The defeat ended the former world number one’s perfect record of 23 wins -- 22 of them on Arthur Ashe Stadium -- in night sessions at Flushing Meadows. read more

American 14th seed Madison Keys, who was defeated by compatriot Sloane Stephens in the 2017 championship match, fired 25 winners to Dominika Cibulkova’s seven. read more

Left-hander Schnyder made her US Open bow in 1997 -- the year of the deaths of Princess Diana in Paris and Mother Teresa in Kolkata. read more

Serena Williams took the first cautious step towards a record-equalling 24th Grand Slam title with a 6-4 6-0 first-round win over Magda Linette on Monday. read more

Simona Halep was knocked out in the first round of the US Open for the second year in a row, losing to 33-year-old Estonian Kaia Kanepi. read more

Aryna Sabalenka has added her name to a growing list of tennis players who have earned breakthrough wins at The Connecticut Open. read more

Novak Djokovic and Venus Williams also were among the Grand Slam champions who missed out on a first-round bye at the last major tuneup event for the US Open, which starts August 27 in New York. read more

Victoria Azarenka, a former No. 1 and twice the champion at the Australian Open, is No. 108 this week, seven spots outside of an automatic spot in the main draw. read more

Serena Williams defeated Evgeniya Rodina in emphatic fashion to surge into the quarter-finals of Wimbledon tennis tournament on Monday. read more

Karolina Pliskova lost to Kiki Bertens while Ekaterina Makarova fell to Camila Giorgi in the fourth round of the Wimbledon tennis tournament on Monday. read more

There was no great escape for Venus Williams on Friday as the five-times champion became the latest top-10 seed to perish at Wimbledon after she was beaten 6-2, 6-7(5), 8-6 in a pulsating third-round match by Kiki Bertens. read more

Maria Sharapova suffered her first opening round Wimbledon defeat and earliest Grand Slam exit in eight years when she was shocked by fellow Russian Vitalia Diatchenko on Tuesday. read more

A total of seven top-10 men’s and women’s seeds departed in the opening round of Wimbledon, more than in any previous year in the professional era’s half-century. That includes two-time champion Petra Kvitova, who was sent home by Aliaksandra Sasnovich of Belarus 6-4, 4-6, 6-0 a few hours before 2004 titlist Sharapova folded against Vitalia Diatchenko in a 6-7 (3), 7-6 (3), 6-4 loss she seemingly controlled time and again before dropping the last three games. (Video: SNTV). (Hindustan Times)read more

Maria Sharapova was beaten by unseeded Russian Viatia Diatchenko, while Number one seed and French Open champion Simona halep advanced to the second round at Wimbledon. read more

Serena Williams has been seeded 25th by All England Club officials for Wimbledon despite dropping to 183 in the WTA rankings after a lengthy spell on the sidelines to have her first child. read more