47 players isolating before Australian Open after Covid cases on chartered flights

Field are being flown into Melbourne and must quarantine ahead of Grand Slam

Jennifer Bray blasts her way into US Open semi-finals

American proves too strong for Yulia Putintseva to make her first Grand Slam semi-final

Naomi Osaka reaches last 16 in New York

Fourth seed safely through in the US Open after second set wobble against Kostyuk

Top seed Karolina Pliskova crashes out of US Open

Naomi Osaka wins with ease as ‘prisoner’ Mladenovic dumped out by comeback

Novak Djokovic bounces back from early setback to beat Kyle Edmund

World number one keeps up unbeaten year as he moves into third round

Naomi Osaka vows to keep highlighting racial injustice after US Open first round win

22-year-old will wear a mask bearing name of a different shooting victim in each round

Australian Open: Storm brings relief but players remain on edge

Almost €3m raised to fight bushfires with tournament set to go ahead depsite complaints

Tennis and Tokyo: the dream combination

No surprise that Nike-backed Naomi Osaka is the second-highest paid female athlete

Wimbledon: Simona Halep crushes Serena Williams’ dream in less than an hour

Williams remains one victory away from finally equalling Margaret Court’s record

Serena Williams roars back to deny Kaja Juvan a major scalp

18-year-old threatens latest Wimbledon upset before seven-time winner finds her mojo

Konta lets chances slip as Vondrousova sets up final date with Barty

British player twice blew 5-3 leads to Czech teenager at French Open

Serena Williams gets over wretched start to progress in Paris

Caroline Wozniacki’s feet of clay haunt her again at French Open

Russian teen Potapova knocks out Wimbledon champion Kerber in Paris

German star came into French Open undercooked after ankle injury

Bianca Andreescu’s teenage vision becomes reality in the desert heat

Canadian wild card secures victory over Angelique Kerber at Indian Wells

Rampaging Sharapova sets up mouth-watering Wozniacki clash

Russian in imposing form as she thrashes Sweden’s Rebecca Peterson 6-2, 6-1

Serena Williams still the force on return to Australian Open

American star was eight weeks pregnant when she won the Grand Slam title in 2017

Federer nets unseeded first opponent in Australian Open

Serena Williams’s bid for a record-equalling 24th Grand Slam starts against world No 71

Dominant Serena Williams powers into US Open final

‘It’s really incredible. A year ago I was literally fighting for my life after I had the baby’

Serena Williams still in hot pursuit of record books in New York

The 36-year-old defeated Karolina Pliskova 6-4 6-3 to set up a US Open semi-final

US Open: Caroline Wozniacki shocked by Lesia Tsurenko

Women’s tournament loses top two seeds but Petra Kvitova progresses in New York

Serena Williams: ‘I felt like I was not a good mom’

23-time Grand Slam winner withdrew from Rogers Cup due to ‘personal reasons’

Cool Kerber ensures there’s no fairytale ending for Williams

Great American must wait for her 24th Grand Slam title as German prevails 6-3, 6-3

Kerber stuns Serena Williams to win first Wimbledon title

German player denies American a record-equalling 24th Grand Slam

Kerber faces tough ask against Williams in battle of comeback queens

Serena could win 24th Grand Slam in just 14th match into comeback

Reborn Serena Williams sprints to Wimbledon final

History chaser continues remarkable run after recently returning from giving birth

Wimbledon: Serena Williams just one win from 24th grand slam

American is just five months on from maternity leave return and on brink of history

Wimbledon: Angelique Kerber books her place in final

German a convincing winner over a misfiring Jelena Ostapenko on Centre Court

Wimbledon: Serena Williams shows scary side to scattered field

Russia’s Evgeniya Rodina no match in Round of 16 battle of the tennis moms

Defending champion Garbine Muguruza bows out of Wimbledon

Number three seed beaten by unseeded Belgian Alison Van Uytvanck

Wimbledon: Former champion Petra Kvitova falls at first hurdle

Rafael Nadal comes through first-round clash without trouble

Maria Sharapova crashes out of French Open

Spaniard Garbine Muguruza ruthlessly ended Russian’s chances with straight sets win

Serena Williams and Maria Sharapova set for Paris reunion

Pair face off for first time since Williams’s pregnancy and Sharapova’s suspension

Caroline Wozniacki has eyes on first grand slam title

The Dane will meet world number one Simona Halep for the Australian Open title

Halep into Australian Open final after edging Kerber in epic

Romanian to face Wozniacki in Melbourne showpiece after taking thrilling final set 9-7

Simona Halep and Angelique Kerber set up intriguing semi-final

Halep thrashes Pliskova while 2016 champion Kerber eases past America’s Keys

Angelique Kerber comes through unscathed against Hsieh Su-wei

Title favourite withstood the challenge and continued her march towards the final

Maria Sharapova thrashed by Angelique Kerber in Melbourne

German makes light work of Russian taking battle of former champions in 64 minutes

Maria Sharapova sets up Angelique Kerber showdown

Women’s draw opens up in Melbourne as Johanna Konta loses to debutante Pera

British number one Johanna Konta out of Australian Open

World number 123 and Grand Slam debutante Bernarda Pera springs Melbourne surprise

Maria Sharapova draws uneasy attention at Australian Open

Russian is making her comeback at the grand slam for first time since her drugs ban

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