Carlos Alcaraz and Aryna Sabalenka advanced to the semifinals of the Indian Wells tournament, along with Daniil Medvedev and Elina Svitolina, after a series of compelling matches.
Victoria Mboko, a 19-year-old Canadian tennis player, defeated Australian Open champion Elena Rybakina in the Qatar Open quarter-finals, marking a significant step towards entering the WTA top 10 rankings.
Factbox on Kazakhstan's Elena Rybakina, who beat Belarusian Aryna Sabalenka 6-4, 4-6, 6-4 in the Australian Open final to win her second Grand Slam title on Saturday:
Doubles is not a sideshow: Yuki Bhambri on re-invention and right support
The 2025 US Open women's singles title comes down to Aryna Sabalenka, the world No.1 and defending champion, and Amanda Anisimova
Emma Raducanu beat four-time Grand Slam champion Naomi Osaka 6-4, 6-2 in their first career meeting to reach the quarter-finals of the Washington Open on Thursday.
France's Boisson wins first WTA title in Hamburg
Iga Swiatek, who beat American 13th seed Amanda Anisimova 6-0, 6-0 in the Wimbledon final on Saturday to win her sixth Grand Slam title.
Factbox on American second seed Coco Gauff, who defeated Belarusian world number one Aryna Sabalenka
Lois Boisson is daring to dream of an improbable triumph after she stormed into the French Open semi-finals
'We were the best team in Asia at one point. Today, we are barely in the reckoning for the Davis Cup.' 'Players now, especially this decade, lack perseverance.'
The Indian player has dropped two places to be ranked 33rd on the WTA charts.
American tennis ace Venus Williams has entered the top ten of latest WTA ranking following her victory in the Zhuhai Masters in China.
Serena Williams has extended her lead in the WTA rankings after her fourth consecutive Grand Slam title at Wimbledon, with the World No 1 now having more than twice as many points as her closest competitor Maria Sharapova.
The teenager from Hyderabad jumped eight places after she added 134 points at the US Open
Teichmann wins singles, Anshba-Pridankina claim doubles at Mumbai Open
The Indian ace, who lost to Japan's Aiko Nakamura at the Aus Open, has 453 ranking points.
After a stomach injury cut short the last-leg of her season, Sania Mirza slipped two rungs to 32nd in the latest WTA Tour rankings.
The Indian ace, whose not-so-impressive season so far has seen her drop out of the top-50, has 382 points in the singles list.
Aryna Sabalenka's return to top spot in the WTA rankings after leapfrogging Iga Swiatek has set up a thrilling end to the season, with next month's WTA Finals in Saudi Arabia likely to prove decisive in the race to end the year as world number one.
The Indian star also maintained her doubles ranking to be at 18th spot in the latest rankings.
In doubles, Sania also moved up one place to be 25th with 1321 points.
The first round loss at the Wimbledon championships has pushed Sania Mirza two places down.
Sabalenka spent eight weeks at the summit last year before Swiatek overtook her with a victory at the season-ending WTA Finals and the Belarusian hopes for a longer stay as 'N1'.
Teenage sensation Sania Mirza has jumped up by 20 places to move to a career-best 77 in the latest WTA Tour tennis rankings.
Images from Day 5 of the 2025 Australian Open at Melbourne Park on Thursday.
If the Indian ace's recovery doesn't go as planned then her comeback may be delayed until the Morocco WTA event starting May 14.
Aryna Sabalenka claimed her third Grand Slam title after winning the Australian Open twice.
American tennis ace Serena Williams has maintained her No 1 spot, while German Angelique Kerber has slipped to the third in the latest women's tennis world rankings issued by the WTA.
Both Balaji and Bhambri have got some decent results on clay in lead up to the Roland Garros, where the action will unfold during the Summer Olympics from July 27.
When contacted, AITA Secretary General Anil Dhupar said he does not have any objection to Bopanna playing with Balaji, ranked 84, at the Paris Olympics.
Factbox on Belarus' Aryna Sabalenka, who beat China's Zheng Qinwen in the Australian Open final on Saturday
The Indian ace rose to 44th in the singles list while her doubles standing also improved to 40th.
Sania Mirza's impressive showing at the Hobart WTA saw her move to world number 53.
The Indian tennis sensation climbed three rungs to finish 37th in the latest WTA Tour rankings.
Sania Mirza has jumped up by 34 points to move to a career-best 132 in the latest WTA Tour tennis rankings.
Following Sania Mirza's quarter-final appearance in the Family Circle Cup last week, the Indian tennis ace jumped 17 places to 73rd position in the latest WTA singles rankings issued on Monday.
Out of action owing to a wrist injury, tennis ace Sania Mirza has risen a couple of rungs to 90th in the latest WTA singles rankings issued on Monday.
India's Sania Mirza runs the risk of dropping out of the top 100 for the first time since 2004 after she slipped to 91 in the latest WTA rankings.
Coco Gauff became the first American to win a US Open singles title since Sloane Stephens in 2017.
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