It’s an American-heavy final 8 in Australia.

Was that Maria Sharapova last Australian Open match?

Naomi Osaka’s streak at hardcourt Slams is over.

Venus Williams, Sloane Stephens and Madison Keys have all lost their last 3 matches.

Caroline Garcia improves to 7-3 in WTA finals after winning her second career grass title.

The No. 1 ranking and Wimbledon top seed could change hands this week in Birmingham.

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

Two more Top 5 women’s seeds are out of the Madrid Open.

Kiki Bertens won her 8th career title.

“I just have next week off, I’m really happy about it, I’d like to take a couple days off,” Kuznetsova said. “Then I got a wildcard to Cincinnati, so I’m really happy and thankful for that. I’m just looking forward to playing there.”

Floaters are almost the favorites between Bouchard, Osaka…Tough starts for (1) Zhang 2nd rd. vs. Bouchard, (8) Siniakova vs. Riske, and (7) Maria vs. Vekic…

No byes in the draw and some tough starts for the seeds, including (2) Goerges vs. the Olympics winner Puig, (7) Barthel vs. Lepchenko who has won 3 of their 5 career encounters, (3) Strycova vs. the former French Open runner-up Errani, and (8) Vekic vs. the crafty Belgian veteran Flipkens…

The Top 4 women in the world headline play Wednesday in Toronto.

It was the first WTA title in three years for the unseeded Croat Konta, who four years ago won her first title in Kuala Lumpur as a 16 year old.

Jelena Ostapenko won a wild one Monday in Cincinnati.