Maria Sharapova bids adieu to tennis, here's her career in pictures

Roger Federer has undergone surgery to resolve a longstanding knee problem and said Thursday he would be out of action until after the French Open while his rivals backed the 38-year-old to return as strong as ever.

Roger Federer targets Wimbledon after knee surgery blow

Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal attracted what organisers said was a world record crowd for a tennis match when they played an exhibition event in the Cape Town Stadium on Friday.

Tennis: Federer, Nadal play to record crowd in Cape Town

Serena Williams enters her fourth decade as a Fed Cup player with the United States on Friday and Saturday as the 2020 qualifiers get underway. Also read: Sofia Kenin fights back to beat Garbine Muguruza in Australian Open final The 38-year-old icon teams with newly-crowned Australian Open champion Sofia Kenin and teenage star Coco Gauff as the US tackle Latvia in Everett, Washington.

Serena Williams enters fourth decade as Fed Cup player as young guns shine

Rafael Nadal defeated Nick Kyrgios in a grudge match of tennis in the Australian Open. The scores were 6-3, 3-6, 7-6 (8/6), 7-6 (7/4). The Spaniard was handed his first-ever set defeat in the tournament by the Aussie tennis ace Kyrgios.

Australian Open: Rafa Nadal 'impressed' with Kyrgios performance, Spaniard moves to round four

Tennis legends Martina Navratilova and John McEnroe protested against all-time great Margaret Court for her homophobic views on court at the Australian Open as authorities swiftly clampdown on the raging controversy.

Navratilova, McEnroe row with Margaret Court heats up at Australian Open

Roger Federer flicked a switch after losing the opening set to crush Marton Fucsovics and book a record 15th Australian Open quarter-final on Sunday, with unheralded American Tennys Sandgren his next hurdle.

Federer roars into record 15th Australian Open quarter-final

Caroline Wozniacki's glittering tennis career ended in tears at the Australian Open on Friday when she was dumped out by lower-ranked Ons Jabeur of Tunisia. Also read- Australian Open: Serena Williams crashes out in third round in a 'shocker' The Danish former world number one, who announced in December that this would be her final tournament, lost 7-5, 3-6, 7-5 in the third round.

Wozniacki career ends in tears with defeat at Australian Open

Nick Kyrgios has reached the third round of the Australian Open in style, after beating Frenchman Simon Gille. What caught the eye was both players mimicking Nadal's service routine when they were given time violations.

Australian Open: Nick Kyrgios heats up things by mimicking Nadal

Spanish tennis player Rafael Nadal on Thursday progressed to the third round of the ongoing Australian Open. The world number one Nadal went past Federico Delbonis of Argentina in straight sets.

Australian Open: Nadal cruises to round three after beating Argentine Federico Delbonis

This year's Australian Open has made headlines for one of the major upsets in the tennis world. In one such instance, Tommy Paul beat Grigor Dimitrov in a well-fought match.

Australian Open: American Tommy Paul upsets Grigor Dimitrov

Tennis champion Naomi Osaka threw a tantrum against Zheng Saisai at the Australian Open but offered a light-hearted apology to her racket sponsor after overcoming her frustrations to set up a third-round clash with Coco Gauff.

Australian Open: After kicking racket, Osaka admits she was 'a bit childish'

Defending champion Novak Djokovic credited a newly refined serve for his eight-game unbeaten streak this season after he romped past Japanese wildcard Tatsuma Ito to reach the Australian Open third round.

New power serve sends Djokovic into Aussie Open round three

Caroline Wozniacki had tears in her eyes as she kept alive her dreams of a triumphant farewell to tennis at the Australian Open on Wednesday. The 29-year-old former world number one roared back in both sets to defeat 23rd-seeded Dayana Yastremska of Ukraine 7-5, 7-5.

Emotional Wozniacki stays alive in Australian Open swansong

Fifteen-year-old prodigy Coco Gauff set up an Australian Open blockbuster with defending champion Naomi Osaka on Wednesday, as Novak Djokovic strode towards his eighth title in Melbourne.

Coco crunch for Osaka as Djokovic bowls over wildcard

World number two Karolina Pliskova barrelled into the Australian Open second round on Tuesday as she chases her first Grand Slam crown. [ Karolína Plíšková (Courtesy: Twitter Handle @KaPliskova) ] Pliskova, whose best Grand Slam appearance was defeated by Angelique Kerber in the final of the 2016 US Open, called it a "tough test" against 41st-ranked Mladenovic.

Second seed Pliskova starts Melbourne title tilt with win

Returning to the tennis court after more than two years and winning the Hobart International Tournament on Saturday, India tennis star Sania Mirza expressed her feeling by saying "what an amazing week in Hobart what a journey it's been".

What a journey it's been: Sania Mirza after winning Hobart International Tournament

Barty, who swept aside Yastremska in one hour and 25 minutes, is bidding to end Australia's long wait for a homegrown champion at the year's first Grand Slam. The last was Chris O'Neil, who claimed the women's title at the 1978 tournament.

Ashleigh Barty wins Adelaide title in Australian Open boost

Indian tennis player Sania Mirza and her Ukrainian partner Nadiia Kichenok have progressed into the finals in Hobart Internationals on Friday. Also read: Sania Mirza cruises into women's doubles semifinals in Hobart International Former World No.

Tennis: Indian Ace Sania Mirza through to women's doubles finals at Hobart International

Japan's Naomi Osaka trolled 23-times grand slam winner Serena Williams. Also read- Australian Open: Nadal, Federer pledge A$250,000 towards bushfire relief World number 3 was alongside Williams for the fund-raiser match ahead of Australian Open, where she tweeted a photo of her and Williams captioning it "me and my mom lol.

Tennis: Naomi Osaka tweets picture of Serena Williams, calls her 'mom'

Ahead of the Australian Open in Melbourne, world no-1 Rafael Nadal and world no-3 Roger Federer pledged A$250,000 towards the Australian bushfire relief efforts.

Australian Open: Nadal, Federer pledge A$250,000 towards bushfire relief

Robert Farah, the world number one doubles player, and a former Wimbledon doubles Champion will miss the Australian Open after testing positive in a dope test. Also read: Australian Open: Hazardous air condition delays matches, restarts amid haze 'Boldenone' was found in his body system.

World No 1 Men's doubles player Robert Farah out of Australian Open after failing dope test

The year's first Grand Slam started with a sheet of haze and smoke that covered Melbourne due to the Australian bushfires. Also read: Tennis: Federer, Williams lead way to raise funds for workers in Australia bushfires Australia Open qualifying matches were delayed due to Hazardous Air conditions.

Australian Open: Hazardous air condition delays matches, restarts amid haze

The whole tennis world is coming together to help the relief workers in Australia. After Serena Williams, incredible gesture towards Australian Bushfire after winning the Auckland Open, where she donated the entire winning amount (US$43,000) to the relief efforts seems to have struck a chord.

Tennis: Federer, Williams lead way to raise funds for workers in Australia bushfires

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