up of all tennis action on Saturday.
Former World No 1 Ana Ivanovic brushed aside Caroline Wozniacki to win the Pan Pacific Open in Tokyo on Sunday and move closer to sealing a berth for the season-ending WTA finals in Singapore.
WTA chief promises 'strong reactions' to ban on Russian, Belarusian players
Badosa beats Fernandez; Swiatek, Halep storm into quarter-finals
Opelka edges Kyrgios to set up all-American final with John Isner in Houston
Penpix of the top women's contenders at the 2021 French Open which begins on Sunday
The grasscourt major will be held from June 27 to July 10.
The former World No 1 posted pictures and a video on her Instagram page, giving fans a peak into the fun times with her team in Dubai.
Alison Riske-Amritraj will be eager to build on that in the land of her in-laws.
Sania Mirza, who is competing in her final Grand Slam at the Australian Open, penned an emotional note for her fans on social media.
Naomi Osaka beat Jennifer Brady to win her second Australian Open title and fourth Grand Slam crown, extending her win streak to 21 matches.
Andreescu suffered torn ankle ligaments at Miami Open
Serena Williams will return to the court for the first time since the start of the coronavirus pandemic when she competes at the inaugural edition of the Top Seed Open in Lexington, Kentucky beginning August 10, the WTA said on Thursday.
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