Tennis

Murray, who clinched his 500th win on hard courts, told the BBC last December that 2024 could be his final year on the ATP Tour.

The Norwegian will face either top-seeded German Alexander Zverev or eighth-seeded Australian Jordan Thompson in Saturday's final.

Kalinskaya snapped Swiatek's seven-match winning streak and ended the world number one's bid for a rare Doha-Dubai title double with a commanding 6-4, 6-4 victory.

Novak Djokovic will be return to the Miami Open after a five-year hiatus due to Covid-19 and US travel restrictions.

Carloz Alcaraz took a medical timeout, had the ankle taped and won the first game but after dropping his serve in the second game he called it quits

The 19-year-old American said she would love to see Serena Williams and Nick Kyrgios go toe-to-toe in a serve targets contest.

It is the first WTA tournament in almost two years at which Osaka has won back-to-back matches. She goes on to play Ukraine's Lesia Tsurenko, who knocked out fourth seed Jabeur 6-3, 6-2.

The four-times Grand Slam champion says previous editions of the Qatar Open have no impact on this one.

American Paul got the better of southpaw Shelton 6-2, 6-4 in the semifinals to set up a championship clash against Giron at the event in Texas.

Three-time winner Rafael Nadal will also return after missing last year's event because of injury.

Raina and Bhosale lost to Hungary's Fanny Stollar and Great Britain's Naiktha Bains 6-3, 2-6, 8-10 in the first round, while Adkar also suffered an exit as she went down to South Korea's Sohyun Park 2-6, 6-2, 1-6.

The 20-year-old Spanish sensation Alcaraz steamrolled past his hapless opposition with a 6-4, 6-4, 6-0 in one hour 49 minutes to reach the last eight of the year's first grand slam event.

Kyrgios, who decided to sit out the Australian Open this year citing injury issues was seen on commentary during one of Novak Djokovic's games. The presenters lauded the Australian for his efforts on the microphone.

Novak Djokovic in an interaction with Sania Mirza revealed his intention to work on developmental programs for children in India as the Serbian legend revealed his love for the country.

Rohan Bopanna and Matthew Ebden easily defeated John Millman and Edward Winter 6-2 6-4 to book their place in the men's doubles third round of the Australian Open.

Mike Dickson, a 59-year-old British tennis writer, died while covering the Australian Open in Melbourne.