Czechia’s Barbora Krejcikova clinched her second Grand Slam singles title at Wimbledon on Saturday, defeating Italy's Jasmine Paolini 6-2, 2-6, 6-4. The 31st seed broke down in tears when she saw her name etched on the same Centre Court honours board which also recognises the 1998 final victory of her childhood mentor Jana Novotna. Her win comes 26 years after Novotna, who died of cancer in 2017 at the age of 49, claimed the Wimbledon title after two runners-up finishes.

Surprise at Wimbledon: World number 32 Barbora Krejcikova secured the ticket to Saturday’s final yesterday after staging an epic comeback (3-6, 6-3, 6-4) against former champion and world number four Elena Rybakina. The Czech player will now face seventh seed Jasmine Paolini in the decisive duel.

Barbora Krejčíková of the Czech Republic stunned world number one Iga Świątek of Poland to capture the women’s singles crown at the the Women's Tennis Association 1000 Dubai Tennis Championships in the United Arab Emirates.

Two players who took part in the Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) Finals in Fort Worth, Texas, which concludes today, are due to fly to Glasgow in time to make tomorrow’s start of the second edition of the Billie Jean King Cup finals in the Scottish city’s Emirates Arena.

French Open third seed Paula Badosa avoided the fate of defending champion Barbora Krejčíková and Japan’s four-time Grand Slam winner Naomi Osaka as she earned a confident first-round win today.

Garbiñe Muguruza is the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) Finals champion after defeating Anett Kontaveit in straight sets in Guadalajara.

Estonian player Anett Kontaveit has continued to show her seeding is just a number with a second victory from two in the group stage of the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) Finals in Guadalajara in Mexico.

Anett Kontaveit got her Women's Tennis Association (WTA) Finals campaign underway with a 6-3, 6-4 win over second seed Barbora Krejčíková of the Czech Republic at the Panamerican Tennis Center in Zapopan in Mexico.

Three more highly-ranked seeds were knocked out of the Indian Wells Masters in California as Iga Świątek of Poland, Barbora Krejčíková of the Czech Republic and Elina Svitolina of Ukraine suffered straight sets defeats in the last 16.

Leylah Fernandez's remarkable run at the US Open in New York City continued as the Canadian beat fifth seed Elina Svitolina to reach the semi-finals - one day after turning 19.

Two-time Grand Slam champion Simona Halep came through a lengthy tiebreak and three sets to book her place in the US Open fourth round, before defending champion Naomi Osaka crashed out in dramatic fashion.

Alexander Zverev managed to shut out the voices of anti-Olympic protesters as he swatted away Karen Khachanov to secure gold at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics here.