Anastasija Sevastova was three points from losing Sunday in the Jurmala final.

Maria Sharapova hasn’t played since January.

Sloane Stephens is marching back to the French Open finals, can Simona Halep keep pace?

A fourth member of the WTA’s Top 6 is out of the French Open.

Noami Osaka has a tough draw in her first WTA title defense.

A then-16 Amanda Anisimova shocked Petra Kvitova at Indian Wells last year. Will the Czech get revenge on Sunday in Melbourne?

Caroline Wozniacki added her third title of the season.

Noami Osaka is closing in on another huge title.

“The crowd was really for me and I felt so bad that I wasn’t winning,” said Williams. “I said ‘I got to try even harder.'”

“I feel like just getting through it in general was all I’m looking at now and not looking back and just moving towards the next match,” Williams said afterwards.

In the 2016 final Sevastova lost to world No. 1 Simona Halep 6-0, 6-0.

Murray and Wawrinka square off first round, winner to meet (2) Edmund…Other openers of interest are (8) Fuchsovics vs. the grass-ready Brit (WC) Norrie, the rookie (4) Ceccinato vs. the veteran Seppi, (5) Mayer vs. Simon (winner to meet Muller), and (7) Johnson vs. Medvedev (winner to face M.Zverev)…

Petra Kvitova will try to defend her Birmingham title against good friend and former champion Magdalena Rybarikova.

Mihaela Buzarnescu followed up her big win at the French Open over Elena Svitolina by beating her again on a different surface.

Unseeded floaters to watch are the former No. 1 Azarenka (starting vs. Aleksandra Krunic then (7) Safarova), the former No. 2 Kuznetsova (vs. (3) Sevastova) and the former US Open winner Stosur (vs. Marketa Vondrousova then (5) Suarez Navarro)…