Tennis luminaries are lauding Serena Williams' contribution after she indicated she could retire after the US Open.
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Nick Kyrgios and Alex de Minaur are both through to the second round of the Montreal Masters 1000 event following straight-set wins in their tournament openers.
Darren Walton
Australia's Ajla Tomljanovic and defending champion Camila Giorgi have booked their places in the second round at the Canadian Open, but Naomi Osaka is out.
Serena Williams says the upcoming US Open could be her swansong from professional tennis as she wants to focus more on family and other ventures.
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Slovakian tennis player Andrej Martin has been suspended for failing a doping test at a competition.
Alex De Minaur is locked in a battle with Canada's Denis Shapovalov while rising Finn Emil Ruusuvuori sent Stan Wawrinka packing from the Montreal Masters.
A well-rested Daniil Medvedev opens his Montreal Masters title defence later this week full of confidence after his success in Los Cabos last week.
Serena Williams has opened her Canadian Open campaign by winning in straight sets, with a final crack at another US Open title later this month on her mind.
Frank Pingue
Serena Williams earned her first win in more than a year by beating Nuria Parrizas-Diaz 6-3 6-4 at the WTA tournament in Toronto.
Nick Kyrgios's career-best year just keeps getting better with the Australian securing the Citi Open title in Washington in a perfect warm-up to the US Open.
Ed Jackson
Unseeded Russian Liudmila Samsonova has come from a set down to win the Citi Open in Washington against Estonia's sixth-seeded Kaia Kanepi.
Victoria Azarenka has said she will not play in this week's tournament in Toronto after her visa application was rejected.
World No.1 Daniil Medvedev has strolled to victory for his first title of 2022 at the Los Cabos Open with a 7-5 6-0 win over reigning champion Cameron Norrie.
Unseeded American Shelby Rogers defeated No. 9 seed Veronika Kudermetova of Russia 6-3 6-4 to reach the final of Mubadala Silicon Valley Classic
Wimbledon runner-up Nick Kyrgios has powered into his 11th career final with a straight-sets dispatch of Swede Michael Ymer at the Citi Open in Washington.
Kaia Kanepi moved within one victory of her first title in nine years, overwhelming Daria Saville 6-3 6-1 at the Citi Open in Washington
Daniil Medvedev is through to the ATP's Los Cabos final in Mexico after a 7-6 (6-0) 6-2 victory over Serbia's Miomir Kecmanovic.
Paula Badosa has defeated Coco Gauff 7-6 (7-4) 6-2 at the Mubadala Silicon Valley Classic to advance to her fourth WTA semi-final in 2022.
Australia's Daria Saville will face sixth seed Kaia Kanepi in the semi-finals of the Citi Open in Washington.
Wimbledon runner-up Nick Kyrgios is set to face American Francis Tiafoe in the Washington Open quarter-finals after completing a win over Reilly Opelka.
Rafael Nadal is out of the ATP 1000 event in Montreal, still troubled by an abdominal injury that forced a withdrawal from his Wimbledon semi-final.
The top four seeds, including world No.1 Daniil Medvedev, have reached the semi-finals at the ATP event in Los Cabos, Mexico.
Coco Gauff has scored a confidence-boosting straight-sets win over former world No.1 Naomi Osaka to book her spot in the quarters of the WTA event in San Jose.
Nick Kyrgios will need to wait until Saturday (AEST) to finish his round-of-16 match at the Citi Open in Washington after rain forced play to be suspended.
Jasper Bruce
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